After the update of Helldivers 2, the game’s community is divided. While some welcome the update, others are really angry because their weapons are now worse.
Why are the players angry? The new patch of Helldivers 2 brought, in addition to new weather events, mainly balance changes for the players. The most used and strongest weapons of the community were nerfed.
Instead of choosing other weapons, players are venting their frustration online and receiving backlash from other players.
Emotions are running high, and there are also messages from the developers of Arrowhead regarding the situation.
Here you can watch the trailer for Helldivers 2, where the mechs were also announced.
“If a game is no longer fun, it goes away”
What do the players say about the patch? In the MeinMMO comments under our article with the patch notes, some readers vented their emotions.
Absolutely terrible patch, the game is broken, there is no way to counter the Sturmer. The Acid Titan is practically unkillable except with lucky bomber strikes, the only weapon that was fun in the late game, also gave a chance solo, has been nerfed to death. Democracy can just forget me right now. Yesterday it was no fun with the buddies. And if a game is no longer fun, it goes away.
MeinMMO reader Scorpion under the contribution
That newly armored enemies are a problem after the patch is being discussed a lot. Azaras responds to Scorpion under the post like this: “Well, there are alternatives; spear, rocket launcher, autocannon, flamethrower, or just play the railgun in unsafe mode, that way it is still much more efficient than other weapons, but not as overpowered as before”
Overall, the community is mainly upset about the nerfs because it seems as if all weapons are now weak, rather than all weapons being at the level of the SG-225 Breaker or the RS-422 Railgun before the patch.
What do the developers say? There are two messages from the developers. Even before the patch was released, there was a message from game designer Alex K. stating that all weapons should feel equally strong.
Players should choose the weapons they enjoy the most. The weapons were nerfed because they were too good, without having a negative component.
Furthermore, one should not compare the weapons to how good they were before, but how good they are now compared to others. However, the criticism that can be read online mostly states that now all weapons feel weak.
What is the second message? The developers also spoke up shortly after the patch regarding the situation. The Head of Product Testing, Patrik Lasota, published a blog post on the Arrowhead studio’s website with a lengthy contribution on each balance change, why they did it, and how the game should feel.
The most interesting thing is probably that the main weapons are not meant to hold off large hordes of enemies. For that, special equipment like airstrikes or turrets should be used.
