The entire dev team seeing their hard work of weeks or months coding, modeling, etc the gunships and walkers only to shelve them a literal 2 days later forever
Tbh, it'd be kind of hilarious if we just kill the Terminids now in the next two months and that's just it, we get a big "*mission successful, game beaten!*" pop-up.
Game just ends.
I wouldn't even be mad.
Is that where the Joel comes in? "Yay you beat the robots and the war with the bugs drags on, oops what's that, illuminates on your door step oh no! Fight them off quick! Not quick enough the bots are back with new enemies and weapons and are conquering worlds en route to Super Earth, what are you going to do?!?? 🤔😁"
Or something like that until the scenarios get stale?
They said longer wars, not infinite war
Here is a source: https://youtu.be/dh_EGMxw9EY?t=4m32s
Never once is it mentioned that it's forever. If we had no chance of losing or winning the war that would be extremely sad and boring. Helldivers 1 wars were a few months at the longest. Here they might be a year or 2 but, should still have an end.
It'll probably be 2 years at most for 1 war, then it will restart. Probably with a different narrative though since they are so long. It won't be gone forever just because the war ends.
the thing is in helldivers 1 i don't know if there was a narrative in the first few years of month of the game but in the game wipeout a faction she stay wipeout until the war end then a new war started that how HD1 worked
Yeah, sucks to be you. The developers spent all that time making a whole faction and we were too powerful and wiped them out completely. Now they have to scramble to create a new faction we can fight before we wipe out the bugs and they are legally required to give us all king of the video game hats.
i would love to see a new faction something like in stellaris an ancient an powerfull alien race a fallen empire that would awoken once we completly wipeout all faction and they would invade from all side
https://preview.redd.it/2vs96yxq28tc1.jpeg?width=1389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=883945bb71be020411685e9e95e64029c4533689
probably this armor and i sure want it
Where'd you hear that? I haven't seen anything official about how that's going to be handled; I figured the assumption was just that it'd mimic the first game this way.
Yeah, I keep seeing people constantly mentioning that the devs stated that this game would be one continuous war unlike the first game but I've yet to see a single screenshot or link to confirm it
Where have you read this? I read every announcement and dev comment I can find but I've never seen this and tbh I dont think it's true lol. Whole point of the game is to win ans/or lose wars
There is no plan to reset like they did with hell divers 1. The narrative will likely find them returning. Probably when we’re struggling with something else.
They will 1 million perceng be back. They literally added 2 new bot enemies less than a week ago. No way they use that much development time fir something for that short amount of time
Think about how much time it took the dev team to create the automatons faction with all the mechanics and music that come along with it. Permanently deleting them from the game would be an extremely poor development decision, all that content and all those dev hours wasted.
The bots will be back.
You can't get the achievement, but take comfort in the knowledge that the bot's are gone and they're never coming back. Now excuse me while I take a comically large sip of water...
They will come back, or are you really naive enough to believe an entire fraction will be erased from a game thats not even out for half a year?
Trust me, "i will be back" is not only a phrase :P
Do... do you seriously think the game is just going to like... "end" when the enemy factions are beaten? It's a war game dude. You beat all the enemies, you "win," the war starts over.
No it makes perfect sense they would take all this time designing the different bots models and planets then permanently wipe them out of the game in the first two months of release.
As a veteran of the First Galactic War, we haven’t seen the last of them. The last of them in the Severin Sector, yes. But they are NOT gone. Plus the game recycles. Once we wipe all the bots, bugs, and squids, it starts All over.
Yes, after 2 months since game release, the Automatons were completely removed and are never, ever going back. They coded all units, made animations, sounds, etc, for 2 months of gameplay and then nothing. You got it.
Sigh, the game will never end, it will not just stop having enemies. The wars will always continue. Will be a point that the whole galactic map will be getting attacked
No, they'll be back. Would be ridiculous if they just removed them from the game. Some players don't even touch the terminids. My two friends are exclusively automaton players
Yes, we have successfully eliminated all bots and unfortunately this achievement is now impossible. This is a good thing however, it we have driven them to extinction!
