Helldivers 2 controversies are almost never-ending ones. Though the game initially started its journey as one of the most popular shooter games of this year, eventually the popularity and player count decreased. One of the primary reasons behind these is the disastrous decisions of Arrowhead. They have made several decisions that proved awful when implemented. With utter frustration, players have been leaving the game almost permanently. 

For a long time, players have been accusing Arrowhead of being biased. They often complain that the developers never give both enemy factions equal importance. Now, this prejudice is prevalent in Major Orders, where one faction is getting an uncanny advantage and the other one is suffering. Recently, a report revealed the rage among the players about this issue. 

Helldivers 2 Has Created a New Controversy About Their Automaton Major Order Which Needs To Be Solved Soon

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Fighting Automaton enemies is tricky in Helldivers 2, but the game with its recent updates has made it trickier.

Major Orders have been a big issue in Helldivers 2 for a long time. Initially, players used to complain about Arrowhead not bringing interesting Major Orders for them, and most of the Major Orders only required them to roam on some specific planets. These were among the primary reasons for Helldivers 2 losing popularity. However, a recent Reddit post opened a new side to these Major Orders, where the poster clearly stated that Arrowhead is biased against the Automaton faction.

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Being part of the main storyline of the game, avoiding Major Orders is almost impossible. Sometimes these tasks need to be done on a Terminid Planet, while other times they should be done on Automaton Planets. Recently, a player pointed out that Arrowhead is not giving Automaton Major Orders equal importance as the impacts of completing Automaton Major Orders disappear within a few weeks, while Terminid Major Orders give them gear that players expect. 

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About this issue, he mentioned:

we fail the vast majority of our Major Orders due to 30% of the Playerbase refusing to leave the Terminid Front outside of rare instances where Automaton MOs are offering gear they want as rewards.”

This again caused a wave of rage among players, which may cause another player count downfall. However, recently, Helldivers 2 received a patch note that reportedly fixed a few issues to improve the quality of life in-game.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.000.402 Once Again Focused on Settling Issues to Give Players a Smooth Gameplay Experience

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Bugs and errors have been one of the main headaches for players from the launch time of Helldivers 2.

Each Helldivers 2 update brings some new content to the game, along with fixing some major bugs and errors that used to crash the game and cause trouble for players. For example, this update has fixed crashes that used to occur after players exited a mission or during changing settings.

Aside from that, fans have reported about a crash that many of them have faced. When they opened a Social Menu with more than 100 players, the game used to crash. The latest patch note has fixed this issue and made the list containing 100 friends visible on it. Though players can have more friends, their names won’t be visible. 

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Like a few previous updates, the latest one didn’t bring any additional content to the game, including new weapons or equipment. This update mostly focused on solving the issues players have been facing, but we are not sure if this effort by Arrowhead will contribute to getting the popularity of the game back.

The Helldivers 2 community has been wholesome, but recent decisions have started breaking it as the player count of the game is gradually going down. Hopefully, the developers will realize the issues soon and work on fixing them to bring the players back to the game. 

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