An Arrowhead support developer pushed back on the idea that Helldivers 2 has a single, dedicated balance team, saying balance work is a collaborative process across the studio. On Discord, Arrowhead staffer wrote “There’s no balance team,” a comment that was shared via Helldivers Now on X. He explained that calling out a standalone “balance team” had led to unfair assumptions about how changes get made.
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“People don’t really have any idea how things actually work behind the scenes, and that leads to bad assumptions and making things up turns into misinformation that gets spread around until people think it’s fact,” B Vitamin wrote. They added that while there are game designers and directors involved in balancing, “the actual changing of weapons is done by the people who make the weapons, decisions about what should be changed, when, and in what way is a team effort between designers and directors.”
B Vitamin also addressed community targeting of specific developers, calling out the misconception that one person, the dev known as Alexus, was solely responsible for balance decisions. “He has far less to do with balance decisions than people assume,” B Vitamin said, and added that “no dev gets to just change whatever they want without oversight or discussion.” Alexus previously posted a message to the Helldivers community on Reddit that attempted to calm tensions, referring to themself as the “villain of the month” and noting the backlash had become uncomfortable. That post is available on Reddit.
Alexus response to balance drama
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Arrowhead’s clarification comes amid ongoing debate over recent balance updates to Helldivers 2 weapons and their impact on the player base. Arrowhead said balance choices come from designers and directors, not a single “balance team“. Share your thoughts in the comments and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram.
Helldivers 2
Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
- Genre: Shooter, Tactical
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2024-02-08
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Age Rating:
PEGI 18 / ACB MA 15+ / GRAC 19+ / USK 16 / CERO Z / CLASS_IND 18 / ESRB M
- IGDB Rating: 82.2/100