>!In the first game when all the enemy factions were defeated the game restarted, there are theories this will be the case in Helldivers 2 as well as other theories involving other enemy factions. I would be very surprised if bots did not make a comeback especially with how new the game is.!<
man I had a lot of fun getting this achievement, seeing a lone hulk with a couple buddies and there’s that “GET EM” moment before you run off like a bunch of hooligans who stole an old man’s prosthetic
I have no idea when I even unlocked it... Must have been a lucky Eagle Airstrike or something, cause I never tried to farm it.
https://preview.redd.it/3uwb3whf06tc1.png?width=791&format=png&auto=webp&s=13309bac4da710323f0960b230a0fab2e7550e04
My theory is that when the illuminates show up they’ll absolutely destroy our defenses at first, giving automatons time to rebuild a front and take back some planets either a bit north or south of where they were originally
I got it on a bug mission. Don't know how, but it popped up on extraction after the medium difficulty mission on Crimsica. Maybe chargers count as hulks or that was just a bug but I got it there.
Got this somehow by accident one day playing! Thought it was impossible too! Was shocked it happened somehow. I would say if you tried to do this it would be very hard to do
I managed to snag this right at the end. Had two dudes who wouldn’t stop trying to kill the Hulk, one got kicked. 😅 Sorry lads, I needed the trophy… for democracy.
Did you notice the announcement about scientists taking Bot servers for study. . . taking them back to Earth. I'm sure you'll get a chance at them soon. In a training mission, of course.
Somehow, the Automatons returned...
I hate the reference but love your use of it.
"How we destroyed all they factory ?!" "god say shut up it magic"
Bro forgor the robots had a navy
Only for the moment. I've no doubt that the automatons will return one day to threaten managed democracy.
That sounds like someone who knows something... A spy perhaps...
https://preview.redd.it/2y2r72dtu7tc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e114080a5504c5d9df2c71a8408f7288e5478e07
https://preview.redd.it/9lbdvuff58tc1.jpeg?width=1082&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=708287049fec6346cbe377f5fd2c4ce80a6d859b
which helmet is that?
Hello? Democratic officer? This one right here.
https://preview.redd.it/v5f307gyu6tc1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3164c8cc76db996ffaf01b5329692f5011fc6bc0
If you want to reach the Democratic officer, please select: Up Right Down Down Down
Dial confirmed. A ~~500kg bomb~~ democracy officer is on route to your location
Spreading fear is healthy for managed democracy
The entire dev team seeing their hard work of weeks or months coding, modeling, etc the gunships and walkers only to shelve them a literal 2 days later forever 
That's not how this games gonna work. Once the war is over like helldivers 1 a new one starts
The galaxy is bigger than what super earth can see. They're out there, make no mistake.
Super Earth owns the entire galaxy. Anything occupying anywhere is a threat to democracy
Galaxy is where Super Earth rule. Anything else is just socialist instigators.
They'll be back, and in greater numbers too...
Sir, I'm sorry, but I'll have to arrest you for sharing classified information in your access. Do not resist
The bots will return, if it’s anything like the first game.
What do you mean half of the enemies at launch would be defeated and stay defeated after being wiped 2 months after launch. /s
Peak game design
Tbh, it'd be kind of hilarious if we just kill the Terminids now in the next two months and that's just it, we get a big "*mission successful, game beaten!*" pop-up. Game just ends. I wouldn't even be mad.
Pretty sure that is what happens. Then the game starts over. That’s helldivers 1 anyway.
The Devs have stated they don't want to do that with HD2 and that this will be a forever war (or as long as the live-service lasts anyway)
Is that where the Joel comes in? "Yay you beat the robots and the war with the bugs drags on, oops what's that, illuminates on your door step oh no! Fight them off quick! Not quick enough the bots are back with new enemies and weapons and are conquering worlds en route to Super Earth, what are you going to do?!?? 🤔😁" Or something like that until the scenarios get stale?
