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Arrowhead Game Studios has rolled out countless updates to improveHelldivers 2since its initial release in February 2024. Since then, the game has gone through various balancing and gameplay changes depending on players’ feedback, however, there is one issue that is yet to be resolved.

Since the very beginning, it has been observed that many players avoid playing against Automatons, but this can’t be entirely blamed on the difficulty level as fighting this faction can get annoying.
Returning Helldivers 2 Players Are Disappointed To See That Arrowhead Still Hasn’t Fixed This Issue
Recently, a gamer decided to return toHelldivers 2hoping to see if Arrowhead Game Studios finally fixed the issue where Automatons are able to shoot through rocks, but unfortunately, this problem still exists.
In the Reddit post, the player shared a meme and claimed that they tried their best to play the game once again but it’s still annoying.

Other players then pointed out that it’s not the difficulty level that stops players from fighting Automatons, it is the frustrating mechanics and annoying gameplay.
Not just that, players have also pointed out in the past thatRocket Devastators are quite overpoweredin the game and Arrowhead needs to nerf them to make the Automaton missions less annoying.

Helldivers 2’s First Major Update, Escalation of Freedom, Will Drop On August 6th
A major update forHelldivers 2,Escalation of Freedom, was announced recently and players hope that all these issues will be addressed in this update. Arrowhead has stated that they have spent a lot of time understanding what the community wants and hope that everyone finds this update entertaining.
In aPlayStation Blogpost, it has been revealed that the update will add a new difficulty level to the game, new Automaton and Terminid enemies as well as dangerous swamps.

Along with many other background changes, this update, which will roll out on August 6th, will also address the problem of grief kicking inHelldivers 2. With the new update right around the corner, an Arrowhead employee managed toexpose the true intentions of gamemaster Joel.
The community speculates that gamemaster Joel will play a key role in introducing the game’s third rumored faction, the Illuminate. Even in the announcement trailer, Arrowhead’s CCO, Johan Pilestedt confirmed that players should expect to see some surprises in the update.

Do you think theEscalation of Freedomupdate will reviveHelldivers 2‘s hype? Share your views in the comments!
Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.