[STEAM][PRESS]Helldivers 2 Players Hate Hellmire So Much They Just Want to Blow It Up

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’s current Major Order to successfully defend 10 planets across Terminid and Automaton space has put Hellmire in the ******* line once again, and it looks like players would really rather not have to deal with it.

For the uninitiated, Arrowhead’s explosive third-person co-op shooter tasks the Helldivers 2 community with completing various challenges as part of the ongoing Galactic War, a meta narrative driven by

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Amid this latest Major Order, which looks increasingly likely to fail, players are faced with dropping onto perhaps the most-hated planet in the game right now: the appropriately named Hellmire.

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Hellmire suffers from a near-constant cycle of fires, which cause players a number of problems, not least because ***** damage is currently doing an extreme amount of damage to friend and foe alike. Arrowhead has admitted ***** damage is "ridiculous" and confirmed a complete overhaul is in the works, but for now, Hellmire is lethal just to be on, let alone deal with the Terminids, too.

Firestorm is here on hellmire

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has become

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that some players are even suggesting it makes no in-universe sense for either the Terminds or the forces of Super Earth to want to claim the planet, given the rampant ***** tornados.

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adds that players may have Hellmire fatigue, given this is the latest in a string of liberations on the planet. “I'm done with this planet,” they said, “can't we just ***** it up already?”

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Helldivers 2 displays active player numbers on a per planet basis, and it’s true that Hellmire has one of the lower player counts, but it’s not alone in that. It seems the more easy-going Estanu is currently attracting more players than any other planet.

Why **** defenses keep failing

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The issue around Hellmire taps into an emerging push and pull between Helldivers 2’s Galactic War-focused ********* community, and casual players who like to play on planets and against enemies they enjoy and little else. Arrowhead itself has said it can only do so much to help the core community complete Major Orders that require a coordinated effort. Sometimes, even if Joel offers a helping hand, the community will fail.

And it looks like that’s going to happen again with this latest Major Order, although, ultimately, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, those medals will be lost, but lost planets will become playable again as part of a future Major Order. And let’s remember, the Major Order that proceeded this defense mission

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, a player who has answered over 100 **** Beacons as part of a mission to help others.

Helldivers 2 has become one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February,

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and

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. According to at least one analyst,

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to find out why it's going down so well.

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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