As With All Automaton Units The Plodding Hulk Is Brainlessly Optimized To Do Nothing Except Deliver Heavy Firepower If Encountered The Recommended Protocol For Helldivers Is To Immediately Call In The Largest Orbital Bombardment Available Variants Autocannon Rocket Flame Rocket The Fantasy Of These Is An Artillery Storm Denying Entry To The Area In Which They Are Active And Raining Down Powerful Shells On The Target For A Longer Duration They Are Primarily Different From Eagle Stratagems In That While The Eagle Strikes Are Fast To Arrive And Have Pinpoint Accuracy These Have A Longer Active Time But Are Less Accurate Consider The Diligence Counter Sniper The Arm S Much Smaller Brother The Medium Armor Penetration Means It Can Now Target Walker Limbs And Hunter Legs It S Not A Headshots Only Gun Anymore Which Is Good Considering Its High Rapid Fire Recoil Troopers Are Little More Than Guns With Legs Base Caricatures Of Consciousness Fused To Machine Guns And Rocket Launchers Unlike Super Earth The Bots Seem To Believe That Strapping Heavy Weaponry To Expendable Cannon Fodder Is The Solution To Every Problem I Have Since The Game Released Seen Many Who Say Don T Nerf Only Buff And Other Similar Ideas However As A Designer I Can Tell You This Is Not A Great Idea But I Understand Where The Sentiment Comes From All Too Often In The Games Industry The Core Fantasy And What Makes A Weapon Feel Good And Fun Is Ignored For The Sake Of Balance I Believe Players Are Scared Of Nerfs Because It Will Ruin The Fantasy Of A Weapon Ruin Their Fun It Is Extra Important To Us To Tread Carefully So That We Don T Ruin Fantasy And Fun When We Do Nerfs We Hope You Our Players Will Tell Us When We Cross That Line Inadvertently