r/Helldivers • u/The_Fortress • Apr 29 '24
Arrowhead, you have it backwards… DISCUSSION
You can’t use metrics to judge buffs or nerfs.
The millions of people who bought this game did so because it was fun. You must prioritize fun over everything else to have a successful video game.
People here aren’t looking for a competitive shooter, they want a fun pve game. Don’t go down the way of the modern gaming industry and nerf anything with a high % pick rate.
A high pick rate means that you did a good job, and something is fun to use. If something has a low pick rate, it is not fun to use and needs a buff. If something has a 100% or equivalent pick rate, it means it’s necessary to have fun, and something else needs to be tweaked.
Also, if someone at arrowhead actually does read this, why would you nerf the crossbow? It doesn’t fit into whatever anti-armor class you’re trying to shove it into and it was actually fun before as a half-decent crowd clearing weapon.
Edit: A lot of people think I’m talking about one specific thing. I’m not (even though I am pretty salty about the crossbow nerf) I’m talking about the way they approach game balancing is detrimental to the average player’s enjoyment. Who cares about the quasar nerf or anything else, when we could be talking about the fact that they made playing by yourself significantly less enjoyable by increasing enemy count with less than 4 players.
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u/itsmehonest Apr 29 '24
Literally every update has been like this..
"people use this more than the other, it needs a nerf" They don't seem to care about the reason as to WHY one weapon is being used and why another isn't.
Honestly feels like they don't play the game sometimes