Helldivers 2 players are murdering each other over Samples and Super Credits, despite all loot in the game being shared equally. The baffling behavior has fans confused, with some claiming streamers are to blame.
Helldivers 2exploded in popularity after it dropped on February 8. Of course,Super Earth‘s second deployment hasn’t all been smooth.
There waspressure placed on the serversby the massive concurrent player counts as well as login problems for PlayStation users. Plus, the usual assortment ofamusingandirritating bugsexpected with a game’s launch. But the latest gripe from the game’s fans isn’t a problem for the developers to fix — it’s a problem with the player base.
Players are killing other players, or kicking them from parties, over access to game resources. Multiple players have been sharing their unpleasant experiences of being booted or brutalized over rewards including Samples, Medals, and Super Credits.
This is despite the fact that Helldivers 2 is a completely co-op game where loot is shared between all party members at the end of the mission. The inexplicable trend has frustrated plenty of fans.
“Stop killing your teammates thinking you have something they don’t,”reads one thread, marked with PSA flair in the game’s subreddit.
“How do people not know this?” said thetop comment in a different threadabout the exact same issue.
But others laid the blame at the feet of streamers. They claimed it was Helldivers 2’s popularity among streaming personalities that was bringing the glut of uninformed, and unintentionally bad-mannered players to the game.
“I get it, I do; your favorite Destiny streamer is rebranding as a Helldivers 2 content creator. I’m glad you’re here,”one person said, before pleading with new players to “pay a little bit more attention”.
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Regardless of whether or not streamers are to blame, the baffling behavior is still worth a PSA.
Eliana was formerly a staff writer on the Australian Dexerto team. A freelance journalist for a decade, she earned her master’s in international journalism from the University of Western Australia. She has written for a range of outlets and most recently served as a founding member of the editorial team for esports news and leaks website, BLIX.GG. A lover of JRPGs and strategy MOBAs, when she’s not writing you’ll most likely find her playing Dota 2 or FFXIV.
