Arrowhead is in damage control mode as its CEO surveys Helldivers 2 fans about a new warbond and ‘unplayable’ balancing changes. Things haven’t gone very smoothly for Helldivers 2 lately and there are two reasons for that. One is Sony demanding players link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation Network (PSN), which sparked fan outrage and resulted in the publisher later reversing its decision .
The other reason is fans losing interest in the game, because too many weapons are being nerfed by developer Arrowhead, killing the fun of the third person shooter. Now Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt is letting fans vote on if it’s ‘tone deaf’ to release a new warbond so soon after the PSN debacle. He also admits that balancing changes have gone too far, saying, ‘It feels like everytime someone finds something fun, the fun is removed.
’ Pilestedt posted a poll on Twitter, saying: ‘With the negative sentiment around account linking, a concern from the team came up about ‘Is it tone deaf to release a new (paid) warbond this soon?’ Fans could vote on releasing the new warbond as planned today, or delaying it, and the former won with 73.9% of the votes. To all the @helldivers2 out there.
With the negative sentiment around account linking, a concern from the team came up about ‘is it tone deaf to release a new (paid) warbond this soon?’ and therefore we are putting it to a real vote in true democratic fashion. So please guideâ.
