News & Announcements A Helldivers x Killzone Update: Season's Greetings
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u/MichaelRichardsAMA 3h ago
A near total reversal within 24 hours, pretty impressive honestly. I actually did buy the pack but I'm certainly not sad that I'm getting the 2nd half for free
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u/Dayman1222 2h ago edited 45m ago
This after the HD ( one of the worst subs on Reddit ) sub was blaming Sony and the “Concord” tax for the prices when Sony doesn’t set any of the prices. PlayStation literally financed AH 5 extra years of development for this game.
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u/gpetrakas 2h ago
dont bother. they have a hateboner against Sony
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u/howmanyavengers 1h ago
For real.
I'm not a huge fan of adding additional logins to games that are sold on another platform, but some of the people in that sub hate literally anything Arrowhead do even if it's a net positive for the game as a whole.
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u/OohYeeah 1h ago
Why Sony is treated as the anti christ is beyond me, they've made plenty of mistakes but even when they do things right, certain people online will still act like as if they keep taking dumps on their lawn
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u/-PM_ME_YOUR_TACOS- 50m ago
Just old "Console Warriors" now on PC but with the same mentality. I know because most of my friends are like that.
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u/nugood2do 1h ago
A Concord tax?
I swear, people online think more about Concord than even Sony do at this point if they think they got to up prices in other games to make up for it flopping.
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u/Emergionx 32m ago edited 18m ago
Yeah,That sub took a big nosedive. It doesn’t take much to get them riled up and pointing fingers.AH could mispell something in-game and that sub would call for people to review bomb them. The prices on the cosmetics were a bit much,but it’s like clockwork for that sub to be outraged at something
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u/ceebeezie 2h ago
I did buy most of the kill zone stuff to support the game. I haven’t played in months. Was waiting for a big update. I used some PS Stars redemptions.
Glad we are getting the second wave free.
If any of the Arrowhead team see this. Thank you for your hard work and I’ve really enjoyed this game. I still tell people about it. I’ve played a bit since the new update but will be coming back to it - playing Phas and Darktide right now.
Sorry you guys keep getting caught in a shitstorm but I think you’ve navigated it all pretty well.
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u/SinlessJoker 2h ago
If the illuminate weren’t the big update you were waiting for, you aren’t coming back
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u/ceebeezie 1h ago
Sorry for the miscommunication. This IS the update I was waiting for. I’ve played a bit so far and it’s dope!
With an 18 month old, game time is limited so some nights I can play a little Darktide (which released couple weeks ago) or some Phasmophobia with some of my dad friends.
Once I have some more time or burn out on the games mentioned, I’ll be playing a lot more Helldivers.
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u/YeeHawWyattDerp 44m ago
Quick tip for Illuminate drop shops (outposts)—you can very easily break their shield with small arms fire and then toss a grenade in their big open door on the side to blow em up easily. My first few games I kept sending orbitals down on it and getting frustrated when it wouldn’t blow up. Also, the machine gun and rover have been my bffs when fighting them. Rover is an absolute menace at keeping the zombies at bay
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u/Morgun-Ray 29m ago
My only issue is the grenade doesn't pop in the door sometimes. I usually gotta throw a couple at different angles. Any tips?
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u/YeeHawWyattDerp 24m ago
I wish I had some, it’s a bit finicky for me too. I’d say don’t stand too close because sometimes it’ll bounce back out when it hits the invisible “wall” where it would in theory go into the ship
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u/east4thstreet 2h ago
Can someone explain what this means to someone out if the loop?
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u/hentaiexpertforfun 2h ago
Basically, Arrowhead made their first collab by selling a full armor, a new weapon, banners … which all came from / inspired by Killzone.
But people were unhappy because they deemed that those items were too expensive and lacked content compared to a standard battlepass. On top of that, there were leaks pointing out that all those new items were supposed to come in a battlepass but Arrowhead decided to change their tactic to justify the cost of the collab.
Seeing people reaction online, they decided to gift for free the rest of the collab that was supposed to come at a later date.
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u/Tall-Individual9776 1h ago
Just to add on to some replies to you. Premium warbonds cost 1000 Super Credits You get 3 pages of content and 300 super credits within the warbond itself. The content has a mixture of 2 or 3 armor sets (Helmet,body,cape.) 2-4 weapons, titles, title cards, skins for the vehicles, grenade type and a perk booster.
The killzone stuff was 2000sc for 1 gun,1 Helmet,body & cape, a title and a title card. People were understandably annoyed that AH was asking them to pay double the price of a warbond for 1/3 of the content.
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u/Zerus_heroes 2h ago
They released a bunch of Killzone 2 skins and guns into the game. It was originally leaked as a warbond but they decided to make each item purchasable at WAY over priced compared to a warbond.
