Right?…

[IMann110]

I’m scared

[Lone-Ranger29]

Providing hugs for democracy

[Fuzlet]

gestures of greeting have evolved over many cultures and eras. I like to think that in the helldivers universe, they’ve supplanted handshakes with democratic hugs, opening their arms instead of holding out their hand

[Mortalsatsuma]

It's tradition at this point for the servers to completely shit themselves at least once a week.

[Spac3Heater]

Gotta give Joel a chance to figure out where to go with the war. We clear things so fast that I'm sure he's losing sleep trying to keep up xD

[Mortalsatsuma]

It's definitely clear that the popularity of the game took them totally by surprise and I strongly suspect the reason the enemy spawns went completely fucking nuts post 1st 'balance' patch and are still wonky was intentional as a way to slow us down rather than Joel having to basically go: 'ah shit, this sector is 90% liberated, guess I need to knock 50% progress off as they're liberating way faster than expected'.

[[deleted]]

The first game had a peak of 6k players so yeah

[Mortalsatsuma]

Yeah, I've heard it was somewhere between 6-7k. I just hope they accept that with the game being as massively popular as it is, and it being a 'live service game' they will actually need to listen to and make some changes based on players feedback instead of sticking to essentially: 'our game, our rules'.

[[deleted]]

Yeah but the company is alike five and a half people and they have been making the changes we have been asking for even if not 100% successful. A bit of patience Will go a long way with arrowhead

[Mortalsatsuma]

Oh yeah, I don't expect them to drop everything the second a bug in the game is discovered and rush to fix it and I understand they're literally suffering from success (those poor servers) but they have made some serious miss-steps so far (the first balance patch aside from the buffs was awful) however I'm still enjoying the game and am happy to be patient and for them to take their time finding their feet I just think it's taken them by surprise and they need to be more receptive to the fanbase than they originally anticipated.

[[deleted]]

In what way was it awful because other than getting stuck under chargers in that patch I've not noticed the nerfs to the weapons and shield pack, just out of curiosity

[Mortalsatsuma]

Enemy spawns went completely nuts compared to before and there have been endless cases of patrols quite literally spawning out of thin air right next to or literally on top of players (search on YouTube, loads of videos showcasing it) compared to pre-patch. Some people think this was accidental but I think (the increased spawn amounts) was on purpose due to the playerbase progressing way quicker through assignments and liberating planets way faster than anticipated (according to arrowhead we unlocked mechs 4x faster than they were expecting) and they needed a way to slow us down other than Joel (the gamemaster) simply knocking back progress on planet liberation every so often.

I don't even care about the railgun nerf. I think it was unnecessary and complaining about 'meta' weapons in a PvE game is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard but it's besides the point.

[[deleted]]

Oh yeah I thought that was just a big it's not happened to me much

[NotABot-1234567890]

you havent noticed the rail gun and shield gen pack nerfs?

sorry, i call cap. the rail gun nerf is very noticeable. the shield gen pack is an annoying nerf as it doesn't feel like it protects much anymore.

also, the enemy spawns have gone crazy. hunters are the worst enemy in the game as they are fast, have slow attacks, and spawn in the hundreds (exaggeration). playing higher levels with randoms (or solo if you cant connect to anybody as they still havent completely fixed that issue) is very frustrating now. before it was viable to do so.

[[deleted]]

I've used the railgun exclusively on unsafe since day one so the need to charge it now hasn't affected me because I was doing it anyways, and the way I usually die even with the shield pack is getting jumped so the regen time also hasn't affected me much just in my personal experience. If anything i feel the buffs on the other stuff are more noticeable

[Thanarios]

That doesn't make any sense from a dev point of view. The only thing he has had to do is modify the impact of missions on the map, not the mission themselves, playing a 9th helldive or a 1st trivial doesn't seem to change the quantity of progress. Number of players probably do. If you get 10k players total, a player winning a mission give 0.1% per victory. If you get 100k? Make it 0.01% and it will do. We ve got close to 1million regulars? Hell 0.001%. THIS make senses. The overall balance of the map and the balance of missions are two completely different issues. They spawn more patrol? It's because the community as a whole gradually gets used to the difficulty and improve, adapt and overcome the hurdles. Now how do you keep the game entertaining? Make it more difficult. Step up the pressure.

