Helldivers 2 - Devs Respond To Roadmap, They Are Adding This ONE Feature!

[@thiccfila]

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[@AuronCommander]

I want a “Ministry of Truth Approved” roadmap with barebones information and upcoming warbonds, and stratagems. Then we have the “Illegal transmission” roadmap with teasers and hints of upcoming enemies and missions.

[@thiccfila]

yesss

[@TotPocket]

Chaosdivers studying and leaking the upcoming Illuminate invasion 🤔

[@echo5827]

They don't have plans farther than a couple months out

[@Morcorco]

The MoTA Roadmap: 1. -REDACTED- 2. -REDACTED- 3. -REDACTED- 4. New Warbond 5. -REDACTED-

[@GiganticImpact]

They cant do roadmaps without messing it all up by nerfing players, buffing enemies and releasing weapons in a bad state that will eventually be buffed in the NEXT 60 day buff plan. Something needs to change.

[@caledaniel8288]

Player frustration is fine. Arrowhead just gotta pull after the push. Hd2 is the easiest game to pick back up after taking a break. people will come back after content and praise arrowhead again

[@thiccfila]

I know lol. This why I'm not tripping. Like it's definitely their fault for messing up the same so bad, but they made correct choice by stopping and fixing it. And that came with delays. Is what it is.

[@Nadel1]

Regularly scheduled glazing will resume in a month from now

[@MistaBaze]

How it usually goes. They wake up for a bit and get off their knees…only to drop and resume glazing.

[@maximusprimus9253]

Fr, when some new content drops the players will flood back, it's just the nature of live service games. I'm kinda getting a little burnt out from playing with randoma rn but hd2 is like a nightly ritual for my group and that's still fun. It helps that it is just such a fun ass game play loop

[@epsilon1372]

I do think the situation sucks because we shouldn’t be waiting this long only to get little content. However, I do have faith I will have a reason to come back later while I play other games. I recommend other people do the same as to not suffer burnout

[@BouncingTribbles]

People need to chill about their game rotations. I have 8 games installed on my computer, and play 4 of them semi regularly. It's good to take a break from a game for a month or a year.

[@thiccfila]

Especially when there hasn't been a patch for some time. And it's completely normal.

[@omarsabeur9039]

Yeah dude counter strike is my anchor game I can always go back to. Plus it's good to try out smaller titles.

[@Omegaset]

Yeah i never understand when people say they are done with a game for good, just drop it if you are bored but saying you're *never* coming back?

[@BouncingTribbles]

@omarsabeur9039 that's a great example. I play League and DBD, but I took a break from league for over a year to play dbd for 1k hours. Now I'm on a break from DBD and played HD2 for 200 hours. My brother has been bugging me to play League again and so I've been playing less HD2. Occasionally I mix in 100 hours of Oxygen Not Included, Civ, or Battle Brothers and I still plan on beating BG3 and I'll probably start that over so that's another 100 hours in my future. There are too many games to play before I die.

[@omarsabeur9039]

@@BouncingTribbles Yeah I think changing game genres is really positive, it's good to play a bit of everything. Imagine the only thing you played was extraction shooters, you might start hating all extraction games because you are sick of format. I won't touch a battle royal or extraction shooters these days even though I used to love them dearly. I still enjoy Helldivers , but I play it for a week or two every time there is a new update.

[@Kopa_Malphas]

Carrying around a backpack minigun sounds like a BIG deal, and even if it's light pen, I would ABSOLUTELY take it.

[@thiccfila]

AP3 pls

[@RazorPhoenix7]

Light pen sounds balanced when compared to the rest of the support weapons ngl, but It has to be fired at a faster rate, or deal more damage (and durable dmg) than the stalwart since the stalwart has the upside of not needing a backpack to reload.

[@LordTouchMe-ow9fk]

It'll probably be inaccurate and slow you down so who knows

[@bodkin7841]

I think itll be AP3 and just be the gatling sentry in your hands yeah@@thiccfila

[@s_t_r_a_y_e_d]

@@thiccfila no light pen is fine, even the stalwart makes for a DEVASTATING loadout with the right primary

[@101magj]

Honestly they still haven’t even fixed the gas situation with the anemic sterilizer. That’s something I really want. I also want some more dynamic stuff because being stuck on the same 3 planets on both sides of the war, while the gloom has just been sitting there has really stopped me from playing ngl.

