Hrm.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
I guess that's what we are saving the other 3 planets from becoming!Hrm.
Would be cool if down the line we can terraform Meridia back through an MO.Hrm.
Just in case some people haven't seen this, there's an update confirming linking a Playstation account will now be required to play the game from here out, even on steam: https://steamcommunity.com/games/553850/announcements/detail/4196868529806518742
Full text:
Attention Helldivers,
Due to technical issues at the launch of HELLDIVERS™ 2, we allowed the linking requirements for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be temporarily optional. That grace period will now expire. See details below in this post.
Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and upholding the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games. This is our main way to protect players from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of players that engage in that type of behaviour. It also allows those players that have been banned the right to appeal.
As such, as of May 6th, all new HELLDIVERS 2 players on Steam will be required to connect their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account. Current players on Steam will start to see the mandatory login from May 30th and will be required to have linked a Steam and PlayStation Network account by June 4th. PlayStation Network accounts are free and easy to set up using this link
https://www.playstation.com/support/account/create-account-for-psn/
We understand that while this may be an inconvenience to some of you, this step will help us to continue to build a community that you are all proud to be a part of.
Many thanks for your continued support of HELLDIVERS 2!
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Full text:
Attention Helldivers,
Due to technical issues at the launch of HELLDIVERS™ 2, we allowed the linking requirements for Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account to be temporarily optional. That grace period will now expire. See details below in this post.
Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and upholding the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games. This is our main way to protect players from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of players that engage in that type of behaviour. It also allows those players that have been banned the right to appeal.
As such, as of May 6th, all new HELLDIVERS 2 players on Steam will be required to connect their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account. Current players on Steam will start to see the mandatory login from May 30th and will be required to have linked a Steam and PlayStation Network account by June 4th. PlayStation Network accounts are free and easy to set up using this link
https://www.playstation.com/support/account/create-account-for-psn/
We understand that while this may be an inconvenience to some of you, this step will help us to continue to build a community that you are all proud to be a part of.
Many thanks for your continued support of HELLDIVERS 2!
Sony Interactive Entertainment
It's always been required, afaik it's even on the store page. Many people seemed to have missed this though.
I've seen it. Some people are melting down in the discord, others have privacy concerns given Sony's track record with their support and some can't even make a PSN for their region.
In other words they released a bomb this late at night and the explosion tomorrow morning will be big
Yeah I saw some messages in the discord stating this had always been the case and was detailed on store pages, but with all the excitement around this games release you can probably forgive some people.for overlooking this.
Hopefully an amicable solution can be reached.
Yeah, looks like it's going to be a bit ugly, but it does appear as though this has always been a requirement.
They could have done more to keep the community updated on this point, however. It may have been detailed on the store page, but there's been nothing else I don't think.
Even just a line in the patch notes to state implementation of this was still being worked on for the Steam version would have sufficed.
Either way, I hope there's a reasonable solution for those who either can't or won't link an account.
I do remember seeing "requires 3rd party EULA" on the store page, but I play on PS5 so I'm not entirely sure.
Yup:
Also doesn't help that the GamerGate 2.0 chuds are trying to hassle in on this.
I domt think sony or arrowhead will reverse anything, many many online games ask you for an account, microsoft gamesile minecraft ask you for crossplay, ea and ubisoft games ask you for accounts, etc.. i think even sea of thieves ask you for a MS account in playstation. All of this is a nothingburger, isnt something new that people will start doing campaings asking for some kind of reversal, this has been the reality of online games for years, even helldivers 2 had literally a warning that the game needed a psn account since day one but was TEMPORALLY disabled, of course people will be annoyed but a at the end they have to get use to it
For the regions that dont support psn accounts i suppose there will be some solution, but for the ones that can actually create an account normally, just create an account
I've been having some really odd bugs lately in the game, and not the kind you shoot at. Yesterday I had the most unusual one so far too. I was in a match with 3 other players, all of us dead but one guy who went idle briefly and died then left the match. Another player joined. About 30 seconds later, in an instant with no loading screen we were back on the ship with a full team, but the replacement guy was nowhere to be seen and the player who left was back.
