@@luigi9458it is initially meant for friendly fire/tesla. I think illuminates gonna have a different kind of “arc”. If it is the same arc, then fighting illuminates with 90%(?) resistance is a bit OP. Basically if you go into illuminate front without the armors, you’re dead in 1 shot, or if you go with it you’re essentially in god mode. Kinda interested to see how Arrowhead is approaching this
Since It’s 90% resistance, it’s so going to get nerfed but I hope they compensate it like (removes the chance to spread the lightning arc to other players when shocked)
To be fair, if I remember correctly they're 100% more technologically advanced than both. Even more than Super Earth. The difference between Automatons and Illuminate is basically Battle Droids and the literal Covenant from Halo. It's no wonder they're more advanced in tech and fighting style.
@@bagel5833 back in hd 1, they are also much more advance than automatons, except they are very squishy and weak, the only thing to compensate for their squishiness is their energy shields
Yeah from what I heard they have these abilities because they aren’t nearly as tanky as Automotons. And they get shields that really disrupt gunfire. ALL EXCEPT THE THROWING KNIFE. Which was apparently an anti illuminate weapon back in the day cause their shields don’t register “primitive” human weapons. So yeah, can’t wait to see how everyone’s tunes change with that grenade type.
First of all, if no one noticed, "The Prophet" is a direct refrence to Halo, second, people said you may have to lock in to fight bots and uneeded for bugs, BUT THE ILLUMINATE, you gotta be literal military intelligence to play.
From what I've seen on the net they have found a "god" when they were cast out of the galaxy in the first game. And that eldritch entity gave them those magic powers but they are basically slaves to it now. Basically squids found a magic space kraken or cuthulu and started to worship it.
I havent played helldivers 1, nor can i see the code, but I speculate that the "fake" variant of the illuminate guys are decoy versions that attack but dont't do damage. There's no real parry system, and you have a gun, so I dont personally see an illuminate fainting an attack, instead projecting a false version to distract you. This would also be really spooky deployed a distance because you'd see twice as many guys than there actually are. Might be wrong, but either way this calamari spicy ah hell wtf.
One thing that does intrigue me quite a bit is the tiers on these illuminate units, between the level 1-2 tripods and mages, the assassin summoner and secondary ghoul. This is definitely going to be the most interesting faction for super earth to slaughter.
The Zealot is going to be some sort of shielded melee enemy. One that probably has a ranged attack as well i reckon. The Obelisk and Sentry, definitely mechanised units. Feel as if the obelisk will have the ability to teleport in reinforcements after a set up time, possibly shielded with close range Arc weapons. The Sentry, possibly a combat-centric version of the observer? All in all, with the leaked units and the sheer horror their leaked music evokes... im hoping we see them soon. With what i know of HD1, the Illuminate attacking Super Earth on Liberty Day sounds like the most likely thing. Catch the enemy with their guard down. They got defeated, lost their homeworld in the first war. They're rightfully pissed and most likely won't underestimate their enemy a second time. No room for peace. Just annihilation.
i hope AH plays this right, having it be subtle, a few clips start surfacing of helldivers seeing quick glimpses of unknown attackers, players getting genuinely scared as it becomes a horror game with lights and noises they've never heard before I know for a fact I saw one of my friends get sniped by a bright blue beam a long while ago
Hopefully, they come out before I leave for my Merchant Mariner training for roughly the next year. I've been itching to fight the squids. I already know I'm gonna be a Squid-diver.
I know the feeling. I recently came back from my second ship earlier this month, and I am HYPED to fight the squids. I just hope I get to fight them before I go back for classes next year. I already missed the Meridia campaign.
Should keep the difference of three types of ememy.Automatons-basically medium or heavy armor,but always got weakpoint.Terminate-from light to heavy,players need a best team to face all situations.Illuminate-basically light,some of them medium armor,but all of them got charging shield.
One more thing about Outcasts is that they turn invis, hence the name "Outcasts" since they're a "disgrace" for not passing some magic training or smth (Obelisk is a unit that casts a wall to divide and conquer ur team
Been saying that since launch. They kept hinting how important that day is in game. I tried to tell everyone it’s gonna be a Halloween event and they will be secretly unannounced.
