Helldivers 2 has had frequent content drops since its launch but several bugs related to desync are causing some players to miss out on big damage.
Helldivers 2has a bizarre damage issue. Players who aren’t hosts of a lobby are more often than not at a disadvantage when it comes to how damage is dealt.
Take burning damage for example. The game has weapons that come with a perk called “Incendiary.” It deals additional fire damage right after shooting a target, which comes in handy to finish enemies off when they are at that last bit of health.
However, it doesn’t always work the way it’s intended, especially when you’re not the host of a particular lobby.
You can find several complaints on forums where players who are not the hosts of lobbies are dealing zero to negligible burn damage using their Incendiaries. Issues like this are an inconvenience, especially when you’re playing at a higher difficulty level where every bit of damage matters.
These issues have been brought up by the community in aReddit threadwhere players say the “nonhost damage desync still doesn’t work for Damage over Time effects.”
The problems have some Helldivers 2 players opting to take a break from the game, hoping to return once the issues are resolved. In-game inconvenience, especially for a live-service game like Helldivers 2 where continuous changes and improvements would be a curse to its longevity.
The community appreciates when content is flowing non-stop, andHelldivers 2 devs are praisedmore often than not. But players are also willing to “wait a couple more weeks than usual” for an update in hopes balancing issues and bugs are ironed out.
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As a fellow Helldiver on thesubredditsays, “Stability is breaking at the seams and it’s beyond frustrating at this point”. Another highly voted opinion suggests: “This is still a thing? Mainly with the non-host damage issue. This needs to be a priority.”
Hopefully, Arrowhead will take this feedback and apply an overdue fix for desync issues.
Sourav Banik was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in FPS games. He is an expert in Call of Duty, Valorant, XDefiant, The Finals, Rainbow Six, Baldurs Gate, Diablo, and Apex Legends. He also has bylines at Sportskeeda.
