If you’re a massive nerd, Helldivers 2’s developers have made a big effort to reassure you about the nerfs included in the game’s latest patch. How? Well, by giving you spreadsheet lovers a bit of info on the studio’s current approach to balancing weapons - complete with the exact numbers for this latest round of gun tweaks.
So yeah, you can stop asking Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt why the game isn’t serving you up nine million different stats to help you decide exactly which of the two shotguns you’re trying to choose between - like Mr Burns with the ketchup in that Simpsons episode - is marginally better. Congrats, dweebs.
If you’re too much of smartpants for your own good, you’ll want to head over to the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, where designer Alex K has had a go at outlining what the studio’s current approach to weapon balancing is and what it’s designed to achieve. “Our goal is to give you a wide range of weapon choices, where each gun has its purpose and none is strictly better than another,” the dev outlined.