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One of the most crucial Major Orders so far is in progress. As you probably know by now, the current MO is the only thing standing between Helldivers and the functional Democracy Space Station. Therefore, after a rough start to the Major Order, the Helldivers 2 community felt obligated to remind the players not to avoid defense missions, even if they can’t be won.
Why Are Defense Missions Crucial for the Major Order
At the time of writing this article, there is a disastrous defense mission taking place on Tarsh. The players managed to defend only 15,78%, even though a huge percentage of online players have been trying their best to achieve more. At this rate, the players would need a couple of more days to defend Tarsh, however, they have less than 11 hours to do so.
Now, why is it so important for the players to keep trying? Why not just give up on it, go kill some bugs, and return once the next defense mission is live? Well, the answer to that lies in the briefing that came with the Major Order. It states: “Fighting the Jet Brigade will slow down their advance and reduce the strength of each successive attack”.
Helldivers 2 Players Are United in Their Efforts
Some Helldivers 2 players immediately realized that there was no winning the Major Order without active participation in the defense missions. Additionally, failing the MO might lead to more delays of the launch of the Democracy Space Station.
Separate-Librarian53 noted: “Jet Brigade always hits the first planet fast and hard making it very hard to stop. But every bot killed helps weaken the brigade making future attacks easier until we can stop ’em. We gotta put up a solid wall of meat so we can claw back some planets after the Brigade dies down”.
Other players called to action. Sir_Hoss exclaimed: “Sweet Liberty, get on Tarsh! Get the hell on Tarsh”. Many Creekers compared this defense mission to their time spent on Malevelon Creek. Any-Flamingo7056 stated: “*puts on creek cloak.* What’s a swamp, but a low jungle. O7”.
So, if you are fighting on the bot front, don’t give up on Tarsh or any other defense mission that comes your way. As for all the bugdivers out there, obliterate those bugs so we can use the DSS as soon as possible. For Liberty and Managed Democracy.