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Helldivers 2just recently faced a significant setback when cheating and hacking disrupted one of its newest major orders involving The Gloom and collecting millions of Terminid organic samples.
The developers at Arrowhead Game Studios had to step in to address the situation, leading to an unexpected twist in the game’s narrative. The incident not only exposed vulnerabilities in the game’s anti-cheat system but also led to a mix of reactions from the player community.
Helldivers 2 Major Order Thrown Into Chaos
The latest Major Order inHelldivers 2tasked players with a massive challenge: collecting 70 million samples across three different planets. The numbers seemed almost impossible to achieve fairly in such a short amount of time, leading many to suspect that cheating was involved when two-thirds of the objectives were mysteriously completed within just a few hours.
New MO was to collect millions of samples from specific planets. Hackers cheated in the samples and completed 2 of the 3 parts of the MO. Here’s AHs response to that.[Major Order Update]pic.twitter.com/iz0bhOFU8X
This suspicion was later confirmed by Arrowhead Game Studios, who revealed that some players had submitted counterfeit samples.The response was in character, played as a joke, and was displayed to players when logging in to the game.
The mission was meant to uncover more about a dangerous spore cloud known as The Gloom but was cut short due to cheating. Arrowhead quickly responded by pulling the mission early and issuing an in-game message that addressed the issue.
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They explained that the cheated samples, labeled as counterfeit by the studio, had severely negatively affected scientific progress withinHelldivers 2’sstoryline, leading to a failure in the mission’s objective.
Although players who played fairly without cheating received their rewards, the game’s narrative suffered a setback, with the story now progressing as though the mission had failed.
Arrowhead Game Studio’s Creative Punishment
In typicalHelldiversfashion, Arrowhead didn’t just stop at addressing the cheating; they did so with a humorous twist, and their commitment to roleplaying is one of the best parts of the community and the game.
The in-game message announced that Helldivers who had submitted false samples have had their pet fish executed in-universe as punishment. This fictional consequence was amusing, keeping up with the satirical nature of a few elements of the game’s universe.
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The message also highlighted the fact that, due to the counterfeit samples, the scientific advancements that were supposed to combat The Gloom were now significantly delayed.
The community’s reaction to the cheating incident has been rather mixed. Many players took to theHelldivers 2subreddit toexpress their frustration with the game’santi-cheat system, pointing out that the cheats used should have been easy enough to detect.
Others, however, appreciated Arrowhead’s quick response and their ability to keep the game’s storyline moving forward without missing a beat no matter what.
The incident has also led to discussions about the ongoing stability of the game’s emergent storytelling and how future cheating incidents or other massive bugs or glitches might impact theHelldivers 2’sfun.
While the developers managed to address the situation creatively, the impact of cheating on the game’s narrative and player experience is a concern that will likely continue to be a topic of discussion for many players.
How do you feel about Arrowhead’s clever response to the cheating incident? Let us know in the comments.
Suhaib Adeel
Gaming Writer
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Suhaib is a Gaming Writer at FandomWire. He’s extremely passionate about video games and movies, and loves working in the pop culture space. Some of his favorite games include Fallout: New Vegas, Disco Elysium, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Red Dead Redemption 2, Persona 5, Final Fantasy XII, Dishonored, The Last of Us Part II, and Bloodborne.
