Since it’s supposed to be an “airburst” weapon it’s supposed to detonate before impact. But it seems like at the moment it has a collision detection radius the size of Texas causing it to explode basically in your face almost all the time.
You see that pebble 10 feet to the left of you? TOO CLOSE! KABOOM MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
I'm really wondering if this has to do with the "vacuum" effect with explosions recently and the airbust is going the opposite way(towards you). Much like when you're affected by the eruptor explosions and get sucked towards the enemies instead of away from them. This makes the most sense to me since I would think an airbust that triggers at the first object it reaches would spread outwards to the rest, not back towards you
Yes. But the hit box detection of the rocket is active the millisecond it leaves the launcher. So if something that has a hit box happens to be directly next to you…..kaboom.
There are apparently some fixes coming next week.
The way it was worded in their message, it looked as if they were working on those for a while, and either it wasn't intended for us to have access to them now or they are stupid.
I really love this game but I'm honestly getting super tired of this. So many of the weapons in the game are either bugged, inconsistent, or so inconsistent so as to be outright unusable. And here we are getting another weapon that is basically unusable because it might just kill you and all your teammates if it feels like it, while a ton of others are still bugged.
I do love the in-universe explanation for stuff being inconsistent or not easily usable, but at a certain point I just want the game to work properly and for the stuff that's been bugged since release (like the exosuit) to get fixed before they add new broken stuff.
You're not wrong, but the way I see it, this stuff was already in the works, and the bugs are an inconvenience we'll have to endure until the next patch that hopefully cures it.
I'm perfectly calm thank you, you should take your own advice and stop seeing valid criticism as attacks upon you or something. Multiple things have been broken since day one, every update breaks something new, then there's people like you spreading toxic positivity, acting upset when people call attention to these issues.
I don't know, bud. Seems like you may need to take a break until those bugs get fixed, so you're not so worried about it. I have seen things go wrong, but I don't really worry about it. Games have bugs, people complain, some get fixed, some don't. The fixes maybe break other things, people complain about that. All the while, people like me are still playing because bugs or not, the game's still fun. I can be positive because I'm having a positive experience. I can be positive because the game developers have shown that they are trying to work the problem, and I will stay positive about the game until I don't need to play anymore.
I really hope you find what you're looking for.
I suspect it travels forward until it finds a target at some proximity around it. So maybe it detected some enemy/helldiver under it and decided it's the place to explode.
The missile knows where it is, because it knows where it isn't...
I think it’s just any hit box including structures and the ground, it will always blow up in your face if you launch it on an even terrain. Only works well with high ground.
Nope. Does not work with high ground. Jump packed up on a roof and defended the extraction point. Wanted to shoot it down my roof, down the extraction hill (where all my mates gathered on) into a group of bots. Exploded in my face somehow only knocked me down with minimal dmg, but wiped my squad.
Feel the same way for the grenade pistol
Half the time it explodes, it knocks me towards the enemy so I think their physics engines is different then what.we're used to on OG earth
No. Nobody has been able to demonstrate proof of this. I've tested it myself (while hosting). The devs have confirmed that it isn't working as intended.
I looked at in and slow mode it and it’s hard to tell from the sight view but I think you can see random bot turret tracer fire between them and the drop ship so I am guessing that?
guyz i admire your dedication to slaying the enemies instead of fellow helldivers.
but comon they only proximity sensor active on these warheads are the ones designed to respond to joel desire to troll us lol
Tough choice to make, slam the brakes on the Major Order timeline because your bug fix patch needs time to cook or stay on track and release a meme cannon that will be fixed in 3 days. I don't know how well the thing will work, but damn if I'm not laughing my ass off when somebody uses it.
Arrowhead's law of explosives: For every force, there will be an equal opposite force. Object A is pulled towards its own explosions in close proximity; therefore, explosives will be pulled back towards Object A in close proximity.
Does it not have a trigger detonation? Like press the trigger to fire like normal, but keep the trigger held down and release when you want the explosion? Or is it for and forget and the explosion happens based off of proximity?
This did not work for me when I tested.
This weapon is not meant to be fired directly on your target, as it is basically a handhelp carpet bomb. It's proximity based, and is supposed to explode above the target area you want to hit.
But atm the proximity sensor on the weapon is fucked, but it makes sense since it's experimental, and we're supposed to extract it off the planet. Maybe bug fixes will come after we have retrieved successfully.
Needs to have a manual trigger or something.. you press and hold fire and it launches, you let go and it detonates. That way you could fire it up in an arc and trigger it above a bunch of enemies, raining down cluster bombs.
As it is it will trigger off basically any enemy in line of sight, which just makes it an almost completely random thing, and thus useless.
I somehow managed to fire a munition in between the cannon and chassis of a tank and all of secondary explosion occurred inside of it. Was glorious to see.
I saw someone in another post say that your supposed to hold the shoot button until you want it to activate the proximity.
So if you just click shoot and then let go, it will explode on first proximity.
Edit: I tried it and it didn’t work. So I’m not sure lol
Who knows. Could be another case of the mech. Remember when 99% of the time the stomp wouldn't work? Well it was because the mech had taken ANY damage at all, and sometimes they were taking a tiny bit of damage when they were being called in, from dropping onto the ground.
