r/EDF May 31 '19

r/EDF's Helpful Links Megathread

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Welcome to r/EDF's helpful threads and links megathread! If you know of any useful resources I've missed then just lemme know!

Social:

Come join the Earth Defense Force Discord! We've got tons of helpful members and group finder channels for each platform!

Earth Defense Force - World Brothers:

Complete list of which characters drop on which missions. It's in Japanese however so the link above uses Google Translate.

A lot of the common questions regarding EDF: WB have been answered in the above FAQ!

Earth Defense Force - Iron Rain:

@Wiki page for Iron Rain. Tons of useful information, but it's in Japanese so the above link is a Google Translate link.

Wiki guide on every AA weapon, what enemies to kill to unlock them, and recommended missions to grind. Translated by Google so it's not perfect. If something isn't translated properly or doesn't make sense, you can also try this reddit thread. Alternative wiki page here but make sure to use an Adblocker.

The locations of all 55 MIA drones hidden in the game! If you need visual help, this video guide works great!

Useful guide on how to earn ~$200k in a 2 minute mission.

There was a dev stream teasing some of what the upcoming Iron Rain DLC will include, and you can get the rundown of it all in the thread above!

Every major review for Iron Rain together in one thread.

All of our initial impressions of Iron Rain when it first released.

Earth Defense Force 5:

Use this to be able to change FOV, remove the text chat censor and limit, fix mouse jitter, and get a perfect borderless window (no need to use Special K anymore!).

Guide on how to set up Special K to get a perfect Borderless Fullscreen Window, instead of dealing with Borderless Gaming which requires adjusting every single time you tab out and back in. This is no longer necessary now that EDF 5 Mod Loader exists!

Google Doc listing every single enemy type you'll encounter per level!

Extremely thorough guide to playing Wing Diver efficiently in EDF 5!

Info on weapon drops and enemy health in EDF 5. Also has map images.

Huge list of every class' weapon in EDF 5, including tons of stats! Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site. However I don't believe this is 100% complete, hence the following links...

Earth Defense Force 4.1:

Tons of stats for every weapon in EDF 4.1, even down to their zoom level. Site is now dead, but above link is an archived version of the site.

New version of the weapon checklist, now maintained by a member of our Discord server (Zeddy).

Self-explanatory title, it shows the health of each enemy in each mission, and lets you choose many options like how many players are in the mission. Unfortunately doesn't translate well with Google Translate, but if you're on PC and using Chrome, the in-browser translate option works very well.

Alternative to the above. Insanely thorough Steam guide on how enemy health works, and the values for each enemy in each mission.

New weapons! New balancing changes! The Genocide Guns are back! Air Raider can use all slots for anything! Increased armor gain!

Ever wanted to have the EDF song from 4.1 as your ringtone? Well now you can, as long as you don't mind digging through 24,900 voice files!

Other:

We ran a Photoshop contest recently where you could win a copy of Iron Rain. This contest is now over, but check out all the awesome edits people made!

I ripped all the voicelines for EDF 2, as well as the OST for both 2 and 2017 Portable, and threw them all into a giant folder for you all to enjoy. I also included the digital manuals!


r/EDF Sep 22 '22

Join the Earth Defense Force Discord Server! We have group finder channels!

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r/EDF 10h ago

Meme ex military when they see red ants on a beach

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60 Upvotes

r/EDF 10h ago

Meme Ex military when they see red ants on a beach

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r/EDF 14h ago

Video This Guy Deserves More Love…

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I have been watching this guy for a while now and he just released a best of moments. Wanted to post this to show how great the content has been and his other videos. Man deserves to be seen more than just a few hundred views. I hope whoever sees this also shares it cause it needs to be known, the past couple months watching this guy has been amazing and will be for you too. ✨


r/EDF 1d ago

Video Releasing Beta 8 Player Coop mod for EDF5

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Hi everyone, I recently decided to play EDF5 again, but nowadays I have a bigger group of people to play with, and I wanted to experience EDF5 with all of them.

From there, I started trying to develop this eight-player mod for EDF5. I'll be honest, so far I've only tried it with 5 players. My group of friends has six people, but one of them still hasn't bought the game. That said, the code was made to support up to 8 players, but it's very likely that I'll need to fix some details for 6 players or more, unless I get very lucky.

I'm releasing the mod in the hope of helping other large groups of friends who want to experience this game together, and I possibly want to keep developing the mod so that it adds more things to the game, not just support for 8 players. I hope you enjoy it.


r/EDF 1d ago

Discussion I love EDF a lot... But does anyone else just wish for certain quality of life improvements?

