Helldivers 2's buff-filled patch may have unintentionally upped the difficulty: "Wait a moment ... you're saying the game is more difficult now?"
Jun. 14, 2024One of the new Helldivers 2 changes doesn’t seem to be working as intended
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Helldivers 2received ahuge new patch this weekwith over 100 tweaks to improve the game, including an alteration to the enemy spawn rate that was supposed to revert an unpopular change rolled out in April. Unfortunately, it seems it may not have worked as intended.
“I played a level seven bot mission today and it felt like I was playing a nine. Constant and I mean literally constant waves of enemies,” one Reddit userwrites. “Yeah something is definitely off. Was on Vernen Wells and we had to fight constantly for 10 minutes pushing to the extraction point. Just patrols after patrols. Dropship after dropship,“saysanother.
Arrowhead has, at the very least, been made aware of the complaints, with Twinbeardrespondingon Discord: “Wait a moment. I haven’t had time to play yet, but you’re saying the game is more difficult now? Spawns and patrols being reverted should make it easier [as far as I know]. Have to monitor this before being able to clarify, but off the top of my head, it seems a bit strange [to be honest].”
So far, no official statement has been put out to acknowledge the situation, but it sounds like if the teamdoesdetermine that things have become significantly harder, then even more changes might be on the way. For now, we’ll just have to bask in our latest victory, as we’ve successfullysaved the thousands of children on Vernen Wellsin the ongoing Major Order. Who needs the Anti-Tank Mines, anyway?
While you’re here, be sure to check outeverything in the Helldivers 2 Viper Commandos Warbond, which was also released this week.
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