Helldivers 2 players started a petition calling on developer Arrowhead Game Studios to rehire community manager Spitz. With the recent PlayStation Network account-linking controversy finally at an end, much of the Helldivers 2 community has begun to shift focus back to the Galactic War. However, some fans were still dismayed upon hearing of the recent dismissal of Spitz from the official Discord channel and are doing all they can to gather their fellow players in support of the former community manager.
Helldivers 2 Confirms the Multi-Liberation System Isn't Working As Intended Yet
21.04.2024 - 06:59 / gamerant.com / Major Orders / Sony / Lance Gose
Helldivers 2 developers confirmed the multi-planet liberation system was not yet implemented in the live servers. Since release, players have attempted to maximize their strength by diverting manpower to the objectives that provided the most gains for the Galactic War effort. In response to the Helldivers 2 fan base's tactical brainstorming, Arrowhead Game Studios revealed it intended to add a way for the community to secure multiple planets simultaneously.
Planets and invasions in Helldivers 2 work on a hidden supply line mechanic, which connects all the solar bodies in a system together in an invisible network. When invading a system, players needed to establish a foothold by conquering a gateway planet and securing a steady stream of supplies from Super Earth to the front before expanding their invasion to other worlds. This was why Major Orders to assault or defend gateway planets were so impactful to the game's meta-narrative, as the outcome of one of these Major Orders could lead to the loss or gain of an entire system.
Recently, developers confirmed Helldivers 2's Galactic War system has not yet implemented the multi-planet liberation mechanic and revealed supply lines only affected Super Earth forces at the time of writing, though they also implied that a future update would let the game auto-liberate planets under the right circumstances. Specifically, a member of Arrowhead Game Studios commented on the fans' proposed «Martale Gambit,» a community-created plan to focus their efforts on liberating the eponymous planet of Martale in the Andromeda System. If successful, the defense of Martale should indirectly secure the connected planet of Charon Prime by cutting off the Automaton's supplies, awarding Helldivers with an automatic win by the gambit's logic.
There's no specific date for when the multi-liberation mechanic is expected to hit live servers, so as things stand, even if players successfully defended Martale, Charon Prime would remain under threat if left on its own. Fortunately for Super Earth, Helldivers 2 game master Joel reportedly applauded the plan, claiming he would uphold the spirit of the intended feature by manually liberating Charon Prime if Helldivers managed to secure Martale.
While sound in theory, the Martale Gambit ultimately failed after the Automatons secured the planet of Meissa and ironically cut Helldivers off from their own supply lines on April 20. Despite the setback, this incident still confirmed that Helldivers 2's developers rewarded players who discovered ways to take advantage of the game's established mechanics, and the community will likely keep the Martale Gambit in mind in their ongoing fight to spread managed democracy across the galaxy.
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Fans of Helldivers 2 have started a petition asking developers Arrowhead to reinstate a fired employee in charge of community management. The employee, "Spitz", was let go following the fiasco in which Sony told PC players they would need to link their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts to continue playing the shooter. Sony and Arrowhead changed their mind about that after player backlash in the form of 100,000+ negative reviews on Steam. The kicker? Community manager "Spitz" was low-key encouraging players to continue the review bombing. This doesn't seem to have gone down well internally.
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