SUMMARY
- Helldivers 2 is seeing a great opening but it still has a lot of issues including the servers.
- Helldivers 2's biggest issue recently was that there were no payouts.
Co-op third-person shooter Helldivers 2 has proved to be a massive success among the gaming community. Helldivers 2 was released on February 8, 2024. Soon after launch, it proved to be Sony’s biggest-ever PC game launch.
In spite of its success, the game struggled with multiple issues such as login problems and rewards not tracking. The developers even released a patch to fix these issues, but the errors continued irrespective. Finally, the developers were forced to roll back the patch.
Helldivers 2 patch rolled back
On January 12, 2024, Arrowhead Games launched a patch, however, days later they rolled back the patch. They released a note on Discord that read, “We have rolled back the patch due to some users experiencing significant degradation in performance. The mission reward fix will not be affected by this.”
🛠 Support incoming! ⚙
We have issued a patch for PC & PS5 players to add fixes and updated content for Defend Events.🔗 Read more about here: https://t.co/6ALyDkBdjZ
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) February 15, 2024
The developers even promised to compensate players for the lost rewards through an increased reward event. Notably, most of the game’s progression is obtained from mission rewards. This makes the rewards issue a bigger problem for players who are trying to grow their avatars more powerful.
On February 13, Arrowhead Games rolled out another patch for the game’s PlayStation 5 version. The patch focuses on server capacity, login capacity progression, and mission rewards. It’s pretty similar to the PC patch, however, the devs say that the game is not facing performance problems on PS5. They said, “We are currently investigating that issue with the PC build from yesterday.”
The CEO of Arrowhead, Johan Pilestedt, had also issued an apology to players previously, explaining how the servers were struggling to cope with the massive number of players post-launch.
Helldivers 2 devs offer compensation
On February 16, 2024, the Deputy Game Director of Helldivers, Sagar Beroshi issued a statement offering compensation to players affected. The statement acknowledged the problem of rewards in the highly acclaimed game and reassured players that the devs were working on it.
A message to the HELLDIVERS 2 community from Deputy Game Director Sagar Beroshi about the upcoming weekend: pic.twitter.com/oqFQ9cG0QB
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) February 16, 2024
The statement read, “Sagar here, Deputy Game Director on Helldivers 2. We’re aware of a problem that has caused some player rewards to not pay out properly at the end of missions. We are working on a fix for this, but in the meantime, we want to try to alleviate the impact as we head into the weekend.”
As compensation, Sagar said, “From now until the end of this Sunday, February 18th (CET), the game will grant all players XP and Requisition at a 50% multiplier on top of your base mission score. You can tell this additional multiplier is active when you see a Game Master Effect labeled “Accounting Corrections” while on the Super Destroyer.”
Finally, he ended the note by thanking players for their patience and support. Helldivers 2 is enjoying a fantastic opening and players hope that the developers are able to keep up with the server load.