[@thiccfila]

well luckily the bugs just won a ton of planets back lol, people are complaining about the factions taking back worlds from us, but I'm like yesss crimsicas back again

[@101magj]

@ rofl I mean I don’t think any of us would be saying yay if we had to fight on Hellmire. XD but it would be fun if they went to the side instead to try and flank or something. Also thank you for the great video! It definitely gives an idea for what arrowhead wants but after the DSS I think people’s patience is pretty shot. Cause of the whole 1 step forward 2 steps back lol

[@kaijuultimax9407]

I just want anything to change with this game. Even when it comes down to the galactic war we've been recapturing the same dozen or so planets for the last two months without making any real progress. The gloom isn't receding, the bot's currently hold more planets than I think they have at any point in the history of Helldivers 2 and this stalemate state in the galactic war is making even the galactic war itself stagnate into a snoozefest.

[@cephydash1533]

This is literally how war is lmao. In ww1 both sides fought for the same trenches over and over. Ukraine in present day is literally battles day after day in the same place and they move up a few kilometers per month.

[@kokorochacarero8003]

Mix it up a little. Never become married to a single game and all these problems magically go away

[@Jonobos]

​@@cephydash1533i am not in a real war. I am not trying to fight a tedious grinding war.

[@Strutsss]

@@Jonobos Ok so leave then. War is war.

[@WoodbabyCYL]

⁠@@Jonobosthats the awesome thing about this game though its like a giant D&D game where people could shift the ground war if they worked together. Also just like a D&D game, theres a ongoing world beyond just our characters. We are literally just infantry ground troops while canonically there are huge star war type battles going on in space. Like the bile titan is classified as a medium creature😂who do you think are fighting the extra large ones?😂

[@Guaguadeath]

Ive been playing this entire time. But i just had a game last night with my buddy who hasn't played in months and never even seen Super hell-dive difficulty. He was freaking out at all the new enemies and orbital napalm barrages and stuff. Made me appreciate the game all over again and we had a blast

[@violenceandpoetry]

They could get a "close enough" to minigun backpack by giving us a heavy sickle that acts like the sickle, hits like the MG43, and is connected by a couple of tubes to a backpack that is its supersized cooling unit.

[@poohtheblob]

so, launcher strike gundam

[@violenceandpoetry]

@@poohtheblob I've never seen Gundam, but think helgun from Warhammer 40K.

[@poohtheblob]

@@violenceandpoetry im the opposite, i dont know 40k lore and shits at all

[@ryancoleman8047]

I took a break after the Escalation of failure. 3 weeks. I came back before the 60 day patches hit and haven't stopped since.

[@julegon2]

I dont want them to release the illuminate if they are gonna be a broken ass half-baked enemies with frustrating mechanics.

[@albinonoodle5229]

I hope they are smart enough to not launch them with the controls reversal mechanism from the first game.

[@julegon2]

@albinonoodle5229- "Look at our game, how hard it is" -You not being able to move or see 😮‍💨

[@ramim681]

now you know it's almost certainly going to be that way

[@julegon2]

@ramim681 Can you imagine waiting for over a year or 2, and then they come up with shit like that? 100% sure that ppl would leave in hordes.

[@Wolf37f]

I for one am not bored with this game and have been playing since launch with a minor break after escalation of freedom before the buff divers. I also don't think we need road maps. I believe the element of surprise and the hype built around secret or stealth editions is amazing. What I'm most sad about is that a week from now I will be moving to a completely different state and I know I'm going to miss out on something that's going to be released soon as I will not have access to my computer for quite some time.

[@blacklistedpirate4169]

there needs to be some kind of communication with the community other than their usual vague fucking statements

[@ACECOMBOI]

Rcently I picked up the grind again, managed to max everything out, all warbonds complete, level 150 I genuinely feel stuck about where to go with HD2 as I REALLY love it, but I don't love how little there is to do, the last major thing we have earned (DSS) has such little interaction it might as well not be there...

[@kenethernandez6246]

How much hours did it take you to reach lvl 150?

[@ACECOMBOI]

@@kenethernandez6246 considering I spent the first 30 levels doing trivial difficulty.. longer than it should, but roughly 720 total

[@kenethernandez6246]

@ACECOMBOI I got over 330 hrs and I'm almost a lvl 120 but I play on the difficulty 9 or 10 exclusively. The grind is pretty long either way. I agree that for players that are max lvl now there's not really much to do other than playing for fun. On the other hand, I think we can't really complain about not having much to do when we have hundreds of hours on the game. 99% of games would run out of stuff for you to do way before you hit 100 hrs. I think if you're having a hard time playing due to lack of content maybe you should explore other games as well while we wait for updates. That's what I've been doing this entire time which is why I haven't hit max level yet.

