Summary
- Helldivers 2 is limited to four-player co-op right now, and some players want to see this increased.
- However, the creative director says that with how the game currently works, this just isn’t possible.
- Despite this, this is something the developers “talk about often”, so it might materialise in the future.
Helldivers 2‘s team sizes are a little smaller than some online shooters, limiting us to a squad of four. It’s, therefore, no surprise that some fans are eager for team sizes to be increased, letting us take on enemies of democracy with more Helldivers to back us up.
Helldivers 2’s creative director, Johan Pilestedt, has commented on this. It’s bad news for now though, as he explains that with how the game currently works, it’s simply not possible to boost the team sizes. However, he isn’t ruling this out in the future, and it’s something that Arrowhead is considering.
Helldivers 2 Team Sizes Could Increase In The Future
Just don’t expect to be queuing up in a squad of eight anytime soon
This comment comes in response to a fan who asked if team sizes could be increased on the highest difficulty so there’s an option to play with larger friend groups.
“The engine, network archotecture, UI, performance and difficulty can’t cope. We need to do significant investment for 8p coop to work [sic],” explains Pilestedt. “Its not impossible, and its something we talk about often at the studio. Future will tell what happens.”
So, there’s some good and bad news there. The bad obviously being that no, we’re not going to get a sudden update that lets us play with teams of eight instead of four. However, the devs are clearly aware that this is something that the playerbase is after, as it’s been discussed.
That said, as we’ve seen with the recent Omens of Tyranny update, we can get a whole lot of new stuff added to the game all of a sudden. We’ll have to wait and see if that includes larger teams at some point in the future.
Helldivers 2
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.
Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.
Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.
Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.
Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1
Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.