Helldivers 2 Dev Responds Negatively to Railgun Nerf Complaints , CEO Apologizes for Behavior

After players complained about the recent Railgun nerf, a Helldivers 2 dev took to Reddit to call it a "skill issue," and it didn't go well.

[itBourne]

Oh my jeez, don't need to take the time to teach the team anything lmao, I think it's hilarious the guy said it's a skill issue.. Don't apologize either... Let the dev speak his mind and opinion as well.

[remixx116]

Yeah the community lost their shit behind the nerfs, I mean they went rabid it was embarrassing

[frostypants]

The reward for a successful game is ALWAYS a large contingent of the fan base behaving like entitled children. It's sad.

[TwoPicklesGood]

Oof

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

So people can say whatever they want to these devs and they can’t say anything back? It’s their game and if they want to make changes the players are just gunna have to deal with it. I’m a Destiny player so I’ve been dealing with nerfs for 10 years now so what’s the big deal? It’s definitely a skill issue if you can’t kill the chargers or bile titans with other weapons. Bunch of cry babies…

[Sephiroushin]

who says they cant?
they can but like with everything, there are consequences, they cant cry when they're told something back or if sales drop drastically (which probably wont happen) or if people start boycotting its on them, or if their next game never gets support ... calling some of their playerbase brain dead for a play style is stupid, as stupid as them since they never tested the game, as soon as i touched the flamethrower I knew it was the most junk the game had to offfer and that the shotgun was more powerful than others primary therefore in need of some kind of nerf, either that or others a buff, how they couldn't see this is beyond me, or theyre braindead as well and they used same primary weapon as many from their community to not see the problem ...

but as to why they should not completely speak their mind its because being professional, we engineers go through this every single day where we want to completely speak our minds but cant without being professional, doctors with their patients, secretaries, people on restaurant and store doing customer service and so on...
you do your job and stay professional and let people rage if they want, especially in their case that they do have a PR department... now people see it as the sales went over his head and that he went with stupid mode on, got thrown even more shit back and like a p*** went back to a cave crying ... smh

[babadivad]

If a dev talks shit to their player base and the players clap back or stop supporting the game, they can't cry foul later. Talk shit all you want, so long as you're prepared for the consequences.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Then so be it. Anyone who won’t support the game because a dev defended himself isn’t really a supporter of the dev or game anyway. It’s not like the dev insulted people or was talking about their mom. People are just to entitled and think they can say whatever they want with no response in return.

While I do understand you shouldn’t respond to everyone on the internet couldn’t that same logic be applied to everyone one the internet and not just devs? Personally I love when a dev claps back because it shows me that the devs stand behind their product and more importantly it shows that the devs stand behind their words.

[babadivad]

@SPEAKxThexTruth

Like I said, Devs are within thier rights to say whatever they want. They should remember that when responding back, they need to show tact. They aren't just a random replying to another random. They are a developer, who works for a corporation, talking shit to their customer base and consumers.

They should be more careful in their responses. I don't think it benefits anyone for a developer to respond to individual people. It just ups the chances they will say something to upset the entire playerbase (their consumers) and not just the person they're trying to respond to.

You could win your twitter battle but lose the war(alienating your consumer base). Devs should take the criticism they receive and work on improving the game through consumer feedback. There is never a need to fire back at individual gamers. It's unprofessional.

[Kaii]

My issue wasn't with him but with the community defending the nerf tbh
How the fudgeballs do you deal with multiple chargers and bile titans, when the response was "skill issue" my response was please show me your gameplay past difficulty 7.

(Meta) It's annoying and I truly dgaf what people are rocking with.

[Magatsuhi]

Getting 1 shotted by spitters isn't a skill issue, it's a balance issue. The nerf update was stupid plain n simple.

https://youtu.be/itjVPYKZwe...

[mike32UK]

You can always tell when they're about to spit, all you gotta do is dive out of the way. I can completely agree this is a skill issue

[Kombatologist]

Except for when their spit seemingly homes in on you, or they silently appear behind you like effing ninjas while you're occupied with 3 chargers. Might be a skill issue for some, but I don't suck at games by any means and even I think it's utterly ridiculous.

[thornintheside]

I agree that you didn't watch the video at all

[anast]

It's probably a skill issue, but the devs need to learn to give corporate answers. People can't handle it when we talk to each other like human beings.

[frostypants]

Just ignore the meta babies. Not sure why the dev responded at all.

[DivineHand125]

The nerf almost made me stop playing the game. They came in with the mechs right on time.

[derek]

As long as it's not hateful, this type of feedback from the players is good, shows they're engaged and are letting the developers know how they can improve the game. The nerf seems silly to me, it does take skill to drop a charger with a shot to the leg, especially when there are 4 or 6 that spawn at the same time. You need a way to neutralize the quickly and effectively.