Helldivers 2’s launch has been so profitable that gamers are reporting lengthy queue occasions to even get into the sport; it peaked at 457,649 gamers on Steam alone. However whereas developer Arrowhead Recreation Studios has been engaged on upgrading the Helldivers 2 servers, gamers have been “squatting” in-game to keep away from the traces — i.e., gamers are holding their sport operating whereas they’re not enjoying. It’s a transfer that’s brought about frustration with different gamers who’re booting up usually and ready for his or her flip.
Arrowhead is trying to deal with this, nonetheless. CEO Johan Pilestedt posted to X (previously Twitter) on Tuesday to say the group is engaged on a patch that would come with a technique to kick AFK squatters. “Workforce is engaged on it,” he stated. “Will in all probability be in subsequent patch.”
Workforce is engaged on it. Will in all probability be in subsequent patch.
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 20, 2024
No phrase on when the subsequent patch is predicted to be launched. Helldivers 2 did get a patch on Tuesday, although, which addressed matchmaking points and stuck some bugs, all whereas prepping the sport for up to date servers. Arrowhead launch supervisor Max Calberg stated within the patch notes revealed to Steam that the group is engaged on a number of identified points, like “login fee limiting,” server disconnections, and delayed rewards.
Pilestedt and the Arrowhead group have been unusually forthcoming in regards to the Helldivers 2 launch as they work to improve the sport’s servers — a feat that requires way more work than simply tacking on some extra. Pilestedt thanked the Arrowhead backend engineers on Helldivers 2 — a bunch of 4 folks — for “5x-ing the max of what they designed for in a single week,” and now trying to push that additional. “I don’t suppose you perceive what an enormous feat that is,” Pilestedt stated on X. “It’s like tuning a vespa to compete in F1.”