@@John_HelldivesThere was leaked audio involving the illuminate’s arrival and civilians. From the sounds of it, either the squids invaded during a parade celebrating the HellDivers or they indvaded during a citizen extract mission. Edit: And I just now realized it’s from your channel that I found it lol
@@Stnkynuggz1252 yeah I’ll admit I kind of suspected Liberty day too up until we started the space station. I realized it wouldn’t be finished before liberty day, and I made the connection that it would be weird if we were in the middle of a bunch of those major orders and then the illuminate just showed up out of nowhere. I suspect it will be a similar situation to when the automatons returned. We will have just completed a big goal, and will be at a lack of things to do. That’s when they strike.
I just know the bugdivers are gonna have a meltdown over all the aoe, teleportation, and shielding. Looks like the squiddiver contingent has to pull triple duty. I know the botdivers can't spare anyone.
I’m an M.O. Diver, I go where I’m told, do what I’m told, I genuinely don’t get how players don’t play both factions, you’re quite literally only getting half the game you bought by doing that. I will say though, between oil spillers and bug smashers, here’s some wisdom that shows the difference. During bot MO’s, 50% of the players contribute towards the bot side and 95% of them are on the right planets, during bug MO’s, 95% of players are on the bug side but only 50% are on the right planets. Also, I’ve just generally noticed that bug players always split out on planets in ways where zero liberation progress is made, for example, they always have split between Estanu and Crimsica to where they make rapid progress on neither.
@bradychapman5645 The bug players tend to be a bit more casual while the bot players are more sweaty. It makes sense that bug players don't really care about major orders. Besudes, there's so many people fighting bugs that it doesn’t matter if the do the major order or not. Meanwhile, bot players are stretched so thin that they wouldn't get anything done unless they coordinated. I plan to focus more on the illuminate when they arrive, but I do trade to focus on major orders when they pop up. I'm just not as worried about bugs because there's so many damn bug divers.
@@nighthawk72j80 during the MO when we unlocked the orbital napalm. The 50% or so at the time that was on the bug front, if you went on the websites that calculate everything with liberation, they were literally making 0 progress on ANY bug planet. 50% of the player base did absolutely nothing planet liberation wise cause they don’t target down one planet. So there really isn’t enough players on that front for me to not be concerned when that kinda thing is happening. Thus, I have to kick ass and take names on both sides of the war.
They're probably the Illuminate version of the chainsaw guys on the bot side. Pretty weak, but if you get overwhelmed, it's a wrap for you. Would also explain why they're the only units that get summoned by other ones
Itll probably show up later when Illuminate get desperate, like how the automatons created the Factory strider as a last ditch effort to not be pushed out of the Galaxy.
@@John_Helldives theyve been ready to release or at the very least just needing to be polished. The only thing stopping them rn is just the story. same thing with the BMP stratagem
The theoretical illuminate that they will never actually bring to the game. So are they going to wait until the ENTIRE player base is gone to release this or just 95%?
Honestly considering the fact that there is code for them, over an hour of sound effect, models and voice acting for the super destroyer addressing the return of the Illuminate makes it seem practically impossible that arrowhead will never release this
Also most leaked stuff often take at least 4 months to be added into the game We can expect the illuminate before the end of the year If not maybe the anniversary
We found him, John Helldiver.
...and people were wondering why we had Arc resistance armor 😂
Me and my bro were both agreeing this was definitely for the illuminate
i thought it was for friendly fire 😭
@@luigi9458it is initially meant for friendly fire/tesla. I think illuminates gonna have a different kind of “arc”. If it is the same arc, then fighting illuminates with 90%(?) resistance is a bit OP. Basically if you go into illuminate front without the armors, you’re dead in 1 shot, or if you go with it you’re essentially in god mode. Kinda interested to see how Arrowhead is approaching this
Since It’s 90% resistance, it’s so going to get nerfed but I hope they compensate it like (removes the chance to spread the lightning arc to other players when shocked)
Yes it is now confirmed for illuminate
They putting testla tower near every outpost
The illuminate look much more indepth and advanced compared to automatons or terminids, I'm interested to see how they will play out in game.
Yeah more in death advanced and also eldritch who knows how powerful they are in the battlefield
To be fair, if I remember correctly they're 100% more technologically advanced than both. Even more than Super Earth. The difference between Automatons and Illuminate is basically Battle Droids and the literal Covenant from Halo. It's no wonder they're more advanced in tech and fighting style.