[@ACECOMBOI]

@kenethernandez6246 Yeah, the grind is a bit tedious to max out but I agree, to get hundreds of hours of gameplay from it, money well spent! And with 9/10 you'll get there in a couple weeks, it's like 1.1M xp to get 150

[@c0marrrreal834]

If you play exclusively 10 after tutorial it takes 320 hours ingame mission time or 380 hours.

[@Tankstubbs]

I feel like lack of content is a real problem recently. It’s been months since EoF and there haven’t been any new enemies or mission types. (jet brigade don’t count they are just slightly changed jet troopers) I understand it’s a small dev team but I feel like they should be releasing small content drops more often than big content drops less often.

[@thiccfila]

Yeah I mean they just took a break is all lol

[@calebheisserer5391]

Just a small break for balance just after a different small break for Swedish vacation with another small break for Swedish vacation at the start of 2025 lmfao the drip feed has been going on the entire time the games been out

[@gabusdeux]

​@@calebheisserer5391 i mean, its easy enough to criticize without knowing the effort it takes and the challenges they face.

[@calebheisserer5391]

@@gabusdeux it’s more an observation than criticism. Arrowhead works extremely slow for the size of their dev team

[@JungGun-x-]

@@gabusdeuxhelldivers 2 sold over 12 million units.. they have the resources

[@sporksabre]

My guess: Illuminate not coming this year. Maybe Oct. Next year at the soonest. Not counting on anything sooner.

[@reaper_exd7498]

End game content at year 3 and weapon mods and color shaders for armor and weapons at year 4 and 5

[@tws1man582]

surprise!

[@davidbrown1378]

I think the idea of a "super heavy machine gun" is a fantastic idea. Make it a hybrid stratagem in the sense that it is a backpack that you pickup. But make it similar to the EAT rockets but making it have limited ammo, and when you run out you just have to call another one in. So it would have a short cooldown obviously, you could make its stats identical to the heavy machine gun on default firing mode but with less recoil seeing that it's attached to the backpack and provides more stability. Also to make it extra unique make it to where it doesn't take up your support weapon slot, this will allow you to double down in fire power on your person at the cost of a backpack slot.

[@thetuerk]

The idea of callin in a new Minigun instead of reloading the one you have is insanely funny to me 😂

[@davidbrown1378]

@thetuerk we're too democratic to reload.

[@Ertzy_]

imo the devs dont get that performance can ruin a game...

[@TheIvanMilky]

I really hope when they first start to introduce illuminate its kinda like shriekers to start with where they just start showing up in random missions and then they invade fully after

[@traski999]

My big issue with the game right now is that the planets we are taking/losing are the same ones over and over. I know on the bug front one of the big news things during the DSS building was a snow/ice planet had opened up for the first time in over like 2 months? So many people wanted to play it as it was "fresh" that it was liberated before I woke up. Half the planets being gone for bugs and the bots being so "speared" into one area instead of being wide (like the bug front is in theory) is kind of boring when you fight on the same 3 planets over and over. And I know the bot front thing is like the actual tactically sound thing to do but still.

[@SergioSF]

The community is over the surprise content. Just be straight with your community. We already dont believe the developers when a bug is fixed

[@25xxfrostxx]

I would think we're looking at some type of Christmas event. Possibly the size of Liberty Day. I doubt they are going to drop anything huge like a new faction right before the holidays. There would be too many bugs to dive into and the season won't allow time for that. We're more likely to just see a standard balance patch with some back stage content to be rolled out gradually.

[@happyrock5478]

They needed to fix the game, they were clearly power creeping the enemies while while making the players less powerful Once the flame thrower was broken, and killing a bcharger was a nightmare, stun and run was the meta, i was even thinking about quitting, my friends didn't find bug or bots fun at all, and all stopped The 60 day plan finshed and my play group is back and we playing once or twice a week, Now hd2 needs new content, if new content came before the 60 days. I probably wouldn't of even tried it

[@jessecarter960]

I liked the 60 day plan, but that wasn’t new content. That was fixing their mistakes and all it did was get them back to a neutral baseline. Going forward from that, the DSS was supposed to be the next big content drop and it was cheeks.

[@reaper_exd7498]

These fans and this youtuber will say otherwise. They refuse to admit AH is a mess unless they say so. Let the game rot

[@kenethernandez6246]

It was all their fault but the 60 day plan they had put the game in a better state than it was at launch so I disagree with saying it just put them back in a neutral baseline. Still doesn't excuse they're massive fck ups and the disaster with the dss.

[@_Drejn_]

Let us not forget that Pilestedt is the fir person to overhype players because if we would believe him they're working on 10 different type of content: vehicles, weapon upgrades, etc... Still nothing delivered. I think they have a serious problem (in addition to the existing ones) of scope creep always WANTING to increase the complexity of the game in terms of development.

