Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead pauses the entire Galactic War to fix a key bug that was "harming the game experience", so naturally players have canonized this "winter truce"

Arrowhead has temporarily halted the Galactic War in Helldivers 2 due to an error that is causing planet liberation rates to rise uncontrollably. While players can still enjoy the game, they cannot currently contribute to the war effort. The studio has acknowledged the mistake and emphasized its impact on future gameplay, although they will not be reversing any changes made before this issue was identified. As players navigate this pause, humor and memes have emerged within the community, reflecting on the game's unusual situation.

Arrowhead explained in a post about this suspension of bug and bot battling, 'While we know this is fun, we also know that it is breaking the Galactic War mechanic itself.'

'This is our mistake and we own it,' the studio added, 'We are not going to revert any of the damage done by this error...'

Today we updated our backend and we have encountered an error that is affecting planet liberation rates, causing them to skyrocket.

We have made the decision to pause the Galactic War temporarily until this is fixed. We're already starting the process, but we do not yet have an ETA for this fix.

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