Tbf, didn’t helldivers have it right at launch but the overwhelming popularity crashed the servers so they nixed it. Then they tried to re-add it and the community revolted and they made it optional permanently?

I mean, how many people do you know that can rebuild a car without any manual?

Just saw this, if you remap in game and not through the deck interface for all but the r4/5 and l4/5 keys it works well

Super Earth thanks you for your service, Helldiver!

Hopefully, they are back soon. Had a blast getting mowed down by the harvester lasers from outta nowhere and learning how to fight something completely foreign

I also hate how the default was push to pull out grenades. Before I made it tap to throw and then the gun comes back out, I’d blow myself up way more than I care to admit lol

I don’t. But you can assign a key (paddle?) to it.

Edit: just checked - go to options -> controller -> change bindings -> then it’s in the communication tab (third one).

I’d recommend binding your l4 to the select button, r4 to start, and r5 to left bumper. Makes it much easier to call in strategems and use the map during play. Use l5 to open comms then

Also change the grenade key to tap right bumper and unmap it from the right arrow d-pad button then change the right d-pad button to mark. If you don’t unbind it, you’ll mark and throw a grenade at the same time

You could still use the mouse & keyboard combo on Deck if you prefer that. Just plug it into a monitor or tv and you’re good to go. I’m just controller gamer primarily lol

I play level 8 without any real issues. It has a deck preset for graphics now. It definitely isn’t a stable 30 but it is in now way unplayable. I routinely walk away with a death or two plus about 550 kills vs both bots and bugs.

It ain’t the prettiest game especially when played on a TV but I’ve been gaming for 30 years and it doesn’t bother me anymore if a game isn’t the sleekest looking. That said, if you only play handheld, it still looks pretty remarkable. And I have no issue using a controller since it was built for PS5

Still playing Helldivers 2 since I got it. Fun game that