[@curtisbrown547]

I really miss before escalation of freedom when scout striders appeared on helldive. Missile striders are just exasperating.

[@GeneralFrontier]

I think the minor technical problem for the mini gun is that it come as a support weapon AND back pack that should connect to the gun(belt fed). So, that's a weapon that use both gun and back pack slot to operate, that's new to the game. Previous support weapon come as a separate equipment and can use separately.

[@AKTG197]

I've decided to put the game on the shelf for now and have been doing simply stuff like minecraft with some friends. Plus, Stalker 2 just dropped, so ill be preoccupied with that for a bit as well.

[@tomyorke3412]

All ArrowHead studio are a bunch of glazers just yapping about their new 60 day plan for the 60 day plan.

[@zero11010]

Are they adding how to accurately tell what killed you when you die? Or is it still just random text?

[@TheMasterPandaBear]

"What is the point of adding something new when the game is broken?", I agree with that and I also had that expectation, if all hands on deck are fixing the game they cant add content, I still enjoy the game but ever since I don't play as much as I used to so hopefully we will see something new soon. I would like to ask a following question to that same quite from Pilestedt, "What is the point of adding something new when it has not been tested and it may break the game?" (DSS) I think they still need to address whatever QA issues they have.

[@Morcorco]

Honestly I don't care much about new enemies, warbonds, stratagems etc. I need new, fun and challenging objectives different than "input some arrows on a console, wait, repeat". That one MO when we got overpowered jump packs and had to deploy dark fluid before we got swarmed by countless Shriekers was honestly the coolest event that ever happend in HD2. It was so short, my friends didn't even had chance to play it. I don't care the objective was stupid, unfair and nearly impossible to extract, it came out of nowhere and it was epic. I want more missions like that.

[@ChendysWili]

We turned a whole planet into a black hole bc of that crazy mission. That was peak

[@maliticus7474]

Arrowhead's penchant for "surprising" the player base is SERIOUSLY not doing anyone any favors. How many times do they have to hype something up only for it to release to cricket sounds or out right anger before they realize that MAYBE, JUST MAYBE they should work in some player feed back... test servers when? because the DSS sure could have used some player testing before launch... Oh they have three "things" in the works? Are they all going to be as "amazing" as the DSS on launch? How fucking hard would it be to just confirm that they are indeed working on weapon and stratagem upgrade systems so that players know they are coming to the game? I feel like we're building up a new GW VS WH40K relationship here. Love the game, but hate the people who run it.

[@jessecarter960]

This sounds like a perfect time for another 6 week vacation

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

The hell divers experience future content 10 out of 10 current Contant 5 out of 10

[@Kl0zi9999]

I imagine the technical issue they are having with the backpack machine gun is the ammo belt connection to the weapon. No other weapon currently does this. So it might be an issue syncing it between networks.

[@ktakashismith]

I think the backpack-fed minigun is a sick idea, but should be non-reloadable and you just have to call down a new one every 4 to 5 minutes. But make it actually powerful. Also it slows you down, or you have to wear heavy armor to wield it. Something like that.

[@Nazwabezcyfer]

been saying this on stream: the solution to your favorite game adding 0 content ISN'T to stop playing it, and for the developer to say "quit the game and come back when we add content" to me it's very disrespectful.

[@DocDictator]

In the age of 'overpromise and underdeliver' when you see a dev hesitant to hard confirm anything for the future of their game, i end up expecting so little i lose the will to keep waiting.

[@MightyManotaur22]

This doesn't make sense to me at all. Gamers get frustrated when devs overpromise and underdeliver, so devs stop doing that and people lose interest because they aren't overpromising anymore. Gamers are so fickle, man. It's so lame.

[@kenethernandez6246]

​@@MightyManotaur22Agreed

[@DocDictator]

@@MightyManotaur22 Overpromising generates unbelievable expectations: We assume they will fail to deviler what was offered. (Escalation of Freedom) Fixed Updates generates believable expectations: We assume they will meet an average challenge to meet our continous expectations. (Monthly Warbonds) Zero content confirmations generates zero expectations: We assume nothing will come since nothing was confirmed. (Helldivers Players Today)

[@manray005]

I've been having fun again recently. But yeah I know once I'm done experimenting with load outs again I'll be bored. I'll be back when something new is added. It's not a bad thing just the nature of things

[@toxicmonkeydude]

My bet is that the technical issue with the mini gun is how you’ll pick it up from the hell pod. Usually you pick up a backpack and gun separately but the minigun backpack is all connected, and it probably has problems when you drop it or die where usually the gun and back pack aren’t connected. Hopefully they figure it out!

