Helldivers 2 CEO Steps Down | Asmongold Reacts

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[@omegaprime223]

Ok, this is getting out of hand. Pilestedt is still Chairman, Founder, and primary Owner of Arrowhead Game Studios, the company name is partially from HIS name. He's stepping away from the CEO seat because he prefers creative work rather than business crap. Sony does not own Arrowhead, Sony does not have a say in the management of Arrowhead, and if Jorjani steps out of line Pilestedt is still his boss and can fire him at any time. Why was Jorjani chosen? Because he was the business guy they worked with when they published Magika and did right by them then. Yes he's from Paradox, but he's OLD Paradox, employee number 23, one of the guys that made it a behemoth, not one of the idiots currently driving it into the ground, he left in 2021 and has been doing indie work since, last thing I can find with his name on it is Xenonauts 2.

[@Tilt_TM]

This comment needs more traction

[@Andre-vt4np]

As a person who doesnt know any of this people, I agree

[@NerdNavigator]

It sounds like what Linus did at Linus Media Group (Linus Tech Tips), realized hes not good with the business part or at least that's not his passion and wants more a creative role then be bogged down in the unfun parts.

[@Mmachine88]

@@NerdNavigator I was literally thinking the exact same thing haha

[@MrCipasa]

pin this mf

[@billylion3073]

The king didn't give up being king he hired a steward to deal with the merchants guild

[@notanaveragedoktah8390]

Hey hey people

[@foxdavion6865]

pretty much.

[@GeneralSpecific]

​@@notanaveragedoktah8390that fuckin African warlord stock image just appeared in my mind's eye when I read that 😂

[@user-iw2wf4fj1r]

Yea like Sony cough* I mean...he hire... Jay Allen Brack and Bobby, and let them run the company

[@l.ic.o]

Yeah the Steward that is well known for 40 Micro transactions and contacting Steam on Twitter to get the to add a community notes for the negative review spam that happened due to the PSN disaster. He is not for the players.

[@deathpower221]

He's demoting himself to join the battlefield.

[@funkymunky7935]

He's demoting himself to make DLC to milk the players

[@CrosswaIk]

💯

[@AR9Legend]

hahah just like in the movie starship troopers when the training commander purposly deranks himself so he could join the fight on the ground vs the bugs.

[@jupitergaming5146]

Pilestedt got the bug, Man!

[@evilparadigm]

​@@funkymunky7935If its good content, who cares? Players can chose what to soend money on and H2 doesnt insult me with expensive bundles that are time limeted, loot boxes, invadive adds, etc.

[@bjg8638]

Dude just wants to work on HD2, not schmooze with suits and deal with every fucking little problem all day as the Boss.

[@user-bm7mo2ck6r]

Yeah this is great for the future of the game

[@AGW99-df3yg]

@@user-bm7mo2ck6r Enjoy the impending PSN linking and whatever else Sony wants to cram in.

[@Stÿks-s5c]

@@user-bm7mo2ck6r on one side i want to agree so much with you, but on the other the problem now is that the ceo given the history of what he worked on could force so many bad things to happen

[@jaspermooren5883]

​@@Stÿks-s5cnot really actually. He's still one of the owners of the company, so he can fire the CEO anytime he wants. He's still the chairman of the board, and the board holds the real power, including the power to fire the CEO. A CEO is just an employee, yeah the highest one in the hierarchy, but still an employee. Johan Pilestedt still owns the company. The CEO just runs daily operations, it's a job, not actually a position of power.

[@hafirenggayuda]

So I guess Pilestedt trust Jorjani can do better negotiation and business insight huh? I feel after PSN fiasco, he think Arrowhead need improvement in PR and marketing. I hope they do well

[@TheMegaBenwar]

Sony got rid of the last hurdle. Now, they have a puppet in charge, and who knows how they will pull the strings.

[@ironaddictkidd7154]

Sony? Dude stepped down from CEO and became the CCO of HD2. Dude has major stock in arrowhead and can appoint and fire whoever he wants.

[@nigelcalpe]

@@ironaddictkidd7154 and the dude he "hired" is from paradox the same paradox that milk their game with tons of DLC

[@ap396z]

Sony doesn’t own them. They’re an independent studio. Sure they’ve been in a partnership with Sony for a decade, but Sony has no ownership

[@markrobertshaw886]

​@nigelcalpe maybe that's why the guy left Paradox because he's not a greedy grub trying and see the silver lining

[@Nothistime-qd3kh]

@@ironaddictkidd7154 Oh my sweet summer child. If you think someone gonna step down from CEO on purpose, i dont know that to say to you.

[@hotmatrixx]

nah he's like "I AM PUTTING MY FEET IN TO THE MUCK TO SAVE MY GAME" and just got some other dude to hold the fort while he gets in there to protect his baby. I guarantee the guy he hired still answers to him on the big issues.

[@iliilliliiliilliliiliillil9137]

That is 100% correct. He is still co-founder and co-owner of the studio. This is more accurate headline of what happened: "Arrowhead founder Johan Pilestedt hires a new CEO for the studio, steps down from role, and becomes Chief Creative Officer"

[@jaspermooren5883]

Yeah he's the chairman of the board. He literally has the power to sack the new CEO anytime he wants (with the approval of the board, which I believe are like all his buddies he started the company with). He's the boss, not the new CEO. A CEO is just a job title, it does not mean you're the boss, like a lot of people think. It just means you are in charge of daily operations.

