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There’s been a lot of talk about the Illuminate recently. The Squids confused everyone when they just appeared right next to the bot front, sparking theories about their possible plans in the community. However, some Helldivers 2 players noticed that some of the Illuminate were exhibiting some pretty strange behavior. Apparently, several players reported seeing the Illuminate fight among each other. Why on Super Earth would they be doing that?
The Illuminate Are Seemingly Fighting Each Other
It all started when one player, Jett_98, stumbled upon an unusual scene. This player recorded it unfold and shared that video with their community. In it, you can see this brave Helldiver hiding behind a car while two Illuminate units were seemingly fighting each other right in front of the OP.
The two units were both Overseers, though one had a jetpack. Truth be told, it seems as though the one with the jetpack was circling around the one on the ground, while it was trying to swat it away. This scene looked like siblings annoying each other.
Some players suggested that since this was only the Illuminate vanguard, the units we were fighting were “the lowest members of their society”. Meaning that these two units were just in a squabble over something. Although we love this theory, it’s probably far-fetched.
Another theory suggests that the devs are trying to implement the much-asked-for battle between two factions. However, we aren’t quite sure that this theory sticks. First of all, according to devs, the problem with faction vs faction was that both enemy factions would just freeze when put on the same planet. Also, these Overseers belong to the same faction. It would be unnecessarily complicated to implement this behavior inside one faction just to remove it and implement it in two different factions.
Some Helldivers 2 Players Have Seen This Behavior in Other Factions
Well, as it turns out, some Helldivers 2 players had a perfectly reasonable explanation for the unusual behavior of the Illuminate. Yup, it’s a bug. Although we haven’t noticed this behavior before, many Helldivers confirmed that they had seen this in other factions as well.
According to these players, the Illuminate units weren’t fighting each other. They were fighting the “ghost” of a Helldiver that died on that spot. Reportedly, the bug where the enemies continue attacking the place where a Helldiver perished occurs occasionally.
Auditor-G80GZT noted: “In all honesty, this is probably just a bug where these two Overseers are attacking a specific location where a Helldiver was – probably where a Helldiver died(?) – and thus friendly fire occurs. I see it plenty on Terminids with Spewers repeatedly spewing at a Helldiver’s place of death”.
So, the Illuminate aren’t turning against each other, after all. However, if you stumble upon a scene like this one, you can use the fact that they are distracted and avenge the Helldiver who lost their life there. We suppose you’ll get plenty of chances to do so in the current Major Order. For Liberty and Super Earth.