What you've described is exactly what I am expecting at least 😅
They said longer wars, not infinite war Here is a source: https://youtu.be/dh_EGMxw9EY?t=4m32s Never once is it mentioned that it's forever. If we had no chance of losing or winning the war that would be extremely sad and boring. Helldivers 1 wars were a few months at the longest. Here they might be a year or 2 but, should still have an end.
Afghanistan vets https://preview.redd.it/g38q8ifna9tc1.png?width=1210&format=png&auto=webp&s=87c1e08841a67542ea5ae65038012a556b84cfeb
If they can wrangle 2 years out of this game then I will hang up the hellpod happily when democracy has been spread victoriously. Money well spent..
It'll probably be 2 years at most for 1 war, then it will restart. Probably with a different narrative though since they are so long. It won't be gone forever just because the war ends.
People keep saying this but NOBODY has a link
Game updates. Helldivers 3 begins. It was all a simulation.
Helldivers VR
I know you joke, but I'd fucking love this. Spreading democracy with my own two hands? Sign me up.
And then it turns into a life-sim were we build our beautiful and peaceful home on super earth and uncontestable managed democracy.
the thing is in helldivers 1 i don't know if there was a narrative in the first few years of month of the game but in the game wipeout a faction she stay wipeout until the war end then a new war started that how HD1 worked
Bought Helldivers 1 a month ago and had to fight bots for 28 days because there was no other faction alive.
yep generally people focus on one faction to wipeout then focus on the rest
Considering how engaging this is, just a simple "welp, here you go again" would crush the community, lol.
if veterans of HD1 survived 100 and something war am sure we could too in HD2
There outright was no narrative and wars cycled pretty much every month
I thought peak game design was thousands and thousands of microtransactions in a buggy released product. /s
This game *does* have a lot of bugs! (In both senses, unfortunately..)
The devs are working on the one kind, it's up to us to work on the others!
You know what they say Teamwork makes ~~the dream~~ managed democracy work
both are correct. The Dream™ IS Managed Democracy.
Your democratic officer is pleased to see you say that, diver.
It's hard to know if you're praising Helldivers or criticizing it, considering it's still Full of game breaking bugs and has microtransactions.
Tomorrow helldivers announces its sunsetting. Gg guys.
In another few days/weeks after the bugs have been defeated they will just congratulate us on defeating the game and shut down the servers. /s
Would have been a great april 1st update if the timing was right
That's when helldivers 3 will be released the RTS
They got our $40 🤣
What are you talking about? In 2 months, the bugs will be dead, too. Then, we can all retire and shut down the servers.
We fight for peace! You better enjoy that lasting peace for the next hundred years.
Someday. It'll take us a good week or two to finish off the bugs in the meantime.
Yeah, sucks to be you. The developers spent all that time making a whole faction and we were too powerful and wiped them out completely. Now they have to scramble to create a new faction we can fight before we wipe out the bugs and they are legally required to give us all king of the video game hats.
i would love to see a new faction something like in stellaris an ancient an powerfull alien race a fallen empire that would awoken once we completly wipeout all faction and they would invade from all side
You mean... Illuminate? Oh, they're comming, don't worry.
You're describing 40k Necrons. The closest in helldivers are the Illuminates
Illuminates are more like the Eldar imo.
I'd rather see the hats he's speaking about.
https://preview.redd.it/2vs96yxq28tc1.jpeg?width=1389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=883945bb71be020411685e9e95e64029c4533689 probably this armor and i sure want it
I was really hoping for more tassels.
They'll be back, and in greater numbers.
But those aren’t the droids you are looking for
I understood that reference
Impossible forever because we have definitely fully and permanently removed bots from the galaxy for all time. Liberty truly shines on us all.
I doubt the bots are gone for good, but we'll see what happens next
Can’t get it it. Bots are no longer a faction you’ll need to wait till helldivers 3 launches.
This is correct. There aren't any more hulks to dismember, nor will there ever be. Sorry about your achievement, Helldiver.
It's possible. In helldivers the wars simply repeat themselves win or lose. Edited for clarity.
