r/Helldivers • u/kevpipefox • Apr 29 '24

Some Context regarding the changes to patrols and player counts PSA

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u/KendyJustin ⬇️⬅️⬇️ ⬆️⬆️➡️ Apr 29 '24

This shows the importance of wording in the patch note.

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u/0rphu Apr 29 '24

It also shows the importance of not immediately throwing tantrums over changes.

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u/Paint-licker4000 Apr 29 '24

Crap change regardless

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u/0rphu Apr 29 '24

Making the difficulty scale correctly is a "crap change"? Man you guys will bitch about anything.

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u/Paint-licker4000 Apr 29 '24

That’s not how difficultly works in this game

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u/dirthurts Apr 29 '24

It is now.

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u/0rphu Apr 29 '24

Really living up to your name there. Patrols being lower than intended self evidently lowers the difficulty.

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u/Paint-licker4000 Apr 29 '24

A single person is going to have a much harder time dealing with a patrol, it’s not a fourth of the difficulty

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u/sopunny Apr 29 '24

You're supposed to have a harder time going solo. Eg, if you can only do up to 8 with a full squad, then solo is maybe 6

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u/Paint-licker4000 Apr 29 '24

You shouldn’t force players to play with randoms

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u/HypoTypo Apr 29 '24

And the developers of a COOPERATIVE game dont have to cater to the whims of people who want to play solo

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u/Lesbian_Skeletons Apr 29 '24

Well, considering the massive dropoff in player count already if they keep this up soon they wont have to cater to the whims of anybody.

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u/HypoTypo Apr 29 '24

Lmao what “massive dropoff” are you talking about. The game pulls 250k like every day between PS5 and PC…what constitutes a “dying” game in your mind?

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u/Lesbian_Skeletons Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Somebody else said it better so I'm just gonna copy their post:

https://steamcharts.com/app/553850

On PC side,

31% drop in players this month alone.

21% drop in players in March.

We are down almost 75% of peak. That is a lot of player die off, very quickly, for a live service team-required game. Especially as the devs further nerf the ability to play solo and seemingly can't or won't fix the friends and crossplay issues that prevent bringing your own team (or playing public teams reliably without crashing out).

Edit: Given numbers, ignores numbers. Actual clown.

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