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So something that has been blowing up a but on Reddit
To avoid the login issues you can just never log out, as there is no afk timeout
Which is upsetting people that afk people are eating up capped server space right now intentionally
Apparently this is big for Playstation folks. Someone noticed that if they just paused the game and put it in sleep mode, when they came back the next day they showed up right on their ship again.
Oops.
The thread I saw had some hints that the developers may be instituting an auto-logout soon for that exact reason.
Y'know, not like they had anything else important to do...
Well if a significant number of folks are afk taking up a finite amount of server space, then an auto-logout is part of the solution.
Especially if that wasn't commonly realized and it becomes a growing issue.
Whether it's freeing up existing spots, or preventing the PS network from locking things down, intentionally or otherwise, if it wasn't a priority before, it's probably about to become one.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Hahaha, that was awesome. I managed to perfectly time a 500kg bomb right as a bile titan climbed out of the ground so it got to it's feet and just instantly died.
We also had a case of a bile titan eating shit where the team maanged to deploy an airstrike, 2 railguns, and an artillery all in one go. Poor fucker.
So something that has been blowing up a but on Reddit
To avoid the login issues you can just never log out, as there is no afk timeout
Which is upsetting people that afk people are eating up capped server space right now intentionally
Apparently this is big for Playstation folks. Someone noticed that if they just paused the game and put it in sleep mode, when they came back the next day they showed up right on their ship again.
Oops.
The thread I saw had some hints that the developers may be instituting an auto-logout soon for that exact reason.
Y'know, not like they had anything else important to do...
As far as I can tell, there isn't a logout option on the Playstation. You have to go into the PS menu and close the title.
飛べねぇ豚はただの豚だ。
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
At what point do I assume Quick Play has died, and stop waiting to see if it works?
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
Hahaha, that was awesome. I managed to perfectly time a 500kg bomb right as a bile titan climbed out of the ground so it got to it's feet and just instantly died.
We also had a case of a bile titan eating shit where the team maanged to deploy an airstrike, 2 railguns, and an artillery all in one go. Poor fucker.
500kg bombs will bury themselves in bile titans if they hit them directly which can uh... weell...
Playing on PS5, but cannot get multiplayer to work at all. 😭
HOLY SHIT, you should have seen the next mission after you bounced.
We are completely fucking it up. After losing 9 reinforcements to bile spewers trying just to get one nest, we attempt the second with one reinforcement left. We both think this is over but we'll see it through for LIBERTY.
Smarter choices with orbital strikes (and me realizing the machine gun is better on spewers than a shotty) let us get that and it's a mad dash to the extraction. We get swarmed and killed with 30 seconds left, and he dives down outside the extraction zone of course. He jukes when he can and stims when he can't, through a field of spewers and those jumping assholes and fucking makes it.
If you still haven't gotten a Twitch drop, this streamer is currently on with drops enabled:
I was trying out people on the list on gloryforsuperearth.com, and I stumbled on Sacriel too! I let twitch run for an hour and my medic kit armour and helmet popped.
I did this during the European peak hours because I couldn't get log on on my PS5, but hey now if I manage to log on, I'm running around in my green Boba Fett armour.
So I can definity confirm that Sacriel works and that he is still playing Helldivers each (European) evening/night.
PSN (PS4-Europe): Carolus-Billius
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
The grenade launcher is one of the most fun and useful weapons. Though it taught me that I must respect the grenade launcher and not get complacent when I fired a grenade at a charging chainsaw armed monstrosity, only to watch the grenade plink off its chest plate and bounce right back into my face. OOOOH SHIII! *Boom ded*
Quick play sure is broken. Good news is that cross play exists. A lot of the official penny arcade discord crew are playing (many of us Destiny 2 refugees), and I think there's some plan to get dedicated voice channels etc setup.
So there's ways to match up with us, and we'll gleefully throw you in the deep end (it's good for you! Lots of exp!)
The grenade launcher is one of the most fun and useful weapons. Though it taught me that I must respect the grenade launcher and not get complacent when I fired a grenade at a charging chainsaw armed monstrosity, only to watch the grenade plink off its chest plate and bounce right back into my face. OOOOH SHIII! *Boom ded*
The grenade launcher having a minimum arming distance is one of the many cases of "mil sim mechanics but they don't tell you,"
Logged on early this morning go make sure I could at least spend some req before leaving home, sure is annoying seeing the people on my friends list showing as in game but with the afk ZZzzz next to their name who were there when I went to bed last night.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I logged in this morning just to buy the cool space pilot looking armor. Glad they are cycling ones that have already been out, I missed it the first time. Also it is light armor with servo enhanced throwing. I like both those things.
It’s worth saying I don’t think there even is a legit “log out” button on PlayStation at least. You gotta back out and close the game entirely from the system menu. I’ve forgotten multiple times and hopped on the next day to see I’m still on my ship
Logged on early this morning go make sure I could at least spend some req before leaving home, sure is annoying seeing the people on my friends list showing as in game but with the afk ZZzzz next to their name who were there when I went to bed last night.
it isnt even that long of a wait to get in, I think the most I've encountered was 10 mins. people AFKing are just being silly and kind of rude
Usually I could get in within half an hour
Three hours of black screen yesterday
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
There is no way to back out from the log-in loop on PC either. You have to alt-tab or alt-F4 to close the game which is kind of ridiculous. They must be a really small outfit considering how poorly almost everything scales.
