The community of Helldivers 2 criticizes experienced players who kick low-level players on the highest difficulty. Those who cannot carry beginners through the game have a “skill issue.”
What is the community criticizing? In Helldivers 2, you cooperate with up to four players against bugs and robots. You can complete this on up to nine difficulty levels. Especially level eight and nine can be really challenging.
New players who do not yet have the best weapons and stratagems because they need to reach level 20 quickly find themselves at their limits. This has led in the past to low-level players or players with the “wrong” gear being kicked out of matches by high-level players.
The player “Sol0botmate” has now harshly criticized the kicking of low-level players in a post on Reddit. In his opinion, it is a skill problem if an experienced player is unable to carry a beginner through the game. He says, “If you kick low-level players, you are just bad.”
By the way, there is now the new war bond “Democratic Detonation” in Helldivers 2. Here you can see a trailer with the contents:
Why is it bad to kick low-level players? In his post, “Sol0botmate” explains that he is level 110 in Helldivers and takes all players with him on the hardest difficulty level (9). He often gets level 20-30 players, but sometimes even level 15. He himself has a hundred percent success rate.
The veteran Helldiver explains that inexperienced players have problems when they are overrun by many opponents. However, he has no issues with these situations, and other high-level players should not either.
Instead of kicking low-level players, experienced Helldivers should give them tips, write “gg” at the end of a match, and generally help them experience the typical memories and crazy situations that Helldivers offer.
What does the community say about the criticism? The Reddit post by “Sol0botmate” gathered over 23,700 upvotes and 2,500 comments within 2 days. Overall, he receives a lot of support for his criticism from the community, which sees it the same way as he does.
Some players also share stories relevant to the topic. One user was kicked because he was level 33. Another left all samples to a level 2 so that he would also get a certain achievement.
However, some users also point out that players might just be kicked so that the friends of the lobby host can join, and they mistakenly assume it’s because of the level or their loadout.
Speaking of loadout, here you can see which weapons are particularly good right now: Helldivers 2: Tier List of the best weapons and grenades for every mission
