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Helldivers 2 (PC Digital Download)

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Green Man Gaming has Helldivers 2 (PC Digital Download) on sale for $33.19 when you apply voucher code FEB17 in cart.

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About this Game:
  • The Galaxy's Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Green Man Gaming has Helldivers 2 (PC Digital Download) on sale for $33.19 when you apply voucher code FEB17 in cart.

Thanks community member GreenBonsai for sharing this deal

Note, game activates on Steam

About this Game:
  • The Galaxy's Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

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fastfxr
I'd wait this one out, folks. Too many players and not enough servers.
jrbt
Are you the one joking? Issues logging in are well documented. I wasn't able to play all weekend because of the server capacity issues, managed to get in the other night by retrying for 15 minutes. As you noted they dropped an update today which adds an AFK timer which should help this problem significantly.

Game is definitely fun, replay value remains to be seen as there isn't much variety in gameplay.
ChickenChow
So, you pay for it, redeem it, install it and then launch it. It will, very likely, immediately throw an error at launch about "Server at capacity". You can't even proceed to training part.

Workaround:
1. Find a person who is already playing this game
2. Add him/her on steam
3. Go to his/her profile on Steam
4. Click on Join Game option from the profile

The game starts without any server issues. There are plenty of nice folks on reddit who posted their steam id and immediately accepting friend requests.
I bought the game yesterday and did that. Discord community was fantastic as well. Mic is not mandatory but really useful to have. Specially if you want to split the group to finish side quests in parallel.

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Feb 28, 2024
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SharpString439
Feb 28, 2024
10 Posts
Bought this game when the deal initially posted. It has been absolutely fantastic, even more so with friends. Server issues did exist but they've since increased the capacity and things seem to be going well for now. If you've been hesitant to pull the trigger at all, NOW would be the perfect time to do so.
Feb 28, 2024
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Feb 28, 2024
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Sydney_lb
Feb 28, 2024
7 Posts
As someone who has been playing this daily in the evenings. I haven't had any connection or server issues. They have handled it fine and significantly increased server capacity. Incase anyone is wondering.
Feb 28, 2024
636 Posts
Joined Oct 2011
Feb 28, 2024
KraziAzn
Feb 28, 2024
636 Posts
Quote from fastfxr :
I'd wait this one out, folks. Too many players and not enough servers.
They fixed it. Been logging in with no problems
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Joined May 2010
Feb 28, 2024
Kaveman42
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Bought this game about a week ago. It is a fun game but without 4 friends your going to run into some of the issues I've been facing.I can see this game getting fun once you level up to 50 and some of the toxic players have gotten bored and stopped playing. The only question is if I'm going to quit playing before they do. Here are some of my complaints:
  • Toxicity: Playing with randoms you will get team killed on purpose and they wont re-spawn you. I've finished a mission and the team kicked me before we ex-filled. People quit mid mission, they call airstrikes on the team or keep dying to waste re-spawns.
  • Repetitive Missions: I'm still only level 13 out of 50 and it seems we're stuck doing the same repetitive missions over and over. There are a lot of escort or wave fighting missions.
  • Difficulty: Jumping from Medium to Challenging difficulty is a huge difference if you don't have a full squad of 4 players you can trust. The higher level you play, the faster you can unlock items because you earn more.
Feb 28, 2024
7 Posts
Joined Nov 2015
Feb 28, 2024
Sydney_lb
Feb 28, 2024
7 Posts
Quote from fastfxr :
I'd wait this one out, folks. Too many players and not enough servers.
I've had zero issues connecting and playing every day in the evenings. None of my friends have had issues either.
Feb 28, 2024
843 Posts
Joined Dec 2007
Feb 28, 2024
Szuch123
Feb 28, 2024
843 Posts
Quote from Sydney_lb :
I've had zero issues connecting and playing every day in the evenings. None of my friends have had issues either.
Same
But I play with friends so maybe it's Quick play that's causing issues?

