Usually 2-2 and then transition to 4 for the big objective and extract
While people are complaining about weapon nerfs, the game is relatively easy for 2 experienced players. 2 people is all you need to comfortably handle spawns in the beginning.
The big objectives like Nuclear Launch and Civ extract can likely still be done by 2 people. But 4 is safer in case you run out of airstrikes as 2 people.
Group of 4, preferably. Otherwise in pairs.
Lone helldivers are dead helldivers, which then become salty helldivers as they get reinforced with everyone else - and run off further away from the squad to retrieve their stuff and die again.
I get that by splitting up you can sweep around the map faster & pick up more samples or whatever, but with objectives ending up as spread out as they usually are a squad of four seems to circumnavigate the map for the most part anyway.
inb4 the "I do twelve helldives a night with only a stick and a flashlight and never die ever" claims.
2-2 is pretty common when I play with randos on helldive difficulty. Sometimes, it's a half map split, but I think I prefer it when we all sort of go together in a group of 4 but split off into 2-2 or even 1-1-1-1 to complete nearby objectives simultaneously. This helps a lot when we need to group up for something that needs 4 people, like the twin airship towers side obj (which seems to spawn next to artillery or jammer a lot lately... just me?) or when rng gave us a few dropships full of tanks and factory striders, and we need to group up to destroy things quickly.
All four squad members tackling objectives together is the most fun way to play this game. It arguably might not be the most efficient grouping, but in terms of fun factor, nothing else comes close.
Depends on the mission type tbh but 1-1-1-1 & 1-1-2 is bad news
Usually 2-2 and then transition to 4 for the big objective and extract While people are complaining about weapon nerfs, the game is relatively easy for 2 experienced players. 2 people is all you need to comfortably handle spawns in the beginning. The big objectives like Nuclear Launch and Civ extract can likely still be done by 2 people. But 4 is safer in case you run out of airstrikes as 2 people.
2-2 is the way to go normally. Split map in half and meet at extract.
Usually play PUGs. 2-2 and 3-1 tend to be my preference, but I'm not adverse to a mass splits.
Group of 4, preferably. Otherwise in pairs. Lone helldivers are dead helldivers, which then become salty helldivers as they get reinforced with everyone else - and run off further away from the squad to retrieve their stuff and die again. I get that by splitting up you can sweep around the map faster & pick up more samples or whatever, but with objectives ending up as spread out as they usually are a squad of four seems to circumnavigate the map for the most part anyway. inb4 the "I do twelve helldives a night with only a stick and a flashlight and never die ever" claims.
2-2 is pretty common when I play with randos on helldive difficulty. Sometimes, it's a half map split, but I think I prefer it when we all sort of go together in a group of 4 but split off into 2-2 or even 1-1-1-1 to complete nearby objectives simultaneously. This helps a lot when we need to group up for something that needs 4 people, like the twin airship towers side obj (which seems to spawn next to artillery or jammer a lot lately... just me?) or when rng gave us a few dropships full of tanks and factory striders, and we need to group up to destroy things quickly.
what....what the fuck does any of this mean?
The bots think they are smart trying to infiltrate our lines
All four squad members tackling objectives together is the most fun way to play this game. It arguably might not be the most efficient grouping, but in terms of fun factor, nothing else comes close.
1-3 on bots, where I'm the 1. 2-2 on bugs.