[@slayzet4293]

I read linked article when it was announced and he is still the main owner. He and the new guy will sit together to decide important decisions and is his superior.

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@jaspermooren5883 he doesnt have the power.

[@jaspermooren5883]

@@DieselRamcharger yes he does, the board can fire a CEO. He's the chairman of the board. As long as a majority of the board (the owners), which basically just the people that started the company, choose to sack the CEO they can. It's a construction that exists quite a lot. One of the more famous cases of this happening is at LMG. Linus is no longer the CEO, but he's still the boss (together with his wife), if they decide to sack the CEO, they just can.

[@benp4529]

People have to understand that Pilstedt is still the chairman. He gets the say on the vision and direction of the game, the CEO has to execute his vision

[@Bitt3rh0lz]

I think Pilestedt puts it best himself: "Now I can finally focus all my effort entirely on balancing and game design instead of Quarterly Reports". This was a great move because he really didn't like the direction the game was heading in, so he chose to take the wheel on that front directly into his own hands. Now he has someone at the helm of the company he trusts and can talk to as equals, while being able to do what he actually loves. Jorjani has some Godzilla sized foot and ballprints to fill, but if Pilestedt thinks the man is up for the job, I trust his judgement.

[@General_Tekk]

ah fuck the guy replacing him is from paradox. helldivers is gonna get shitted on by a sea of worse than piss poor dlc

[@Ilive4moneyable]

Nah I belive Johann trusts this guy let's give him a chance

[@AllergicFungus]

yup.... GG

[@zekiel2533]

This.... This is not good. Smh

[@nidusxvii3224]

I'm out of the loop. What's wrong with Paradox?

[@ThomasDiesch]

@@nidusxvii3224 paradox makes good Games(at least from my perspective) but DLC after DLC after DLC i play Europa Univeralis 4 a lot and even if the DLC are good dude buying them all is like 300 bucks.

[@LamNguyen-ls1pi]

sadly, Helldiver is still blocked in my country because of sony's PSN lol

[@orwhynotrandom]

Sorry to hear that man corporate suits fucking sucks

[@destroissomething2057]

I’m sorry to hear that man I hope it changes , it is very unlikely though

[@XiaoMof]

I’m so sorry fellow helldiver. :( 見義勇為

[@Nobody-vr5nl]

Just start a "Sony racism" campaign and watch the world burn, lol.

[@doghearmeout2283]

That's some bs hope that changes soon

[@Eisenight]

He's still the co-founder. He still have (in fact most) leverage in the company. Should things get out of line he can intervene. He just don't want to be bothered with business side of things. That's all, he just want to make games. He just hired someone as a CEO to handle the corpo talk bs like with Sony. So yeah, the game's fine.

[@PCMRvsconsole]

You sound like a wow player when the shadowlands trailer dropped.

[@titocristobal5573]

Stop coping. Helldivers 2 is still region locked here in the Philippines and a lot of (if not all) SEA countries. There tens of thousands of players here who bought the game and can't play it anymore.

[@DaxRaider]

@@titocristobal5573 what bs ur talking about ... the people can still play the games you can just not buy it anymore but if u own it you can still play it oO

[@durakeno5575]

@@titocristobal5573 mate, that's cap. People who bought the game in blocked regions can still play the game. I'm from the Philippines and can still play the game.

[@DasboardTVDE]

@@titocristobal5573 indonesian here, we are not region locked, you can just use VPN to our country

[@Vanque13]

Its like when sony took Sean from Hello Games and put him front and center to be No Man's Sky's face and voice when he isnt a PR or stage guy, hes a game dev. Thats why after the initial release disaster he went quiet and cooked and now the game is *still* getting updated with another game on the way. Cant blame a guy for wanting to go back to working on games instead of shmoozing with suits constantly.

[@LTSlugg]

The way to get wealth is to found a business, build it up so big you can hire a ceo and let it make you money. Kudos he stayed on to follow his passion of making games.

[@kybercrow]

In the case of HD2 I don't think we actually need different modes-we just need more chips in the existing bag. That means objectives, enemy types, weather events, etc. etc. The only significant drops there've been since launch is the addition of weather events, and the mech (which sucks).

[@Djhinn]

Mech goes crazy on bugs tho

[@kybercrow]

@@Djhinn It's alright I guess, when you're getting swarmed or need to clear a large bug hole crater. But if there's any titans around, forget it. It's pretty useless on higher difficulties. They could start by giving it some actual mobility and fixing what they did to the rocket targeting.

[@SovietUnion_]

@Djhinn only in defense missions realistically, and even then, they are meh. They seem to have forgotten about them too

[@theBishopp]

Mech is fun, but so many rockets needed for chargers it can realistically only kill 1. No biles without a lot of luck. But aside from that it's great fun to stomp around mowing down swathes of bugs for a couple of minutes. Needs work, the rocket aiming for example, and ideally more damage on impact for rockets so you could realistically take down maybe 3 chargers or 1 bile, but otherwise I love it.

