It feels likeHelldivers 2has been in hot water forthis reason or the otherbasically from the get go. Theinfamous Escalation of Freedom updatedidn’t fare all that well, either, prompting the former CEO of Arrowhead Games to talk to the community via an unexpected Q&A.
Pilestedtleft his former position as the CEOto take up a more hands-on approach to developingHelldivers 2as the new CCO. While the game hasn’treallymade good on all of its promises from that point onwards, Pilestedt has remained one of the community’s favorite Arrowhead developers due to his penchant for discussing upcoming content and explaining the reasoning for whyHelldivers 2is going in the direction it’s been going. His latest Q&A on Discord is no different, in that respect.
The full Pilestedt Q&A is far too long to be discussed in a short article, but I highly recommend checking out the featured Reddit post to sell all the items he talked about there. If you’re interested in a short, to-the-point summary, though, I’m thrilled to oblige:
That’s a whole lot of information, of course, and the really impressive bit is that Pilestedt’s interview goes into even more detail on each of these topicsand then some. Seriously, I cannot recommend reading through the featured Reddit thread enough.
Keeping all of the above in mind, members of theHelldivers 2community raised a very good point very recently:
Arrowhead Games is currently struggling to keep up with the community’s demands, often delivering nerfs where players feel none are needed, as was the case with the Flamethrower, Eruptor, and Railgun weapons – among many others.
On August 14,Arrowhead promised to deliver a balancing plan within the next 60 daysthat should inform players as to what’ll be happening with the game’s meta in the future, but who knows how that might pan out once it’s finally shown off. Further, even if the plan works out fine, can Arrowhead deliver upon its promises? Whatever the case may be, at least the game is funas long as you stick to the lower difficulties.
