Helldivers 2 players celebrate victory after scaring new Illuminate invaders out of the galaxy, only for the creepy squid aliens to come running back
Don't lay down your arms just yet

For a few blissful hours, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Helldivers 2 players were proud of themselves. Nearly of them joined forces to banish the slimy 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Illuminate aliens that arrived with the third-person shooter's new 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Omens of Tyranny update, b𒉰ut then, uh, the Illuminate invaded. Again.&nbs🐻p;
"THEY'RE BACK," screams a with 10,000 panicked upvotes. At the time, the Illuminate were crawling all over the dusky planet Genesis Primeﷺ. Players gritted their teeth and began to defend, but it wasn't enough.
says. "We just failed on Mog, too. [The Illuminate] don't operate like the other factions; they use guerilla tactics to hit-and-run and don't hold territory. At least for now, their MO is to collect our citizens and then leave."It's as serious as it sounds. But there's strength in numbers, and players should take comfort in the fact that Helldivers 2 stresses that the Illuminate's "numbers are limited. This attack is an opportunity to complete the eradication of this xenophobic threat, securing the galaxy once more." In any case, most players are just happy to have ℱanother opportunity to shoot the squid-hea💛ded aliens in the eyeballs.
"The Battle for [initial Illuminate target] Calypso 𒁏was the best and most unique gaming experience of my☂ life," says one . "As the evening rolled around, I opened Reddit to see Calypso's defense progress — it's close. It's VERY CLOSE."
"120,000 people down there, all doing the same thing, and we were just losing by the time 9PM hit," the poster continues. "I had to be up for work at 6꧅AM the next morning, but I thought, 'Screw it, we dive.'"
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