"Having Your Favorite Toy Nerfed Absolutely Sucks": Helldivers 2 Dev Explains New Balance Changes
's new patch has been released, bringing impressive features such as environmental hazards to the game. It has, however, introduced several balancing updates for weapons and stratagems, which have been controversial with those who have invested more time into the game.
As reported by GamesRadar, one of the developers at Arrowhead, Alex K, took to the Discord channel to address these changes. According to Alex K, this patch is "" and stated that the team wants to be transparent regarding their approach to game balance, especially when it comes to weapons and stratagems.
Alex K went on to state that they knew how disappointing these balance changes may be for those who have spent many hours mastering a particular weapon, saying "". While they addressed the player sentiment that it may "" for being too good at the game, this isn't necessarily the case, and is intended as a way to offer a wider range of weapon choices in where each gun has its own set purpose and none are seen as being significantly superior. Alex K then implored players "" before deciding on whether it's still worth equipping to their loadouts.
Citing the powerful AC-8 Autocannon — which deals a large amount of damage and works well at range but requires assistance from other allies, or an ammo backpack to balance it out — as an example of their philosophy, stating that the team doesn't want weapons to be a "" choice that everyone gravitates towards. According to the player data, the SG-225 Breaker, RS-422 Railgun, and SH-32 Shield Generator Backpack are the «biggest offenders of that principle» as they have been both extremely powerful and versatile, resulting in many players turning to them by default, and not properly tailoring their gameplay tactics. These items have been amended in the new patch to make players better evaluate the pros and cons of using such items to better complement their individual gameplay approaches.
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