Helldivers 2: Player plays for the first time at a high difficulty, wonders about the skill of the randoms

In Helldivers 2 there are a total of 9 different difficulty levels on which you can dive into the galactic war against robots or bugs. Some of these difficulty levels introduce new enemies or missions that test your skills. A player was amazed at how professionally the Helldivers operate at higher difficulty levels.

Why was the player surprised? The player “Diabolical_Jazz” reports in a post on Reddit that he played at level 7 for the first time, which is a higher difficulty level. Normally, he plays with his co-op friends at lower levels.

Now he realized while playing with random teammates how much better the players at level 7 are. They marked objectives, avoided enemy patrols, and generally communicated:

No one told me about difficulty level 7 and how much better the players are. […]

Once I unlocked 7, the people there acted like professionals. It was a huge difference. Everyone was relaxed and did a great job. People marked objectives or marked patrols they wanted to avoid, they used the little “Yes, No, Sorry, and Thank You” sayings and were generally communicative.

Why didn’t anyone tell me this? I’m having a much better time now. I might never lower the difficulty again.
“Diabolical_Jazz” via Reddit

In contrast, “Diabolical_Jazz” reports that it was pure chaos at level 6. Everyone was shooting at every enemy patrol, splitting up in different directions in an uncoordinated manner, and killing themselves with orbital strikes.

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The post by “Diabolical_Jazz” collected 12,747 upvotes and 1,901 comments in 3 days. Some players were able to confirm his experiences. PurpleIodine4321 writes: “It’s interesting. Sometimes level 5 is much harder than 7, but it always depends on teamwork or the lack thereof.”

The level where hardcore Helldivers relax

What makes level 7 special? In the comments on Reddit, many players say that especially level 7 is ideal, as it is comparatively easy to handle compared to 8 and 9 and offers almost the same rewards.

Accordingly, Helldivers who could also tackle 8 or 9 play at level 7 when they simply want to play relaxed and have fun or farm samples. At the same time, the difference to level 6 is so high that some players who are not suited for the higher difficulty levels simply stay away.

FiTroSky: “I tried 8-9, and apart from more difficulty, it doesn’t offer much more reward. So yes, 7 is it: the easy mode of the hard mode.”

Fragrant_Reward3983: “It could be that level 7 is the limit for many people. Many players who can make a Helldive play 7 for a more relaxed experience and farm samples. Also, some people are excluded by the jump in difficulty, which also leads to a higher skill average.”

Ghostbuster_119: “7 is optimal in my opinion. It’s fun enough to actually fight, you don’t have to jump on the meta train, and you still get over-samples.”