u/234thewolf

So in the last patch notes they changed a few titles. Here's the list:

Blackout Drinker (Normal, store) -> Bottomless Pit

Pyromaniac (Prime, level 100 fire) -> Angry Toaster

Dynamo (Prime, level 100 elec) -> Discounted Roomba

Shaman (Prime, level 100 voodoo) -> Socially Inept

Botanist (Prime, level 100 cactus) -> Dehydrated Weed

Gambling Ace (Mythic, gamble 100 times) -> Gambling Addit

Now I have my issues with these, mostly because they went from proud titles to like insulting and the only one I'd keep around would be Gambling Addict. But besides my personal preference, Discounted Roomba needs to get changed again. Setting aside that it feels more belonging to a wind element displacement spell set than the current one. Roomba is a trademarked item, you can't just use the name in a commercial product. Please devs, change this before it becomes a problem for you.

I'm marking this as a vent but it's not a rant. I'm not mad, just sad at this outcome.

We had a chance at good, clear communication. The AMA dropped here and every one of us took it. We were as respectful as we could be, while still being passionate about this game, and we asked the questions that we felt needed to be answered. Then, when given the answers, we tore into them. Johan saying things were years away got noticed, down prioed, sweet summer child. They all got picked up on. None of which are bad things, but I think they showed AH something different than what we saw. We see it as observing and critiquing what they're saying the same we do everything about this game and their words. I think AH learned that the more they give, the "worse" it gets for them. I think this is the same reason why we have gotten vague messages and no more comments about the community since the Coyote nerf video and response. From the 60-day patch they learned that we will make a fuss about nerfs, so they start hiding nerfs. Now, after Johan's AMA we see them responding in vague terms on a platform we can't really interact well on, that being steam news.

I'm disappointed. This studio was loved and just at every chance fails to learn the lesson we would like them to. I don't believe we'll see another actual personal response like we saw with the AMA. Because they learned that was a threat, even when it was some of the best communication we've gotten from them. I wish following the Coyote live stream they learned that we appreciate apologies. I wonder if the "sweet summer child" message could have been cleared up with a simple apology and clarification. I wish they would have learned from the comments on the One True Flag that fun shouldn't be down prioed. I wish they would have learned that we who are here, shouting at them, ranting about them, all still care for this game. I wish they would see we're not just a vocal minority demanding change, but a large part of the community asking for better progression to keep the game going and give them more opportunities to sell us more stuff in a game we like.

But unfortunately, at every turn AH has learned the wrong lessons. I uninstalled the game a few weeks back and haven't considered reinstalling it. Even the CGW can't bring me back because at the end of the day, I'd have to become a metric of someone playing the game and I just don't feel like that's something I want to partake in anymore. But I guess I was holding onto some bit of hope. I kept my eye on their announcements, kept an eye here, and waited. I wanted an AMA 2 or some real communication. I guess even with how poorly the statements in the AMA were I still got some hope that it might be salvageable after a while. Baskinator making it clear the vague steam announcement was the follow up to the AMA snuffed out that last bit of hope. If AH could learn the right lessons, they could make the most fun game I've played. But they do not. And they will not. Because they will always learn the wrong lesson.

Sorry, I’ve just been trying to figure Peni out and probably one of my biggest issues has been the amount of jank. Try to set down a nest a little ways away, nope invalid placement and auto breaks. Climb a wall, only on the second try.

But the most frustrating has been the grapple. Out of spawn, works like a charm. In the match however, try to get up for an escape, go nowhere and be tethered in place. Fine I have to shoot it farther, doesn’t connect and I get shredded. Ok, so let’s just try level and a little ways away, nope still going no where and being tethered so I can’t leave. How the hell am I supposed to use this ability effectively?

So my grandma got a super box from Amazon at the recommendation of her siblings. She didn’t even know what it was, just that she could get all the shows and movies she wanted with it. She didn’t even catch on that it was pirated content, even when told it could show movies still in theaters. Well, she gets it, sets it up past the point of giving it her info and only after that point hits enough red flags to message my mom to say it felt suspicious.

The box has been unplugged (and off to Amazon for a refund) and wifi password changed. What I’m looking for now is what else is there to worry about? I’m gonna be living there in a month with my high end pc with a lot of valuable info on it and I don’t want to deal with getting hacked. What do I need to worry about? What’s the best course of action?

Since I've stepped away from Helldivers, I hopped into Marvel Rivals' PvE 'Blood Hunt' event. I'm not going to say these two are the same game, they're very much not. However, Netease has made Blood Hunt as the sequel to their first PvE event. In the new event, they removed a large portion of the randomness that annoyed players, buffed all the characters up so that the previously weak characters matched or exceeded the best performing character in the original zombies mode, and challenged the players with a wider variety of enemies rather than just buffing the existing ones.

If Netease can learn and improve on PvE style balance, make the game more fun, and make us feel like the heroes we're supposed to be, why can't Arrowhead? Netease is doing this as a side game mode to their main PvP game. This isn't even their only game mode, they have one every month. But in two years AH has constantly failed at this balance and failed to understand that in balancing a PvE game, actual balance doesn't matter if it's not fun. The current weakest character in Blood Hunt is a build for Jeff that makes him bigger the more enemies killed with his ultimate ability. Yet you keep seeing that build even in the mid nightmare levels because it's a fun build to play. You don't see the Sterilizer getting used at all.

Johan, two days ago said that they don't want to nerf an item coming in the warbond. They give a piss poor buff to mechs and then buff durable on every faction. AH WE'RE PLAYING THE HELLDIVERS. When it's a buff, it should be buffing the Helldivers.

At this point. I'm fucking done. Unless my squad is so fucking adamant to get me back to this, I can't do it. What the actual fuck were these. No 60 day patch will bring me back. No 180 day patch will bring me back. You won't get me back until you PROVE without a shadow of a doubt that you play and give a fucking shit about this game. I loved this shit. I told my friends about it and got to join them. I've met my squad because of this game. SO go fuck yourself if you think I don't care or want this to fail.

All I wanted was a fun fucking game. You failed. Because you keep balancing like we're the fucking NPC faction. WE'RE THE GOD DAMN PLAYERS AH.