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The Illuminate were first leaked in Helldivers 2 just weeks after the game was released. Since then we have seen and other assets indicating that the futuristic creatures will be coming to the game, despite being made extinct in the first game’s story. Despite months of leaks, The Illuminate have yet to appear, but some players think that they may be hiding in plain sight.
In a post on the , one player noted an odd occurrence where it appeared that blue lasers were firing at them, despite Automaton weapons firing red beams, with the player explaining, “Had this weird thing happen to me. I was on a bot planet. It was night time on the planet.
“Squad up on the hill engaging a heavy bot post. I ran down hill along some water by myself. These blue lasers kept flying at me from behind.
Several times. I took cover and they stopped. Asked my squad anybody using anything that shoots blue.
They all say no. Bots shoot red. Any suggestions on what it might have been?” Some players suggested that beam and laser weapons when bouncing off armor can turn blue, which could explain it, as well as the possibility of it simply being meteor shower dust.
However, some veteran Helldivers players were put immediately on edge when they saw flashbacks to their time playing the first game and encountering The Illuminate, with one player saying “Blue lasers o.