[@xuanhiepluong4798]

i want play the game so bad, but the sample cap is killing me cause what you play when your inventory is full and nothing to spend cause im a player from begin, im full of everything

[@sirsapphire3499]

Hey Thicc, I had some ideas for new exosuits, was wondering if you might be willing to take a moment to give feedback: Paladin - Heavy Railgun one side and 2 Medium Machine guns other side Odin - Heavy quasar cannon one side and 2 arc throwers other side Prometheus - Heavy flamethrower one side and 2 breaker incendiary shotguns other side Tortoise - Shield generator one side plus a high rpm Heavy machine gun other side Apollo - Heavy Laser cannon one side and 2 laser guard dog drones other side Ballista - 5 shot arm with spear ATGMs and other arm is a large grenade launcher

[@thescoot]

They would need to figure out what to do if you drop the backpack or the gun without the other. Or if a teammate grabs one half of the combo, etc. Totally different system to implement. Gonna be good though.

[@blacklistedpirate4169]

the vague "we are working on it" or "we are looking into it" is getting to be a real old line with arrowhead and twinbeard and the failure of the DSS did not help

[@jonataneriksson8216]

It's getting tidy bit boring for the lack of content, I agree. What really frustrates me the most though is resetting the goddamn planet control when we have major orders to liberate more planets than lost. Like for example a planet you play on for a few days with player count of 3-4000, and everday it feels like the % is getting refreshed from ground 0 again.

[@mysterious___1]

Yeah, that’s because every planet has a negative percentage per hour. From -4.0 to 0.0.

[@DelightfullyMADD]

There needs to be new mission types, and I don't just mean new types of missions on current maps. I mean something completely new, like special missions where you go into a bot installation or into a bug tunnel and do interior fighting rather than the same old same old mission-die lots-extract Hell, give us missions where part of the mission requires stealth rather than stealth merely being a gimmick play-style. Bonus points for not setting off alarms, etc. Give players reasons to play differently and have completely different objectives beyond just do the same few things and extract Hellx2, even just giving us an urban map with lots of buildings and places to go would be fun. Be great to fight bugs or bots (or illuminate when/if they ever come) in the midst of a bombed out city or something

[@Nichrysalis]

The player frustration is half player generated. I see people bemoaning and absolutely ranting about things that normally people would be just like "hey wouldn't it be cool if this game had (insert thing here).'"

[@MightyManotaur22]

the vocal minority of gamers are fickle, entitled crybabies. always have been, at least since live service games became a thing.

[@sadrequiem]

I'm expecting a huge surprise on the Game Awards. If it was released the same day it would be awesome. I know I may be disappointed if it doesn't happen but I can't help but get excited about that idea.

[@BoeBins]

3 Triangle Illuminati Illuminate confirmed

[@patigelstarberry4302]

Not adding anything new while fixing the game doesn't combo well with every new thing being broken.

[@TheJacques93]

Well said thicc, some great points in here. I've been playing this since launch and this is just a great dumb fun game to play after getting off work. Most of my coworkers have moved on to different games at this point and I've accepted that I'm part of the hardcore crowd for this game. I get people are burnt out with the lack of content/communication I find it frustrating as well. But for all its failing and missteps there really isn't anything quite like helldivers and I think that's what keeps pulling me back. I think ill play some mass effect for a bit while I wait for the next update, but helldivers is easily one of my favorite games in my steam library. Thanks for the Vid & keep up the good work.

[@thiccfila]

thank you for the compliment :) and yeah I feel the same

[@themintycafe5208]

That minigun would basically be the flamethrower for the Automatons! (The absolute King of Crowd Clear)

[@krekkyboy5816]

Thank you for making these updates video all surrounding helldivers without going on and on to like a 30min video These news are short n nice

[@HELLDEVR]

Three... hmmmmm -Weapons Labs 1 -Outfit color customization 2 -Illuminate 3 With these three additions we have... Helldivers 3

[@generaljedi8691]

"I am quitting Helldivers 2 forever".....well your feelings are valid.....but also, no you're not, you'll be back the moment something new drops.

[@thiccfila]

lol that's what I think. It's a bit dramatic. I think the points people make when saying that are true, and fwiw some people do quit over stuff like this, or take breaks, but end up not coming back from those breaks. So it is valid tbh xD

[@generaljedi8691]

@@thiccfila Very true, some will take breaks and some wont come back. But I find it entertaining how the community thinks they have to make a lot of noise when the game gets slow for a period. Its a live service game, its going to get new stuff. People are bored and complaining a week after a new warbond comes out. And as much as the DSS was a bit of a let down, its still new content.

