Laser Sight is Good, Actually

so... it's useless

laser sight is great, its a damn shame that bringing laser sight has to come at the cost of ergonomics.

To be perfectly honest, the laser should offer a buff to third person shouldering anyway.

now if only it was combined with a forward grip, instead of just the angled one...

Laser sights let me know when to duck.

Laser should be different attachment and so flashlight.
Right now flashlight is pretty much useless but if devs wanted they could make it functional. IRL flashlight acts as blinding agent when entering a room. We could get that brief stun effect from some enemies when pointing beam of light on them (should be strobo but I'm not complaining if I get anything).

i honestly think laser sights are great, especially since i like playing with a shield
but the fact you cant have them along with the vgrip sadly makes usually them not worth taking

I usually play with friends only so I don't care if they die XD
But realistically the laser should improve accuracy when hip firing. You have no idea how insanely effective laser designator is when holding actual gun, if laser is visible, you just don't have to aim anymore to land all your shots, and lining up your eye with red dots or scopes is also much easier and faster. Laser designators in FPS games are usually really useless, while IRL they're insanely good (as long as lighting conditions are right)

Love laser sight especially since I play with no hud or reticle in the middle of the screen , fore pure cinema

I remember using the purifier and one of my friends said “I’m glad that thing has a laser sight so I know not to walk in front of you”
Also when using some of the shield strategems the laser is nice for first person since the gun sights don’t show up. There’s definitely some guns where I don’t find it that useful, though I do wish there was a choice to use it with the vertical foregrip. I could see arrowhead adding that though

Very reasonable.

Then they should put lasers on turrets

I learn the importance of the lasers from Left 4 Dead 2 and now I can use it in Helldivers 2

that... is so smart

erm... but but butbut me ergonomics,,, , , ,, , ,

sooo... it's useless)

I’ll take my 5 ergonomics, thank you very much…

Alternatively, you could use your eyes and just mark things.

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i always run laser sight unless it's a shotgun or laser gun. I dont use any recoil heavy guns or need that much ergonomics so might otherwise have it

Yes! I always run laset sight because of this no matter what unless I'm solo

not sure what the best solution is but I'd really love to be able to use the laser without taking such a big ergo hit, even if for no other reason than that I think it's very iconic looking

I really wish there wasn't such a big punishment for the angled foregrip.

I just dont understand how the laser attachments are worse than the regular grip. You would think they would be better but nope.

Double Edge Sickle user here. My tracers are my laser sight.

"AAHHHHHHHHH HAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!"

Would be nicd to have something like that for stratagems too, maybe like a booster that puts safety marks on top of that for incoming bombardmends?

Still not worth the hit to ergo.

In Helldivers 1 it was enormously helpful because everyone can see exactly where you're aiming at all times, in HD2 I'm puttin it on everything I can!

That's assuming more than 5% of randoms who play with you will understand that

So you're telling me it's only good if you have dumb teammates

I had it turned off, even before doing so increased the stats, since it was a distracting, redundant aim point when you're looking around your sights for your teammates and their nametag box. Your own best anti-friendly fire is your trigger finger, and avoiding stepping in front of other Helldivers is just assuming if you can't see them, you're probably in their line of sight.

So, in other words, useless. I'm rarely shot and killed by teammates, but very often, I'll be killed by randoms throwing stratagems right next to me or by a sentry that someone decided to drop right behind me without warning.

Alright game, give us a 2x optic with laser built in so we don’t have to pick. 2 lasers would be comical.

I appreciate this "non-meta" advocacy. It may not produce the best weapon stats but it really can help you & your teammates coordinate better without anyone even saying a word. ❤
Totally worth a couple points of lost handling IMO

I personally stay with my support weapon nearly the entire match, but when my team is using lasers I’m very grateful

That’sa really good point.

I've been called stupid for saying exactly this.
"If you're good, you wouldn't need it." they said.

I had divers running in front of my laser cannon and getting surprised when they die lol

Nah I'm not giving myself - ergonomics just cause of unaware teammates. They're gonna run into lines of fire with or without a laser.

This is a good argument. You've convinced me helldiver 🫡

I just like how it looks 😅

You missed another fairly useful feature of the laser sight. Since aiming down sights with the ballistic shield doesn’t work and only really puts you in first person, the laser sight can give you something to aim off of when using the ballistic shield in first person. Sure, it would make more sense to just stay in third person since you get an actual crosshair, but in some situations where your in a cramped environment and your camera is messing around on walls, being in first person can help you regain your focus.

It helps teammates avoid friendly fire?
I've seen randoms running straight into 500kg, orbital napalm WHILE warning countdown was on, crossing walking barrage, using 360mm and running into it because "my backpack is there". Laser won't help here divers.... Lobotomy by stun lance might

100% The laser sight is a communication tool, and a damn good one.

Totally bogus. Any indication of me shooting is an invitation for teammates to jump directly in front of my muzzle to get a better look.

now I want the turrets to have a laser designator or even 2, as it swivels to a target it turns from green to red, though you wouldn't have time to avoid it if it was red for the speed it would turn red, you'd know it is still actively seeking. I know it wouldn't work with mortars and tesla towers, but the idea feels rather sound.

I like the laser, and when I eventually feel confident enough to do no hud runs I will definitely use it.

But as it stands most of my weapons just benefit too much from vertical foregrip to pass… also my buddies run right into my Death Star beam while I’m firing anyway! 😅

Real talk though, for randoms it’s actually quite helpful, I definitely notice them running in front of me a lot less. Still not a top pick because of previous reasons stated, but I don’t hate it.

No laser sights on support weapons means that this can be useless most of the time when you are using something like the HMG or AC.