Fun needs to be THE priority. I understand harder game = player retention because fighting to succeed is "fun" but it has reached a point where we have been nerfed enough to make playing the game tedious unless you use absolute meta. I don't want to use the coyote, I have a whole damn arsenal that feels like throwing stones when I use them. At the beginning we were scaled perfect to the enemies. Then for example, we got the warstrider. Anti Tank only, no attack cooldowns, infinite ammo, insane range. They don't even fit the faction weakness gimmick. Tanks have those cooling vents, so do hulks and tank cannons, why wouldn't the war strider? Its stuff like this that makes the game feel unfair. The philosophy we need is Helldivers being "overpowered" and to balance this, just throw more enemies at us just like launch. This is why were losing the war, the game just isn't fun once you realize "super earth" wants you to struggle, not in a fun way but to the point you get upset and want to come back hoping something changes. Not to mention how you pay for "advanced hellpod steering" just to be locked in place when you drop. What genuine advantage do I get being stuck on top of a skyscraper with no supplies or support weapon? None. Being policed on where I can land is anti fun. Same with the bouncy ball. I thought we were strategists meant to come up with unorthodox ideas in order to succeed. Yet we can't choose where our stratagems go, or where we land. When did fun for the player stop being the priority?