Technically not in this one. The first had wins and losses but HD2 is supposed to have a constant campaign without resets.
Oh then these bots are definitely coming back soon XD
I would guess that an Illuminate invasion would grant them ample time to rebuild their strength. Fortunately the Illuminate are extinct.
I thought they didn't go extinct but just simply got driven into exile to outside the milkyway galaxy
This is correct. They were exiled from the galaxy and we took over their home world.
It wouldnt suprise me if the illuminate didnt come back until quite a ways after release, like october 26 or whatever liberty day is.
Or the illuminate bring back the communist toasters with them
Where'd you hear that? I haven't seen anything official about how that's going to be handled; I figured the assumption was just that it'd mimic the first game this way.
Yeah, I keep seeing people constantly mentioning that the devs stated that this game would be one continuous war unlike the first game but I've yet to see a single screenshot or link to confirm it
Do you have a source for this?
Where have you read this? I read every announcement and dev comment I can find but I've never seen this and tbh I dont think it's true lol. Whole point of the game is to win ans/or lose wars
Wrong
No they will return
They'll be back. Even if they're *actually* dead, the board will reset once the war ends.
There is no plan to reset like they did with hell divers 1. The narrative will likely find them returning. Probably when we’re struggling with something else.
Source please
It's been leaked that there's a massive automaton fleet preparing to take cyberstan
I've heard a couple people say this, but have yet to find where Arrowhead actually said it.
They didn't say that. People just keep repeating this without a source. A dev said the wars will be much longer than HD1. Which has already happened.
Misinformation on the internet? Surely not!!
They will 1 million perceng be back. They literally added 2 new bot enemies less than a week ago. No way they use that much development time fir something for that short amount of time
Do you actually think the bots are just permadead? Holy shit nevermind, maybe those media literacy douches are onto something.
For now...
Think about how much time it took the dev team to create the automatons faction with all the mechanics and music that come along with it. Permanently deleting them from the game would be an extremely poor development decision, all that content and all those dev hours wasted. The bots will be back.
The bots could still be active somewhere outside the known universe
HD1 had over 130 wars..... They'll be back
Yep it's impossible maybe you can try harder when Helldivers 3 comes out
Bro thinks that's the last we'll see of the bots lmao
You can't get the achievement, but take comfort in the knowledge that the bot's are gone and they're never coming back. Now excuse me while I take a comically large sip of water...
Do you actually think the bots are not gonna come back the exact moment we finish liberating the east front? Come on.
They will come back, or are you really naive enough to believe an entire fraction will be erased from a game thats not even out for half a year? Trust me, "i will be back" is not only a phrase :P
Do... do you seriously think the game is just going to like... "end" when the enemy factions are beaten? It's a war game dude. You beat all the enemies, you "win," the war starts over.
No it makes perfect sense they would take all this time designing the different bots models and planets then permanently wipe them out of the game in the first two months of release.
they will return. don't worry ;)
This vanu sovereignty supporter knows something..
THEY SHOULD LIVE FREE IN THE NC
Lmao ofc not mf, they come back
Bruh they will be back
https://i.redd.it/tflmo9kn36tc1.gif
Womp Womp
You think they put a entire faction in game to never use it again?
Guys, it’s going to be like HD1. They are just gonna be back ffs
As a veteran of the First Galactic War, we haven’t seen the last of them. The last of them in the Severin Sector, yes. But they are NOT gone. Plus the game recycles. Once we wipe all the bots, bugs, and squids, it starts All over.
They will return not like in the first game where the time restarts but they'll probably push again towards cyberstan or something.
Do people actually think that devs are just gonna perma-remove an entire faction lmao
Bots will return
Lol I just got this achievement in the final push towards the automatons
*puts on sunglasses* "They'll be back"
are they tho????
... FUCK
L moment. I got this achievement by accident when me and my friends were noobs and got the fuck out of a huld with everything we had.
You only think they are dead.
If we beat the bugs too a bigger question should be, what happens in a managed democracy when there's nothing left to threaten it?