[@MomsRavioli]

@@Djhinn Yeah and then a bile titan or a charger shows up and you have to deal with the wonky aiming on it, not to mention non-existest gun depression on the rocket launcher. But let me guess, you eat that shit up and just say "GIT GUD" or something right?

[@Rychleji]

Players finishing objectives too fast shouldn't be an issue tied to releases cause the objectives are on a timer. Sometimes they end the order sooner and replace it with another one, sometimes we didn't get a replacement for a while. Sometimes order can stay up even after 'being completed' (there are "ensure Super earth controls these planets" missions that do not necessarily end when helldivers liberate said planets because there can be planet defences too)

[@Kratosis-vf7uy]

Him changing roles is actually really good for the game. He wont lose his passion while fighting with corporate interests while still having a say in what the game does

[@wuurlii]

People in the comments seem to not be able to read. He discussed this and is following his actual passion of creating games, specifically this game which is like the dudes baby. He’s specifically stepping down in order to have a more active role in development rather than be a paperwork jockey. It’s better for the game all around.

[@buggart]

Pilestedt: If you want something done you gotta do it yourself.

[@UrHumanShield]

Except the guy replacing him is from Paradox games which is known to produce cash grab microtransactions and shit on the playerbase for profit.

[@benp4529]

Not to mention he’s still chairman so he gets the ultimate say

[@tgillies101]

​@UrHumanShield Well they have to ensure they temper his business desires with community reason.

[@jimcarrey2866]

And hi-fi rush exceeded MS expectatations. We can expect a sequel any minute now

[@Forien]

People spreading a bit of misinformation. He didn't really "step down" in a way that most people think. He wasn't "replaced" as owner or chairman. Pilestedt HIRED the other guy. Pilestedt is still THE guy. As far as I know he still owns the entire company, so Jorjani is working for him, not the other way around.

[@NoerLuin]

I am a casual player of Helldivers 2. I played a mission at most a day, Usually I only do a single drop for a 40 minute mission. I have don't even have all the ship upgrades unlocked. I stopped playing because the weapon balance is shit. Brining the same weapon and stratagems every time or struggling to get anything done is no fun.

[@MysticLuka]

I think Pilestedt taking the helm on the direction of gameplay will most likely improve the balancing. I have faith, personally. I haven't played much recently myself, but I'm looking forwards to seeing what the next major balance patch is like with him now spearheading it.

[@respectdat1]

I feel the same exact way. It feels like they keep nerfing us and buffing the enemies, which forces us into bringing only the super-useful weapons and stratagems. You are actively punished for playing off-meta.

[@MysticLuka]

@@respectdat1 Yeah. There's been a lot of outright baffling nerfs, like the crossbow getting nerfed into the dirt when it was at most "mediocre" on release. It could only really kill small enemies and did basically nothing against stronger ones, alongside being very slow.

[@dv2244]

He's not leaving the company. He's simply hiring a business guy so he can focus on making games. The fact that someone made a video about this and that you watched it is cringe.

[@user-cl7jn2yh6u]

As a HOI4 player, CEO from Paradox sounds alarming.....

[@DaxRaider]

hoi got alot of good dlc, you prefer they never made the dlc and sold them ? you prefer to have the basic version all along ? i dont get the point players love the dlc

[@flaviuslin]

@@DaxRaider Well hoi4 is fine but if you look at stuff like ck3 and its dlcs. Not lookin too hot.

[@orwhynotrandom]

​@@DaxRaider or sell the game in full without paying for the DLC it's plain and simple nickel and timing by selling an underbaked bare bones game and then force the players to spend hundreds on DLC

[@riceboiii2937]

@@orwhynotrandom ok but what a bout 8 years down the road? you want them to just stop supporting the game?

[@marfaleon7025]

@@DaxRaider Mods > DLCs usually when we talk about Paradox games

[@Nakata2021]

the better example for HD2 lack of progression is Warframe. Warframe you battle mission by mission to reach the boss mission to receive loot and access to the next planet. Warframe you level up each weapon (primary, secondary and melee) and each frame to mod it and make it more powerful Warframe have a in-game history that is told to you as you play that makes you want to do the next one to know how the story goes. This story quests unlock new game modes.

[@KasaCheem]

still no HD2 in Philippines :(

[@colbycharlton7259]

The first 1/3 of the graph was natural player dropoff until it stabilized but the rest was just terrible balamce updates that made the game feel like work to play. Also other than 1 or 2 guns that have come out since launch (yay more shotguns i guess) and only adding annoying enemy types to deal with, not fun ones didnt help the lack of things to do.

[@divegreenwater9570]

This 100%

[@italianspiderman5012]

For some reason, with this game, the community seems to completely loose their minds, like balancing, vast majority of people have no idea what they’re talking about, talking about not enough content in a three month old game made by small studio, people moaning that they can’t play the same game for three months straight without getting burned out, oh no what a tragedy. The game is doing fine, it’s not an mmo to play for decades, it’s a co-op extraction shooter, people seriously need to chill and just f****** play something else once in a while.

