Helldivers 2 servers are getting crushed below the onslaught of mechs

After an extended stretch of teasing, mechs have lastly arrived in Helldivers 2, offering gamers the chance to stomp across the battlefield in heavily-armored fashion. Sadly, with that excellent news comes a little bit of unhealthy: The arrival of the heavy-duty struggle machines has introduced with it a renewed spherical of server errors.

“We’re conscious of a problem with gamers not having the ability to get into the sport,” an Arrowhead developer stated earlier at present on the Helldivers Discord. “This occurred when the Fight Walkers turned obtainable. Individuals rushed to get it and it overwhelmed our backend. We’re working to repair it as quickly as we are able to. We wish you to benefit from the Mech as quickly as doable. Thanks to your persistence!”

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt stated the difficulty is “intermittent,” and luck should get you within the door: PC Gamer Helldiver-in-Chief Morgan Park is within the sport at this very second, and has been for a while now, as a result of I assume he simply will get to do this type of factor on a Friday. I, nonetheless, have been caught at a “failed to connect with server” message for the previous 20 minutes.

(Truthfully compels me to confess that Morgan is definitely taking part in Helldivers 2 for a piece factor, which you’ll possible be studying about quickly.)

At this level there isn’t any indication as to when servers shall be again to regular. “Service shall be restored finally,” Pilestedt tweeted, “however for now I ask for persistence.”

Up to now, simply as they did when Helldivers 2 launched and ran face-first right into a brick wall of server issues, gamers appear inclined to roll with it. There’s some comprehensible impatience and frustration, however no actual wailing and gnashing of tooth on show—though I get the sensation that this man, who truly acquired into the sport, got here fairly shut:

I discovered a mech. It did not final lengthy. from r/Helldivers

Which may be the saddest sound I’ve heard all yr.

A higher concern at this level appears to be the failure of mission rewards to register on the completion of missions, together with from the newest main order, which led as much as the mech rollout. This too is seemingly a part of the backend overload: A Helldivers 2 developer on Discord stated the issue “is a visible bug as a result of backend a part of the server (principally participant loot/knowledge) being overworked,” and that everybody will get their rewards and samples finally.