It's all the fault of some rotting comms tech, obviously
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Helldivers 2's 3rd opponent faction is possibly absolutely perhaps most likely probably about to be launched, as gamers report sightings of the mystical threat on the video game's Galactic War map. Advancement studio Arrowhead, aka the marvelous federal government of Super Earth, are minimizing the rumours as normal. They're declaring (through in-game broadcast) that the short lived look of a strange purple blob on the map screen is in fact the outcome of fluids dripping from the remains of a long-dead comms service technician, stranded on a server farm someplace. Who to think? Ah, if just we had some methods of clarifying the reports. Some method of Illuminating the scenario.
In case you didn't play the initial Helldivers and for that reason didn't get that recommendation, Helldivers 2's 3rd faction are basically ensured to be the Illuminate, a returning armada of wicked squidlikes with Tesla beams and masking gadgets and tripod mechas. The path of proof for this starts with an in-game broadcast about Illuminate sightings back in February, which Arrowhead/Super Earth referred to as the “work of dissidents”. Arrowhead have actually likewise included weapons to the video game which appear developed with Illuminate biology in mind. And after that there was that Major Order which led to the production of what lore-divers hypothesize might be a wormhole to whichever alarming measurement the Illuminate presently come from.
To all this, include a brace of “dripped” character designs and in-game sightings of unpredictable provenance. The purple blob on the Galactic War map (which is embellished with the Illuminate iconography of a circle within a circle) appears like it ‘d be much easier to make than real opponent designs – I've simply taken a look and it's disappointing up in my video game. Then once again, Arrowhead have formally acknowledged it, with Arrowhead's CEO Shams Jorjani explaining it on Xitter as “phony news”.
I have not played Helldivers 2 for a while, primarily for the typical factor that like particular types of shark, my reporter brain needs to keep swimming forward or suffocate, however likewise due to the fact that I tend to play solo, and there's a point after which that stops to be much enjoyable due to the trouble. I'm likewise getting a bit tired of the Illuminate teasing, which is why we have not covered specific other current tips and rumours – it's not rather Winds-of-Winter-level postponed satisfaction however it's getting a bit old.
In other news, Arrowhead just recently revealed a brand-new technique to stabilizing Helldivers 2 after one specific upgrade upset gamers a lot they began letting the Automatons win. Are you playing much at the minute?
