In Helldivers 2, the galactic campaign is not going as expected. Now it turns out that farmers are to blame. The community is angry and demands changes.
What is the galactic campaign? The galactic campaign is the overarching mission in the game. Players must free planets in the galaxy from enemies. For this, players embark on operations on planets. Each operation consists of several missions that provide players with experience points and requisition.
However, one type of player is exploiting this system and risking the entire galactic campaign.
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Farmers are quickly losing the Super Earth
Who is risking the campaign? On Reddit, user LicensetoIll made it clear to players that farmers are causing them to lose the campaigns. The farmers abandon the operation after the first mission, thus gaining experience points and requisition but ensuring that no progress is made in capturing the planet.
Due to the failed operation, players as a community are losing more and more planets to the enemies.
Reddit user Riker1701NCC sums up the problem: “By the time a legitimate group has completed its entire operation, the farmers have already reset over 15 operations of 3-minute extermination missions.”
What do the developers say about this? In another Reddit post, user Tastrix published a developer’s response on the subject. The developers say: “Yes, quitting after only half of the operation counts as a loss for Super Earth.”
What do the players say about this? Players see the developers as responsible for shaping the rewards in a way that prevents farmers from hindering the galactic campaign.
Additionally, many players are struggling to complete the evacuations. They admit that they themselves do not complete many operations — completely without farming intention. Under the post by LicensetoIll, comments are piling up:
PhillipJGuy writes: “It’s not just farmers, I’m also losing planets for us.”
To which smallfrie32 replies: “Same here. Extracting on the ‘Hard’ difficulty is insane. We had three complete tanks fall on us, and then a map where the civilians fell out and crowded at the door. 10 were killed with a robo-grenade.”
Nathanael777 also writes: “Honestly, I believe part of the problem is that defense campaigns always involve an evacuation mission, which I think is by far the hardest mission type in the game, compounded by some absolutely ridiculous enemy spawns on higher difficulty levels.”
Are you interested in the galactic campaign, or do you just want to get the most out of your gaming time? Until February 29, you can level up particularly quickly in Helldivers 2 by taking advantage of a limited-time event.
