When Omens of Tyranny update for Helldivers 2 was first rolled out in December, it featured only a small section of the massive Illuminate faction. Out of these few units, many assumed that the Harvester was the equivalent of an Automaton Factory Strider but it quickly became evident that it is mcuh weaker than the Strider. Arrowhead Game Studios plans to introduce many more Illumiante units but it needs to give them a unit that is equivalent to the Factory Strider.
If Arrowhead plans to bring back the Illuminate units from the first game, then players should expect to see the Great Eye on the battlefield soon. However, it is be noted that the Great Eye only appeared as boss fights in the first game, so it is still not clear how Arrowhead would execute this idea in Helldivers 2. If the studio plans to bring back the unit as a boss fight, then it must introduce a slightly weaker unit than this that serves as Illuminate faction’s Factory Strider.
The Illuminate faction in Helldivers 2 needs a Factory Strider equivalent
It’s been roughly two months since the release of Omens of Tyranny update and now, players have started to notice that the Illuminate faction is getting weaker. Game director Mikael Eriksson has confirmed that so far, all the Illuminate units that have appeared on the battlefield are Illuminate Vanguard Fleet, which is not the complete faction.
Arrowhead Game Studios certainly plans to add more Illuminate units to the game, but it needs to make sure that it gives the faction an equivalent of the Automaton Factory Strider to spice things up. The most menacing Illuminate unit at the moment is undoubtedly the Harvester, but it is a Charger/Hulk equivalent. Illuminate faction is yet to recieve its Tank, Bile Titan, Impaler and Factory Strinder equivalent units
To put things into perspective, its like going against Automatons if the faction only consisted of troopers, scout striders and devastators, and hulks.
Players also want Illuminate snipers
Recently, the Helldivers 2 community suggested that Arrowhead Game Studios needs to intoduce Illumiante snipers since existing Illuminate units rely on close/medium range combat. At some point, players should expect to see Hunters from the first game. This group of Illuminate enemies are eqipped with long-ranged high-powered electro-pulse gauntlets, which are capable of killing players in a single shot.
The first Helldivers game feautred some strong Illuminate enemies like Illusionist, Council Member, Obelisk, Apprentice, Strider, and Great Eye, so Arrowhead will certainly introduce them in the second game as well.
On top of this, players should also expect to see some new kind of units. Great Eye is esentially the equivalent of an Automaton Factoy Strider but it only appeared as a boss battle in the first game which players could only access after accumulating 50 points of influence against the Illuminate faction.
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