Helldivers 2 is currently experiencing a high influx of players filled with motivated newcomers wanting to prove themselves as soldiers. One of them reports that he hasn’t been able to appear particularly heroic so far, but experienced players reassure him – because that is not only okay, but an important part of the experience.
What does the newcomer report? The new recruit and Reddit user DarthBrooks41 writes in a Reddit post that, after his first experiences in Helldivers 2, he had to come to a bitter realization: Unfortunately, he is unable to shine with any particular talent or at least luck. He dies far too quickly, gets lost, runs over his friends… and yet has a lot of fun.
The player discovered the game through Xbox and seems to “love every second of it,” as he shares on Reddit despite his previous bad luck.
This enthusiasm has not only infected other players; many veterans also recount their own foolish but funny experiences in the game, as if they want to measure themselves against them.
Xbox players can now also officially become Helldivers:
Embarrassing deaths are part of the Helldivers experience
How do players react? The community wants to make it clear to the player that he should not be ashamed because of his less heroic deployments, as it happens to every soldier sooner or later.
“Just always remember, no matter how skilled you become, you will always die in stupid ways,” says DishonoredPucas in a comment on Reddit, which over 3,000 other players agree with.
Also, lanceturley believes that “stupid deaths are such an essential part of the Helldivers experience that even the official trailers show how players die in ridiculous ways” (via Reddit).
sp441 wants to encourage the newcomer: “Don’t worry, as you level up and gain experience, you’ll learn to make even bigger, dumber mistakes. We’ll turn you into a real Helldiver!” (via Reddit)
What embarrassing situations do players report? The fact that these ridiculous failures are more funny than embarrassing is shown by the numerous experiences of players who want to share them almost proudly with the community:
- PapaFleur: “I was wearing the armor that explodes when you die, and got caught by a bug while in the APC. I just thought ‘oh no’ and exploded, destroying the vehicle and killing the other two people in it…”
- burningdustball: “I’m level 150 and accidentally ran over a teammate as he exited his pod directly in front of me. The good news is that the HMGs severed his spine, so I don’t think he suffered.”
- Tycoelf: “Recently we spread democracy with a grenade launcher, only for a bug to jump on me and give the grenade a headbutt in mid-air. Guess where it landed?”
The newcomer will not be the only one to experience all the different ways to die. A good sign, however, is that he still (or perhaps because of that) finds a lot of fun in spreading democracy. With the release on Xbox, so many new recruits are signing up that there are even queues in Helldivers 2: Helldivers 2 is causing player influx with 2 events that even the servers can’t handle; queues are back
