“It’s time for Arrowhead to remove unnecessary and anti-fun restriction”: Helldivers 2 Fans Have Grown Cynical As They Question the Devs Free Gift

The mechs are coming back with a vengeance.

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  • After a recent major order completion, Arrowhead Game Studios provides players with a free gift.
  • Players receive the Emancipator in all missions, but now players are curious as to whether multiple mechs will become a permanent addition.
  • Now that players can have multiple mechs, there are theories that more vehicles will be coming to the game soon.
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It has been a productive few days for Helldivers 2, with the player count beginning to rise after the recent announcement of a big update coming on August 6th. Players are now asking for a few changes that could be implemented before this update.

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After the recent major order was completed by the Helldivers 2 community, Arrowhead Game Studios rewarded players with a free stratagem they could use within their deployments, however, this gift has brought up some issues the player base has with the game.

Helldivers 2 Players Are Hoping This Free Gift Could Lead to Some Changes Within the Game

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Since its release, Helldivers 2 has been a chaotic and fun game to play, and the main reason for this is the stratagems that players can utilize throughout their deployments to help clear out the swarms of enemies that stand in their way.

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One of these stratagems involved summoning a mech known as the Emancipator, which can be used to traverse the map and deal devastating damage to enemies, depending on which mech is being used at the time.

At the time of writing, there are only two types of the Emancipator mech: one that uses a machine gun and autocannon, and one that solely uses two autocannons.

Unfortunately, since their release a few months ago, players have come across an issue that at the time led to numerous crashes within the game, and that was when players would have too many mechs active at one time.

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We know now for certain that the game can handle a whole team bringing both mechs on console and PC, so it’s time for AH to remove this unnecessary and anti-fun restriction from the game.
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This led to the limitation that only one mech stratagem can be equipped per person, but with this free gift, this may no longer be the case and could be a potential fix, which has sparked the question from one particular Reddit user.

According to Reddit user, TheMightyPipe, this free gift is evidence enough that Arrowhead Game Studios has been working on this issue and that the game can now handle multiple mechs at one time.

Is Arrowhead Game Studios Hinting at a Potential Change With Mech Stratagem Limits?

A Helldiver saluting one of the Emancipator mechs from Helldivers 2
Players are hoping this is the start of some changes to come in Helldivers 2. Image via Arrowhead Game Studios

Due to this recent free gift from Arrowhead Game Studios, there are plenty of players already wondering whether or not this is a hint of a potential change to the mech limits and could soon lead to more mechs being used within the game.

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One player has even spoken out by saying that they think this free gift has been released into the game so that Arrowhead Game Studios can test the waters of a potential fix for this issue and players should give it time to test it out.

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Another player jumped on the bandwagon of this comment, and they also said that this is proof Arrowhead is updating the systems and is now testing them to see how they work.

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At the moment, these gifts are simply gifts from Arrowhead for doing a good job.

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But it has already begun some rumors that more mechs and vehicles will be coming to the game, which would explain this test.

What do you think about the recent surge in free gifts in Helldivers 2? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Written by Liam Magee

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Liam is a writer who loves to spend his time gaming, streaming, playing board games, and just talking about games in general. He will play pretty much any game you put in front of him, but he absolutely loves soul-like games the most, or anything story-driven.