I can't quite read all of that, I joined the Helldivers division before learning how to read, but it looks like the Ministry Of Defense is telling us to be more thorough in the culling of our enemy.

Next time you extract, if you have a 380mm shell barrage stratagem approved for deployment as you're waiting for the exfiltration shuttle - remember that your life belongs to ~~Super E~~ freedom itself.
Bring down as many of them as you can.
Libertyspeed.

The warp pacc protecc,
the warp pacc attacc,
but most importantly,
the warp pacc oh fucc *teleports into fellow diver*

– ~~REDACTED~~, ~~REDACTED~~, 2184-03-28

Aside from sending some controversial tweets regarding the standing president of the federation, the LIFT-182 Warp Pack also has the ability to get rid of uncomfortable enemies very quickly, which I've only seen in a handful of r*ddit clips, like, twice - and zero times on the field.

If you use it regularly you know you have to be careful not to warp into bigger enemies, and you should know not to warp into helldivers;
however, have you considered that you don't really have to pull out your primary weapon to dismiss that single heavy devastator right in front of you? You can just take a few steps towards or away from it, then simply erase it with one tap of a button.

Same thing goes for sturdy illuminate overseers, normal devastators and bot troopers.
With the latter, if you fail to kill them, all you need to do is melee them to death, or melee them once and escape if you don't have time to spare.

Theoretically, you can even warp into the legs of small bot striders – though I never do that because you need to avoid the main hitbox, otherwise you die.
Individual voteless and bugs in general aren't worth the hassle: voteless are harmless, almost cute by themselves, and jumping into bugs is a reliable way to get swarmed (ymmv, I hardly ever play bugs, blame hunters).

You may want to warp offensively, rather than just shooting, if:

• you're using the eruptor;
• you brought light pen weapons against bots, and you need to kill that heavy dev right now immediately stat;
• you're low on ammo;
• you're unequipped for stealth, but want to be stealthy (yes, if you're the host warping makes some noise, but whenever I've used it it wasn't a dead giveaway);
• you're cool (make sure you LAUGH when you steal a kill from another diver (you may also catch a stray bullet));
• you're somewhat panicking through enemy fire (it's still a teleportation device, you'll confuse enemies and buy a couple precious seconds);
• you want to practice for the above reasons (it does take some skill in pinpointing your warp's destination, personally atm I have an approximate 90% success rate).

If / whenever you decide to do this, you should be prepared in case you miss the target. In most cases you'll likely survive, escape without any damage even:
if the target is a berserking overseer, try to favor overshooting rather than undershooting, so to avoid immediately getting falling-pipe.mp3'd;
in my experience heavy devastators can track you around at the speed of sound, unless they're actively shooting - try timing your warp accordingly, and wait until they are. "Ideally" you warp immediately before they start, fail, then kite them to escape or try again.

Also, keep in mind that rocket devs do explode.

The ODST crossover, I mean. I've seen news posts about it here, but nothing posted after the ODST warbond dropped.
So, whatcha think about it?

M90A shotgun

I've played 95% of my free time during my elementary school years on Halo 2 with my cousin, and to me the M90A (known to me as "Scodinciocio" (don't ask (actually yes ask that's half my childhood))) is probably the most iconic item in the warbond.
... meh? I've played with it once before the game booted me out due to a network error (overloaded servers, probably), but I expected it to be the first non-slug 3-pen shotgun ever; alas, the AR is 3-pen despite my expectations while the M90A seems to be just a faster reloading 2-pen shotgun.
Having played Halo 3 multiplayer for an embarassing amount of time, I see the shotgun as a "get close to an overseer and FUCKING SEND THEM" kinda weapon, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

M45C ar

Too good.
Not according to HD2's balance, mind you, but I recently had a Halothon with the aforementioned cousin - we played every Halo from CE to Reach on legendary diff within 2 days - and the AR (= the M45C) was the "ugh, this is what I respawn with? fine, I'll manage" weapon, consistently through all the 5 games having it.
Surprisingly, it DOES work in Helldivers, at least to someone who's played with the Eruptor for 80% of their playtime and who knows what they're missing by not doing that.
The point is, this weapon is probably more effective in Helldivers 2 than in any good Halo game (= every Halo game released before Halo 4), which H3:ODST falls into. And I think it's nice, about damn time.

