The otherwise brave soldiers of Helldivers 2 found themselves faced with an insurmountable challenge recently, for which the developers had to interrupt their vacation.
What was this challenge? While the developers of Helldivers 2 were enjoying their summer vacation, the galactic war in the name of Over-Earth raged on. The guided democracy instructed its brave soldiers to eliminate a certain number of different enemy types in the absence of the developers.
While most intermediate goals of the task were quickly achieved, there was trouble regarding a part of the task. The mission to eliminate 3.75 million Leviathans (via Reddit) seemed impossible to the players. After several days, only 440,000 of them could be eliminated. But instead of resorting to stronger weapons, the soldiers turned to social media campaigns and brought the developers back from vacation.
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First complain, then celebrate
What did the developers do? After players complained for days on Reddit and in the Helldivers Discord server that the mission was too difficult and enemies spawned too rarely, the developers took pity. They lowered the goal from 3.75 million to 750,000 from their vacation.
Players still found this too little and continued to complain. In the end, however, it was enough. About an hour before the deadline (via Reddit), the players managed to complete the mission at the last minute.
On social media, they now celebrate themselves as heroes, as if it were not thanks to the developers’ rescue that the goal was achieved. But the next task is already at hand.
What else do the players need to do? While the developers continue to enjoy their summer vacation, there is another general order for the Helldivers. This time, two planets must be held, and at the same time, 30 million rare samples must be collected before the mission deadline (via hd2galaxy.com). A feasible task, as no renewed social media campaign demanding nerfs has emerged so far.
That the developers had to save the players from vacation shows how connected the community is with the game’s creators. That the concerns of the players were important enough to interrupt the developers’ holidays clearly illustrates how vital the collaboration is. Until the developers are back, however, one trick should still be possible: A secret trick is said to protect you from explosions, but the Helldivers 2 community has doubts.
