In Helldivers 2 has a bug that affected a certain player per round for a while. Now the bug is fixed, but the problems have spread to the rest of the players.
What kind of bug is it? Since the expansion “Into the Unjust”, the host of the game round was increasingly attacked by “Rupture Warrior” beetles compared to other players. This went so far that some hosts were practically tyrannized by the beetles, while their teammates could only laugh.
In truth, however, the bug was a bigger problem that affected not only the “Rupture Warrior” beetles but various enemies in Helldivers 2. The developers explained that the problem actually was that “certain enemies (including the ‘Rupture Warrior’ beetles) had issues attacking players who were not the host”.
The developers have now fixed this problem, but for the players, everything has gotten worse with the bug fix.
Here you can see where the beetles come from:
A bug fix that makes everything worse
Why does the bug fix make everything worse? The developers have fixed the deeper bug and announced this in their patch notes:
Rupture Warriors now accurately track moving clients and balance the difficulty of attacks between client and host.
Developers of Helldivers 2 via fandomwire.com
But instead of distributing the previous number of attacks now to four players instead of just one, the beetles wildly attacked all Helldivers. So hosts did not really experience relief, but only that the whole team suffered under the problem.
Here you can see the problem on Reddit:
How do the developers respond to the new problems? Quality Assurance Lead “Jojo” responded to players’ complaints on Discord (via Reddit) that they absolutely had to fix the deeper problem, even if this leads to the unfair attacks of enemies on all players.
The team would now review the strength of the “Rupture Warrior” beetles, but the problem that some enemies could only attack the host had to be fixed first.
That the developers of Helldivers 2 had to fix the fundamental problem first before they could address the balance of the enemies is understandable. Still, players hope for a swift change in balance, as the attacks of the enemies have even been described as unfair by developer “Jojo”. The chief himself plays his own game: The head of Helldivers 2 has not played the new DLC yet, his reasoning surprises fans
