Excellent news, Helldivers 2’s galactic warfare goes fairly properly proper now! As of writing, of us are on the verge of lastly securing Draupnir, although, as all the time, this success has been accompanied by a bit of tension concerning what huge twist the battle may have in retailer subsequent. It’s trying like the reply may very well be a returning faction from the primary Helldivers recreation.
It is a little bit of a shift from the most important sources of fear all through most of final week, which have been principally bug-related, as the huge variety of troopers enjoying the sport fought to quell a Terminid infestation on a number of planets. Now although, the bugs look to be fairly properly below management, with a brand new potential foe now on Tremendous Earth’s radar.
To begin with, congrats to the oldsters who’ve managed to push the automaton-infested Draupnir all the best way as much as about 97% liberation proportion as of writing, even when it seems like progress within the final stage of that struggle’s stalled out a bit. It is because plenty of of us look to be rising bored with bots and heading for the opposite planet presently in Tremendous Earth’s crosshairs – the bug-filled world of Crimsica.
Whereas the forces on each of these worlds look to be dropping a little bit of floor as of writing, you possibly can forgive of us for not pushing as exhausting as they not too long ago need to take the likes of Fenrir III, Meridia, Turing, and Erata. That stated, it seems like this era of relative calm received’t final too lengthy, with various individuals having noticed blue laser beams throughout ops late final week.
Regardless of Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt having cheekily tweeted “Blue beams aren’t actual, it may possibly’t damage you,” in response to such sightings, odds are that is pointing in direction of the Helldivers 2 debut of The Illuminate. For those who’re not acquainted, this superior race of aliens have been an enemy again within the first Helldivers recreation, rocking some psychic and teleportation-based powers that made them a little bit of a distinct beast to the automatons and bugs we’ve been battling to this point.
We undoubtedly aren’t going to see them once more although, proper? On condition that The Illuminate have been soundly defeated within the first recreation and couldn’t probably rise once more, yeah?
Yeah, there’s no likelihood that, as one participant on Reddit places it, Arrowhead’s “letting individuals get cocky and complacent” as a part of “a great build-up to the Illuminate scourge.” “We get deep into Bug/Bot territory, after which all of a sudden, we get an alert telling us that Tremendous Earth is below assault from an unknown risk,” is what this traitor thinks may occur, however that undoubtedly doesn’t sound prefer it may make sense (it does).
No matter what may occur in Helldivers 2 down the road, make sure that to get pleasure from this era of relative calm within the galactic warfare whereas it lasts. Possibly you may wish to assist out some newbies by answering some SOS beacons, a bit like this participant who’s been busy making the cosmos a greater place one recreation of rock, paper, scissors at a time.