Frustrated with Helldivers 2 's recent weapon nerfs, many grunts have totally abandoned the Automaton front in protest, and the bots are dangerously close to taking Super Earth. Last week saw a lot of change for Arrowhead's third-person shooter thanks to the Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom update , which came with significant nerfs for weapons like the flamethrowers and Breaker Incendiary shotgun . Understandably, many are rather unhappy to have had their favorite toys worsened, but their response to the situation? "Let the bots advance.
Let the Super Earth burn." Right now, the Automaton front is rapidly advancing towards Super Earth – there's just one more totally liberated sector, the Kelvin Sector, separating the two – and very few trying to stop it. According to the unofficial Helldivers 2 Galactic Map website , at the time of writing, there are just 1,066 people fighting in the Marspira sector before it, and although some have taken to the game's subreddit concerned about the progress the enemies have made, many are willing on the planet's fall.
"Let them have it, maybe then Super Earth will finally give us some real guns," one player writes . "If Super Earth wanted to remain safe, they would stop nerfing our guns," argues another. Others have suggested that the bot takeover is actually "realistic" considering the nerfs.
"Sucky guns and outclassed artillery lose wars!" one Helldiver proclaims . "So, we can't defend Super Earth because our enemies have better weap.