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It isn’t easy being a Helldiver. You spend hours upon hours fighting every day, you see the horrors of the battlefield, your fellow soldiers’ screams echoing around you. Helldivers lead a lonely life, you can’t get too attached to your teammates, as they’ll probably die soon. Even the Service Technician on your ship won’t talk to you anymore. And now, the High Command nerfed your favorite weapon. After a long day fighting in Helldivers 2, you just wish to take a hot shower and snuggle up in bed with your pet larva… Wait a minute. Your what??
The High Command Doesn’t Want You to Keep the Larva as a Pet
On August 21, several weeks after the baby Terminid had been added to the game, the High Command took to X. They stated: “High Command would like to remind Helldivers you do NOT have the authorization to keep the Terminid larva as a pet”.
Of course, they probably posted this announcement to lighten the mood of the community after the recent backlash. Honestly, a great strategy, as it worked in an instant. Helldivers worldwide joked they were the reason for this announcement. TheOnlyGuyInSpace21 admitted: “Damn, they got me good. He’s named Steeve, can I keep him?”.
SourceCodeSamurai noted: “My… erm…. the larva is not a pet! What a preposterous thought! It is of cause a … hem…. test subject… YES! A TEST SUBJECT! And those are no treats! The current testing involves finding out their favorite food! So we can easily poison them on the battlefield! No, that is no nameplate on its collar! That is just a randomized ID! “Buggy” can be the result of a randomly generated ID! It certainly is not a pet name”.
All Roads Lead to Criticism of Helldivers 2
As you might have suspected, even though the Helldivers 2 players gladly accepted the lighthearted joke about the pet larva, some pointed out the still unresolved issues. In their defense, having a laugh over a silly statement is great, but who would feed your pet if your game crashed every time you tried to start it?
Echo_XB3 stated: “I’m gonna be honest they are worth more as a pet than the rewards they give”. Another player, quin61, elaborated: “They hyped them pretty good only for the rewards to be so.. disappointing. At the very least they could give a varying amount of super credits. Like 5 at minimum, sometimes 10, sometimes 50, and sometimes even 100”.
One Redditor, Adorazazel, is keeping the larva hostage until the devs fix the game. They said: “Stop replacing Flamethrower fuel with eagle sweat deodorant and I may THINK about handing over Terry (I won’t, scamming is the way of managed democracy after all)”.
Some Helldivers 2 players even threatened to join the Chaosdivers if someone tried to take away their pet larva. Would you go as far? We thouroughly support the peaceful protests, saving a and raising a baby Terminid could certainly qualify. Enjoy the game and say hello to your pet larva for us.