[@leonsixt2744]

i would really like to see the changes that many asked for: - Weapon-customization: with different scopes, shafts, magazines, ammunition-types and color for example - Armor-customization: armor passives being kinda chooseable and some more useful, color-customization - Helmet-passives: to complete resistance types like fire to 100% withstand them, visual changes like nightvision, more zoom, highlighted enemies, vision through smokes - buffs/adjustments to the still pretty useless or way too frustrating to use stratagems and weapons: like Eruptor, EMS-Strike, Sterilizer and more - New Stuff like: Minigun with Backpack, more vehicles and more interaction with them (like refilling the ammunition or repairing stuff with maybe a mechanic armor class/passive) - Enemy-(AI)-Changes: More counterplay -> reliable weakpoints for light-pen weapons for common enemys, enemies onlz shooting at you while directly facing you (no bs shots through shields or rockets being fired at you at an angle), Patrols not pathing towards players but to, from and around hotspots + some that just pass the map.

[@Kanielwhiskey]

I think the Illuminate won come in the near future (At least next 3-6 months) since it would add extra (balance related or not) work for the devs. More vehicles should probably come when most planned enemies are added to the game as the things would be already balanced against more situations, lse we might end up in a situation where some things will under or over-perform.

[@davidweaver4436]

Medium pen backpack minigun with 5-600 round capacity. I figure 50% of the mech's ammo capacity would be fair since it can be reloaded from supply drops, but any less would be lame. The stalwart has 250 round mags with 3 spare mags. That's 1000 rounds total, but broken up by reloads with only light pen. Obviously I'll take as much ammo as they'[re willing to give us, though.

[@GamersClipsinfinity]

What makes me laugh is one minute the gamers are like, we're not bothered about new content, we would rather the game be fixed.... Now that has happened pretty much, people are now demanding new content... I mean make up your minds

[@Cinnamontoast_69]

Honestly, if they would continue on the buff trend and gave the ARs more amo and buff a few stratagem weapons that would add more content by just making more things in the game more fun to use. That would at least give some excitement while waiting for the actual new content.

[@CheeseDanish85]

Illuminate before Christmas would be a hell of a Christmas present. Reading between the lines... they could be hinting at something like this without being able to say it out loud.

[@reaper_exd7498]

They arent. Quit glazing

[@CheeseDanish85]

@@reaper_exd7498 It all depends on how much effort already went into Illuminate content. If the 60 day plan delayed a launch, then the content is already close to done. If it didn't, then yeah, there's nothing coming soon. It's just speculation.

[@epsilon1372]

@@reaper_exd7498 speculation is not glazing. You're being just as delusional as the actual glazers

[@claudeb3673]

Big thing that this game do not have its fear of missing out (fomo). So many games rely on this to keep players captive. I like to play many games and playing something with a monthly premium or limited time to get exclusive content grinds my gears Hope it stays that way, so i can take short breaks and pop in whenever

[@lord_milligun]

upgrade for all mg's (so all of them can be fed from backpack(each with their own), deployed with one in hellpod) would be better than a ''minigun'',sure, it would be cool to have one, but i wanna spend samples and upgrade stuff, not adding stratagems in warbonds

[@XxFusionsk8rxX]

A lite roadmap with mentions of strats or weapons etc without revealing details would be nice, updates and vuffs etc would be nice. Or an eta for updates would be cool. I prefer not having the content spoiled but would like to have a basic info of content inbound rather than pure silence.

[@Leifreon]

I personally believe we won't be getting Illuminate until at least sometime in year 2. Not necessarily the anniversary, but it makes sense as part of a year 2 content drop. IF we get them at all. We might get something similar to Illuminate, maybe a new race they created and armed specifically to fight Super Earth, since there were so very few of them left at the end of the first war. Regardless of what or when, as Johnathan Young's song goes, "Whatever comes out that wormhole I'll be shooting iiit."

[@pioooootras]

I doubt they would drop a big content patch around Christmas. I am confident that from early to mid-December most people at Arrowhead will be on leave and will start slowly coming back to work from January. If they learned anything from their many fuckups in recent months, the main thing is to not make updates when most people are on holidays.

