Helldivers 2

When the goodness in player hearts even shock the devs.

We were on Haz 7 on Fori Prime last night, and we easily killed well in excess of 300-600 bugs per diver, multiple bile titans, half a dozen+ chargers, etc.

They just never stopped spawning. We leveled half the city with strategems, arc throwers and flamethrowers and they just kept coming as if the spawners were broken. Are these levels OP for anyone else?

I've played for 160 hours and have never seen anything like this before.

Edit: Please note, a hotfix is on the way to resolve crashes, the bugs are at it again

Tweet link with Strohmann News clip: https://x.com/helldivers2/status/1891837017652097265

Screenshots of the Strohmann clip showing cities and at least one new bug:

Grill Divers for the win. Let's cook those bugs!

The only game to win more awards last night than Helldivers 2 was Astro Bot with five, so it was an excellent night for Helldivers.

Full list of winners: https://www.mmorpg.com/news/three-games-nearly-sweep-the-dice-awards-heres-all-the-winners-2000134134

You can track it live here:

https://helldiverscompanion.com/#hellpad/planets/meridia

Days to SE = <Dist to SE in SU> / (<Speed in SU/h> * 24)

Also as of posting, it appears to be slowly slowing down, currently the accumulation rate is 1.00% per hour and the natural decay at this moment is 1.10% per hour, so there is a net decay of 0.10% per hour, but that doesn’t mean we can let any worlds fall into the hands of the Illuminate cult.

I'll see if I can upload the entire clip (saved the whole match lol), but I found an equipable entrenching tool while fighting illuminates. Took my support weapon slot sadly enough but losing my stalwart and all the combat effectiveness it brings was worth the ability to dig holes in the ground.

Seriously you could dig holes with it. I nearly buried myself.

Video Link

Five planets are at risk of being destroyed as the singularity makes its way to Super Earth:

1. Moradesh (Closest to the rubble FKA Angel's Venture)
2. Ivis
3. Nublaria I
4. Pilen V
5. New Haven (Closest to Super Earth)

Couldn't get a good picture with the singularity and Super Earth in it except this tiny cropped one:

A minor patch fixing usual HD2 scuff and bugs.

Helldivers 2 was released 1 year ago on 2024-02-08. I can recall many defining moments during my time playing Helldivers 2 such as shooting a rock in the distance because it looked like a Charger or failing miserably at destroying a grounded Illuminate Warp Ship.

My favorite moment was completing the Dark Fluid Mission and getting swarmed by Shriekers during extraction.

Share your favorite moments from the past year of spreading managed democracy.