Helldivers 2’s latest round of community unrest followed the launch of last week’s major Escalation of Freedom update, which featured headline additions including new mission objectives and enemies.
Arrowhead’s decision to rethink its approach to balancing follows comments made by Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt back in May.
To that end, Eriksson shared the studio’s plan for the next 60 days, which will begin with an examination of its approach to balance.
Hopefully, the studio’s new commitment to balancing will help it avoid falling into a similarly unpopular trap a third time around.
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