Arrowhead is letting Helldivers 2 players vote on whether the new Warbond should be delayed

It
has
been
a
difficult
week
for
developer
Arrowhead
and
its
game
Helldivers
2.
The
sudden

decision
by
Sony
to
reinstate
mandatory
PSN
account
linking
resulted
in
the
PC
community
rebelling
by
leaving
200,000+
negative
reviews
on
the
game’s
Steam
page.

A
few
days
later,
Sony
decided
to
ditch
the
requirement,
and
to
the
community’s
credit
they
have
since
begun
leaving

positive
reviews
to
gradually
restore
the
game’s
heavily
damaged
rating.

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Which
brings
us
to
now.
Helldivers
2’s
new
$10
Warbond,

the
game’s
version
of
a
battle/season
pass,
is
due
to
arrive
sometime
today,
bringing
with
it
a
heap
of
ice-based
mayhem.
However,
Arrowhead
CEO
Johan
Pilestedt
is
worried
that
releasing
new
paid
content
might
come
across
as
tone
deaf.

As
such,
he
and
the
rest
of
the
studio
have
asked
players
to
vote
on
whether
it
should
be
delayed.

“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?’”
Pilestedt
tweeted
today.
“And
therefore
we
are
putting
it
to
a
real
vote
in
true
democratic
fashion.”

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
guide…

—
Pilestedt
(@Pilestedt)

May
8,
2024

As
I
write
this,
74%
of
the
people
who
have
voted
support
releasing
the
new
Warbond
as
planned.
There
is
9
hours
left
to
vote.

It’s
an
interesting
move
from
Arrowhead
to
help
regain
a
modicum
of
trust
from
the
community,
and
it
seems
to
have
worked
well
with
most
people
appreciating
the
idea.

A
few
people
though,
were
less
concerned
with
the
Warbond
and
more
concerned
with
balancing
the
gameplay.
Many
people
feel
Arrowhead
are
buffing
and
debuffing
weapons
and
stratagems
too
much,
leading
to
an
inconsistent
experience,
and
have
nerfed
a
lot
of
the
most
fun
weapons
in
the
name
of
balance.

Pilestedt
responded
to
this
criticism
today,
admitting
that
he
things
he
and
the
team
have
gone
too
far
in
some
areas.

Hey,
yeah
i
think
we’ve
gone
too
far
in
some
areas.
Will
talk
to
the
team
about
the
approach
to
balance.
It
feels
like
every
time
someone
finds
something
fun,
the
fun
is
removed.

—
Pilestedt
(@Pilestedt)

May
8,
2024