In the update released for HELLDIVERS 2 on March 6th, popular weapons were weakened. In response to this, the official Discord server was flooded with criticism from users. A developer has caused a great deal of controversy for using expressions that seemed to ``attack back'' while explaining the adjustment policy in response to a user.

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Johan Pilestedt, CEO of developer Arrowhead Game Studios, released a statement regarding this matter. He has stated that he views such comments as problematic and will work to prevent them from happening again. This is reported by overseas media such as PCGamer .

The update ``Minor Patch 01.000.100'' was released for this game on March 6th. Mission and weapon balance adjustments have been made, and while flamethrowers and laser cannons have been strengthened, popular weapons such as the Breaker'' and strategic support weapon Railgun'' have been weakened. While various reactions were received from users regarding this adjustment, a developer blog was also published that explained the intention of the adjustment in detail. Although it was acknowledged that users were concerned about weakening the weapon, the development policy stated that it was focused on preserving the unique characteristics of the weapon and not sacrificing it .