@@bagel5833 back in hd 1, they are also much more advance than automatons, except they are very squishy and weak, the only thing to compensate for their squishiness is their energy shields
Suddenly your controls are scrambled, and now the run button became the fire button
Yeah from what I heard they have these abilities because they aren’t nearly as tanky as Automotons. And they get shields that really disrupt gunfire. ALL EXCEPT THE THROWING KNIFE. Which was apparently an anti illuminate weapon back in the day cause their shields don’t register “primitive” human weapons. So yeah, can’t wait to see how everyone’s tunes change with that grenade type.
First of all, if no one noticed, "The Prophet" is a direct refrence to Halo, second, people said you may have to lock in to fight bots and uneeded for bugs, BUT THE ILLUMINATE, you gotta be literal military intelligence to play.
They way they use to wreck us in the 1st Galactic War was wild.
Some of the attacks being called void attacks brings up a lot of potential theories about the illuminate and what they've been doing
Must be one of the eldritch powers they have now
@@mjthom08from using advance tech to incorporating straight up magic
possibly something related to dark fluid?
From what I've seen on the net they have found a "god" when they were cast out of the galaxy in the first game. And that eldritch entity gave them those magic powers but they are basically slaves to it now.
Basically squids found a magic space kraken or cuthulu and started to worship it.
@@MisticHD.Great. A space faction full of D&D Warlocks.
I havent played helldivers 1, nor can i see the code, but I speculate that the "fake" variant of the illuminate guys are decoy versions that attack but dont't do damage. There's no real parry system, and you have a gun, so I dont personally see an illuminate fainting an attack, instead projecting a false version to distract you. This would also be really spooky deployed a distance because you'd see twice as many guys than there actually are. Might be wrong, but either way this calamari spicy ah hell wtf.
This is on top of a potential enemy that can scramble your stratagems, or your controls
I love the war of the world looking tripod they’d be so cool to see on a battlefield
Terrified yet excited at the same time
Wonder when the rest of these will come! Ones we’re dealing w rn are just scouts. I’m terrified of the main invasion fleet
Imagine seeing massive illuminate capital ships in the sky releasing countless waves of illuminate fighters and warp ships
Awesome stuff! 👍
Looks like sushi is back on the menu boys !
FOR SUPER EARTH!!!
I assume the illuminate would be an “elite” faction, having few strong unit with plenty of ability.
@@John_Helldivesthey do that for bile titans and such though
Illuminate are magic space Cthulhu
One thing that does intrigue me quite a bit is the tiers on these illuminate units, between the level 1-2 tripods and mages, the assassin summoner and secondary ghoul. This is definitely going to be the most interesting faction for super earth to slaughter.
Good lad, nice to see you uploading videos, I am glad I managed to persuade you some how, normally my skills for that are low :D. Keep at it bro!
Thanks for the motivation bro!
I'll keep up the uploads as much as I can.
@@John_Helldives YOU GOT THIS MR IRON SIGHTSSSSSSSSSSS
Oh boy horrors beyond my comprehension.
The Zealot is going to be some sort of shielded melee enemy. One that probably has a ranged attack as well i reckon.
The Obelisk and Sentry, definitely mechanised units. Feel as if the obelisk will have the ability to teleport in reinforcements after a set up time, possibly shielded with close range Arc weapons.
The Sentry, possibly a combat-centric version of the observer?
All in all, with the leaked units and the sheer horror their leaked music evokes... im hoping we see them soon.
With what i know of HD1, the Illuminate attacking Super Earth on Liberty Day sounds like the most likely thing. Catch the enemy with their guard down.
They got defeated, lost their homeworld in the first war. They're rightfully pissed and most likely won't underestimate their enemy a second time. No room for peace. Just annihilation.
these dudes def have vibes off "you are disturbing the universe" type shit lmao
Dude they’re actually terrifying
i hope AH plays this right, having it be subtle, a few clips start surfacing of helldivers seeing quick glimpses of unknown attackers, players getting genuinely scared as it becomes a horror game with lights and noises they've never heard before
I know for a fact I saw one of my friends get sniped by a bright blue beam a long while ago
Nothing was subtle about it
Hopefully, they come out before I leave for my Merchant Mariner training for roughly the next year. I've been itching to fight the squids. I already know I'm gonna be a Squid-diver.
