Did you blink during that latter half of July 10, 2024? Well, if so, there's a good chance you missed an entire Helldivers 2 Major Order, as Arrowhead let folks celebrate securing some battle station plans by blowing through an entire bug-killing goal in record time. We've known that the amount of stuff the forces of Super Earth can kill in quick sucession defies the laws of maths for a while now, but it's the first time in a little bit those bug-killing talents have been put on full display like this. "After having handled the Automaton pressure upon X-45 with heroism and style that would make any Commando proud, it is time to test out their arsenal upon the Terminid scum, for science," read the brief for this latest order, which I'm only really quoting because you might have missed actually getting to read it, "The Helldivers are tasked with eliminating bugs using a variety of weaponry to stress the terminid population into controlled but accelerated evolution.
" Annnnd, by the time you got to about the word 'Terminid' in that, the order - or at the very least the first part of it - was done. Kill 100,000,000 bugs, Arrowhead said to the helldivers, and boom, there you go. Sorry, divers with real life families or friends you might have been busy with last night, it's donezo.
Cue Reddit posts saying things like "Guys, we just started how have you done this?", "I JUST GOT HOME", and "I’m almost wondering if they missed a zero". That last part and the fact it was against the T.