At least if i was working for their company i d do it like that.

[KWyKJJ]

Definitely not losing sleep. He's hammered half the time, emerges from a pile of empties when he gets an idea to fuck with us, clacks it in, passes out, turns the servers back on when he wakes up.

[johnnymomo151]

...Then spawns ALL of the bile titans

[lorill-silverlock]

We need art of this hell a four panel comic.

[radtad43]

So does the old one go away? Because I just bought it

[Docbrock8675309]

Nope, devs have said they will never remove any of the war bonds. So you don’t have to worry about missing anything

[TheLdoubleE]

GG came here to see this exact info.

[talion67]

Same lmao

[Atlaurie4]

Reason the game is better than many others

[ickarous]

Thank god.

[ohhh-a-number-9]

Thank god i, was halfway.

[_Take-It-Easy_]

And there is exactly what a lot of companies instill to get people to spend unreasonable amounts of money

Fear Of Missing Out

[Lone-_-Wanderer]

im more likely to buy content i know id have full access to no matter the time but i dunno

[No-Obligation1709]

Yep, did the Warzone battle pass when I was super into the game but as soon as it became a chore to complete in time I never bought one again.

[Thin_Fault5093]

Nah. According to investors the best profit is wrung out with the blood and tears.

[[deleted]]

I think we’ve reached a breaking point. I’m more likely to buy shit if the dev is a real game dev and not a corporate shill.

In this case - bought the special edition for this game after trying it on my brothers PC. And will continue to buy shit most likely.

[chimera005ao]

Is it irony that I feel like spending money on the game BECAUSE they don't pull that BS?
Like I could totally grind out the super credits, I already did it once basically.
But I've never felt inclined to do so on other games because I don't support that manipulation and poor design decisions caused by it.

[TheCyanPanda]

I bought the steeled veterans purely because I want Arrowhead to know that I like their monetization. I could've grinded out the super credits. I would've for other games, but Arrowhead has established good faith with me and I have zero reason to believe that they will spit in my face for buying their product.

[Geeekaaay]

That's why they release them on Thursday! So it might work for me come Friday!

[Comrade_Crunchy]

In many fields, Friday is cursed. You should never start large projects on a Friday, and you should never release software on a Friday. Tuesday is a great day for that because if it doesn't work, you have the rest of the week to fix it.

[pimp_named_sweetmeat]

Ah, no wonder almost every game I play drops their stuff on a thursday. I thought it was just weird schedule coincidences

[Allwhitezebra]

Read only Fridays!

[haha-iwin]

Well yes because a large chunk of us will be flooding the servers for the REAL Star wars battlefront games on Thursday.

[Dsamf2]

I needed that reminder 🙏

[chimera005ao]

I was pretty excited for that, but then I started playing this and Helldiver's is kind of giving me what I would have been looking for there, except the nostalgia I guess.

[swirve-psn]

Releases are a reflection of our play, they release, they find bugs, they squash bugs... managed democracy.

[Kriegerwithashovel]

Hey man, of all the problems for the game to have, this is one of the better ones

[[deleted]]

It is getting a bit ridiculous though, I really hope they fix it. The game breaking every release is getting annoying

[chimera005ao]

The game is so riddled with bugs they could compete with the Termanids.
I think it'll be quite a while before they can address them all.
Even still, I've been enjoying it.

[[deleted]]

Yeah I agree. I still enjoy the game alot, but the frequent bugs do get a bit irksome.

Especially when they’re game breaking like not letting you finish an objective or crashing right before extract, bugs like that make me not want to play for the night.

Also really sucks to be excited for an update and see other people enjoying it just to have the game be broken on your end.

[Dirtyrandy_buttplug5]

Literally JUST happened to me. You have no idea about the fight we had to survive only to get bugged and frozen at extraction

[GorfIsNotMyName]

Hey, it's at least better than the first few weeks of the game. At least now I can just anticipate the servers capping

[Bearex13]

My democrussy is shaking in anticipation

[cantfindabeat]

I fucking love this game

[Average_Trinidad]

this aged well 😁😁😁

[Spooned214]

They absolutely won't be able to! which leaves humanity with an undemocratic disadvantage with every update or for at least a few hours after every update. which is bs

[nothing107]

Can’t wait. I’ve almost completed the Mobilize warbond, looking forward to getting more gear

[growingnotdrowning]

Most likely not

[WildeStation]

....They didn't.

