This article contains potential spoilers for Helldivers 2's story.
21.04.2024 - 06:09 / gamesradar.com / Kaan Serin / Major Order
Helldivers 2 players have served crushing blows to the mechanized Automatons and the space crab Terminids in recent weeks, meaning they both want revenge, as one Arrowhead Studios developer warns that troops are "unlikely" to hold them all off.
Super Earth's colonial project to spread democracy to bots and bugs saw two big victories recently, as Helldivers squashed two billion space crabs in half a day and pushed back the Automatons in the Galactic West. Now? Both factions are really riled up.
"I don't want to pull back the curtain too much, but this MO is set up so that players are intentionally going to lose ground on one of the two fronts," community manager Spitz reveals in a note to the game's Discord channel, dishing on the upcoming Major Order.
"We've poked the Terminid swarm and allowed the Automatons time to regroup," he continues, referring to the 13-hour break the bots enjoyed, "so both factions are pushing hard and attempting to reclaim territory. Defend Events will be frequent and players now have to choose which front they want to fight on, but it's unlikely that you'll be able to hold them all."
Spitz has one last key bit of advice for fellow divers before we enter the Dark Ages: "Choose carefully which planets you decide to focus on." Split forces and an indecisive player base are what previously caused Helldivers to lose a key Major Order against the Automatons a few weeks ago, so organization and priorities will be more important than ever. Good luck, troopers.
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This article contains potential spoilers for Helldivers 2's story.
Helldivers 2 players are celebrating a dramatic 11th-hour victory that saw hundreds of thousands of the digital soldiers unite to defend 10 worlds from the undemocratic grip of advancing bug-like Terminids, and soulless Automatons. However, some members of the community have found themselves wondering whether Arrowhead’s game master Joel may have stacked the odds in their favor to stave off defeat.
took the gaming industry by storm back in February 2024, quickly gaining a dedicated fanbase and community around the live-service title. Although it still boasts an impressive player base, a couple of months later, the numbers have begun to dwindle from the initial highs that it once enjoyed. This is to be expected with any title since the gaming industry moves on quickly, and games cannot be expected to hold onto unsustainable numbers, but there is something can do to stem the bleeding.
The soldiers of Super Earth have made major progress in the ongoing Helldivers 2 Galactic War by successfully defending a large number of planets from enemy assault. The feat hasn't been accomplished by the game's community since Helldivers 2 first launched in February 2024.
Helldivers 2 troops are currently hammering away at the latest Major Order to successfully defend at least ten planets from both bugs and bots, but all those last-minute, oil-drenched extractions might not contribute to the liberation effort as the game's systems are now "suffering a minor outage."
Now that’s what I call a bug hunt! It took Helldivers 2 players less than 24 hours to complete its latest Major Order: to kill two billion Terminids.
The new Helldivers 2 Major Order was smashed through in under a day, but some players are concerned the game wasn't tracking Terminid kills correctly.
The next step in Helldivers 2’s ongoing Galactic War is here, and it’s just about the most straightforward yet: kill bugs. Lots of bugs.
The latest Helldivers 2 Major Order is live, and it simply tasks Super Earth's soldiers with squishing two billion Terminids in right around six days.
The last few days have been rough for Helldivers 2 players, to say the least. As the weekend began, we were hit with a new Major Order – halt the Automaton advance and hold the Menkent line, maintaining complete control over Menkent and Lesath in the process. It's just two planets, so simple enough, right?
Last week, the Helldivers 2 community was successful in carrying out the mission of completely decimating the Automaton faction, leaving many to wonder where the game would go from here. As many predicted, things are only going to get worse from here.
borrows a lot of things from the first game, but skips out on multiple enemy factions — not just the Illuminate. At launch and up until the time of writing, Helldivers 2 has had two enemy factions: the Terminids (Bugs) and the Automatons (Bots). However, with the recent total success of the Major Order "", it appears the Automatons have finally been eradicated once and for all. Of course, there's always a chance they'll return, but for the time being, players are left to wonder what comes next.