[@Leon.S.Kennedy.SG-09]

Dude custom colors on my armor would look so clean I'm already seeing red on black or even blue on black Gold on white even. It'd look nice

[@TheHuffur]

I think the guess that a new faction was supposed to pop up during Liberty day could be correct, I do not think it is correct to only add 60 days to that though! Reason being the game and devs have struggled from launch, we have to assume they did not expect to have to spend months righting the game up after a sideways release and then another 60 days focusing on balance. If I had to guess their accumulated "behind schedule"-time is more like 4-5 months as a minimum(remember they even had to hire more people and train them!) where they were forced to work on other things instead of their planned future content like Illuminate / Gloom / vehicles / DSS / Clans&Guilds etc etc. With the added people on the team they might have been able to catch up a bit of this but personally I am hoping that they stay silent for a while longer with the BIG stuff because like the DSS, I doubt they have had any time polishing and adding some substance to it at all and we do not need a Illuminate faction that instantly flops because only 2 enemies are ready yet or w/e.

[@Longshot-qv8is]

A minigun sounds great, but I fear it would invalidate the Stalwart or MG

[@MightyManotaur22]

not if they gave it a movement penalty (which they should)

[@TheMisterBerry]

Swedes take their holidays very seriously, I wanna say people are likely more correct that Illuminate might possibly come in February

[@brandini1876]

Martale is isolated HOW HAVE WE NOT JUMPED THAT PLANET

[@blackreign673]

I just want to gain levels again and have a reason to care about samples

[@mysterious___1]

If you’re at max level then I suggest you get comfortable or play something else.

[@ncsharkmanandk9queen904]

Helldivers is the only new game i could afford so to me it sucks to get bored already. The state of the game right now sucks.

[@Clogmonger]

Yes this. I spent $40 plus extra on some warbonds and shit before I learned to just farm credits. I want the game to be worth playing for longer, I'm not ready to buy something else but I'm quickly running out of fucks to give about HD2.

[@ncsharkmanandk9queen904]

@@Clogmonger Thanks for the reply. People have gotten complacent with video games. Just taking whatever they can get. People say you got your money worth after a few hours but I remember when you could play games for years to get your money worth. They also don't remember the poor who can't afford every new game that comes out.

[@Kylav1996]

For the BP MG make it an expendable with 666 rounds (call it the "Devils Saw"), with a 2 ish min CD

[@turdbergler657]

Expendable mg was definitely one of my favorites in hd1

[@johnsmithfrombackeast7376]

A Christmas content drop from General Santa-Brash would be wonderful!

[@KenobiStark1]

I’ve been role playing the Jin-Roh Wolf Brigade loadout, I used to go Plasma weapons all the time. But it’s just fun as hell.

[@mordiscodisco]

im still waiting for the car that joel dropped randomly 8 months ago

[@macaster9048]

About 60 day plan fix, give me back my 2 mags for my goddamn BreakandSpray, unforgivable!

[@Clogmonger]

Game needs a PTS. If it has that, everything's getting leaked. Surprise out the window. Give us a roadmap, cause I don't believe there's enough coming to keep me playing in the long term.

[@Scheifen1]

I loved how after you made your balancing stream, the devs balanced the game and had a ton of support, and the first new feature they added (DSS) after your balancing stream was completely broken and everyone hated. Coincidence I'm sure.

[@thiccfila]

LOL I had no feedback for DSS, I didn't even know what it was.

[@thedriftaone7936]

Well said There's other games to play as content builds up Personally it's always better to have a playable fun game coz that's what games are meant to be! Helldivers 2 has so much potential and content will come Going on a "I'm quitting video " when we all know once that content drops you'll be back is and will always look shameless and funny

[@scaIawag]

I'm not upset about a lack of content, it's the content that makes me want to *not* play. They make such weird choices. One we're all familiar with is the addition of Reinforced Scout Striders. Prior to the Escalation of Freedom, I'd basically never leave Helldive. Now it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. Players complained about constant ragdolling and getting one shot by rockets, so they add an enemy with the most lethal and most ragdolling rockets the game had ever seen, while also being difficult to kill in a reasonable timeframe without specific weapons.

[@kaijuultimax9407]

There is no greater argument for giving all ARs medium pen than Reinforced Scout Striders

[@thiccfila]

To be fair they added rocket striders before the 60 day plan where one of their things were reducing ragdoll lol. Anyways they said they're nerfing them but it can't come quicker.

[@calebheisserer5391]

Yeah any enemy that creates such a specific meta is really annoying. They are extremely durable and spawn in great numbers making any load out that can’t deal with them quickly pointless

[@RomanWasHere-]

I hope we get a Starship Troopers collab Warbond that's SEAF Troopers, with some of the actors from the movies

[@Aldritch9183]

Although I still follow Helldivers 2 to this day since it was released, I usually only play it once or twice a week. It's fun, but I also enjoy relaxing with Subnautica (except when a Leviathan gives me a heart attack), something more casual like BTD6, or seeing how many mods I can load into Fallout 4 before the game gets corrupted or my PC explodes, although the first one already happened to me yesterday lol.