I know the feeling. I recently came back from my second ship earlier this month, and I am HYPED to fight the squids. I just hope I get to fight them before I go back for classes next year. I already missed the Meridia campaign.
Hmmm....lots of melee attacks. We need melee attacks too. Let go. !
So excited for this faction!
Should keep the difference of three types of ememy.Automatons-basically medium or heavy armor,but always got weakpoint.Terminate-from light to heavy,players need a best team to face all situations.Illuminate-basically light,some of them medium armor,but all of them got charging shield.
Some people might see this as spoilers.
I see it as a conspiracy theory! 🔎 👽
the sentinel is cool looking a tripod war machine like in war of the worlds
ITS FUCKING JOHN HELLDIVER
I guess we are gonna be fighting the fucking combine lmao
All I got to say is that we are so fucked.
That 3rd variant of the guy looks SICK
One more thing about Outcasts is that they turn invis, hence the name "Outcasts" since they're a "disgrace" for not passing some magic training or smth (Obelisk is a unit that casts a wall to divide and conquer ur team
Honestly considering the fact that super earth is the one who provided that information it should be taken with a major grain of salt
(This user is under investigation by the ministry of truth for suspected dissidence and treason)
Dashing, combat dodges, melee combos, shields, gun spears, teleportation, and force choke... what the hell did we get ourselves into?
Helldivers 2 about to become Returnal
Ive heard speculation it will be on liberty day
Been saying that since launch. They kept hinting how important that day is in game. I tried to tell everyone it’s gonna be a Halloween event and they will be secretly unannounced.
@@John_HelldivesThere was leaked audio involving the illuminate’s arrival and civilians. From the sounds of it, either the squids invaded during a parade celebrating the HellDivers or they indvaded during a citizen extract mission.
Edit: And I just now realized it’s from your channel that I found it lol
Whenever the space station is complete maybe. Not liberty day.
@gooseguyfilms4460 easy to say now that it's passed hahaha
@@Stnkynuggz1252 yeah I’ll admit I kind of suspected Liberty day too up until we started the space station. I realized it wouldn’t be finished before liberty day, and I made the connection that it would be weird if we were in the middle of a bunch of those major orders and then the illuminate just showed up out of nowhere. I suspect it will be a similar situation to when the automatons returned. We will have just completed a big goal, and will be at a lack of things to do. That’s when they strike.
Remember Helldivers these are nothing more than conspiracy theories. After all we did beat those squids long ago.
I just know the bugdivers are gonna have a meltdown over all the aoe, teleportation, and shielding. Looks like the squiddiver contingent has to pull triple duty. I know the botdivers can't spare anyone.
I’m an M.O. Diver, I go where I’m told, do what I’m told, I genuinely don’t get how players don’t play both factions, you’re quite literally only getting half the game you bought by doing that. I will say though, between oil spillers and bug smashers, here’s some wisdom that shows the difference. During bot MO’s, 50% of the players contribute towards the bot side and 95% of them are on the right planets, during bug MO’s, 95% of players are on the bug side but only 50% are on the right planets. Also, I’ve just generally noticed that bug players always split out on planets in ways where zero liberation progress is made, for example, they always have split between Estanu and Crimsica to where they make rapid progress on neither.
On the bug front though, I am a pyromaniac so I’m unfathomably appreciative of them fixing their fuck up with the flamethrower.
@bradychapman5645 The bug players tend to be a bit more casual while the bot players are more sweaty. It makes sense that bug players don't really care about major orders. Besudes, there's so many people fighting bugs that it doesn’t matter if the do the major order or not. Meanwhile, bot players are stretched so thin that they wouldn't get anything done unless they coordinated.
I plan to focus more on the illuminate when they arrive, but I do trade to focus on major orders when they pop up. I'm just not as worried about bugs because there's so many damn bug divers.
