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Ragdoll simulator, Rules for thee not for me, Vehicles nerfed repeatedly with for no reason given (Hell I think the biggest nerf wasn't even shown in the actual patch notes, you could only see it on the wiki's change logs).

Like what happened to Arrowhead, where did this hate for the players who actually love your game come from? Before Helldivers I've never heard of a game dev studio, basically AAA with how popular Helldivers 2 is, shadow nerf something almost patch after patch.

On that note lets talk about bugs cause this games got them and a lot of them. Many of them have been in the game for years now like:

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The "Reload" Bug: One of the most common issues reported since launch, where the player character frequently fails to complete a reload action, particularly if interrupted by diving or moving, often requiring multiple button presses.

Bouncing/Glitching Stratagems: Stratagem beacon pods frequently bounce off surfaces they should stick to, or clip through the ground entirely, which has been a consistent issue for over a year.

Enemy Corpse/Collision Issues: Dead heavy enemies, particularly Bile Titans, often remain in the game, causing strange physics behavior, such as instantly killing players upon contact or blocking shots with invisible hitboxes.

Audio/Sound Issues: Persistent sound issues where heavy enemies (like Charger footsteps) fail to play audio, sneaking up on players, while distant sounds appear as if they are right next to the player.

Enemies Clipping/Spawning in Terrain: Enemies, specifically Automatons, frequently phase through walls, buildings, or the ground, allowing them to attack from inside structures.

"Drunk" Extraction Pilot: The extraction Pelican-1 can sometimes land partially inside terrain, clipping through the ground, making it unusable for players trying to extract.

Invisible/Random Explosive Deaths: Particularly against the Automaton front, players often experience sudden, fatal explosions without any clear enemy source, often attributed to desync.

Social Menu/Friend Requests Issues: Persistent issues with adding friends, cross-platform invites failing, or players not appearing in friend lists.

But God forbid a bug/glitch/interesting interaction between items, patched in a heart beat.

The game is burning out and fast, I am seeing less and less Veterans every patch and at this point I agree with them. The game doesn't respect you or your time anymore and soon everything that is actually good/strong will be paywalled and when you finally farmed enough to get it, couple of patches down the line Poof nerfed into the ground e.g. Freedoms Flame to Entrenched Division. We already had a fire themed warbond only for it to get nerfed a couple of patches later then to get buffed as soon as Entrenched Division released. This is a full priced game being ran like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ free to play phone game

TL:DR

Helldivers just isn't Helldivers anymore.

Yeah the game is fundamentally the same but the sentiment has changed, the devs and the community have just grown spiteful. With the way the game is being balanced people are being forced to play a certain way because every other way will get nerfed for I don't even know what idiotic reasoning will be given. Don't like a load out dedicated to explosives "Kicked from lobby" Like trying non-meta loadouts "Kicked from lobby".

All of this is from my personal experience of course

Jarg.... its good enough to play for a few hours

The game was good but now its crap
Like really whats with the new engineer weapon style, there was nothing wrong with the way the game was now I am pulling Guns out my ass
Firefall was a great MMO but now its a poorly designed shooter

It is a fun game and I recommend this game but you have to pay just to have fun or backpack space or powers you can do nothing if you dont pay like what the hell this game as to de payed for even if its free to download but to play is not free

I love this game and you will to