HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Good news, Helldivers 2 mech riders, Arrowhead looks to be considering making it a properly supported feature

Now that the masses of Helldivers 2 have gotten their hands on mechs, it unsurprisingly hasn’t taken very long at all for folk to start incorporating them into bizarrely effective combat strategies. If you’ve spent the weekend riding around atop a robotic death machine, you’re in luck, as Arrowhead looks to be considering making that a proper gameplay mechanic.

Yeah, you read that right, it’s been about five minutes since Tien Kwan was successfully liberated, unlocking the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuits that’d been being teased for a good while, and people have already found a way to casually ride them around. If nothing else, it’s a testament to what the community can do when it’s not too busy arguing about balancing or getting frustrated about hosts who wield the kick hammer far too aggressively.

As shown in the video below, mech riding at the moment involves a ground troop using a jump pack to hop atop the roof of an Exosuit. While it does seem to be decently effective at ensuring that both the rider and the mech pilot have a little bit of extra protection when they head into battle, it does currently look pretty janky, especially from the mech pilot’s view.

По данным индустриального инсайдера Shinobi602, на данный момент продажи кооперативного боевика Helldivers 2 значительно превышают отметку в 5 миллионов копий. Такой информацией он поделился в переписке с пользователями ResetEra, отказавшись называть более точную цифру.

Arrowhead's CEO wants you to help the developer figure out how to deal with bad Helldivers 2 hosts

Helldivers 2 players are getting frustrated with hosts kicking them out for silly reasons, so Arrowhead's CEO wants to know how you'd like it fixed.

The problem with playing with random people in an online game, especially if you're not the host, is that if the host is kind of a jerk, you could get the boot for no good reason. That's a problem for some Helldivers 2 players at the moment, with one players noting that they've been kicked from groups simply because of low kill counts, or even "using a single Stratagem or particular weapon the host doesn't like" as one user pointed out to Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt. Arrowhead, and Pilestedt in particular, has been mostly quite communicative with its players on the game's various issues, and in response to this particular frustration, Pilestedt has asked players how they might fix it.

"This is so sh*tty," Pilestedt said responding to the user on Twitter. "Also very hard to solve - we have some ideas but no conclusion. You know what, let's try this: Hive Mind - do you have a design suggestion for how to improve this experience?." This particular tweet has already had over 1000 responses, so clearly many players had ideas for the problem. "Thank you everyone for your suggestions!" Pilestedt said in a follow-up tweet. "I will ask the team to look at this thread and draw inspiration. This is a pretty cool thing, the entire community coming together to discuss a hard to solve problem. Even though vote kick is the easiest, it has some downsides and there is always a better solution."

Many Helldivers 2 players are finding themselves kicked from games by the host for no good reason, and now developer Arrowhead Game Studios has taken notice. The team is already looking at ways to mitigate the problem, with the community providing ideas and feedback that could see matchmaking filters, post-game player blocking, and more added to the game down the line.

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Helldivers 2 Warbond details - Season 2 Premium Warbond

Want to know what's inside the Helldivers 2 Warbond? If you were overwhelmed by the sheer number of weapons and stratagems available to you before, the latest battle pass, or Warbond as Helldivers 2 refers to it as, is about to give you a headache. That's right, there are even more options to pick from if you pick up the Cutting Edge Warbond, including new armor sets, weapons, and much more.

With the introduction of new weapons, world hazards, and mech suits coming to Helldivers 2, the meta is about to get shaken up. You should check out our guides on the best Helldivers 2 loadouts and the best Helldivers 2 weapons to ensure you're using the strongest equipment on offer. Here's everything we know about the Helldivers 2 Premium Warbond: Cutting Edge, including its release date, price, and items on offer.