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Sometimes, things just don’t go your way. It’s been a tough week for Helldivers. It seems as if nothing has gone their way. As you know, the current Major Order has brought nothing but chaos to Helldivers 2 players as they are valiantly trying to liberate Choohe without the DSS. However, troubles with the DSS and the divided community have made this MO almost impossible to complete.
The DSS Didn’t Help Helldivers With the Major Order
At the time of writing this article, Choohe is 73% liberated, with around 7 hours to go. Now, 27% in 7 hours is doable, although third-party apps predict it will take Helldivers another 8-12 to liberate Choohe at this pace. So, what happened? And, why was this Major Order so messy?
First of all, Helldivers had a rough start. The DSS was sent directly to Choohe, even though the players couldn’t access it. Then, the players had trouble finding a way to Choohe, so they were split over several planets. After they united on Matar Bay, it took them several days to liberate it and gain access to Choohe.
After finally getting to the designated planet, the players realized that there was no option to vote for the DSS to come to Choohe. This, of course, caused a huge uproar, and the devs had to step in. On December 3, Baskinator, the Community Manager, posted an announcement on Discord.
She noted: “Many of you have been asking why you were unable to vote for Choohe! I spoke with GM Joel and he confirmed this was a “managed democracy algorithm snafu. Until the algorithm is officially repatriotized, Joel will be doing some manual oversight of its function”.
Well, Helldivers weren’t all too happy about this announcement. ArsenikMilk stated: “I’m not going to say I’m all that upset, even though it is frustrating that we’re likely going to lose the MO because of this snafu. But what I am going to say is that it’s quite in character for a feature Arrowhead made to not work properly on release”.
Joel Gave the Helldivers an Arsenal Augmentation for the Major Order
It seems that the Helldivers 2 devs realized that the players would have no chance to complete the Major Order without the DSS. So, they gave the players the next best thing – a Temporary Arsenal Augmentation.
The in-game announcement stated: “The Helldivers’ expedient dismantling of the specified 150,000,000 Automatons has created a resource surplus, allowing additional funds to be diverted to the success of the current mission. All Helldivers have been granted the use of the ORBITAL RAILCANNON STRIKE stratagem for the remainder of this order”.
Not only was this Arsenal Augmentation helpful with the Major Order, but it also appeased some of the players. It seems that this Stratagem was just what the doctor ordered. One player, icehvs, noted: “I always have it in my arsenal, especially against the bots. I keep finding that big elites give people loads of trouble. And, that thing can one-shot one fast in a tricky situation”.
So, for the time being, the only thing left to do is get to Choohe and help out your fellow divers. With the clock ticking, the Helldivers 2 players should prioritize the Major Order and worry about the DSS at a later date. Some fixes are coming, and hopefully something much bigger, as well. For Liberty and Super Earth.