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If Helldivers 2 players want mechs, they need to liberate a planet riddled with Automatons firstGet to work
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Image credit:Arrowhead Studios
Image credit:Arrowhead Studios
Developers Arrowhead said thatHelldivers 2’s mechs were"ready for deployment"a couple of days ago, but what they didn’t tell us was how to unlock them. And in what I think is a rather refreshing live service twist, it’s up to us honourableHelldiversto liberate the planet of Tien Kwan if we want those sweet, sweet mechs. Get me in there, chief.
Posting a call to arms on theirXwitter, Arrowhead say that the mech’s production factories are under attack on Tien Kwan. Head in-game and there’s a new Major Order (a quest equivalent) that tells every Helldiver to drop whatever else they were doing and turn their attention to the main task at hand: destroy the Automatons, free the damn mechs. And in a stroke of cruel genius, the Major Order suggests that if the community fails to liberate the planet before it expires (roughly, March 10) then the mech release might be delayed.
Despite Tien Kwan’s continuing imprisonment, players have found mechs out in the wild. Redditor Ameer589 posted a clip of them stumbling into a rideable hunk of steel and rockets while collecting some Super Credits (in-game currency).
Players have foundrandom mechs in Helldivers 2 before- the game’shuman game masterJoel is clearly having fun being a tease. It speaks to a more playful approach to live-servicing than you’ll find in many games of the same ilk. Rather than the march of time adding seasonal expansions, Helldivers can seemingly change at any moment. Arrowhead are the puppeteers and we’re the armoured dolls in their little game. I think it’s great that the pacing of new stuff is represented as being in the hands of the Helldiver community.
Oh and a new Warbond (battle pass) was announced for 14th March, adding new armour, plasma and lightning weapons, stun grenades and more. You can find all the details in theblog post.