M7S smg

I'll use it because nostalgia, but... ehhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Amirite?
I mean, it *looks* cool, but... ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I'll take the M45C instead, unless I care about having a nice looking gun in my hand because tbh this SMG looks so hot I feel like E̸̘̺͍̲͐͋̌͊͋̔́̍͗͛͗͒͗̋͝c̷̨̞̥͔̙͈̩̱͖̳͂͜g̸̡̢̛̯̟̜͔͍̔̃̒͒̾̇̓͛̄̌̅̀̈̚j̶̦̺̖̥̘̦͈̫̘̙̩͊̽͜H̶̡̡̡̨̛̲̰̟̖̉̀͑̐͒̈́̔̅̈́̈́͌̈̚͜/̵̡̗̖͓̭͈̤̹̖̻̫̿͋̀͊̾̊̓̊̕͜ͅL̶̢͙̠̼͉̰̩̤̥̹̭̺̖͖̯͊C̴̜̒̃͋̎͋ͅͅl̷̢̛̻̙̐̎̌̏̆͒̉͊̊̒͐͑͐͠͝ž̸̛̺͙͉̠̒͆̊̋̄͊̅̅̚͘͘͝ͅB̸̧̧̨̫͙̯͎̺̝̯̪̖̮̤͙̰͙̀̓͑̔͒͑̇́̈́͠/̶̵̳̞̬͍̝͔̹̯̣̣̞̫̥̹͙̬̮̖̘̞̙̜͉͆̄̽͐͛͒́̀͑͆̈̃̽͠/̸͍͈͔͓̤̰̣̟̥̩̑̑ͅ9̷̡̜͕͓̖̣͔͔̍̌͌̊́̿̀̊̊̋̎̇̏̚͝͝8̸̨̨̡̍̌̈ͅý̵̖̩̱͓͇̦̾̀̐̐̀͌́͐͘͘͝r̷̻̝̣̩̝͎͈̝̩̭̅̀̌̀̊͜k̸̡̢̢̛̮̣̭͈̳͇̦̳̀̒̄̆͜͜i̴̧̮͖̞͇͓͚̙̭͙͙̙̱̭̘͊͆̈̏̆͋̂͐̎̂͆̚͝h̸̨̛̰̦̪͚̱̱̳̺̫̪̺̣͉̤͚̒͋̀̍̒͛͋̀̾̌̑̾́̉̽͠z̵̞͓̬̥̑͋̊̉̇̽̇́̄͘͘̕3̵̢̡͔̪̫̦̼̤̯̞̺͕̇̓̋͊̀͘͝͝ͅ2̷͚̥̥̈́̓̈́̇̑͂̀͌̽̿Ņ̷͈͍̣̰̬̓̎̌͑̓̽͐̔̓͋̕̚̚͠ḏ̴̨̬̰̹̼̻̀́͌̊̀̉̉̿͝ͅt̵̛͇͓͚̝̥̫͂̑̎̄͒̽͘͘ͅp̶͍͎͂͊̿̋̓̎̎̿͘̚Ȟ̶̙̒̓̽͐̎͋̆̃̐͋̑̑͑̉͝g̵̨̨͔̺̭̩̤̜̝̠̲̙̓͆͑̕r̸̰͙̳̄̇̐̈́̎͒̋̾̾̚0̵̨̦̹̠̩͔͚͙̤̼̳͈͚̟̍͊́͜ͅl̴̡̗̘͎͚̠̜͒̈́͂͠Ṙ̵̲͓̯̹̐̓͑̂̈́̽́̇̆͌̋̈̌́͝ý̶̢̢̛̖͙̗̠̪̲̮̠͖͑̃̉̑͗̏͘͝q̴̨̡̛̜̝̪͉̗̭̬̺̼̙͚̑̀̒̓̈́̐̽̋̆͊̕͜y̸͖͉͇̠͉̘̩̲̆̍̌̈̿̕̚͘͘̚͝ͅơ̶͍̘̬͖̭̱͍̤̮͍̈́̊̑̃͆͒̿͘͠͠č̴̢̨͈̩̪̦̯̦̳͙̻͜P̶̡̛͚̘̪͇̖̯͎̲̹͕̳̜͓̈̇͛̇̊̋́̀͐̕͠h̸̡̛̯̜̗͙̥͍̪̃̓̀̀̋̓̽̈́̅̎͋͌͛̏̕͝p̴̨̧̲̗͖͕̮͕̪̗͎̭̤̽̔͜P̷̡̟͎̪̙͔̣̠͔͖͇͕͇̯̼̘̀̽̇̔́̉̌̊́̃͝ļ̵̠̣́͝ẖ̷̢̢̢͓̲͇̼̭͓̺̘̗͚̪̫̄̈G̸̜̯͉̝̤̝̫̣̠͎̼̣͕͚̬̒̂͒̄̓̅͑͠ͅŗ̸̢̠̼̪̻̼̙̜͖̱̬͋̆̊̏̓͆̓́̂̑̈̈́̈̾͌͘͝X̸̨̛̪͈͔̘̹̗̗͋͐̓̒͛̿̕ṯ̸̢͇̱͓͇̝̙̇̏̅͋̒̍͠͝Ş̷̛̤͉̞̖̯̤̗͓̈̀̈̀͐̈́̽͒̍̃͋̽͗̕̕Z̷̧̡̺̜̙̺̲̼̗̜̼͖̹̥͍̯̪͆F̷͖̺̮̻̹͗̀4̵̯͎͎̪̩̳͔̬̰͍̄͊̍͗̾̈́̈́̈̎́͆̚͠͠͝ͅT̶̳͉̜̟̝̏́͆̒̍̀̅̈́̉͑͌ͅǪ̷̩̖̳̠̓̍͌̃̔́͌͝ͅx̶̙̖̮͉̔͒͗͐̂S̷̹̠̩̜̯̟͕͕̺̣͑͐͑͗͆́̔͝x̸̲͎͔̰͔̣̭͍̤̬̠͛g̷͎̳͔͉̖͕̦̯̖͂͑̋̏͗̄͂̉̀͋̚̕͝ͅw̴̢̻͖̗͕͖͙̯͎̬̳̗̪̱͈̤̗̓̎͂͛̒͋̒̃̆͂͝8̴̮̪͖̳̖͇̫̪̞̯͎̪̲̖̠̽̈m̵̬̣͊͗͗͗̓̇̕͠f̷̢̪̜̭̖̅͋̇̀̊̓͂́̓͗̂̚͝r̶̨͚͚̮͚͎͓̲̘͍͙͉͓̻̫͇̆̿̀͑͆͒͒̂̐͆̔̏̿͋̃ͅḋ̴̨̨͙̮̣͎͉̻͍̣̙͚̞͖̖+̶̧͍̜͂̒̓͂́̍̓̽̄́̒̆͘͝͠s̵̢̮͙̦̬͎̞͛Ĵ̵͙̲̟͉̙̠͍̹̪̬̺͚̩̪͛͂͒̉̊̎͋̇͘͜͝͝/̸̨̞̬̩͖̬̲͎͕̹̤̐͆̃̒̾̉͘3̵̧̡͖̳̺̘̜̦̩̟̟͚̪͉͖͐́̔͆̍̊́͑̍͌̽̅̎̀͘͜E̵̢͙̯͇͉͇̱̺̯͙̍̓̽͐̊͛̊̋͆̅͐̐̓̊͘͠p̴̧̤̺̞̬͚̳͍̠͉̤͙͍̺͉̣̍̀̊̾̔́̐̃̈́͌̄͠j̷̧̧͕̤͕͕̹̰̝̜̻̣͚̓̂̀̉͋͐͊͗͂͋̕ͅc̸͓̞̭̙̖̬̹͖͔͕̭̻̩̩̃͋̉̔ͅy̸̩͉̺͙̺̣̝̬̩̻̟̦͈̣̮͒̀̎͌͗͗͒̄̇̕L̶̛͓̘̪͊̿̑̏͋͆̈́̀͝͠͝d̸̢͔̹̪̗͎̯̠̠͔̩̦̯̳͖͇̓̊̒̐̀̿̂̒͠m̶̢̨̪͎̥͇̳͇͇̻͚̭̈́͌̿͋́̚P̸̨̛̙͈̩͉̖̞̦̮̤̌͆̓̎͆̅̅̀̈́̈́͒̎͠ͅB̷̙̳͎̱̎̌̄̇̈́̈́̂̈́͗̿̈́̆̓f̵̡̨̢̛̺̯̹͓̜͙͔͈̲̭̂́̉̚ͅm̴͍̳̭͈̓̐̎̏̈́̌̔̚3̵̧̨͖̰͖̣̞̠̣͔̀̇̓̉̐̀̽̃̒͆͒̑̂̋͝͝͠8̶̨̧͓̼̼̺͉͕͇̱͉̜̳̖͈̬̤͗́̋̇̎̐̓̾̀́͋͌͌G̵̪̭̈́̈́̏̀͐ẁ̸̧̧̢̙̥͓͉̜̹̥̜͖͈͎̊̑͂͑́̓͒͝.