@@nighthawk72j80 during the MO when we unlocked the orbital napalm. The 50% or so at the time that was on the bug front, if you went on the websites that calculate everything with liberation, they were literally making 0 progress on ANY bug planet. 50% of the player base did absolutely nothing planet liberation wise cause they don’t target down one planet. So there really isn’t enough players on that front for me to not be concerned when that kinda thing is happening. Thus, I have to kick ass and take names on both sides of the war.
obelisk if I remember correctly was the thing that made shield walls in the first game, so thats gonna be hellish
Super Earth's laser tech is due to reverse engineering these bad bois. We're in for some hurt. I really can't wait. Their music also slaaaps
They gonna be some scary enemies thats for sure
Still sad they decided to scale down the ghoul to light unit imagine a giant one chasing you down? That would've been nightmarish
They're probably the Illuminate version of the chainsaw guys on the bot side. Pretty weak, but if you get overwhelmed, it's a wrap for you. Would also explain why they're the only units that get summoned by other ones
Sentinels are gonna scare the crap out of me in game
Those undemocratic squids have arrived! Though it begs the question... where in the name of liberty are all of these guys?
It'd be really bad if you got several illusionists all competing to force choke you 😂
"WORT WORT WORT"
Seems Calamari is back in the menu boys
Hell yeah! More PTSD!
Democracy Officer, yes this guy right here...
Just the music is more threatening than anything
When they come, we’ll be ready…
Please report these images to O.A.R. (Office of Alien Research)
aint no way we getting eldar
This is no way Eldar. They are practically just protoss.
@@weaponizedlizardmen360 joke
Good stuff 👍
We're going to need reinforcements... 💀
Nah, *they* will need reinforcements... 😎
HOPE IS ON THE WAY
wait, they have tripods?
Wait there are other units then the ones we seen
@@John_Helldivesif any of them is scary then the ones we saw then I going to have nightmares of them when they arrived
Will the Great Eyes be included as well?
Itll probably show up later when Illuminate get desperate, like how the automatons created the Factory strider as a last ditch effort to not be pushed out of the Galaxy.
I can't believe I got blue screen on the 17th of September. THE DAY THE BIG PATCH HAPPENED
Sentinel tripod is exactly like the 2005 war of the worlds movie
Is there anything yet on a possible release date?
It will probably begin the process of happening when the Gloom reaches the blackhole.
I heard it’ll be on or around liberty day, which is in mid october. Pretty soon
@@John_Helldives theyve been ready to release or at the very least just needing to be polished. The only thing stopping them rn is just the story. same thing with the BMP stratagem
@@DylanClipz bmp stratagem?
@@MrPanggs it's the armored troop transport vehicle that's been leaked for a while now. Keep in mind that's not the real name of it btw.
Anything about them having shields or invisibility?
Where’s the music from?
Leaked Illuminate combat OST from the game files themselves.
May Lady Liberty save us. The squids want their revenge.
@@robohobo8250 I was hoping it was this because this soundtrack is great!
Illuminates = Covenants
did you find more info on them after the update? really hoping we get them in the game soon.... especially with the weapon buffs.
Don't worry recruits!HD1 veterans will aid you.For super earth!
Love the leaks you make but the images are always super blurry on the edges and you never show the full thing it’s weird
More dissidents for my Melee count. :D
Im sorry but choking is something they can do?
If you talking about force choking using their telekinesis then yes
Illuminari brothers & sisters, our beloved Squ'ith cometh
*Door kicks in*
Freeze! Super Police! Hands up Xeno Cultist!
Does this mean that the lit circular areas are their weak points???
Down up left right down
"XenoBite"... *Flashbacks to Hellraiser* OH NO
Oh no what
The illuminate are just tau with tzeench powers lol
Wait did I read Melee COMBOS?!
What wrong with that
We need melee weapons of our own.
👽
Scary
These will never release
wanna bet?
Illegal broadcast detected
The theoretical illuminate that they will never actually bring to the game. So are they going to wait until the ENTIRE player base is gone to release this or just 95%?
Honestly considering the fact that there is code for them, over an hour of sound effect, models and voice acting for the super destroyer addressing the return of the Illuminate makes it seem practically impossible that arrowhead will never release this
Also most leaked stuff often take at least 4 months to be added into the game
We can expect the illuminate before the end of the year
If not maybe the anniversary
I'm still excited to see Chaos Divers
Illuminate more like squid
Nah this is the covenant
Observer... adept.. sentry.. zealot... damn protoss wannabes
Guess it will be Their "Life for Aiur!"
Fake the funny squid people are dead and aren't coming