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Feb 28, 2024
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Pitbull329
Feb 28, 2024
632 Posts
Quote from Kaveman42 :
Bought this game about a week ago. It is a fun game but without 4 friends your going to run into some of the issues I've been facing.I can see this game getting fun once you level up to 50 and some of the toxic players have gotten bored and stopped playing. The only question is if I'm going to quit playing before they do. Here are some of my complaints:
  • Toxicity: Playing with randoms you will get team killed on purpose and they wont re-spawn you. I've finished a mission and the team kicked me before we ex-filled. People quit mid mission, they call airstrikes on the team or keep dying to waste re-spawns.
  • Repetitive Missions: I'm still only level 13 out of 50 and it seems we're stuck doing the same repetitive missions over and over. There are a lot of escort or wave fighting missions.
  • Difficulty: Jumping from Medium to Challenging difficulty is a huge difference if you don't have a full squad of 4 players you can trust. The higher level you play, the faster you can unlock items because you earn more.
Yeah... I just put the refund request in. I played the other day when I bought it, and I got kicked when I was playing with randoms. None of my friends were interested in it. So I'd just be playing with randoms.

I'm not willing to go through everything you mentioned in your post. So, thanks for the breakdown!
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Joined May 2010
Feb 28, 2024
Kaveman42
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Quote from Pitbull329 :
Yeah... I just put the refund request in. I played the other day when I bought it, and I got kicked when I was playing with randoms. None of my friends were interested in it. So I'd just be playing with randoms.

I'm not willing to go through everything you mentioned in your post. So, thanks for the breakdown!
Whats funny is that these idiots can turn off matchmaking but they leave it on and ruin the game for everyone. This toxicity will kill the player base quick especially at the lower levels.
Feb 28, 2024
784 Posts
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Feb 28, 2024
squatchy
Feb 28, 2024
784 Posts
Quote from Kaveman42 :
Bought this game about a week ago. It is a fun game but without 4 friends your going to run into some of the issues I've been facing.I can see this game getting fun once you level up to 50 and some of the toxic players have gotten bored and stopped playing. The only question is if I'm going to quit playing before they do. Here are some of my complaints:
  • Toxicity: Playing with randoms you will get team killed on purpose and they wont re-spawn you. I've finished a mission and the team kicked me before we ex-filled. People quit mid mission, they call airstrikes on the team or keep dying to waste re-spawns.
  • Repetitive Missions: I'm still only level 13 out of 50 and it seems we're stuck doing the same repetitive missions over and over. There are a lot of escort or wave fighting missions.
  • Difficulty: Jumping from Medium to Challenging difficulty is a huge difference if you don't have a full squad of 4 players you can trust. The higher level you play, the faster you can unlock items because you earn more.
Oh wow, I haven't run into any of those issues with toxicity myself. I've only been playing for less than a week and am at level 14, but haven't had people doing intentional team-killing and malicious kicking and such. Hopefully that's not a common occurrence.
Feb 28, 2024
225 Posts
Joined Jun 2007
Feb 28, 2024
pure_desi
Feb 28, 2024
225 Posts
I have not seen any server wait times but there are good amount of disconnects. It is frustrating to keep getting disconnected when you're just finished with a mission or close to it. There is also a known issue with AMD Graphics. I am only able to run this game on LOW settings with my high-end 7900 xtx setup. Hopefully they will fix this issue soon. Overall, very fun game; especially with co-op.
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Joined May 2010
Feb 28, 2024
Kaveman42
Feb 28, 2024
501 Posts
Quote from pure_desi :
I have not seen any server wait times but there are good amount of disconnects. It is frustrating to keep getting disconnected when you're just finished with a mission or close to it. There is also a known issue with AMD Graphics. I am only able to run this game on LOW settings with my high-end 7900 xtx setup. Hopefully they will fix this issue soon. Overall, very fun game; especially with co-op.
The server wait time should no longer be an issue. They added an AFK auto kick feature that fixed this as of last week. They may have also added more servers, I'm just not sure.

Sucks there is an issue with AMD graphics, as much as I respect AMD for what they have accomplished I hate the little headaches attached to them when you prioritize your PC for gaming.