[@Xeatra]

If the players were allowed to balance the guns, the game would be boring because every enemy would be 1 shorted. Now if the guns now feel weak which would require you to play more strategically and think about engagements

[@colbycharlton7259]

@Xeatra if the devs balanced the guns players would... wait, they don't. It's not hard to say, this gun bad, make it better. Look at the spear, still broken since launch. There is more to a gun than its damage output.

[@colbycharlton7259]

@italianspiderman5012 it's a coop extraction shooter with a live service model. The game release with rather uninteresting missions and terrible map layouts where 90% of missions could be done by running in a circle only to find the same 5 poi and maybe get supercredits to avoid paying more money for a game you just bought. The game has tried to do things about this but it's just resulted in an influx or area defense, and not actually something cool. Even the command center missions are bland and can be done without realizing it. We all toss strikes into the base already. They have yet to add a new enemy that feels good to fight. The flyers are interesting but their collision physics are no better than the bile Titans which makes them terrible and annoying. The gunships are fun but you either see 1-2 or 8-9 and no in-between becuase of both their low rates of spawn making it an afterthought and spawning randomly on the map where you don't find it immediately. The walkers are just a meatshield with a mobile factory to try and make them interesting instead of leaning into that walking weapons platform fantasy. Would've been nice to see that become the command center instead. People will complain about the guns but it's the lack of interesting content only made cool by having friends to play with that drives people away. When guns are the only reason to come back, why should anyone come back when half of every new drop sucks?

[@Tardo84]

They could add a bunch of different game modes, especially with the vehicles. Convoy missions, like on rails, where the players just mount the guns on the trucks. Expand on that it's on rails from outpost to outpost and on some you’ll have to do wave defense. Maybe, Titan hunt where all start out in mechs. Not saying the options are endless, but there are some ^^

[@murdersinc2682]

The reason I stopped playing about 2weeks ago is indeed bc of there’s nothing to do. I was purely playing for horde slaying satisfaction, but then the shitty war bond and weapon balance kicked in which took away that satisfaction. Gonna enjoy my time with ABI and GoT

[@Dead_Goat]

That was day one after my first mission... I had nothing to do. There is no content.

[@ChizFreak]

All these comments without watching the video (that shows the CEO basically voluntarily changed his own job to creative director so he could be more involved with the game, not less) reminds me of how Twitter canceled Asmongold based on a title of a video they didn't even watch.

[@ThahnG413]

Yeah, maybe it was his choice, but we don't really know. I hope it was his, though.

[@user-te2ef2jc6d]

​@@ThahnG413 he probably was blackmailed! Abandoned the ship!

[@陈凯文-n1h]

@@user-te2ef2jc6d hes the chairman and co founder though he still has higher authority

[@陈凯文-n1h]

@@ThahnG413 by choice most likely

[@gruchenstein9163]

I was sceptical about CEO change however I didnt have strong opinion. Thx to video now I see hope for better future of game.

[@RANDOMhandleDL]

CEO is a fluid position. When a company enters a new phase of existence, the way the previous CEO ran the company may not be compatible with the direction the company is going. People go in and out of the CEO position as they are needed. The fact that he stepped down in favor of another CEO taking over is a great example of leadership; he is thinking of the company's future, not his own. He may take the CEO chair back in the future, he may not. Stepping down is not a shameful act nor is it indicative of a failing company.

[@Wallwick]

Good. He cares about the game and doesn't want to see it go down, he can do more for the actual game now.

[@bl8388]

Maybe. Depends on the decisions of the new CEO.

[@igor6079]

​@@bl8388 he's still the owner of the company and can fire the new CEO if he goes out of line. Same as Linus, he stepped down as CEO but still owns the company and can fire his CEO too.

[@1110jesse]

This feels a bit like a ship where the captain is in charge, but it's the helmsman who's actually steering the ship. Point being, Pilestead has more important things to do than being the CEO when it comes to actually making the game.. Let the man cook and hire a CEO to do CEO things.

[@chefbenji1880]

I feel like most of this comment section didnt even watch the video and are just commenting based on the video title alone.

[@hidesan7794]

Watch the video?? man that shit was 0:40 sec in lmao these people don't even have an excuse! Its shorter than a tiktok and they coudlnt focus for a full 40 seconds xD

[@CrosswaIk]

"RIP DuDeS sOnY fIrEd HiM gAmE dEaD"

[@quirinaled2752]

Yeah unfortunately that's what a lot of the commentary here, on Reddit and elsewhere feels like - people who don't really play the game and get a kick out of doomposting about a game that blew up massively and then had a big corporate debacle that the community very publically blew up into an unprecedented negative review campaign. The reason why all this happened has been ignored and we're now dealing with the people who like to watch things burn swarm every comments section about the game with the same bullshit. This is (as Asmon rightly points out) an entirely uncontroversial and positive move, not least because it's been clear for some time that the creative direction had been completely drowned out by the game's unprecedented success at launch and the massive PR shit storm that was unleashed by Sony's bullshit c-suite shenanigans. Looking forward to seeing improvements soon - see you out there.

[@chefbenji1880]

@@quirinaled2752 see you on the fronts, battle brother.

