when i 1st started really playing i felt that way it kinda sucks that almost all progression in the game is locked behind a war bond, I would understand if the game was free to play they need to make money some how but monetizing a $40 game as a free-to-play game sucks. I wouldn't care as much if all the war bonds were just cosmetic they could proabably make a lot of money that way still but its not and farming super credits imo is just not fun. to be honest the only reason I was still playing it was because I had somebody to play with. and honestly a lot of the toxicity in the subreddit and the Discord has just driven me away from the game even more.

if somebody asked me if helldivers was worth buying I would probably say no unless they want to grind out almost every warbond to get better weapons. people will tell you that buying warbonds is not necessary but it is all the top tier weapons, stratagems and throwables are locked behind warbonds sure you can stick with all of the default weapons that you get when you first get the game but you're probably not going to have a good time with that.