For these of us planning to spend the weekend spreading (managed) democracy in Helldivers 2, there is a looming risk the sport’s buckling servers will not permit it. Earlier this week, Arrowhead Studios capped the CCU (concurrent customers) at 450,000 within the identify of stability, which principally signifies that if that cap is reached—and it nearly at all times is —you will want to attend in queue.
There is a silver lining: Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has confirmed on X that as of now, the max CCU cap has been raised from 450,000 to 700,000. “Sadly, we count on the CCU to achieve that stage,” Pilestedt added, although “we consider that the wait instances can be far more bearable.”
In an earlier submit, Pilestedt elaborated. “We’d nonetheless hit the restrict sooner or later however for now we’re above what we’ve been in a position to help. We’re actively Monitoring the state of affairs.”
To say Arrowhead is having per week is a giant understatement; nobody anticipated Helldivers 2 to draw the participant numbers it has thus far, not least Arrowhead Video games itself. Pilestedt mentioned earlier this week that “in case you have no money, get it later”, including that “for those who spent your final $ and received caught in server queues I would be [heartbroken].” Issues will hopefully enhance quickly, nevertheless, as a result of Sony engineers have been recruited to assist out.
Helldivers 2 acquired a welcome patch earlier as we speak including an AFK kick timer (sticking round in wanted servers AFK is decidedly undemocratic) in addition to a bunch of different fixes. The main points on Patch 1.000.11 are right here.