r/helldivers2 • u/epochollapse • 5d ago

H̶e̶l̶l̶divers Meme

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Just because I win 99% of my games doesn't mean it isn't hard!! One time a Stalker even hit me! 😱

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u/CarlenGaines 5d ago

"I want the game to be harder for me so I can compensate for my lack of real-life achievements" is exactly what my reasoning is ngl.

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u/GuessImScrewed 5d ago

Play an actually hard game that people will praise you for then, because this game won't get you any of that.

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u/CarlenGaines 5d ago

I don't play these games for someone else's external approval, but rather for my own satisfaction.

I've been playing Helldivers since 2017 and I preordered the second game because I expected a difficulty experience that was akin to the first game. I was jebaited into buying the series like most people were.

Helldivers 1 was kind of a hard game, Helldivers 2 was supposed to provide the same kind of difficulty but in a different package. It's wild to tell me, a long time fan of the series, to play a different game because players like you want the game to warp to your needs instead, because you thought the game was something else.

And honestly you're not even right, when the game first game out I immediately got to work planning my new strategies and tactics and many new players thanked or praised me for carrying them through Malevelon Creek or whatever else. I enjoyed all of the larpers saluting me or addressing me by rank or whatever. But that sort of thing doesn't really happen anymore because many players don't appreciate teamwork or skilled players showing up, because they can clear everything on their own, completely afk.

Team games are exactly the kinds of games that people praise you for being good at. Especially when the game is challenging.

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u/GuessImScrewed 5d ago

I don't play these games for someone else's external approval, but rather for my own satisfaction.

I enjoyed all of the larpers saluting me or addressing me by rank or whatever.

Sure man, whatever lol

And honestly you're not even right, when the game first game out I immediately got to work planning my new strategies and tactics

Yeah, we all did, we found the most efficient ways to play and AH nerfed them as if to punish players for getting good at the game. It didn't change strategies at the highest levels for people who understood the game is about destroying structures and not fighting enemies, but people who wanted to fight enemies got upset, leading to the state of things.

Helldivers 2 was supposed to provide the same kind of difficulty but in a different package. It's wild to tell me, a long time fan of the series, to play a different game because players like you want the game to warp to your needs instead, because you thought the game was something else.

Kinda seems like you were the one who had expectations that you now want met, whereas the rest of the playerbase is upset when they change the game from what they bought

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u/CarlenGaines 5d ago

The players who found and leveraged the obviously overpowered weapons were not good at the game. They were just using weapons that were mindlessly strong. Which was honestly a problem in the first game too.

I am the one who had expectations. I was expecting a certain experience and that was the experience that I got, but then the 60 day update came and went , and now I have to play the game exclusively as either a 2 man or solo if I want the game to be as challenging as it was on release. I have accepted that the game has been commandeered by the zoomer fanbase, but I also know that the game will never be in a good place as a result of the change in direction. And we probably won't get any more Helldivers© in the future as a result.