is filled with so many little secrets and mysteries to uncover that even some of the most devoted players are still finding new content. When visiting the Druid Grove, players encounter Pandirna, who is paralyzed after drinking one of Auntie Ethel’s potions. Though plenty of players have used Shadowheart (or another character with healing spells) to cure her with a simple, there’s a way to do it without expending spell slots.
Some Helldivers 2 Players Suspect the Hand of Joel in Their Dramatic 11th-Hour Victory
26.04.2024 - 19:51 / ign.com / Major Order
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.
Developer Arrowhead Studios' smash multiplayer hit Helldivers 2 tasks four player squads of democratically enthused players to embark on PvE missions to wipe out enemies and complete objectives. Doing so directly contributes to a collective effort to liberate or defend a mass of disparate worlds arrayed around a galactic map, which has Super Earth at its center. The ebb and flow of this galactic war is dictated by an Arrowhead Studios employee known simply as Joel who, in the guise of Super Earth, hands out overarching missions called "major orders" that the players must work together to achieve, or suffer the consequences.
Now, the Helldivers community is good at a lot of things: killing bugs, slaying bots, theorizing about hitherto unannounced enemies, the list goes on. But coordination? Well, that’s proving to be something of a problem for the playerbase, despite the efforts of a dedicated group of players who have done their level best to strategize and direct the flow of frothing democracy in a meaningful way.
As such, when Super Earth command handed down a Major Order on April 19 to defend a spread of 10 planets from an overwhelming invasion, things didn’t get off to a hugely positive start. As time dragged on, the mission looked increasingly likely to fail, thanks in small part to the fact that one of the endangered worlds just so happened to be the aptly named Hellmire, where sudden immolation is an ever present threat.
Smash cut forward to April 25, and the Helldivers are jubilantly celebrating a down-to-the-wire victory that had seemingly stalled the advance of Super Earth’s enemies in the face of almost certain defeat. Some put credit for the unlikely win on the shoulders of players in Italy, Australia, and New Zealand, which happened to have public holidays while the major order was active, allowing those community members to sink more time into the game.
However, as spotted by PC Gamer, a handful of dissidents have come to suspect that a higher power may have given the Helldivers a helping hand in their victory. “I'm not going to lie, from one side I'm damn happy we got it, but from the other it feels a bit frustrating to get it on what largely was a last gasp gimme from Joel,” wrote Redditor Spitfiresiemion. “Especially as we likely would've done it without any hijinks if we haven't lost 2 planets
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