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On August 20, the developers proudly announced the drop of a new patch. This patch represents the first one in the series of announced patches that should fix the existing problems. Unfortunately, the players have noticed that some changes seemed to break other aspects of the game. It seems that even though they announced buffs, the latest Helldivers 2 patch brought even more nerfs.
Helldivers Are Shocked by the Unexpected Nerfs in the Patch
The first look at the patch notes shows some great changes, like the nerf of the ragdolling effect, or the first improvement to the recently nerfed flames. The general weapon and Stratagem fixes part of the patch notes state: “Fixed an issue where flamethrower particles would ignore enemies. (Improvement towards our 60-day plan)”.
These were great news, as players excitedly pointed out. Also, this offered some insight into why the flamethrowers dealt less damage after the latest update. One player explained: “The issue was when the enemies turn into a lower-resolution version at some distance from the player, they stopped colliding with the fire particles”.
Unfortunately, this fix accidentally (or not) caused some other changes which outraged the community. Boatsntanks noted: “They nerfed the Flamer even harder today. How can you get all this flak for nerfing the Flamer, release yet another statement promising changes, and then f**king nerf the poor thing again? After today’s patch the Flamer will now barely hurt the Chargers in the a** at all”.
Helldivers 2 Players Have Lost Trust in the Developers
Now, just to explain how big of a problem this nerf is, OP’s post managed to amass more than 500 comments in less than two hours. Helldivers 2 players are completely outraged by this patch and the supposed buffs that turned out to be nerfs. The greatest problem right now is that the developers broke the blind trust the players put in them.
Page8988 noted: “It’s sad to watch. Used to respect this studio. They made one of my all-time favorite games, then stained its memory with this alleged sequel that ignores the original and actively gets worse all the time. The Helldivers IP will never recover from this”.
RetrofittedChaos expressed their exasperation: “Flamethrower fix. Look inside. Flamethrower nerf again. You can’t make this s**t up”. Levaporub added: “It feels like they looked at a blowtorch flame deflecting off food, and they said damn that’s so realistic, let’s convert our napalm flamethrowers to gas”.
Anyone who has ever had their heart broken knows that feeling when you can’t trust someone anymore. Unfortunately for Helldivers 2 developers, after this patch, and these nerfs, it will be extremely hard to get the players to trust them again. Hopefully, they’ll get there, as it would be a shame for a game with so much potential to end like this.