More Spicy Helldivers 2 Drama as Freedoms Flame Backlash Boils Over
Flamethrower nerf results in review bomb reprisals.
None of us are truly happy, not really, but it seems Helldivers 2 players are even less so, judging by the predictably volatile response to balancing changes introduced as part of the anticipated Escalation of Freedom update. Nerfs to flamethrowers ahead of the release of the fire-focused Freedom's Flame warbond served as the spark, and players have again returned to review bombing the game.
The fuss was enough to prompt a response from Shams Jorjani, Arrowhead's new CEO. The developer appeared quite blindsided by the response from the famously passionate community, a vocal portion of which is either out of patience or becoming very nearly so.
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