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I feel like this game is so close to breaking out in a way but I also feel like the game is too inaccessible at times. There's so many small things that could be added to make the game just feel much better. Some examples I can think of:

State the enemies you will be facing in the description in the mission. If you haven't discovered an enemy that will be present in that mission yet, maybe use question marks instead of stating their name. Maybe also state the type of terrain the mission will take place on, such as mountains, bunker, caves, cities, planes etc. This would help you better prepare your weapons and equipment for the task at hand.

Add an auto collect for weapon and armor crates at the end of a mission, at least maybe like 50% of the uncollected crates. Alternatively maybe they can add a magnet like Vampire survivors that will magnetize all the crates to your character.

Clean up the mission structure. I feel like there are several very redundant missions in this game that don't really elevate the experience. I get what they were going for, but honestly by the end of the campaign for me it starts to feel fatiguing with the base missions especially.

I could go on, and maybe these are just bad opinions, but i think this game could easily be 10 times more enjoyable with some common sense, modern qol improvements. What do you guys think? Anything you would change or add if you could to make the game better for you?


r/EDF 15h ago

Discussion I wish Ranger's Stampede Grenade Launcher wasn't so bad [EDF5]

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M79 grenade launchers are one of my favorite weapons, I find them so satisfying to use, moreso than their multi-grenade holding cylinder counterparts. And the m79 in this game (the stampede) looks so cool with the raining pink trails, but it SUCKS. Why does it take soooo loooooong to reload this thing? Its ONE grenade. Even watching the animation, Ranger just sits there with the grenade in the tube. but doesn't close it arbitrarily. And its not like the amount of projectiles or blast radius or damage make up for it either. I really hope they're good in 6.


r/EDF 11h ago

Question Edf 5 How do fences deal with inertia?

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I use the exoskeleton item to cancel out the inertia but I was told that said inertia can either be used to do something or canceled out in other ways but the guy refused to actually answer. How do people either use or cancel it out without over correcting or simply waiting you to lose momentum?


r/EDF 1d ago

Meme New method for neutralizing flying aggressors

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I ended up having to repost it because of a spelling mistake


r/EDF 1d ago

Video Lemme just recycle this old meme

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At the very least we'll get some new toys to play with, even some random stuff like Explosive Lightning strike Satellite mayhaps? a Salvo of homing rockets?

I yearn for more variety


r/EDF 1d ago

Image EDF epilepsy difficulty

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just for fun i'm sure EDF 6.2 gonna be more cool than this


r/EDF 1d ago

Image he is really terrifying with his look

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one of cool creatures in my opinion


r/EDF 1d ago

Discussion Does anyone have any funny names for the enemies in game?

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I just saw the excavators referred to as clams, which is brilliant. I call the Maraca Boys the Maraca Boys. It's probably obvious who they are (the suicide robots).


r/EDF 1d ago

Question Armor and weapon farming anyone?

6 Upvotes

Going for % for the plat and obviously weapons amd armor help with that so I'm just seeing if anyone wants to go about doing that.


r/EDF 1d ago

Question Genuinely curious

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Who should be the main focus in EDF 6.2

168 votes, 12h left
ravagers
primers
other species
new species
all of the above
cheese

r/EDF 2d ago

Image how i think EDF 6.2 felt like

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71 Upvotes

just for show please don't hate me


r/EDF 2d ago

Question Edf Crashed

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Hello Edf Enjoyers.

I just got into Earth Defence Force game recently. I have been playing it on my PS4 then decided to buy the PS3 version EDF Insect Armageddon. I tried playing it abit on survival mode and it plays just fine. After 2-3 days I'm trying to play it again and the game just freeze.

I already tried deleting the game data and cleaning the disc. The game didn't freeze but it's just loading the game when i try to play campaign. Does anyone know what to do or have any advice on how to fix this problem?


r/EDF 3d ago

Meme Got ragdolled by rollers, felt like this

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r/EDF 2d ago

Discussion Can someone port EDF 2017 Portable for the PlayStation Vita to Pc

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r/EDF 3d ago

Meme Great just GREAT

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Now that 6.2 is coming out I gotta get off my ass and actually plat 6 like I've been putting off forever now.(This post is sarcasm I'm hyped af.)


r/EDF 3d ago

Meme Rare footage of an EDF soldier fighting in the 80's

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r/EDF 4d ago

Discussion It's not likely, but I hope that EDF 6.2, just has all of EDF 5 inside it.

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EDF 6 plot being this cool bromance between you and the Professor was cool, but I did miss the funny moments between us, Sarge, Spriggan and Grim Reaper.

I hope that they add in EDF 5,if only so that we can play EDF 5 again but with EVEN MORE updated gameplay.


r/EDF 4d ago

Discussion I have a predicament now...

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r/EDF 4d ago

Image EDF 5 Optimus Prime Fencer

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Don't have much to say here. RIP Peter Cullen.