[@DrPeque]

Helldivers need some raids, would be amazing if after completing some big mission you had the opportunity to enter a full on war against a big enemy and his horde of minions with more than 4 players

[@Reklaimart]

Same with work, I knock back promotions because I know I do my job really well and any more added on top the quality would suffer overall.

[@StraightUpDiabolical]

Sad to see such a good ceo go

[@Ilive4moneyable]

He is fine

[@bluegolisano7768]

my brother in christ he's the new acting creative director for helldivers 2 xD

[@dumoneyyy]

I love doomposters

[@_Cetarial]

Good CEO is an oxymoron.

[@casuallydeep1368]

@@_Cetarialno it isn’t hush

[@ГлебИгнатов-ф9т]

People are insane. They play the game for 50/100/200+ hours and expect it to entertain them throughout their lives, forgetting that it is a $40 game developed by a relatively small team. Even the CEO during the first month after the launch said in the tweet that it's healthy to take breaks from the game, and they, in fact, expect players to abandon it and then periodically come back when there's new major content. He mentioned it was designed this way - to make you feel like you're missing out by not playing.

[@ГлебИгнатов-ф9т]

Also, they initially expected to have 10-40k concurrent players. Calling the game "dead" while it has 70k is something else.

[@WayStedYou]

a small 150 person team that worked on it for nearly a decade

[@trollinu3876]

@@ГлебИгнатов-ф9т its a live service game the point is to last over 200+ hours your argument is invalid do better next time

[@Random-ei2uo]

that's not what pêople are saying people are saying that the tendency of the game right now is elimnating fun patches that make the game more boring with "Alexius from hello neighbour" at the helm of the balance team weapon become redundant new weapon have no quality over existing one and the actual lack of new content mean the game is already looking like a 40$ live service 2 year after their release or 6 month before the "yea about that 10 year plan we're having none of that and close the game" post

[@superrunnerx1]

Some of us played halo 2 and 3 for well over 6k hours or more. Some for several years. So yeah Some games are just that good will keep you entertained for decades. What about world of warcraft? People are still playing it. Decades after its released, it's still entertaining. Maybe you have been playing garbage games and you don't know what a good game is really like. Or what it feels like to always have certain games that you can keep coming back to play after many years. The price of the game doesn't matter by the way.

[@yoshi396]

The main problem with HD2 is that there is nothing to CARE about, the story is boring, there is no characters with a story or are interesting, the major orders feel pointless since you could do a lot and loose it or nothing and win it. There are really no surprises or big events that gets people interested, its just an endless war simulator were you level up. they need to think bigger on the game and the potentials there but i feel like it will be a long time before we see something big with HD2. if they wanted to they could pull a FF14 2.0 like situation if they wanted too and be legendary. but at the moment the game only has gameplay and really nothing else.

[@Mia-single]

Crazy how such a breath of fresh air game turned to utter crap

[@AryathePingoen]

I dont think it has turned to crap, it's still good

[@feartheghus]

The game is still good, the community still rocks. Sony sucks, the game didn’t go anywhere though.

[@itried3168]

have you played the game?

[@MBSilva]

The game itself hasn't changed at all, it's still the game we all praised

[@magsapp4819]

when there's something good everyone wants a piece of it

[@osYukari]

I stopped playing HD2 a few days before the sony shenanigans. As for my reasons... I can't stand spending my time in a game where the ADS scope isn't properly aligned (on the AMR)... and instead of fixing these issues, new paid battlepass rolls out and what does that means ? that means for the next week I'll get no progression until I either pay or grind out the credits. I just dont feel the game want me playing anymore.

[@Zaney_]

The weapon balancing issues compound with the no alternative game mode and no real endgame. I do want to play the game more but I'm using the same weapons(not even the same weapons because the balance team keep shrinking the list of fun weapons to use) on the same mission types and same stratagems and if I deviate I have a worse time.

[@PlaceOfDestination]

Well lets see: eagle/orbital build, sentry build, grenade launcher build, autocannon build, flammenwurfer build...

[@Zaney_]

​@@PlaceOfDestinationThose aren't builds. You always take eagles and orbitals along with a support weapon. Autocannon is the best support weapon for bots,I'm well aware of that. All sentries is useless outside of eradication, unless you want to run around without a support weapon and be useless when they go on a 3m cool down. even in that mission type, you'll have to rely on your team to take out all heavy units. I'm not saying all the weapons and stratagems are bad, I played the game a lot but the bad balancing disisions are only shrinking the list of fun primary weapons especially with the nerfs to so many of them. I'll be one to say, I'll use different stuff if I can and if it's fun. Like ballistic shield with smg.

[@shift_del3te249]

I feel like there should be a small group of devs that play at least one operation to try to find any bugs, which would also help the community a bit. They could find causes for things and they have all the logs and stuff. Idk.

[@aikighost]

Basically "I got my bag, now Im going back to the fun stuff because now I can afford to pay someone serious to manage the business shit for me", solid move if you ask me.

[@diamonje]

4:44 The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.

[@ErronBarbeeYT]

Know where you are and Know where you're NOT - Best Maffs 2024

[@Atrociousnes]

the drop off happened because they started doing weapons balancing and making it harder so a lot of people were like meh over it

[@scudbomb1]

This game is worth hoping for, its such a good start.

