#A brand new Helldivers 2 balancing replace is coming very quickly

Helldivers 2 has turned out to be a method, method extra sophisticated sport to handle than anybody anticipated to be. This consists of its developer, Arrowhead Video games, with the group struggling to remain on prime of Helldivers 2‘s problematic meta. A brand new replace, although, is coming, and it’s coming quickly.

Notably, the present Arrowhead Video games CEO, Shams Jorjani, has responded to 1 participant’s issues in regards to the state of the Thermite Grenade, telling them to “see how [they] really feel in 2 weeks.” This means that some method of balancing shall be dropping in inside the subsequent 14 days, which places this potential replace nicely forward of Arrowhead’s prior 60-day rebalancing plan. There’s potential for this to be a majorly optimistic exhibiting, if that’s what’s actually up.

Arrowhead CEO suggests a balancing replace is coming our method inside the subsequent two weeks

Now, the actually intriguing bit comes from a short time in the past, when the previous CEO, Johan Pilestedt, held an impromptu Q&A session on that exact same Discord. There, he promised a complete rebalance of the Helldivers 2 meta within the coming weeks. Pilestedt’s responses have been clearly extra far-reaching than something that might rapidly be plopped down right into a balancing replace. But, it’s totally affordable to count on that the replace Jorjani’s hinting at would come with a few of the goodies Pilestedt himself talked about.

On the very tail finish of April, Pilested additionally mentioned how a future replace would make for a giant “expertise shift” for Helldivers 2. The replace’s aim? To make the sport really feel extra prefer it did again on day one, on the very peak of its glory and recognition. “I’ve had fun with the expertise shift, and it’s nearer to the unique intent of the sport and what it was at launch,” he mentioned on the time.

All of this combines to make for a very promising replace. On the identical time, I’d suggest maintaining a pinch of salt at hand, simply in case. The Escalation of Freedom replace regarded like an absolute slam dunk on the time, just for it to finish up tanking Helldivers 2‘s meta in a very painful method. As I mentioned in the beginning, balancing Helldivers 2 isn’t any imply feat.

Now, I not too long ago took a glance again at Helldivers 2 within the context of Magicka. Magicka was, for an extended whereas, Arrowhead Sport’s hottest and beloved providing, however it ended up falling face-first into the mud. It’s at the moment altogether brokend and an absolute crash bonanza in the event you’re not utilizing a neighborhood patch, and if we’re being trustworthy, most of the sport’s issues took place resulting from Arrowhead’s inexperience in gamedev on the time. Factor is, Arrowhead is seemingly repeating lots of these issues with Helldivers 2, too, and I can’t assist however surprise why that’s the case. A staccato of strong, community-applauded updates may nonetheless flip issues round, fortunately, and I’ve acquired my fingers crossed that is the beginning of it.