M6C/SOCOM

I haven't unlocked it yet. Sorry, no comment from me, feel free to write your own.

Mean Green skins

I don't personally like them over the fire-themed ones (pyromaniac speaking here), but do YOU know what the name of these skins is a reference to? Come on, oust yourself either as a Halo noob (like me) or a no-life Halo fan (like me), I dare you. And if you can answer, go play ODST on legendary RIGHT FUCKING NOW IMMEDIATELY THAT'S AN ORDER DIRECTLY FROM THE SUPER EARTH MINISTER OF UNITY GET MOVING SOLDIER.

A-9 Helljumper armor

best in the game, fite me 1v1 on rust (idc about the passives)
Sorry !BussyGyatt@feddit.org, I fell for it, I hope you can forgive me.

I assume I'm not the only one who has played the same games on different type of storage: commonly HDDs and SSDs, but I also set up two RAID 0 filesystems (one on two HDDs, one on two SSDs), and I even installed Deep Rock Galactic on RAM.

However, more often than not loading times have been too similar across storage media.

I'm asking this mostly because I'm considering getting two SSDs dedicated to a RAID0 setup, as of now my RAID0/SSD filesystem is "only" 200GiB wide and it's sharing its drives with the OS and other things, but since I'm not short on space it may or may not be worth the price to set up a reasonably large FS with fast I/O.
I also suspect that my game loading times may be limited by the fact that I'm running most of them on Linux via proton, if everyone's experience contradicts mine then that's probably why; in fact, I'm pretty sure VKDX shader compilation adds some CPU-bound time.

I know, I know, I'm posting this on a community dedicated to Helldivers 2, statistically the answer I would get just from the title is "yes".

Circlejerk aside, I can't think of any other live service game that is a fair comparison.
The closest one I can think of is Deep Rock Galactic, which (ATTOW) I've played for 1.2k hours, compared to HD2 (1.001k).
But then, even though I think DRG is a qualitatively equal game AND technically also a live service game, if we're simply judging the live–serviceness(?) of either game, HD2 comes out on top: I bought the game way after the Malevelon Creek plotline, and even though I was late to the party, it still feels like shit keeps happening every month or two, while I haven't played DRG in 2 years and AFAIK it's still... there (mad respect though, rock solid game).