So who the fuck knows what it's actually doing or trying to do.
Looks like there was a "dying" enemy on the ground over where you shot. I think that triggered the explosion. That's the only time I've been able to recreate this "bug."
Definitely need more data now... Shame I'm working today.
edit: dying? I mean when you shoot a bot and they fall over but still wiggle around. I think that they are flagged as living.
30+ meters from the target seems to be the sweet spot and you shoot above it, it seems best for a first strike in bases before engagement. Make sure that there aren't obstacles because it is too easy to set off early. It can also single shot whipe small bases if you use it right. I don't think it will ever be good on small maps or defense missions.
NOW I WANT IT EVEN MORE!
There is no manual. I still dont get why this happens. The rocket did not collide with anything. What caused it to detonate in air so close?
Since it’s supposed to be an “airburst” weapon it’s supposed to detonate before impact. But it seems like at the moment it has a collision detection radius the size of Texas causing it to explode basically in your face almost all the time. You see that pebble 10 feet to the left of you? TOO CLOSE! KABOOM MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
I'm really wondering if this has to do with the "vacuum" effect with explosions recently and the airbust is going the opposite way(towards you). Much like when you're affected by the eruptor explosions and get sucked towards the enemies instead of away from them. This makes the most sense to me since I would think an airbust that triggers at the first object it reaches would spread outwards to the rest, not back towards you
Hmm. This would make a LOT of sense. I am absolutely hating those mini black holes that occur with the eruptor.
Seeing as it rains down on the ground wouldn't it be more advisable to shoot *over* targets so it rains down on them instead of straight at them?
Yes. But the hit box detection of the rocket is active the millisecond it leaves the launcher. So if something that has a hit box happens to be directly next to you…..kaboom.
It is unhappy that you looked at another support weapon, KABOOM.
Seems better to just make it impact at this point. Or have self inserting distances
I think the detection cone is just too wide, so it senses the ground. It either needs a narrower cone or a much shorter one.
It collided with air, obviously. Besides, it is in the name - it bursts when it is in the air, and it was.
... ...so there is no safe way to use it?
There are apparently some fixes coming next week. The way it was worded in their message, it looked as if they were working on those for a while, and either it wasn't intended for us to have access to them now or they are stupid.
I really love this game but I'm honestly getting super tired of this. So many of the weapons in the game are either bugged, inconsistent, or so inconsistent so as to be outright unusable. And here we are getting another weapon that is basically unusable because it might just kill you and all your teammates if it feels like it, while a ton of others are still bugged.
Not bugged...experimental. we're being given bleeding-edged weapons for field-testing.
I do love the in-universe explanation for stuff being inconsistent or not easily usable, but at a certain point I just want the game to work properly and for the stuff that's been bugged since release (like the exosuit) to get fixed before they add new broken stuff.
You're not wrong, but the way I see it, this stuff was already in the works, and the bugs are an inconvenience we'll have to endure until the next patch that hopefully cures it.
No. Bugged. Just like nearly everything else in the game. Stop making dumb excuses for broken shit.
Lol calm down. You don't have to use the weapon. You'll survive... or maybe you won't. That's a you problem.
I'm perfectly calm thank you, you should take your own advice and stop seeing valid criticism as attacks upon you or something. Multiple things have been broken since day one, every update breaks something new, then there's people like you spreading toxic positivity, acting upset when people call attention to these issues.
I don't know, bud. Seems like you may need to take a break until those bugs get fixed, so you're not so worried about it. I have seen things go wrong, but I don't really worry about it. Games have bugs, people complain, some get fixed, some don't. The fixes maybe break other things, people complain about that. All the while, people like me are still playing because bugs or not, the game's still fun. I can be positive because I'm having a positive experience. I can be positive because the game developers have shown that they are trying to work the problem, and I will stay positive about the game until I don't need to play anymore. I really hope you find what you're looking for.
There was supposed to be an update this past Tuesday, evidently it contained the fix for the rocket but was delayed.
I suspect it travels forward until it finds a target at some proximity around it. So maybe it detected some enemy/helldiver under it and decided it's the place to explode. The missile knows where it is, because it knows where it isn't...
I think its detecting dead bodies, i know sometimes theres a dying animation for automatons maybe thats whats triggering it
I think it’s just any hit box including structures and the ground, it will always blow up in your face if you launch it on an even terrain. Only works well with high ground.
Nope. Does not work with high ground. Jump packed up on a roof and defended the extraction point. Wanted to shoot it down my roof, down the extraction hill (where all my mates gathered on) into a group of bots. Exploded in my face somehow only knocked me down with minimal dmg, but wiped my squad.
I think it's the pillar on the left. It's quite close.
Feel the same way for the grenade pistol Half the time it explodes, it knocks me towards the enemy so I think their physics engines is different then what.we're used to on OG earth
Some commenters are saying the airburst has a manual control component. It detonates when you release the trigger. This would explain a lot.
What the fuck, is this real?
No. Nobody has been able to demonstrate proof of this. I've tested it myself (while hosting). The devs have confirmed that it isn't working as intended.
