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Despite it being a rough few days for Helldivers 2 players, following Sony’s announcement that all players must connect a PSN account to Steam to keep playing. This has led to many players across the world not being able to play the game once this takes effect later this month if the decision isn’t reverted. Players in over 170 countries are now unable to purchase the game after it was restricted on Steam in all countries that can’t access PSN services. It is an uncertain time in the Helldivers 2 community, but the Galactic War rages on and a new Major Order is about to be released.
Following the deactivation of the Terminid Control System, it now looks like some Terminids have become stronger than ever and pose a real threat to Super Earth, and they must be taken care of. Following the completion of the most recent Major Order, a new message appeared in-game, detailing what we can expect as the story continues.
“Further calamity has been averted, thanks to the swift and disciplined response of the Helldivers to deactivate the remaining Terminid Control System nodes. With further Termicide dispersement arrested, the remaining Barrier Planets are safe from suffering Meridia’s fate.
The cause of the TCS failure has been identified. The Termicide functioned as expected, killing nearly 100% of all Terminids (and 0% of absolutely any other biological life). However, for the small fraction of Terminids that survived, exposure to non-lethal doses of Termicide eventually caused beneficial changes to gene expression, in a completely unprecedented process known as hormesis.
On most Barrier Planets, this adaptation was limited to increased Termicide resistance. But on Meridia, non-lethal Termicide exposure caused higher reproduction rates and reduced generation time. Continued exposure to Termicide is perpetuating this effect. The planet is now infested to a degree nearly comparable with the Terminid home planet, and scientists have classified Meridia as a “Supercolony.”
The infestation is so severe that conventional Helldiver operations on the planet would be ineffective. The Ministry of Science is hard at work on a solution. In the meantime, the Meridian Supercolony is likely to accelerate the spread of the Terminids in unforeseeable ways.
Rest assured, the reckless scientists responsible for creating the Termicide are being thoroughly investigated.
With the TCS inoperable and this new Supercolony active, the Terminids are now a greater threat than ever before.”
After having spent most of April focused on the Automatons, it now looks like all of our attention will be on the Terminids for the foreseeable future. But, it is a fun change of pace while we wait for the next threat to come to the game, which will likely be The Illuminate.
The next Major Order should go live on Helldivers 2 on Monday, and will likely focus on Meridia. This one sounds like it could be one of the toughest yet, so we highly recommend checking out our Helldivers 2 best weapons guide, and best armor guide so you and your squad can successfully eradicate every Terminid that stands in your way.
