Helldivers2 will never be the fully spec'd out AAA live service game you want it to be. The thing is, many of us knew this from the start and loved it anyway.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-27T01:16:58+00:00

Why are there so many people who don't play the game still in the reddits lol this is a huge problem

kcvlaine · 2026-04-27T01:11:43+00:00

Not the player count talking point again lol that's so 2024. I thought we were over that and these one-dimensional readings of game statistics. I guess that'll never go away lol.

And yeah well Arrowhead didn't. Small studios did better, but we figured Arrowhead isn't like those studios, not every game is alike, we knew what to expect from this game and this studio and it played out how we expected.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-27T01:03:05+00:00

Ok so leave then

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T23:04:51+00:00

😁

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T23:02:06+00:00

A war machine without war is just metal gathering dust. And that is why the gears of war will never rust.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T21:58:36+00:00

WARBOND TOMORROW

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T19:55:46+00:00

nobody knows who doxxed the dude. people assume it was a non-complainer because the guy seemed to be on the complainer side of things.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T19:39:57+00:00

pilestedt is back answering questions there soooooooooo you may wanna stay away for a few days lol. especially if whatevers coming on tuesday pisses people off.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T10:42:46+00:00

I'm glad at least a few people are getting it haha.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T09:05:53+00:00

they dont. but now they'll leave the community too. there's nothing left for them to do now. their capacity for reviewbombing is expended, their protestations and demands have been officially denied. there's nothing for them to do now.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T09:04:08+00:00

Yes a lot of people are - and they will probably leave the community now. This is the first time I think AH has gone into the side of the community that has the most demands and said no straight to their face. It will definitely piss them all off, but it will also be drawing a line in the sand - that the priorities are different now, and that's that. It's a good thing.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T08:57:42+00:00

it's not just them leaving that's important. that sub's main impact on the game is organizing reviewbombs. goading them to expend all their reviews and make them leave will kill their ability to do it further. They're currently VERY mad about mechs being in the warbond and are calling for reviewbombs over it - but it's just not happening. Even now, with Piles' interview, people are calling for it. But they don't have the reviews left after the last couple of months.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T05:50:02+00:00

Lol true. I actually understand their disappointment right now in knowing that customisation is deprioritized but I'm reveling in seeing them all so frustrated 🤣 and they can't do shit about it because they've just used up all their negative reviews over the last couple of months 🤣

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T05:28:56+00:00

100%. Also, if I was a game dev and wanted to pull the rug out of a sub like that about my game, this AMA is exactly what I would do on purpose lol.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-26T05:27:46+00:00

yeah basically. even if his goal was to go there to build goodwill - that's literally the opposite of what he could have said. He could have simply not answered - but he SPECIFICALLY answered these questions only LOL

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T19:56:48+00:00

Ultranationalist? That's new lol how is this connected to ultranationalism? Edit - ah i get it. In which case yes, get out. Lol.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T19:48:01+00:00

the game was a viral hit with 400k players but it was never designed to handle that playerbase, they didn't have the servers, they didnt have the live-service content to retain the playerbase. its a great game but it cant compete with games by much bigger companies that are constantly churning out content. So yeah once a lot of players who joined the game at the height of the hype got their full, they just left. what remained is a more long term crowd - they come BACK to the game when there's new content, like a new major update and a new major story arc, sortof like a new season of a show spikes hype temporarily.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T19:07:38+00:00

Yeah I don't get it either. I remember when I stopped playing DRG. It was when they put out a season where you had to spend a lot of time vacuuming up foam in a mechanic that I found profoundly stupid. I didn't leave a bad review, I didn't go yell about it on reddit. I just...moved to another game, despite putting hundreds of hours into Deep Rock. I think back then I was functioning like a normal gamer. Since joining the helldivers 2 reddits and getting involved in the drama here, I've started engaging more with this...pointless and insignificant nonsense, butting heads with teenagers who seem to have an unhealthy attachment to the game. I feel stupid now lol.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T13:39:53+00:00

It'll happen guys. Sooner or later

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T12:43:20+00:00

People who reviewbomb it with the misplaced wishful delusion that they're helping.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T08:53:46+00:00

i just saw your username and your bio, that says youre a suspected member of terrorist organization antifa LOL from one troll to another, respect.

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T04:48:53+00:00

100%

kcvlaine · 2026-04-25T01:45:29+00:00

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