Helldivers 2 has finally received its first balanced patch. That's due to a combination of factors: mechs are in the game now, heavily-armoured units spawn less, and dedicated anti-tank weapons like the Recoilless Rifle are somewhat-filling the void the old Railgun left.
Still, it was fraught for a while, causing an apology from Arrowhead after some tense words from the developers that had some particularly 'vocal' players calling in their orbital pitchfork stratagems, even if a couple of said devs were making some good points.
That's not to say peace has returned to the galaxy, far from it. Arc weapons were crashing games for a spell, for instance—but the initial storm has passed, and what a strange storm it was.
I believe criticism and constructive feedback to be both valuable and good. There's a reason why developers open the floor to back-and-forth discussions. For instance, Larian Studios built Baldur's Gate 3 off the back of years of successful early access. But there's also a reason why devs inevitably pull back. Larian Studios was forced to tell a small but unpleasant minority of modders that they should stop sending nasty messages.
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