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The current Helldivers 2 Major Order has seen players go to the new X-45 jungle planet to face the Automatons. This has also led to the teased finally being unlocked and it will become available at the conclusion of the Major Order, although it can already be used during missions on X-45. Based on the Rocket Launcher from the movie Commando, many players are excited to finally use the iconic weapon, but some can’t see it becoming an alternative to established weapons such as the Expendable Anti-Tank or Spear.
to discuss the new Commando Rocket Launcher that has been unlocked following the successful defense of the X-45 jungle planet. “I keep seeing the Commando compared again and again to the EAT, and it’s not a fair comparison because they’re faster/disposable anti-armor weapons for different tasks,” they said. “The Commando largely did what the Spear does now.
You can’t really just bring that directly back when the niche is already occupied, or else you risk one just completely invalidating the other,” noting that it “so you ditch the ammo backpack, give it a new laser guidance system, and create a completely different gameplay method. Add to it the fact that the Commando “deals less damage than the EAT or Recoilless Rifle, but the same damage as the Spear, and it seems kind of obvious to me what the angle is here that A.