The other three LS games I've ever played for significant time spans are Team Fortress 2 (1270h), Destiny 2 ^(holy^ ^shit^ ^so^ ^many^ ^2s)^ (170h) and Sea Of Thieves (160h (I've got a friend with >3k h? wtf?)).

TF2 is... I mean, it probably holds up, idk I haven't played it in 6 years or more but I'd hardly consider it an ongoing game (PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong);
Destiny 2 is, as far as I know, the most relevant AAA comparison with a reasonably strong season–spanning story and MEH, my brother gifted it to me (two seasons, in fact) and they both felt like a chore to keep up with;
Sea Of Thieves is... have you played it? It's jankier than the Spear was 6 months ago.
I never even considered playing Marvel Rivals, a currently popular game, but...

HD2, on the other hand, ~~never misses the mark~~ misses the mark quite often but in a funny or spectacular way.
Maybe it's just me playing every other evening and having warbonds and events not too hard to keep up with, with eventual SC farming every now and then, but off the top of my head I've been through:

• The appearance of the Jet Brigade (at the time I just thought jetpack commissars were simply regular enemies (maybe they were idk));
• The gloom;
• The DSS construction;
• The DSS perpetual 380 (underrated af idgaf fite me 1v1 Rust snipers only);
• Meridia ~~(I was born there in 2117, honestly I'm excited to get back home and hug my wife)~~;
• New fire warbond (where they nerfed fire? wtf?);
• New warbond;
• New warbond;
• ~~The predator strain actually nvm I genuinely refuse to ever play against them, not fun, gg bb, these guys are bullshit~~
• HOLY SHIT A COMPLETELY NEW FACTION ATTACKED OUR PLANETS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNEXPECTED AND I MUST UPDATE&BOOT THE GAME IMMEDIATELY ~~(I looked up the first game's lore beforehand and I knew 100% this was going to happen, but still)~~, also new warbond;
• New warbond (idgaf I'm bringing the One True Flag on a Super Helldive and you ARE going to put up with me);
• Flame brigade (idr when they were born but I loved them)
• ... Super Earth? Seriously, I honestly did not see this coming, maybe I should have, but I didn't.
• New warbond;
• New warbTHAT IS A FUCKING HALO: CURSED EDITION BLUNDERBUSSond;
• The steam rewiew bomb cape
  • The Steam review bomb cape
    • The Steam review bomb cape
• Xbox recruits (finally my brother and I can play together with something that isn't Sea Of Thieves or Destiny 2)

... and we're still going.

The point is, in an age when the pre–StopKillingGames videogame industry defines "live service" game as a non–government owned legal money printing machine, to me Helldivers 2 is the only working example of an actual living game, and... a bit of a miracle.
A Sony funded live service gold rush miracle, but hey, even God™ got gotta earn that bread.

... relevant to the last paragraph: EU citizens, go sign the SKG petition right now. Super Earth demands it.

Throughout my 991 hours of playtime ^holy^ ^shit^ ^get^ ^a^ ^life^ I've seen many divers using the HMG at the lowest firerate possible, sometimes at 600RPM when just picking it up from a corpse or something, but people using it at 750RPM has been a VERY rare occurrency, at least as far as I could tell when I wasn't busy surviving.

Obviously if you pick it up because you have no other option you're going to go for the less uncomfortable setting, and if you're trying to shoot down a gunship you won't go Rambo with it, but other than such edge cases...

... what gives?

Why would you choose the ohfuckohshitohfuck stratagem and not use the ohfuckohshitohfuck setting when five hulks are chasing you (A.K.A. the ohfuckohshitohfuck situation)?
As far as I can tell THE appeal of the HMG is its insane DPS.

The single game I "played" on Windows was Helldivers 2, when I Steam Family'd it from a friend before trying it out through Proton.

The HELLDIVERS™^©®^³ 2 EULA is a god damn URL