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Please be patient. Helldivers 1 was a small niche game (one of my favorites) and over the past year I would be lucky to see 2 open games in the lobby.
Then #2 dropped. As someone who played 1 about once a week I had no idea it was coming. It dropped like a Resupply coming from the upper atmosphere.
The creators did not expect a quarter-million users, I think they would have been thrilled with 20,000 and have exceeded that by a magnitude of 10x. They are anxious to correct the situation, but that all takes time, money and labor, all during a Holiday weekend.
We will need soldiers to spread democracy and just like the enlistment post pearl Harbor, the teams are overwhelmed by the amount of people signing up. It may take some time to delivery these troops to the battlefield.
More Warships must be built, more clones must be frozen, ordinance to be distributed and letters to write to families.
On the upside Helldivers 1 is having a renaissance, and the lobbies are packed. It’s a 2D top-down shooter but great place to practice squad communication and teamwork. As well as practice calling in Stratagems.
P.S. Arrowhead studios, if you’re listening, I will write your copy for free.
The creators did not expect a quarter-million users, I think they would have been thrilled with 20,000 and have exceeded that by a magnitude of 10x. They are anxious to correct the situation, but that all takes time, money and labor, all during a Holiday weekend.
I think that when you have the kind of resources that should come with a SONY endorsement to make such a game, they SHOULD know & have a good idea of what to expect on launch. Especially after the brilliant marketing blitz they had in the month or so leading up to launch. I'm not in favour of flaming the devs or anything, since that'd solve nothing. I am however disappointed and expect better.
The current state of the game's connectivity/stability is unforgivable IMO and we shouldn't be giving them such benefit of the doubt. They're selling this as a finished product in 2024. Do better.
Agreed. If Sony Studios is linked to a game, they clearly have a connection to a huge source of labor and $$
But isn't working like that. Sony is a publisher, and they will do the publisher job, while all the rest is in the hands and capability of the developers and their company, the must provide also the needed infrastructure (here we have servers problem) and they were not ready for this.
Surely is upsetting to not to be able to play, but with or without Sony the amount of players at launch couldn't be predicted, the first instalment had 6k top players and still Sony was the publisher.
Honestly I am more glad of their success and we shall be patient, we can't do much else. We know they are working full focus and forces on this, it will be fixed.
I rather prefer a fun and well thought game with servers issues in early days due to massive numbers than a poor gameplay title with flawless connectivity issues!
Fair. I hear you. Glad they are having success. I hope the figure it out soon though. It’s a pretty fun game! My one complaint is the movement is just a bit wonky. Running and crouching are a bit off. Even after changing controller settings. BUT! Still fun.
Gald to have a decent conversation on reddit sometimes and sharing different point of view. I also think sometimes the movement are not perfect, for me (pc) I find a bit of input delay when we dive prone and the next animation (shooting, reloading, standing up) maybe intended but sometimes a bit frustrating. Surely they will work on some fixes also for that later on. The biggest question mark is what helldivers 2 will be in the future? Will it stay engaging also after months? Let's hope so, I've faith!
See you on a planet's surface to spread some freedom and liberty my friend!
For sure. Not only on Reddit, but all over. You share your opinion in a calm way and someone across the room starts yelling that you are wrong with no explanation or evidence as to why. It’s kinda exhausting really. Like we are all just trying to live our lives. Anywho.
Yeah on PS5 with a controller the movement seems even worse. Not that I have tried it on a mouse and keyboard though. Just assuming.
If I could get in, I would add my friend code here. My gamertag is OMFG_Explosives I don’t know if you can search it to add. . You seem like a nice person to game with. Have a great rest of your Sunday Helldiver!
Like, with the amount of market research, playtesting, advertising, etc. that goes into so many game releases these days, how could they have been caught so off guard? I work in the industry. It's baffling that a game of this size, acclaim and profile could be facing such serious persistent issues and they're NOT really being covered by gaming media outlets.
Totally. And having an insight working in the field you know what the process looks like. I mean all the ads and hype up to game launch seemed like this was going to be a huge launch. Clearly they were not prepared. I am surprised there was no oversight from Sony being like “guys, launch is in a week, why is your server cap 5000 players?!” (I made up that #. I have no idea what the cap actually is)