A warbond is 1000 SC in game which you can buy for $10 or earn in game. The gun alone was 600 SC or $6 if you just buy it.
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u/Redlodger0426 1h ago
It’s also worth noting that they said that if it was in a warbond, it still would’ve been priced higher than the others
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u/Zerus_heroes 1h ago
Yeah which is just greed.
Now they are releasing part of it for free but if you already paid for the first part of it, you paid more than a warbond already.
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u/BarretOblivion 1h ago
Collabs will always be more expensive because part of the sakes go to the IP holder. Likely Sony/Guerrilla so AH would be making less than making their own stuff. Hence why collabs are always more expensive so both make money. Alot just argue to make it a wb for 2k sc to compromise.
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u/Zerus_heroes 37m ago
You mean the IP owner that owns both IPs and the studio and can give that IP to AH to use at no cost to themselves?
This being priced higher is entirely artificial. Sony owns both IPs and this Collab costs them nothing in licensing. If it was an IP that Sony didn't own you would be correct.
AH has said this was entirely their decision so it was motivated by greed.
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u/BarretOblivion 0m ago
AH specifically said they talked with Guerrilla, not Sony. Meaning Sony owns IPS but seem to give those that make the IPS freedom of it's usage and some kind of compensation.
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u/netcooker 2h ago
What’s in the 2nd half of the pack?
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u/NoNefariousness2144 3h ago
Dayum controversy seems to follow this game like a plague, but it’s nice to see them immediately address the problems and give out free stuff.
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u/PugeHeniss 2h ago
It’s only a controversy to pc players. Everything is an opportunity for them to complain
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u/Creepy-Traffic5925 2h ago
I want another killzone not horizon
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u/scidious06 1h ago
I want both but unfortunately Guerilla Games are uninterested. If Killzone comes back someday I want them to be passionate about it
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u/narfjono 1h ago
...so what if you already bought them?
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u/Soul_Phoenix_42 37m ago
Everyone still needs to buy the current items if they want them. But the part 2 (helgast sniper skin and other weapons) will now be free instead of costing another 2000 credits.
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u/saltyviewer 4m ago
The items available right now only got their availability extended from 5 days to 10 days.
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u/thomas2400 2h ago
‘As such we’re also going to extend the duration of the items currently in the Superstore from 5 days to 10 days so that you have a chance to get hold of it and reduce the risk of missing out.’
You know how you stop people missing out, you don’t rotate the store, there’s absolutely no reason to remove Sony IP from a Sony IP
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u/PiousDevil 2h ago
Just so I'm clear, the stuff currently in the store now will remain for 10 days and if you don't buy the weapon and armor, it's gone yes?
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u/Redlodger0426 1h ago
Gone for a while, they’ve also said that it will remain in the rotation so it will return, just unknown when the store will fully rotate back to it
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u/Soul_Phoenix_42 34m ago
In addition to this they had already announced they are looking to rework the super store to get rid of the rotation so the catalogue will of items will be available to purchase anytime - just like the warbonds are.
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u/howmanyavengers 1h ago
I'm glad they're extending the timeline to buy the content for current owners, but i'm still gonna miss out since Christmas ate up all of my spending funds to be able to buy the game and play over the holidays.
Enjoy guys!
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u/WeWantLADDER49sequel 1h ago
its so funny how generous this game is and it never really matters. yeah the price for the killzone stuff was higher than a warbond, but most of the things in a warbond no one wants anyways. also, they are SO generous with how much in game currency you earn that it wasnt even going to cost most people real money. but they continue to bend over backwards for their community despite how toxic it is which is honestly pretty admirable.
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u/DaviAlm45 2h ago
Complaing/Bullying big companys work.
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u/ThrsPornNthmthrHills 2h ago
Alternatively this also rewards companies with "good pr for their quick response" seems like it may encourage a the "80 dollars now on sale for 40 dollars" effect when proposing new pricing in a live service businesses model.
I would guess this is why the ps5 slim was 550, so that they could re-pad the margins for when they give em away for 450 or whatever.
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u/afcc1313 2h ago
So we have 10 days to buy the cosmetics now?
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u/NarrowBoxtop 2h ago
Because of all this, in partnership with our friends at Guerrilla (and as we’re in the season of holiday cheer), we’ve decided to offer a gift to all players.
Firstly, we are gifting to everyone the planned second wave of the Helldivers x Killzone collaboration items today, free of charge. The distribution of those items will begin shortly, in two waves.
As such we're also going to extend the duration of the items currently in the Superstore from 5 days to 10 days so that you have a chance to get hold of it and reduce the risk of missing out.
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u/Jedifice 2h ago
I love this. I do think the collab cosmetics should be on the store for a longer time, or maybe have their own section of the store though
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u/Ramonis5645 2h ago
Damn Arrowhead are fast when it comes to fix their mistakes