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Helldivers 2has been the latest gaming sensation, praised for its fun action-oriented immersive gameplay. Despite experiencing debilitating server issues at launch thanks to an unprecedented level of success, the game has managed to keep growing in popularity and break records along the way.
There’s a new problem on the rise, and this time it’s within the community. While quite a stink was raised about the problem, some players feel it’s been blown way out of proportion.
Helldivers 2 Players Are Giving the Boot to Non-Meta Load Outs
The latest point of discourse in theHelldivers 2community has been a problem that is affecting the player experience. There’s been an influx of players complaining about people in the game kicking out others for not adhering to the ‘meta loadout,’ which is:
Posts complaining about this issue flooded the subreddit, to the point where even other players were sick of it.One postopenly called out the circlejerk, saying:
I clocked in 120 hours of game time on steam. And in those hours, I have been kicked twice. One for first joining the game on difficulty 5 when I was at lvl 10 in a lobby of 2x, and the second time was when a random host rage quit at me cause I carried the entire team samples and chose to extract since the extraction point was swarmed with terminids on diff 8.
They acknowledged it occurs but insisted it’s uncommon, emphasizingHelldiver‘s strong gaming community. Despite occasional issues due to the game’s popularity, they clarified it’s not the norm.
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Players echoed similar sentiments in response to other posts addressing the issue, with some noting that there were more complaint posts than instances of the problem occurring to them.
The problem seems blown out of proportion; players rarely face issues with loadouts, if at all. A majority of theHelldivers 2community seems focused on having fun—and crazy enough, they still get to win! Who would’ve thought being a meta slave isn’t the be-all and end-all?
With Fixed Servers, Helldivers’ Popularity Knows No Bounds
It’s no secret thatArrowhead Game Studioshad a rough start during the launch of theHelldiverssequel.
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Servers immediately crumbled under the pressure of the hundreds of thousands of players attempting to get a taste of the game. Fans begged one another to log off in hopes that they could make it in.
The team promptly fixed the issue, and the game’s all-time player peak hit a whopping 450k in no time. It’s not been a month since its release, andHelldivers 2continues to be the talk of the town as people eagerly hop on board to save the Earth and spread democracy throughout the universe.
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Vibha Hegde
Critic/Gaming Writer
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Vibha is an avid gamer that has been writing about video games for several years. When they’re not complaining about the lack of a Bloodborne sequel or brushing up on the Yokoverse lore, Vibha is busy watching 3-hour video essays on horror games they’re too scared to play themselves.