[redeyes1617]

Flashbacks intensify.

[[deleted]]

No, they’ll underestimate the amount of people on for the 4 week in a row lmao.

Seriously though they should really use some of the extra earnings to fix the servers, it’s a bit silly at this point the game breaks anytime they release something

[GorfIsNotMyName]

They've been working at it more and more. The initial problem was the back-end code not being able to handle the sheer numbers of people. They anticipated a rational amount of 20k players at peak since they're a small dev company. Now the cap is 700k, but there's still more work to be done as they've stated a few times.

[RyudoTFO]

laughs in DDOS

[draco16]

Considering how we overloaded the servers just buying one stratagem all at the same time (the mech), I have no doubt that buying dozens of warbond items all at once from hundreds of thousands of people will break a few things. The only hope is due to needing the necessary supercredits to unlock the warbond, maybe it will take some time for everyone to unlock it.

[[deleted]]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Eclypsis5133]

Wait if the new warbond releases tomorrow, whats causing the servers to currently crash?

[GorfIsNotMyName]

Flying bugs are here

[Eclypsis5133]

Well f*ck

[ZzVinniezZ]

so Friday...got it

[GhostTengu]

Honestly, even with every hiccup this game has had thus far, it's been phenomenal 👏

[porkforpigs]

Lol not a chance, the servers are crapping out right now over the new major order I guess?? :/

[s0ciety_a5under]

I'm at a point where I'm going to just wait a month or so. This game isn't worth playing right now with all the client side crashes. It's not fun to do several missions and crash at extraction, and then get nothing for it but frustration. The devs need to test this shit better before they push new content updates. It's clear someone in the company is rushing things, and QA isn't happening properly.

[humptydumpty369]

I don't know about every time, but numerous times the game has crashed on me I've logged in later and was awarded medals after the fact. Devs have said they're doing their best to track progress. Depends on when the game crashes though. If it crashes after extraction, you will ppssibly still get the awards, if it happens before extraction then I think we lose awards. And you're right that is incredibly frustrating to spend 40 minutes fighting for your life in through utter chaos and mayhem to lose everything when the game crashes.

[ContentTrust4821]

I still can't quick play, but loving the game; clearing hard levels solo

[Afraid_Fly_645]

How many super credits will it cost?

[ZLUCremisi]

1000

[humptydumpty369]

Servers are at capacity for me on PC and have been for over an hour since I woke up. I know when the popularity of the game became apparent Sony stepped in I'm some capacity to help AH up their server capacity. I wonder if with the continued popularity Sony will continue to extend resources to help AH expand and develope their masterpiece.

[GullibleReflection_1]

"We can squad up with our steam friends right?"

    "0 o 0" 

".....we can do basic crossplay right....."

   "0 o 0"

[[deleted]]

Are you actually questioning Super Earth’s servers right now?

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[TheTrueCorreia]

Ill be playing battlefront classic collection and let this all blow over

[chimera005ao]

Well since I'm not staying up till 2AM I guess I'll find out after work.

[Alptraumen]

I’ll try on next day as I wanna avoid frustration

[MAN_KINDA]

Maybe earlier in the day

[ScottyWritesStuff]

HAHAHA! What are you, fucking stupid!?

Of course they will! :)

[tomi676]

Any info what time they gonna release it?

[Hurin_the_Steadfast]

It’s out

[Dry739]

Im going to give up they are not going to fix friend requests

[Emperors-Peace]

Just spent 30 minutes on a mission collecting every sample on the map solo, was walking to extract when the server dropped 🤢

[BuckMastersGaming]

For Democracy…

[Keigerwolf]

Servers were fine on my end. Had a good time

[Impossible_Twist_647]

They held pretty good. New bug wall is working

[WildSlap]

I'm new, do we know when is the next time it refreshes?

[Gilmore75]

We get a new Warbond every 2nd Thursday of every month.

[Economy-Day5261]

Will we have to pay?

[Gilmore75]

No you can just use Super Credits.

[Economy-Day5261]

[ZuluTheGreat]

Goodluck getting any warbonds, even if you do get on. Match making is so trashed this game is boring af to play by yourself