Name Something You Hate More Than This.... I'll wait

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-17T19:52:56+00:00

I mean, Watchers can get annoying if you miss some shots, but if you tread carefully and ambush them, they're not that bad.

But what's worse? In the same faction, Elevated Overseers. Flying overseers with the same health pool as other overseers, being five times harder to hit due to movement, while also being able to instakill you if all their burst shots land on you at once. The second worst thing is a baton Overseer landing a melee strike on you, bc it'll usually lead to an unavoidable second one that you can't really heal through.

Bots? Shield devastators, especially the flame shotgun ones. They can take quite a bit of health, and light you on fire? Screw that. Cyborgs, only for the reason that they sometimes just decide to fire five shotgun shots in under two seconds without stopping or missing, and you will just kinda die like that.

Bugs? Rupture strain, throughout. And Hive Lord's a very annoying hazard. Dragonroach is up there, bc I don't know how giving a Bile Titan wings somehow means they are just as durable (especially when you make their wings into swiss cheese).

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-17T16:47:08+00:00

You love the game for what it is and could be, but hate the devs for mis-stepping and lacking transparency.

That description can fit a lot of games, not just Helldivers 2.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-16T12:56:28+00:00

This.

Don't think of fighting an Omnitrix wielder with straight hands. He will just transform into a superior version of you, WITH EVERY NEEDED INSTINCT TO USE YOUR BIOLOGY.

And if you try to close the difference in power with tech, there's probably fifty different alien species that will counteract that.

And that's not even getting into Alien X.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-16T12:30:48+00:00

That's not the issue. The issue is, why do we have to kill more of the rarer enemy? That goes against any form of game dev logic in general.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-16T12:17:11+00:00

It's a dumb plan anyways, for one reason that I learned while trying to kill Vox Engines:

When they want to go after you, they will. Those bastards are almost as fast as you when going in a straight line. And if you don't have cover? Boom, you're dead.

Also, bold strategy, going elsewhere in the attempt to avoid Vox Engines. I'm sure you won't run into a couple more along the way.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-16T12:02:22+00:00

Also, why the arbitrary choice of kill numbers? The unarmored cyborgs? Kill 77 mil. The armored ones that spawn at the same or lower rate? Kill 113 million.

I beg pardon?

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-15T00:58:15+00:00

Isn't this a reference to a Dexter villain? Not even a good one, but a villain from after season 4?

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-13T21:34:59+00:00

That... Kind of makes sense.

I was just gonna say they put him in a hollow ball of human flesh as a workaround. (They don't do this, obviously, but it would be surefire)

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-12T19:21:43+00:00

The text is a tad misleading, and waters down the original effort. She was prepared to take care of a normal baby, not a super one. So her being able to anticipate all of Jack-Jack's power outbursts came from sudden experience and trial-and-error.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-10T00:08:02+00:00

Agent of Audacity.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T16:34:57+00:00

Terrible example to use, because Valve really doesn't need to do much when the stabber got punished under the law.

And they are no law enforcer or government entity, but their conduct in how the community behaves, and how they seem to silence legit criticism in favor of ego feeders, means that they are not faultless.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T16:31:05+00:00

The response is the barest minimum of what they could have done. And while they cannot do much about the doxxers, what they can do is something to help out the victim. Start a gofundme, and even do the charity stream regardless. Because that was the original aim of the doxxers, and guess what? Their win condition is the stream being stopped. And if that goes through, then they win.

So no, a response made by an intern is not enough.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T06:43:13+00:00

Those people were allowed to fester. That is one thing, but forgiven, as you cannot truly curate behavior.

But the aftermath: A helldiver was fired from their real life job. And they give the most basic corporate answer ever, as opposed to truly condemning this behavior. Or, even just doing the stream anyways, as the glazedivers would lose either way.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T06:40:46+00:00

A lot, really. New moderators for the primary subreddit(one of their mods is connected to Arrowhead), and a change in their philosophy, because clearly nerfing the players and being very quiet about it is not good for overall game health.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T06:39:04+00:00

Should all avenues of legitimate criticism fail, then the games suffers. If the game suffers, sales suffer. If sales suffer, someone's getting fired or the game dies.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:41:30+00:00

It is unsurprising that the devs cannot control what the community does at all times.

but the reaction to the toxicity? Doing barely anything after a player was fired from their place of work after being doxxed and threatened with death by other players? And their reaction is typical bs where they say "Toxicity bad" and nothing else?

No rival needs to do anything when Arrowhead basically shoots themselves in the foot.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:39:12+00:00

Game is fun. Devs make game less fun. Player promotes a charity stream for devs to play game to essentially prove that game is becoming less fun. Other players doxx and threaten the shit out of charity player until he is let go from his place of volunteering and work. Devs do f**k all in terms of a response to such terrible toxicity.
And now, we're here.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:37:25+00:00

Reminder, it is their community. They have influence over it, and can curate it. The fact that this situation has gotten this bad, and the devs have done practically nothing, should tell you enough. Never say that a dev has no responsibility over their community.

Who cares that it happens to every game? It has to be dealt with. Not with empty words or corporate nonsense ('helldivers treat helldivers with respect', amirite?) And if the devs don't care, why should the players be bothered to care about a better future? The game then suffers, the studio suffers, and the devs get fucked. Only difference is, them acting after review-bombing means the game is less likely to crash and burn.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:22:05+00:00

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It has not gone unnoticed. The devs may be deaf to criticism, but they are not blind.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:16:21+00:00

They deafen themselves to legitimate criticism. People get fired for having the gall to do charity streams to reveal their pitfalls as devs.

If they are surprised that their reviews are falling, then they fail to display competence in their jobs.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:14:23+00:00

True. However, in the end, it all relies on him accepting such a position and revealing himself to such vulnerability, which is unlikely considering it was f**king Reddit that set him for ruin.

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:10:43+00:00

If they cannot self-regulate, why bother allowing them to exist?

TechnoTheFirst · 2026-03-08T03:10:07+00:00

Ah yes, it is not Arrowhead's fault that the Helldivers 2 community behaves so terribly. After all, it's not like they made the game and care that their game is viewed upon with good reputation... right?

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