[@Equinsu0cha]

They need to allow the leveling of the guns and allow for slight changes in gun characteristics, double barrel, bigger mags, explosive rounds, charged rounds. Something progressive.

[@mhodges]

Helldivers 2 has the diversity of gameplay options, but the most of the choice isn't in the players hands, it is forced onto them. If a player could choose to do a planet defence or planet offence mission, or what planet modifiers are active, or there was always a bug and a bot order active at the same time to choose which one they want to play today, or they could choose which difficulty modifiers they want to add, and so on. But the game decides what players do. You get forced to play on certain planets. You get forced to do defence missions. You get forced to take difficulty modifiers you might not enjoy like reduced stratagems. So you lose the illusion of choice.

[@mohamedaanish]

Alot of people seem to have the wrong insinuation that piles was basically forced to step down. You’re all wrong. He stepped down as CEO to CCO of helldivers to effectively work on the issues that the game is currently experiencing i.e, TTK’s been too long & weapon balancing. He still has stock in Arrowhead. This was a voluntary move because he doesnt want helldivers 2 to die off.

[@Babymoonblades]

It’s a difficult game to play if you don’t want to be on everyday and just constantly grind. The gameplay outruns you so fast that it feels like too much if you take a short break.

[@Aphexlog]

CEO step down is also very common in tech startups. Often thee CEO is a passionate engineer & start to kinda hate their job when they realize they aren't really an engineer anymore & all the project they want to work require that they just delegate work to engineers they've hired.

[@anthonynguyen2661]

What most people don't realized is that Paradox only start doing the thing they currently do with the DLC is right after Shams Jorjani leave Paradox which is like 2-3 years ago, so i find this a pretty positive change.

[@asmosisyup2557]

Their massive push for DLC's has been going for like a decade. Stellaris came out in 2016 and it's been pumping out DLC ever since, it's the posterchild for Paradox DLC spam with a dozen DLC launched by 2020.

[@notsure2211]

IMO, HD2's main issues are: - lack of player numbers overall; - mob spawn rates per player in the session at any time; - most stratagem weapons are broken useless; - player power is the same no matter the difficulty => you as the player feel powerless the higher you go, thus more than "challenging" is useless; - SONY is a no small factor and part of the problem; - no lobby to ask for a party; - etc..

[@donniebell7887]

There was a video i saw where the guy played a couple of games with the ceo and another dev. They had a mission that had the modifier that scrambles your stratagems and they got pretty frustrated by it. A week later that shit was gone so its in good hands.

[@jconklin789]

Not gone. Was on a planet yesterday. But it's definitely more manageable now. Not as long or frequent. Glad to see him taking on the role that's best for the game and probably his mental health. Since they said the war officially just now started, I'm excited to see where it goes.

[@donniebell7887]

@jconklin789 I was talking about the modifier that made you enter a different stratagem than the one you use. Like inputting a resupply and instead drop a 500kg on your position that got taken out.

[@jconklin789]

@@donniebell7887 ah yea your right. I haven't seen that one in a while.

[@Asto508]

@@donniebell7887The first time I stumbled on it I thought it was just another bug that they fixed later. Found out afterwards that this was an actual modifier

[@men-zh2jo]

Imagine being so shit at your job that your boss has to step down as CEO to unfuck your idea of balancing.

[@minercreepmc]

as long time Paradox fan, I feel some dlc is coming

[@Bleazy710]

I think what Helldivers 2 needs to do is have 3 seperate mission groups all contributing different amounts to planetary liberation, and to add a small pvp mode n call it proving grounds or something like that. The first types of missions would contribute smallest amount towards liberation but it would only be 3 missions in a zone n all missions are 10-20 min long ( around n hr total cause that what a majority of people get a day) second type of mission zones need to b a mix of 10-40 minute missions and then the 3 type would be all 40 minute long missions and would contribute a significant amount more to liberation

[@briandstephmoore4910]

They got him outta there quick

[@LeftJoystick]

Watch the vid. The guy they need to get rid of is the balancing lead. The Head of Balancing for Helldivers 2 rn is the same dude who tanked Hello Neighbors 2 before ditching the project just before release. I won’t type his first name here but…I head he likes driving…. A lexus

[@prabhiboyal7459]

Hes still there

[@25xxfrostxx]

He still owns the company. He is the "they" in charge.

[@GlassDoorGuy]

Who got him out of where? Did ya watch at least a couple of minutes of the video?

[@Bigfoothawk]

Thanks for telling me you didn't watch the video

[@xxan84]

For me, the biggest issue and why I don't play that much is the weapon balancing. I said since the railgun nerf that they are nerfing fun and its a dumb decision. Can't wait for the buff patch and see what they are going to do, hope its good.

[@AllergicFungus]

RIP Muffdivers.

[@mkv2718]

@RAM_845maybe actually watch the vid. He’s just changing jobs to be the head creative director for the game.

[@HappyDragneels_page]

@@mkv2718 yeah and putting a guy from paradox in the ceo position, a company with a bad rep maybe actually watch the vid?

