Helldivers 2 has been struggling to deal with the massive influx of players since the game’s explosive launch. Even the game’s director said that people should hold off buying it until they can fix the player cap. It seems they have been able to improve the situation by a lot, but there is still work to be done. The studio announced that the player cap for Helldivers 2 has been increased to 700,000 players allowing more players to log in at the same time.
This is a great problem to have, all things considered, from the perspective of Arrowhead Game Studios. Previously, the total number of players that could connect to the server was 400,000. Which is quite a lot, considering that it is more than GTA V’s concurrent player peak. However, according to Pilestedt, even this will not be enough in the long run.
Helldivers 2 Increased Player Cap Should Make It Easier To Log In
We have updated the max CCU cap to 700,000. Unfortunately, we expect the CCU to reach that level. We believe that the wait times will be much more bearable. Tomorrow we are doing some final improvements for the weekend.
Johan Pilestedt, Arrowhead Game Studios, via X/Twitter
This increase should make connecting to the servers a lot easier than before, but some players will still likely get the server capacity error like before. Fans have been shouting from the rooftops that they are facing long wait times before logging into the game, and often just giving up entirely.
Arrowhead Game Studios has also gone for other methods to make sure Helldivers 2’s player cap limitations become easier to deal with. For example, idle players will now be kicked out so they aren’t hogging precious server space. This will make sure that players who remained logged in for long periods just to avoid the wait time they intended on playing will have to give up their spot if they are not actively engaged in the game. If left unattended for 15 minutes, Helldivers 2 players will have to log in again.
The team is on the right track, and soon, fans should be able to get into the game and enjoy the democracy memes together.
