HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Helldivers 2 dev apologizes for Reddit trolling

The latest Helldivers 2 patch has sparked a fair amount of controversy, with Arrowhead's decision to heavy nerf some of the game's most powerful weapons leaving some out in the cold. As players vented their frustrations on Reddit, senior animator Fredrik Eriksson dove straight into the fray with a series of heavily downvoted comments, and has since apologized for "trolling" a little too hard.

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HELLDIVERS 2: New Warbond Inbound!

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[h2]HELLDIVERS™ get the Cutting Edge advantage on the battlefield![/h2]

Greetings, fearless heroes of galactic democracy!

Steel yourself for the next big push against the disgraceful enemies of freedom with our brand-new Warbond – Cutting Edge!

Packed with high-voltage vibes, Cutting Edge gives you the chance to enhance your loadout of liberty with ultra-futuristic armour, guns that spit lightning, super stylish capes and epic emotes.

Super Earth R&D Experiments

Helldivers… we need your help. The brainiacs in Super Earth Research & Development have some cool experimental armour ready to be field-tested. This is where you come in, you’re just the right people for the job.

THE EX SERIES PROTOTYPES

EX-03 PROTOTYPE 3
Includes a rubber underlayer for insulation. Handy, really, as this prototype’s wires operate at a shocking 400,000 volts.
EX-16 PROTOTYPE 16
Warning: Electric arc generates a strong magnetic field. Avoid use while near stapled paperwork.
EX-00 PROTOTYPE X
The end result of several billion Super Credits and 12 years of research into creating “the Soldier of Tomorrow”. Show us it was worth it.

Shock & Awe

R&D didn’t stop at armour, though.
They’re also rolling out a new series of alien-splitting weapons with electrifying perks!

LAS-16 SICKLE
A sweet laser rifle that fires in short bursts. And it doesn’t need reloading. Just watch for overheating or shove a new heatsink in there.
SG-8P PUNISHER PLASMA
Exploding plasma rounds sound deadly… because they are, to aliens and allies! This modified Punisher shotgun is as fun as it is fearsome.
ARC-12 BLITZER
Project an arc of close-range lightning. Good for taking out multiple targets and giving you more time to pick a celebration emote.

And you can unlock a new stun grenade, the G-23 Stun, and the LAS-7 Dagger pistol.

I know what I’ll be doing… equipping the LAS-7 Dagger AND LAS-16 Sickle at the same time, turning my Helldiver into a real live wire and melting the foes of Managed Democracy on sight.

But we’ve got to do this with a touch of style, right? So you can accessorise your armour sets with three new capes, featuring matching colours and designs.

My favourite is the Botslayer: a light tan cape that will no doubt look great soaked in Automaton oil.

There are even matching player cards for each cape, as well as three new emotes.

Cutting Edge is rolling out to your Destroyer’s Acquisitions panel March 14, soldiers.

Get ready to spill some oil in style. Prepare for deployment.

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UPDATE: Get ready, Helldivers 2 players, it looks like you're about to be sent to liberate some mechs

UPDATE(7 March, 4:00PM GMT): Arrowhead's now confirmed that liberating Tien Kwan to save its exosuit facility from automatons is Helldivers 2's latest Major Order, so go help secure those mechs!

Following an official comfirmation that they were coming soon earlier this week, it's now looking like Helldivers 2's mechs are finally ready to be rolled out into the game, though you and your fellow hardened soldiers battling for Space Earth may well have some work to do before you can add one to your arsenal

Yup, the vehicular backup that might just make a difference in the battle for galactic supremacy - especially now that some weapons controvrsially aren't quite as effective as they used to be looks like it's about to actually arrive in-game.

UPDATE(7 March, 3:00PM GMT): Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has since addressed this issue via Reddit, writing: "Thank you for bringing this up, this is not the intention from the studio perspective. But since I am a heavy subscriber of a communicative studio it means that I encourage developers to engage with the community. However this also exposes us to risks of miscommunication or heated arguments and it's something that we actively discuss internally at the studio to improve on." He added: "As for the balance patch and the opinions surrounding it, we actively read as much as we possibly can and take what is said into consideration when we discuss things internally."

While Helldivers 2’s community has earned a lot of positive attention following the game’s release - mainly due to the fun folks have been having roleplaying as defenders of democracy. However, some of the balancing changes and nerfs deployed by Arrowhead yesterday seem to have brought out a side to some members of the game’s community that kinda sucks to see.

If you’re out of the loop, the arrival of yesterday’s patch - which also included the addition of new planetary hazards - came with some key changes designed to to help balance the game a little better. The main targets for tweaking were Extraction missions and weapons, with the latter including nerfs to three of the game’s most popular armaments, the Breaker, Railgun and Shield Generator Backpack.

Студия Arrowhead сообщила о выпуске первого крупного патча для Helldivers 2 на ПК и PlayStation 5.