[@conjurorofcheaptricks8944]

what happened to the other two replies? did they delete it because he said w o k e?

[@writtenworlds]

@RAM_845 It already is a bit. So yeah, it'll probably get worse.

[@a_person_of_all_time]

​@RAM_845 most likely no, but it will definitely go fucking apeshit with 100 dlcs, because it's paradox ffs

[@BxPanda7]

Gun balance is the reason I can't get myself to play anymore, every gun I unlocked was worse than the previous, only 3 maybe 4 that I managed to get didn't feel like I was shooting nerf darts, 2 of which are shotguns. Then there's the charger bugs who are just annoying, one is fine, but getting jumped by 4 of them at the same time just makes me ragequit, same with the spitters instantly killing you with no time to react or stim, I'd rather fight 10 or 100x more normal bugs and get overwhelmed than being sent 10 tanks I don't have the weapons to kill because I didn't equip a rocket launcher.

[@gantech7788]

It this the point where some very unpopular choices need to be made and they bring in the fall guy CEO?

[@ramenrider1792]

Helldivers 2 just needs to iron out the bugs and server issues then it'll have some longevity. Like there'll be times when my friends and I wanna sit down and play a long sesh and we're all pumped for it and then 2 or 3 missions in it'll just randomly start kicking us for no reason and send us back to our ship and the guys that are still on the map lose samples because they're not dropping when it kicks whoever was carrying them out. Or we'll become unable to interact with mission objectives stopping us from finishing the main mission. Or start randomly encountering enemies stuck in walls near objectives that you cant kill but they can still fire at and kill you. Shit like that just kills ya buzz to play the game for prolonged periods of time.

[@Kaejyn]

As long as he still holds enough power (shares/stock of the company or whatever) to veto any bullshit new CEO or Sony might try to pull then I see this as an absolute win.

[@BadlyEquivalent]

some of the difficulty levels also lock you out of certain mission types, they should be in rotation on EVERY difficulty

[@VisariDaBst]

Sounds like when Linus hired a new CEO. He was tired of dealing with all the extra BS.

[@soldat88hun]

>has 2 hours in the game >let me tell you why balance isn't the issue

[@olencone4005]

meh... can't make things any worse I suppose. Maybe I'll reinstall next year and see if the game is still stuck in a raging dumpster fire.

[@SeeOlEe]

Wtf are people talking about gun balance being the reason people stopped playing. People stopped playing simply because they completed all the content they wanted to. That's what happened for me. I bought all the gear, played all the difficulties, and in my mind "finished" the game. Simple as that.

[@grit1]

He's taking a creative role, not leaving the company. Misleading title

[@ClearlyNotBuer]

Not really. He IS stepping down.

[@mkv2718]

@@ClearlyNotBuerexactly. People need to learn what CEOs actually do. People get too much of their view of the world from tv and movies. A CEO isn’t king of the company, unless it’s 100% privately owned by said CEO. People confuse CEOs with Owners, and that’s completely ignoring any board of directors that might be involved (don’t know if AH has a board, don’t think so… but still). The owners can still fire the CEO, and Pilestedt is still one of the founders and owners of the company.

[@HakenMods]

imagine helldivers adding a hub for players and different boss fight/raids etc. etc. for people to que up to (kinda like Dauntless/monster hunter) would be cool

[@arkman117]

I would say that the balancing issue, is equal to the the issue you raised of not having enough game modes, having more game modes does not matter if the gameplay in all of them feels badly balanced, but I do agree with you increasing the possibilities and options of different gameplay avenues is just as important maybe somewhat paramount but again balance has to be there as well.

[@presmadagascar]

looking forward to helldivers 2 getting $900 of DLC by next year

[@SuperLomik]

We had that video about gamers a couple of days ago on this channel. This comment section is a living proof of that statement and hypothesis.

[@XLrat]

The earliest I’ve ever been to the comment section. Nice to meet you men of culture

[@SovietUnion_]

It seems asmon doesn't play helldivers a lot, but weapon balancing is one of the primary issues with the game and has been since the very first balance patch. Sony stuff just reset the playwrbase to actually aee those issues. The balance is why the game became less fun, not because of the "lack" of variety.

[@rzr0015]

I booted up helldivers 2 after 3 weeks, halfway into the match and the game crashed. Yea, i am uninstalling and waiting for good patches.

[@W4Rx1Sx0V3R]

The people who should've stepped down is the balancing team

[@handsomepennytm8145]

HD2 does have a weapon balance issue.The weapons you use determines how you play but the majority of the weyin the game literally bounce off of enemies past easy difficulty, now we're stuck with the same handful of weapons that the devs keep nerfing when too many people use them.

[@bennybootz84]

Game died off due to constant weapon nerfs, enemy buffs, game play loop becomes boring fairly quickly and then the Sony drama just ended the fun for everyone.

[@GlassDoorGuy]

Died of? What the hell are you talking about? There is plenty of people playing.

[@funkymunky7935]

@GlassDoorGuy Not me. I stand by the 177 countries that were blacklisted

[@CrosswaIk]

See ya

[@bennybootz84]

@@GlassDoorGuy game had over 300k players 2 months ago. A community that killed 2 billion bugs in 12 hours and now the entire community could NOT kill 2 billion bots in 5 days. I've seen a max of 90k players down to as little as 9k in the past 2 weeks. New updates and weapon buffs will bring people back but it will never be what it was before all the drama.