[@SoraTheKobold]

personally i havent been really feeling HD2, ive had it uninstalled for a bit to make space for some other games but ill come back when something big happens like i always have ive been bored of the game myself but i can understand why a lot of people still arent, im just really hoping whatever upcoming content they do release wont be as disappointing as the DSS really also hi thicc hi hiiii :3

[@Bluesfan087]

Don’t need a roadmap. It’s awesome not knowing what is coming up in this game. Surprises are good.

[@thetuerk]

I do not want a Roadmap either. As we have seen time and time again, even internally they don't know how long a feature will take to be done, so putting a public timer on that is NOT the solution.

[@Thatonedude734]

With the road map thing I don’t think I want one for helldivers 2. I want it to surprise me when the illuminate get here. It’s the same reason I avoid looking at leaks

[@bronzieblue63]

I think this is the big thing about HD2 people are still getting a little used to, call it what you will, but it's highkey just a party game. The game is at its most fun when you have friends to play with, meh with randoms, and kinda just alright by yourself. The gameplay loop has little depth, but all things considered, does it need to have more? I mean, yeah it'd be nice to have a little more, but it's a very very casual game that allows people to take breaks without feeling like you're losing something, like some games that kinda hold your attention hostage with the fear of missing out like Destiny 2, thankfully HD2 is not Destiny 2 and doesn't really have anything of note that's a limited time item that isn't mechanically identical to something else. I feel like the next big step for HD2 would be catering a little bit to its lategame audience, the dudes that DID stick around for 100 or so levels, like some kind of mastery system that unlocks an always on passive buff for your Helldiver, not just a normally accessible ship module upgrade, but one that can only be accessed once you've hit those milestone levels like 50, 75, and 100.

[@jaywerner8415]

Id imagine the Story may or may not pick up again next month, or at least after this latest Tug of War. Also... Holy Shit Leash is SO SCREWED! attacked from 5 sides!

[@DZA3051]

Waiting for the Squids, I still play but when your 150, and Maxed out, there's little for me to do. Other than jumping on and help out newer players and try different builds. But even that gets stale. The game is enjoyable but we need new mission types, another faction, progression and a turn in the story.

[@majorastorm]

New faction enemies would be fun. Maybe add rogue helldivers?

[@Clogmonger]

If they add Rogue divers they'd better let me be one

[@MrSquigglies]

I don't know. I've not played HD2 for weeks, probably months at this point. I keep waiting for good news but I'm getting close to uninstalling.

[@alexanderohrimenko5016]

Maybe the three are: - Illuminate, Weapon or/and armor customization, Vehicles(or what was not picked between weapon ad armor customization)? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@thiccfila]

The only thing I can think of for "big 3", are the 3 raid bosses of the factions. But one faction aint out yet, and I also don't think they would release them around the same time. In the first game they were MO based, so once you got to homeworlds there were kill orders. But like.... that theory is wrong IMO. It's literally the only thing I can think of. Unless they mean big 3 updates... but that's also just weird lol. I literally have no clue what it can mean.

[@B-U-T-C-H-E-R]

I don't view Helldivers 2 as a primary game to grind. It's a great game to keep on your back burner. I hop in several times a week just to slay some stuff

[@mindquad668]

I will do anything for vehicles.. literally anything

[@BetarayBillLover]

I just want fucking cross progression man, I haven’t played in months because I refuse too rebuy everything I already bought and put time in for

[@WoodbabyCYL]

What do you mean?

[@BetarayBillLover]

@@WoodbabyCYL my bad I meant too put cross progression

[@WoodbabyCYL]

@@BetarayBillLover damn its really like that? Even if you log in with the same playstation account?

[@BetarayBillLover]

@WoodbabyCYL yup recently treated myself and upgrade too pc after playing on ps5 last May, bought the game tried to log on only to find out I’d have too rebuy everything, reached out too support and they told me too basically kick rocks and they have no plans for cross progression

[@GiganticImpact]

5:04 translation: We cannot for the life of us do anything as planned without messing up royally so we'd rather not talk about roadmaps right now.

[@sporksabre]

Vehicles "soon": 6 months min. Not next two-three patches

[@foodreviewer4903]

9:02 don't worry, Thordan will do that for you...

[@mysterious___1]

Thordan is so f’n awful. I watched one video of his a month ago and laughed. I told him he’s a clickbait clown and never went back.