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Helldivers 2 players are by now fairly familiar with bugs of all kinds, including the ones you can’t call a 500 kg bomb on. Glitches, bugs, errors, and all other technical difficulties aren’t exactly anything new for online gaming, but those that prevent you from progressing the game are particularly annoying. One such issue has been a part of Helldivers 2 Eradicate missions for a while and seems to have only gotten worse after the recent big update.
When you’re so good that there’s not enough enemies to finish
Jokes aside, Eradicate missions sometimes produce an odd bug that prevents enough enemies from spawning to fill up the bar before the timer runs out. This has been the case in the early days of the game, and according to players, seems to have become worse recently. Reddit user Lord_bingus_the_2nd is just one of many recent posters on the topic.
“I had an issue a few days ago where Eradicate missions didn’t spawn enough enemies within the 15-minute timer to complete them, and I posted about it. There was some advice such as don’t shoot down ships, because enemies are worth more after they land, and to blow myself up because it can increase spawn rates. I never shot down ships in the first place, I’ve been using the HMG, but I tried blowing up a few times and was able to increase the spawn rates, but it still wasn’t enough. I got to 97% before I ran out of time, and had everything that dropped dead, it’s better than before where I only got to 50%, but it’s still not possible to complete, which makes it impossible for me to complete any operations as they all have Eradicate.”
The Redidtor points out several usually offered solutions for the problem – blowing yourself or teammates up to increase the spawn rate. If that isn’t an odd correlation, we don’t know what is – but it does seem to work. That makes it doubly tricky if you’re playing solo, though of course, not impossible.
The problem is more widespread than you’d think
As mentioned, this issue is unfortunately not uncommon. Another user, MagicPaladin, complained about the same problem a few weeks ago. “It used to be massive hordes on both bugs and bots, now it’s super drip-fed. Takes ages to complete.” is one of the most common sentiments in the comments. An overwhelmingly large number of players have encountered this issue, with some speculating that it’s even worse on higher difficulties. “These missions have always been obnoxious, but now it’s for the opposite reason. AH [Arrowhead] needs to make these maps larger and stop them from spawning on top of us. It’s a defense mission, not a deathmatch from a Call of Duty made in 2003.” added another user.
From what we’ve seen, the most oppressive version of this bug seems to target solo players. Unlucky-Gold7921 had a similar problem as a solo player, coming to 93% without enough spawns when the timer ran out. Many other solo divers chimed in with their own similar experiences, confirming the larger problem. Bozo-Dawg was one of them, explaining: “I just experienced the same thing. Did a level 5 Eradication mission solo, and I didn’t even get to 60% completion before time ran out. Most of the mission was just me sitting there waiting for another bot drop to arrive.”
In conclusion, the long-standing spawn rate bug on Eradicate missions needs to be looked at. The workarounds are detrimental to put it mildly, as no one should have to spend their precious reinforcements just to be able to finish a mission. It’s counter-intuitive and is only a bandaid solution to a bigger issue. Hopefully, Arrowhead devs will be able to take a look at resolving this before all that’s left in the galaxy are incomplete Eradicate missions.