Super Earth has tasked the community with successfully defending 10 planets from enemy takeover, but over the weekend, we barely managed three. With a handful of new defense missions opening just hours ago, it's looking like this major order might be a wash.
While most Helldivers 2 players don't think about a major order beyond a brief popup window when they succeed, failed milestones are deeply felt by the small community of strategists on Reddit and Discord. It's in these public chat rooms and threads where fans study a, a clever plan to cut off supply lines from Charon Prime by first capturing its neighbor, Martale.
Arrowhead is walking a tightrope by making its meta narrative engaging without alienating those who just want to play without thinking about it, and it's doing a pretty great job of it, if you ask me. This week's order might be too much to ask of millions of disparate players, but Arrowhead knows to set up a rebound. The easiest way to get players involved is to give them something tangible to fight for.