The Shield Generator Pack is a go-to survival strategy for almost every mission in Helldivers 2. It's easy to use and allows you to absorb a large amount of damage in heated confrontations.
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But there aren't many alternatives to the Shield Pack, aside from Stratagems like the Ballistic Shield or Jump Pack, which are much more situational. "We need stuff that's going to help us right away, otherwise all the loadouts I see will still have the shield pack," one Helldivers 2 fan wrote in a Reddit thread on May 19, alongside a few ideas they'd like to see in the game.
Reddit user u/Liqhthouse listed several Stratagems from the original Helldivers game that could make nice additions to the sequel. One such Stratagem is the REP-80, a healing beam that can heal allies and repair defenses.
Another suggestion is the AD-289 Angel. It’s a drone like the Guard Dogs, but it heals you and your allies instead of killing enemies. “Considering the Guard Dogs are going to shoot me anyway, they might as well heal me,” one fan jokingly wrote in the comments, and that’s totally true.