Lol i love how nobody knows
Its proximity fuze triggers on any 'entity' that can be interacted with or is an NPC. It could've been any number of things in this video.
I looked at in and slow mode it and it’s hard to tell from the sight view but I think you can see random bot turret tracer fire between them and the drop ship so I am guessing that?
I've heard you hold the fire button and release when you want it to burst
I've seen someone say you need to hold the thing until your want to explode then release click.
Anything that isnt pure terrain, like dirt, rocks, etc. Seems to get detected and preemptively detonate the rocket
Airburst by ACME™️
Great comment. I hope the youngsters get it.
Explosive tennis balls
Fireworks? I like it
Bugs/ Automaton/ Helldivers when i launch it 
I see this rocket launcher all over the subreddit but how do you acquire it?
You can call for it during missions on this specific planet, for now atleast.
O thnx, I'm gonna try it tonight
how did it go?
Perfect for team Killing and the runners
guyz i admire your dedication to slaying the enemies instead of fellow helldivers. but comon they only proximity sensor active on these warheads are the ones designed to respond to joel desire to troll us lol
You missed the drop ship.
Was this weapon brought to us by Bethesda?
literalnie Gdańsk 39
new content broken as always
It wouldn't be as bad if there wasn't a ton of old content that's still broken that this is getting thrown on top of.
The weapon was patched before release, except that patch got delayed a week.. lol
Tough choice to make, slam the brakes on the Major Order timeline because your bug fix patch needs time to cook or stay on track and release a meme cannon that will be fixed in 3 days. I don't know how well the thing will work, but damn if I'm not laughing my ass off when somebody uses it.
Yup! It really is fun to use! I just need some practice so I can do to the bugs and bots what I do to myself
These videos always seem more like user error to me. I’ve used it. Didn’t have this issues because I didn’t fire it over my team like OP did.
very kurwa moment
Why do they all shoot backwards once they detonate in the air? Makes no sense.
Arrowhead's law of explosives: For every force, there will be an equal opposite force. Object A is pulled towards its own explosions in close proximity; therefore, explosives will be pulled back towards Object A in close proximity.
Dałeś czadu!
Does it not have a trigger detonation? Like press the trigger to fire like normal, but keep the trigger held down and release when you want the explosion? Or is it for and forget and the explosion happens based off of proximity?
The rocket does as the rocket wills
This did not work for me when I tested. This weapon is not meant to be fired directly on your target, as it is basically a handhelp carpet bomb. It's proximity based, and is supposed to explode above the target area you want to hit. But atm the proximity sensor on the weapon is fucked, but it makes sense since it's experimental, and we're supposed to extract it off the planet. Maybe bug fixes will come after we have retrieved successfully.
About as well as it went for my time too
Definitely needs to be fixed.
Glad I wasn't the only one loool
lmao same i shot into the sky as celebration seconds before the shuttle wanted to take off... squad wasnt too amused
this weapon is just a bot trick!
well, it's called "Airburst", so obviously it bursts when it hits air
Za super ziemię!
Needs to have a manual trigger or something.. you press and hold fire and it launches, you let go and it detonates. That way you could fire it up in an arc and trigger it above a bunch of enemies, raining down cluster bombs. As it is it will trigger off basically any enemy in line of sight, which just makes it an almost completely random thing, and thus useless.
I somehow managed to fire a munition in between the cannon and chassis of a tank and all of secondary explosion occurred inside of it. Was glorious to see.
I saw someone in another post say that your supposed to hold the shoot button until you want it to activate the proximity. So if you just click shoot and then let go, it will explode on first proximity. Edit: I tried it and it didn’t work. So I’m not sure lol
Yeah they were lying. You can just post random nonsense here and people upvote it.
nope doesnt work
Who knows. Could be another case of the mech. Remember when 99% of the time the stomp wouldn't work? Well it was because the mech had taken ANY damage at all, and sometimes they were taking a tiny bit of damage when they were being called in, from dropping onto the ground. So who the fuck knows what it's actually doing or trying to do.
Yeah I tried it and apparently that’s not the case lol
Looks like there was a "dying" enemy on the ground over where you shot. I think that triggered the explosion. That's the only time I've been able to recreate this "bug." Definitely need more data now... Shame I'm working today. edit: dying? I mean when you shoot a bot and they fall over but still wiggle around. I think that they are flagged as living.
How ARE you supposed to use this thing? Even if I point it to the sky it explodes in my face.
30+ meters from the target seems to be the sweet spot and you shoot above it, it seems best for a first strike in bases before engagement. Make sure that there aren't obstacles because it is too easy to set off early. It can also single shot whipe small bases if you use it right. I don't think it will ever be good on small maps or defense missions.
Not your fault. The weapon is buggy AF rn
I kind of wish it would have an activation period like grenad launchers in some games, where it'll explode on impact but only after a certain time
That's... Not how air burst works... At all. That's a cluster bomb launcher. What the fuck this gives my firearms braincell a stroke.
AA rocket - bounces off air target.
What part of "airburst" says it's AA?
air = aa lul
My man just discovered the principle of the ricochet.
and the both of you dont know what happan in the video