SUMMARY
- Helldivers 2, while bathed in massive success, had several server issues.
- Players were also keeping themselves logged in, preventing other players from getting in.
Helldiver 2 has received a brand new patch that is further improving the gaming experience of the players. After the game launched on February 8, 2024, the game has received a number of updates. Similarly, it launched patch 1.000.11 earlier on February 23, 2024.
The patch notes revealed by the devs list the fixes implemented for a number of different crashes and fixes for several problems. These include issues with controversial GameGuard anti-cheat tech. Besides it also makes a big change to address a major issue prevalent in the game.
Helldivers 2 adds an AFK timer
In its latest patch 1.000.11, Arrowhead Game Studios’ introduced an AFK (away from their keyboard) timer. According to the timer, those players who are inactive for more than 15 minutes will automatically be thrown out or logged out of the servers.
The patch notes read, “implemented a functionality that will kick players who remain idle for 15 minutes back to the title screen.”
Thus according to the patch notes, Helldivers 2 players who are inactive for 15 minutes will automatically be booted back to the title screen. The duration of 15 minutes gives enough time for players to briefly step away from the game for a short break. Similarly, it ensures players who step away for longer periods aren’t crowding the servers. aren’t holding up the queue.
Besides this, the recent update has fixed a number of other issues such as crashes, which occurred when joining others’ ships. Additionally, the crashes caused while attempting quickplay multiple times in a row are also fixed. The patch notes also reiterated that Arrowhead is still working on Helldivers 2’s limited login rate, disconnection issues while playing, and others.
Why did Helldivers 2 add an AFK timer?
A new patch in third-person squad shooter Helldivers 2, mainly addresses the issue of inactive players consuming server space when not actually playing at all.
For the unknown, Helldivers 2 was a great hit when it launched. However, from day one it had been struggling to contain its own popularity. The massive turnaround of players caused a number of problems for players including basic login-related issues.
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Eventually, Arrowhead enforced a concurrent player cap of 450,000 to control too many people from playing at the same time and in turn boost game stability. The issues also caused some players to try to bypass the login queues by never logging out. Before the patch was launched, players could just leave the game running and jump straight back into the action. However, not anymore.
Given the 450,000 concurrent player cap, it caused an issue where players who were away from their systems would take up server space, while others who were actually trying to play the game struggled. This resulted in the fans calling out the developers to include an AFK timer to get rid of those players leaving their game running.