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Helldivers 2 Community Weary as New Major Order Demands Billions of Illuminate and Terminid Kills

Widespread discontent over repetitive missions, weapon imbalances, slow reparations progress is testing players’ commitment.

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Overview

  • Arrowhead Game Studios’ latest Major Order tasks Helldivers 2 players with killing 290 million Illuminate enemies and 2.9 billion Terminids to raise reconstruction funds for Super Earth.
  • Tracking apps report that the community has eliminated 41.3 percent of the Illuminate quota and 223 million Terminids with days remaining on the order’s deadline.
  • Players on Reddit and social media express fatigue with consecutive Illuminate-focused missions and are calling for more varied faction engagements.
  • Criticism mounts over underpowered Stratagems failing to keep pace with new foes like the Illuminate Leviathan, highlighting calls for balance updates.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s forthcoming “Siege” update on June 26 introduces an endless PvE mode and cosmetic DLC, potentially drawing players away.