There is no way to back out from the log-in loop on PC either. You have to alt-tab or alt-F4 to close the game which is kind of ridiculous. They must be a really small outfit considering how poorly almost everything scales.
There's no quit to desktop button on the PC version?? What year is this?
oh I misunderstood. On the PS5 there's no title screen at all. So you can't 'quit to title' when you're done playing from within the game. The only way to logout on PS5 is to go to the system menu, select the game, press the options button and then 'close game', or alternatively, turn off your PS5 entirely. Since most people just put their PS5 to sleep when they're not playing, they're not logged out.
oh I misunderstood. On the PS5 there's no title screen at all. So you can't 'quit to title' when you're done playing from within the game. The only way to logout on PS5 is to go to the system menu, select the game, press the options button and then 'close game', or alternatively, turn off your PS5 entirely. Since most people just put their PS5 to sleep when they're not playing, they're not logged out.
Even Balder's Gate 3 disconnects you from their online servers when you put your console to sleep.
Logged on early this morning go make sure I could at least spend some req before leaving home, sure is annoying seeing the people on my friends list showing as in game but with the afk ZZzzz next to their name who were there when I went to bed last night.
it isnt even that long of a wait to get in, I think the most I've encountered was 10 mins. people AFKing are just being silly and kind of rude
We spent from 9pm to around 1030 last night trying to log in until we gave up cause we it’s a work day. I definitely see the appeal to staying on afk.
Yeah, the other night I just noodled around on my ship for like 45 because I was waiting for my friends to be able to login and with no idea of how long it might be I didn't want to jump into a mission without them. I actually exit the game when I'm done (I'm on PC so I can easily do that (once it's actually logged in)), but the uncertainty of when/if you'll be able to play, especially if you're trying to play with a specific group of friends definitely changes the calculus of how you behave once in.
Logged on early this morning go make sure I could at least spend some req before leaving home, sure is annoying seeing the people on my friends list showing as in game but with the afk ZZzzz next to their name who were there when I went to bed last night.
Selfish people gonna be selfish. I'm just putting it to the side for a bit until it's more sorted out.
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Well if a significant number of folks are afk taking up a finite amount of server space, then an auto-logout is part of the solution.
Especially if that wasn't commonly realized and it becomes a growing issue.
Whether it's freeing up existing spots, or preventing the PS network from locking things down, intentionally or otherwise, if it wasn't a priority before, it's probably about to become one.
We also had a case of a bile titan eating shit where the team maanged to deploy an airstrike, 2 railguns, and an artillery all in one go. Poor fucker.
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheZombiePenguin
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/thezombiepenguin/
Switch: 0293 6817 9891
So fixing the afk boot may actually make them lower the server login cap more to stabilize the database
MWO: Adamski
As far as I can tell, there isn't a logout option on the Playstation. You have to go into the PS menu and close the title.
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Afaik quick play is currently dead, and probably will remain so until they have things a bit more stable.
Tomorrow's patch might resurrect it, we'll see.
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheZombiePenguin
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/thezombiepenguin/
Switch: 0293 6817 9891
500kg bombs will bury themselves in bile titans if they hit them directly which can uh... weell...
https://medal.tv/games/helldivers-2/clips/1VcXdmgMIgwXCu/eskwI1FK7tR9?invite=cr-MSw2VmosMTU3ODYzOTYwLA?mobilebypass=true
HOLY SHIT, you should have seen the next mission after you bounced.
We are completely fucking it up. After losing 9 reinforcements to bile spewers trying just to get one nest, we attempt the second with one reinforcement left. We both think this is over but we'll see it through for LIBERTY.
Smarter choices with orbital strikes (and me realizing the machine gun is better on spewers than a shotty) let us get that and it's a mad dash to the extraction. We get swarmed and killed with 30 seconds left, and he dives down outside the extraction zone of course. He jukes when he can and stims when he can't, through a field of spewers and those jumping assholes and fucking makes it.
He's been off-mic the whole night and well...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGrIuvwkBbI&ab_channel=RyanOG47
Just didn’t get to bring home the science pickups and no evac bonuses
MWO: Adamski
I did this during the European peak hours because I couldn't get log on on my PS5, but hey now if I manage to log on, I'm running around in my green Boba Fett armour.
So I can definity confirm that Sacriel works and that he is still playing Helldivers each (European) evening/night.
I am the proud captain of the SES Lady of Self-Determination
I named my ship the Prophet of Audacity. Which given what i've pulled off vs Bile Titans is proving well, prophetic.
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheZombiePenguin
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/thezombiepenguin/
Switch: 0293 6817 9891
Quickplay is currently broken, right?
So there's ways to match up with us, and we'll gleefully throw you in the deep end (it's good for you! Lots of exp!)
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheZombiePenguin
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/thezombiepenguin/
Switch: 0293 6817 9891
The grenade launcher having a minimum arming distance is one of the many cases of "mil sim mechanics but they don't tell you,"
Wild that there isn’t an afk timer
Usually I could get in within half an hour
Three hours of black screen yesterday
There's no quit to desktop button on the PC version?? What year is this?
CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
Even Balder's Gate 3 disconnects you from their online servers when you put your console to sleep.
We spent from 9pm to around 1030 last night trying to log in until we gave up cause we it’s a work day. I definitely see the appeal to staying on afk.
Selfish people gonna be selfish. I'm just putting it to the side for a bit until it's more sorted out.