Earlier at this time Helldivers 2 referred to as in pest management and took care of a giant bug drawback. The short model is that the sport had been spawning in a few of its most closely armored Terminids proper on high of gamers, all the pieces from bile titans to chargers to annihilator tanks, which gave the Helldivers in query little time to reply earlier than they had been slashed, melted, crunched, and customarily battered.
The patch fastened this, and in addition made some tweaks to the bugs usually, focusing on issues just like the “leg meta” with chargers (the place focusing on the legs over the top was more practical than it ought to’ve been), and now we all know why Arrowhead’s been focusing particular consideration on the Terminids: shortly after the patch, a brand new main operation was launched providing Helldivers the possibility to completely rid a sector of the infestation.
This has kicked off chaos as Helldivers swarm to the sector in query, however the permanence is the fascinating angle right here, initially as a result of Tremendous Earth Command would by no means lie about one thing like that, and in addition for its implications within the wider galactic warfare. It might be a push-and-pull however the concept of completely holding down a bit of turf is a brand new one: clearly we’ll must see how that performs out.
“The Terminid management system has been constructed by SEAF engineers on all barrier planets,” says the Tremendous Earth Ministry of Intelligence. “Nonetheless, the Terminids swarmed throughout all 4 planets, forcing evacuation. The Helldivers are referred to as to activate the TCS. As soon as activated, it can inoculate every planet with Termicide, quarantining the bugs completely.”
MAJOR ORDER: Activate the Terminid Management System, Helldivers! pic.twitter.com/0UmUD4GESLMarch 12, 2024
The 4 planets focused on this order are Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Meridia, and Turing, and the reward (as in the event you want a reward for it) is 50 medals. On the time of writing there are roughly 205,000 gamers throughout these 4 planets, although solely Fenrir III has a little bit of a dent within the bugs’ management. We’ll must see if recreation grasp Joel begins cranking the dial.
Helldivers 2’s recognition solely retains growing, and a significant a part of that is how Arrowhead has unfolded the galactic warfare within the month because the recreation’s launch. This simply does not work like different reside service video games, and does not really feel prefer it’s on a calendar schedule in the identical means (despite the fact that behind-the-scenes the preparation is clearly meticulous).
The present bug-squishing order follows scorching on the heels of a superb side-story that noticed gamers speeding to liberate planets that may produce mechs, after which all of us obtained mechs. There’s clearly much more to come back, together with the introduction of a 3rd enemy faction, however for now: go squash some bugs for liberty.