[@proy3]

​@@bennybootz84The bug death count was bugged. Players were effectively getting quadruple credit because it was counting assists as kills

[@theimmoralcookie6344]

Mans Helldiving with the rest of us now.

[@sebsu1227]

I don't entirely agree with how things turned out under Pilestedt, but I'm even less optimistic with a Paradox exec at the wheel. I must have paid like a couple hundred dollars in DLC over the years for Paradox games.

[@simonhebert4089]

If I wanted to make games, I'll stick with being someone with creative control. NOT to be some sort of face of the company that deals with clients and the public. That just sounds insanely tiresome

[@zachhsiao5473]

hope this will make the game even better

[@cloverfawkes]

i think the problem with balancing in HD2 is the third faction we have a lot of guns and some are absolutely great vs bots but shit vs bugs and vice versa but were still missing the third faction which i imagine the guns that are shit all around right now would probably perform great against that third faction

[@parko246]

Shouldn't have fucked around with his PSN deception. He knew full well before release.

[@yomuyugi]

HD1 had capes you had to grind high difficulties for, Stratagems also had to be unlocked through missions and could be upgraded, instead of building upon HD1 they decided to change pretty much everything just because it's a new game.

[@jwilkins1008]

Helldivers has different gameplay, the problem is that it's only different if you up the difficulty.

[@malikfoxen2045]

or change weapons, which is basically the same thing with how the devs have been nerfing em into the ground, feel like Pilstedt will right that ship.

[@lynchh270]

100% a massive issue is gun balance all i hear is people complain about it

[@Volomon]

Sony probably forced him down after the Sony debacle.

[@TheFootballstar5588]

The crossbow nerf has to indicative of the fact the devs aren’t playing the game because it was not good at best and probably bad, so it getting nerfed was absolutely mind boggling

[@arif8967]

My hate for SONY has reached to the highest peak.

[@MrVivi0001]

The biggest mistake Helldivers studio made was making a deal with Sony. If they stayed independent they would have no issues.

[@sasquach18]

My guess is that Sony forced this somehow to install a more amicable puppet.

[@lucasd1887]

Sony doesn't own Arrowhead. Pilestedt is on the board he just hired a new CEO. The CEO works for the board

[@AGW99-df3yg]

@@lucasd1887 does Sony own the rights to Helldivers?

[@ainternet239]

I love the way most comments just flatly ignore everything Asmon or Legendary Drops says

[@ericthehysteric]

ah crap -.- there goes helldivers 2

[@BLAPGames]

Trolling or legit? Cause that guy stepping back from business bs to focus on making change happen and community engagement is best case scenario

[@kebabsandoz]

did anyone watch the video

[@DasboardTVDE]

the game is still good and running, lots of people still playing it, news like this dont mean shit except when significant stuff changing inside the game

[@GlassDoorGuy]

Um. Why is that?

[@DB-wg1tz]

@@BLAPGameswhat can he do? The game is boring. Dunno how he can turn it around. No story just a battle sim. Also they never fix bugs or errors. I still can’t invite my friend to play

[@joeyghostx]

I think the only way if HellDivers 2 can fail at this point is if Sony decides to intervene and force something that will make everyone not want to play it again.

[@ahhhhrealpeople]

Lack of any content is what killed the game. Then ontop of the little content that was drip fed almost immediately got nerfed. The number of super samples is nerfed. There’s literally no reason to play.

[@Sutto10]

No... pretty sure banning 170 countries from playing the game caused it to decline.

[@ahhhhrealpeople]

@@Sutto10its in the video with factual data. It was already in steady decline and the psn hit didn’t do much at all actually.

[@DasboardTVDE]

the game is still flourishing tho, its in the top 30 steam game (Rank 22) in terms of player, so i dont know what you;re talking about, even Fallout 76 with the hype of the movie release can only ranked in 55th

[@lucasd1887]

1. The game isn't dead 2. The biggest negative impact on the game right now is the balancing philosophy of the devs. A balancing philosophy that Pilestedt has expressed to be against and will be able to address better as CCO

[@ahhhhrealpeople]

@@lucasd1887holiday weekend, afternoon-evening only peaked 90k players even now sitting at barely 70k online globally. So either their count is way off or it’s a dead game compared to what is was just last week.

[@Strategistmaster]

I don't think people realize how bad this is. Same thing happened to OverWatch when they're favored community leaders stepped down

[@Ilive4moneyable]

Guys he is stepping down to focus on the game and trusts this new ceo that video isnt factual

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

He shouldn't trust a Paradox executive...

[@Ilive4moneyable]

​@mckinleyostvig7135 he said it's his friend wouldn't you trust your friend after working togther for years if not I feel bad for you

[@mikecleverlab7776]

This is a normal behaviour, I met some dudes in the IT sector that they were working side to side with other IT's and realiced by time that they were the owners of the companny but they didn't want to manage the business but working as the first years of their companny as a part of the team not their boss. They still own the company but the Director or CEO is another person.