Helldivers 2 CEO lets fans vote on new warbond and addresses weapon nerfs

Arrowhead is in injury management mode as its CEO surveys Helldivers 2 followers a few new warbond and ‘unplayable’ balancing modifications.

Issues haven’t gone very easily for Helldivers 2 these days and there are two causes for that. One is Sony demanding gamers hyperlink their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Community (PSN), which sparked fan outrage and resulted within the writer later reversing its choice.

The opposite purpose is followers dropping curiosity within the sport, as a result of too many weapons are being nerfed by developer Arrowhead, killing the enjoyable of the third particular person shooter.

Now Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 artistic director Johan Pilestedt is letting followers vote on if it’s ‘tone deaf’ to launch a brand new warbond so quickly after the PSN debacle. He additionally admits that balancing modifications have gone too far, saying, ‘It appears like everytime somebody finds one thing enjoyable, the enjoyable is eliminated.’

Pilestedt posted a ballot on Twitter, saying: ‘With the adverse sentiment round account linking, a priority from the workforce got here up about ‘Is it tone deaf to launch a brand new (paid) warbond this quickly?’

Followers may vote on releasing the brand new warbond as deliberate right now, or delaying it, and the previous received with 73.9% of the votes.

It’s not unusual to see Pilestedt interacting with followers on Twitter, however he’s been particularly lively in the previous few days, as he’s been taking suggestions from many followers complaining about current weapon nerfs.

One fan advised the CEO on Twitter: ‘I don’t know what to say, these previous months of balancing modifications has made the sport principally unplayable for me. Unhappy to see stability modifications come over the precedence of enjoyable.’

Pilestedt promised to look into it, saying: ‘Hey, yeah I feel we’ve gone too far in some areas. Will discuss to the workforce concerning the method to stability. It appears like everytime somebody finds one thing enjoyable, the enjoyable is eliminated.’

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The PSN controversy noticed over 200,000 indignant followers assessment bomb the sport, which tanked the Helldivers 2’s rating on Steam so badly that different followers determined to attempt to restore its status with optimistic critiques.

Additionally, a Helldivers 2 group supervisor obtained fired, after encouraging followers to assessment bomb the sport and ask for refunds.

Because of this the sport slipped down Steam’s most performed charts however as of right now it’s again within the prime 10.

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