I can't even wrap my head around how that happened
I can't even wrap my head around how that happened
My elast favourite thing about this game has nothing to do with the game itself.
It's all the freakin' capital 'G' Gamers and chuds hailing it as this apparent beacon of a game "without politics", or "sticking it to the wokes".
Like... what?
They're often the same people who take Warhammer 40k at face value and just avoid the satire but it does irritate me to love a game so beloved by these kinds of people.
It's all the freakin' capital 'G' Gamers and chuds hailing it as this apparent beacon of a game "without politics", or "sticking it to the wokes".
Like... what?
They're often the same people who take Warhammer 40k at face value and just avoid the satire but it does irritate me to love a game so beloved by these kinds of people.
I kind of question the usefulness of review bombing given how well the game has already sold. Feels like wasted energy for a plethora of reasons.
Nah, for some there is no regional PSN Support so they just got locked out of a game they have been playing for the past 3 months
Sony really fucked up a good thing here
no one has gotten locked out yet
nothing happens till the start of June and till then I am sure something will have been announced for people in non PSN regions
They will def have some fix or solution
I kinda just woke up to all this. I feel like it's bad press for no reason, there could have 100% been better communication that this change was coming to have people more aware.
I don't ever recall being prompted to link my PSN account before all this
I got that thing on my first start on March 8th
it didn't really indicate if it worked or not and then it never showed again
View: https://x.com/pilestedt/status/1786420467307343945?s=46&t=HxG82soF_6t2o6SCe0T2DQ
AH CEO doesn't seem so happy about this.
sorry, we are all uninstalling the game now, haven't you heard? XD
this "CEO" should be carefull, arrowhead doesnt own Helldivers IP, he cant go in public and just burn arrowhead bridged with Sony, i am not seeing this as a good behavior in his part, even if he is mad or whatever, the account requirement was showed in trailers before the game launch, the account requirement is still here in steam page, and they disabled it around launch window because server issues, so "Arrowhead CEO" knew about this, and i bet he knew sony sooner rather than later would need to implement this again, so he going in public sending indirects to sony, i would say is dangerous for him and the studio, this is just my opinion on the topic, maybe i am 100% wrong, and he is just mad but he understand the situation, but going out there ventilating against the owner of their most successfull IP, isnt... a great idea
He's joking. We're all eagerly anticipating the DoT Fix and the next warbond.
I hope they add more resource sinks as well, maybe upgrades
This.
If I were CEO of anything and something controversial about my product came out in any way whatsoever I would keep my mouth completely shut. Period.
I agree with all of that. You sound annoyed though with "CEO" multiple times in quotes lol.
I'm actually wondering if this decision by Sony and how AH CEO feels comfortable responding in this way somehow shows if or how far apart Sony is on acquiring AH, which I thought would be the likely outcome.
I feel it's weird for a business partner to respond with this kind of passive-aggressive deflection or subliminal shot if the acquisition process was moving along quickly / smoothly. Naive and presumptuous of me for sure; I just figured there would be more of an illusion of a united front. 🤷🏾♂️
At the end of the day, I highly doubt either would let something so small and petty interfere with business, so probably means nothing in grand scheme of things and I'm just musing.
Agreed
I realized I haven't used the Orbital Walking Barrage before. I had some success this morning chucking it to clear a wave of oncoming enemies and clearing out bug holes. Plus being able to walk behind it to clear out any stragglers is a bonus.
Can I just gush about how relaxing it is to run some trivial missions after a bunch of suicide missions and have a chill time and walk out with some premium currency (most of the time).
I can see myself taking breaks for other things like I have the past couple of weeks but this game is never leaving my PS5.
I can see myself taking breaks for other things like I have the past couple of weeks but this game is never leaving my PS5.
(of course I am 🤣 )
I usually end after an op or two daily with an easy run for that reason
