Helldivers 2 Community Manager Is OK With Fans Taking A Break

Summary

It’s no secret that actively engaging with a live-service game can, at times, feel like a full-time endeavor, often pulling you away from other games due to the fear of missing out.It’s also no secret that the recent changes in Helldivers 2 have not sat well with a portion of the vocal community, with manyactively choosing to protest the nerfs and other updates.

Arrowhead Game Studios, the team behindHelldivers 2, is keenly aware of the dissatisfaction in the community. The Swedish team is not making excuses for the negativity surrounding the live-service breakout hit. But they also want it to be known that it’s OK for players to leave and come back down the line.

Helldivers 2 Will Always Be There For Players

In a heartfelt comment shared to the Helldivers subreddit, community managerTwinbeard noted that it takes a lot of effort to maintain the game, and even more effort when the team is on holiday. That said, on behalf of Arrowhead, Twinbeard said that the team recognizes that aspects of the game have been “poorly communicated or were a poor outcome caused by time restraints.”

Moving forward, there is a plan in place to fix many of the biggest issues, including, “areas where the sentiment is not where we want it to be.”

However, Twinbeard also noted that it’s OK for players to leave the game if they’re unhappy. They closed their statement with the following, “I hope you’ll stick around, but there’s nothing wrong with playing a game and revisiting it at a later state, especially a live service one that’s being worked on continuously.”

It’s an extremely refreshing and heartfelt sentiment on the part of Arrowhead. It’s clear that certain things aren’t working, and the community is frustrated. It’s also clear that Arrowhead is committed to fixing those elements. But if you don’t want to wait or feel a certain way, it’s OK to leave and come back down the line or maybe not at all.

That particular sentiment stands in stark contrast from what XDefiant’s Executive Producer Mark Rubin had to say when confronted with negative feedback. Earlier in July, Rubin told detractors thatthey could “move on,” if they were that unhappy. Positivity can go a long way, so perhaps the future of Helldivers 2 isn’t as bleak as people would make it seem.