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With the Festival of Reckoning behind us, it’s time to get down to business. As you probably know by now, the Squids have been popping up all over the Galactic Map, and there are some serious concerns about them arriving in even bigger numbers through the wormhole. However, we still don’t know a lot about this enemy. So, the High Command decided to issue a Major Order asking the brave Helldivers 2 players to go on an Illuminate killing spree, so that the scientists could learn more about them.
The Current Major Order Is Killing the Pesky Illuminate
If you ask the renowned Super Earth scientists, dissecting is the best way to learn more about something. For example, they could dissect the black hole and it turned out to be a wormhole. Sound logic, if you ask us.
So, for this week’s Major Order, the players were given three tasks. The first task is to kill 115 million of Voteless. The players cleared this task in less than 10 hours since the MO started. The second task is for the Helldivers to kill 7 million Harvesters. This task is a bit more demanding, but the players are already at more than 30%. Finally, the hardest task will be for the players to fend off 6 of the Illuminate attacks. This task might prove to be quite a challenge. Luckily, the High Command gave players a week to finish up all the tasks.
As always, the High Command offered the players a briefing that explained the Major Order. The briefing acknowledges that the Squids’ attacks are a part of some bigger scheme. So, the High Command decided to make the Squids pay a “steep cost for every attack”.
Since the Illuminate have been hiding behind machines, and, now, behind the Voteless, it’s time to find out how exactly they are doing that. The briefing noted: “The Helldivers are ordered to kill as many Illuminate and Voteless as possible over the coming wave of attacks. This will both deter the enemy and allow the Ministry of Science to autopsy the remains, possibly yielding intel about the Illuminate and how the Voteless are created”.
Helldivers Need to Unite to Defend Against the Attacks
Many players noted that the High Command probably forgot another zero in the number of the Voteless that needed to be liberated. As for the Harvesters, sure, the task will be challenging, but doable. However, killing isn’t the main problem with this Major Order, the fact that Helldivers 2 players have to fend off 6 attacks from the Illuminate is the true issue.
One player, oRAPIER, stated: “I’m not sure we won a single one over the last several days. 12 hours to beat one means you’d need like 90% player participation. And if one thing has been shown by the uptick of player count, it’s that completing planet liberation or defense cannot stay linked to player count percentage”.
So, you know what you need to do! If there’s an active defense against the Illuminate, join it. At the time of writing this article, we’re fighting on Gemma, with Volterra being our next stop. Come hunt with us. For Liberty and Super Earth.