[STEAM][PRESS]Helldivers 2 Director Admits Balancing Updates Sometimes Go 'Too Far'

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Since Helldivers 2 was released just over three months ago, development team Arrowhead Game Studios has frequently rebalanced the game's meta, frustrating quite a few players who have grown comfortable with weapons only to have them nerfed in the next patch. Now, it looks like those complaints might lead to a change - or, at the very least, a discussion at Arrowhead.

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, in response to a player who said "Helldivers has just become un-fun for me" regarding balancing changes, Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt said, "Hey, yeah i think we've gone too far in some areas. Will talk to the team about the approach to balance. It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed."

Hey, yeah i think we've gone too far in some areas. Will talk to the team about the approach to balance. It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed.

— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt)

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Pilestedt's response comes after months of players

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. Last week's patch

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, for example, increased recharge time for the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon amid several valuable buffs for other weapons, which led to frustration among players who relied on the ****.

Especially this week, though, quite a few players have posted about their concerns that the

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or make weapons entirely unviable, with some reporting never seeing frequently nerfed guns like the RS-422 Railgun in matches.

Despite some players' concerns over constant nerfs, we gave Helldivers 2 a 9 in

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, calling it "the rare modern multiplayer game that does almost everything right." However, it hasn't been immune to controversy beyond its balancing changes — just last week, players left 14,000 negative reviews after it was announced that it would

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, though, after the avalanche of backlash, and some have organized

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