Democracy is about to get some reinforcements in Helldivers 2, as developer Arrowhead has elevated the sport’s server cap to permit for as much as 700,000 concurrent customers. On the identical time, the studio has cautioned gamers to not get too excited, as because of the recognition of the sport, it is anticipating to see a flood of gamers on-line this weekend.
“We now have up to date the max CCU cap to 700,000,” Arrowhead CEO and sport director Johan Pilestedt wrote in a series of posts on X/Twitter. “Sadly, we anticipate the CCU to succeed in that degree. We consider that the wait instances might be far more bearable. One other tweet mentioned “We’d nonetheless hit the restrict sooner or later however for now we’re above what we’ve got been capable of assist. We’re actively monitoring the state of affairs.”
Shortly after launch, Helldivers 2 elevated its server capability from 250,000 concurrent gamers to 360,000 after which recently to 450,000. Participant demand rose and lengthy ready instances have been the norm, however as Pilestedt explained, that is not easy to resolve.
“It’s not a matter of cash or shopping for extra servers,” Pilestedt posted on-line in response to a participant question. “It’s a matter of labor. We have to optimize the backend code. We’re hitting some actual limits.”
A brand new patch has additionally gone reside for the sport, including a number of useful fixes. The largest tweak is geared toward liberty’s loiterers, as the sport will now kick Away-From-Keyboard gamers out to the title display screen in the event that they’re idle for quarter-hour. Different tweaks embody fixes for a number of crash-causing points within the sport and gamers getting caught within the defrosting or ship intro animations. You’ll be able to see the complete patch notes under.
Helldivers 2 can be obtainable on PS5, however some gamers actually wish to see it ported to Xbox as nicely. In the meantime, for these folks ready to affix a squad, now’s a superb time to rewatch Starship Troopers because the movie is seeing a surge in curiosity recently.
Helldivers 2 Patch 1.000.11
- Fastened a number of crashes triggered when becoming a member of different participant’ ships
- Fastened crash triggered when exiting ADS
- Fastened crash triggered when gamers depart a session whereas bombardments are energetic
- Fastened concern the place on-line missions in Galactic Battle Map had been unselectable
- Fastened concern with GameGuard and Steam’s “confirm integrity” step
- Fastened concern with GameGuard and the Home windows firewall
- Fastened points stopping entry to Ship Administration panel
- Fastened points inflicting gamers to get caught within the defrosting or within the ship intro cinematic
- Fastened crash triggered when the method of shopping for Tremendous Credit fails
- Fastened crash triggered after consecutive quickplay makes an attempt
- Applied a performance that can kick gamers who stay idle for quarter-hour again to the title display screen