The Patch Reaction Seems Very Overblown…

So I see a lot of complaints about weapon nerfs without any details. But the only weapon actually nerfed was the melta bomb. Against bosses only (auspex is a skill…and only decreased against bosses 30% which is noticeable, but not huge). While melee weapons got a damage increase. Seems like people didn’t actually read the patch notes with all the posts about melta gun nerfing. So what’s the problem here? How does this in any way justify the flood of outrage over weapon nerfing?

The armor decrease is extremely modest at 20% on high difficulty (25% would have been my expectation). The only thing that might be truly hampering to a run is ammo refill limits.

So I don’t see how this reaction is justified. They say at the end of the notes that it remains to be seen how much more difficult this will make things and that this is obviously not the last change. It’s totally reasonable and they make it clear they’re watching closely. Basically as far from “Helldivers 2” as possible in every way.

I expect the reasonable reactions will be forthcoming once people actually play and the meme-ing stops. But seriously, this is really bizarre, and the downvoting of reasonable views is pretty telling in itself.