Kicking players just before the end of a mission is a sensitive topic in the community of Helldivers 2. However, there are situations where many players can understand it.
Why did the player kick his random? The player “pkthunder136” mentioned in a post on Reddit that he recently kicked a random (a random teammate) at the end of a bug mission, although he is someone who very rarely kicks another player.
pkthunder explains that the random killed the other three Helldivers with a 380 MM HE orbital bombardment while they were struggling for survival at the extraction point. This was particularly frustrating because the squad only had one reinforcement (respawn) available and the last minute until the extraction ship’s landing was running out.
Shortly thereafter, pkthunder addressed the alleged troll in the voice chat, but received no answer. Instead, this player nearly hit him with a supply capsule if he hadn’t just dodged in time.
While the other two players were already demanding in the voice chat that pkthunder should kick him out of the mission, he gave the Helldiver another chance and said: “Respond to me with an emote or I will kick you.” When there was still no response, the player was kicked from the match.
Community says the kick was justified
What does pkthunder say about the kick? In the further course of his post, pkthunder explains that he feels terrible because he kicked him 30 seconds before the landing of the extraction ship. But he simply wasn’t sure if the person would continue trolling afterward. He just wanted to secure the samples.
What do other players say about the kick? Many users write in their comments on Reddit that pkthunder acted correctly and understand why he kicked him out of the mission.
- MonkiFlip228: “You did the right thing. There is a 99% chance he would have killed you during the extraction.”
- A_Union_Of_Kobolds: “Kicking someone for griefing is completely justified. You’re not dissolving your DnD group; you’re removing a troublesome stranger from your environment.”
- 14Knightingale27: “No reason to feel bad about it. Sometimes kicking is the only way for these people to learn. It’s a cooperative game!”
- StrollinShroom: “You did the right thing. If they have played long enough to unlock the 380, they know they can’t just throw that thing into an allied position.”
And of course, there are also humorous responses in typical Helldiver fashion:
- orry_Vermicelli_455: “Sounds like that’s a bug collaborator, and you did the right thing for freedom.”
Some players also noted that pkthunder should have asked in the text chat whether all of this was intentional. Overall, however, a large part of the community was sure that the kicked player was a troll and a griefer.
Plot twist: The kicked player was not malicious, just very distracted
In Helldivers 2 there are various ways to make yourself really unpopular among other Helldivers and killing your teammates definitely belongs in that category. As it turns out, the team kills and the subsequent events were unintentional.
How did the unintentional trolling happen? Some time after the post was published, pkthunder edited the post and added an additional paragraph clearly marked.
In the paragraph, pkthunder explains that a player contacted him via Reddit after the post and said that he might have been the alleged troll. He misplaced the 380 MM HE orbital bombardment, and then the supply capsule bounced off and landed right at pkthunder.
As pkthunder reports, the player said he was on the phone with his significant other and turned down the game sound, which is why he couldn’t hear the statements in the voice chat properly and couldn’t focus fully.
In the end, the player apologized and clarified that he did not blame pkthunder for the kick; he would have done the same.
Another player recently reported on Reddit how surprised he was by the skill of his random teammates: Helldivers 2: Player plays with a high difficulty for the first time, surprised by the skills of the randoms
