In Helldivers 2, players continue to fight for control of Cyberstan, the homeworld of the robots. But without the help of the developers, they would have failed long ago.
What does the developers’ help look like? The fight for Cyberstan has attracted many players back to Helldivers 2 in February 2026. However, returning players are not proving to be the best players and are dying quite often. This is mainly because they are not playing the game as effectively as possible.
However, since the mission and campaign for Cyberstan should not fail due to the many inexperienced players, the developers have repeatedly come up with ways for players to receive new reinforcements as compensation for the many fallen Helldivers. Thus, there are side quests or the Helldivers forego the support of the space station while bringing new troops to the front.
Behind this lies, without any role-playing, simply the developers’ attempt to prevent their own campaign from failing, even if it appears that way despite their efforts.
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Trouble Despite Mercy
What is the mood among the Helldivers? The mood within the Helldivers 2 community is currently heated. While some have no problem bringing supplies back to the front through side missions, others see a structural problem.
Some players blame hackers for not capturing Cyberstan. Shortly after the campaign started, the developers had to reverse some points because hackers had completed thousands of campaign missions in just a few minutes through an exploit.
After the developers’ fix, individual missions no longer counted, only completed operations counted towards the campaign score. This means that Helldivers must successfully complete multiple missions to achieve progress for the campaign on Cyberstan.
This situation makes the campaign significantly harder and has visibly slowed down progress. Current information from the website helldiverscompanion.com indicates that the Helldivers are unable to capture Cyberstan.
What it means if the Helldivers cannot capture Cyberstan as planned is unclear. However, it is certain that the developers will respond to the event in some way that will probably not please the Helldivers, especially Übererde. The Helldivers are still in a celebratory mood: Helldivers 2 is giving away a new cape for its birthday, which contains a patriotic secret