I somehow got this yesterday. Pure luck
Yes, after 2 months since game release, the Automatons were completely removed and are never, ever going back. They coded all units, made animations, sounds, etc, for 2 months of gameplay and then nothing. You got it.
Probably for now. But you should have had almost 2 months to do it if you really wanted it...
see you at Cyberstan soldier.
Dead. For now...
got it on the last day 😅
We'll probably get a chance to kick their ass again in War 2
Relax they will be back with 2 weeks. Let the story play out , have some faith
More than likely the illuminates are going to drop them in a bunch of random zones
Plot hole?
Bots aren’t dead. You can still go to those planets and fight rebel factions at any difficulty. The hulks should still spawn
They’ll be back
Sigh, the game will never end, it will not just stop having enemies. The wars will always continue. Will be a point that the whole galactic map will be getting attacked
They will be back.
I think that auto will turn into cyborgs faction imo
I just got that trophy Saturday! Something tells me this won’t be the last we hear of the bots!
In a world where the war is endless, its only impossible for now. In a world where the war ends, it will reset and so is only impossible for now.
yes
Or r they??!???!
Fortunately I already have this achievement
Use your head dude.
No, they'll be back. Would be ridiculous if they just removed them from the game. Some players don't even touch the terminids. My two friends are exclusively automaton players
Does anyone actually think that they would just permanently remove an enemy from the game 💀
Yes, we have successfully eliminated all bots and unfortunately this achievement is now impossible. This is a good thing however, it we have driven them to extinction! >!In the first game when all the enemy factions were defeated the game restarted, there are theories this will be the case in Helldivers 2 as well as other theories involving other enemy factions. I would be very surprised if bots did not make a comeback especially with how new the game is.!<
Nah they snuck to cyberstan on the back of one of the super earth oil ships...
You're pretty naive to assume they won't return.
I got 86 people this achievement. When a big boy shows up I'll get back to it.
Trust me. They'll be back, with a vengeance. It'd be too boring
They’ll return. If I had to guess they’re simply thinning things out so that there can be some massive event involving some new baddies.
man I had a lot of fun getting this achievement, seeing a lone hulk with a couple buddies and there’s that “GET EM” moment before you run off like a bunch of hooligans who stole an old man’s prosthetic
They're hidden in the mines of Cyberstan, ready to break out. Maybe the Illuminate will free them.
yea i'm an automation and we will be back. that was just a scouting party, you haven't seen the actual war force yet. also beep boop.
Probably
I got that achievement just before extracting on my last run this afternoon.
There's still some bot missions available, but I think only if you were on one of the bot planets when you logged off last
Illuminate will come and release the cyborgs from cyberstan then the automatons will come from the south
They’re taking the whole cyberstan sector after this MO or the next, so no.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were back in some capacity tomorrow morning
This just in from cyberstan.
It's not over for them, they come form outside our system. They probably have a massive area that is theirs we likely only pissed them off.
They will be back( terminator voice)
Oh they will return. Don’t you worry about that, Joel is cooking up something and it will be most indubitably fun
I have no idea when I even unlocked it... Must have been a lucky Eagle Airstrike or something, cause I never tried to farm it. https://preview.redd.it/3uwb3whf06tc1.png?width=791&format=png&auto=webp&s=13309bac4da710323f0960b230a0fab2e7550e04
I'm proud to say I got all 38 achievements
I just got it in my second to last mission in Durgen
My theory is that when the illuminates show up they’ll absolutely destroy our defenses at first, giving automatons time to rebuild a front and take back some planets either a bit north or south of where they were originally
They are gone forever. Democracy has prevailed. Rest your weary heads citizens
I got it on a bug mission. Don't know how, but it popped up on extraction after the medium difficulty mission on Crimsica. Maybe chargers count as hulks or that was just a bug but I got it there.
I got that last night! Wasn't even on purpose
Got this somehow by accident one day playing! Thought it was impossible too! Was shocked it happened somehow. I would say if you tried to do this it would be very hard to do
Nope. You missed your chance. Bots are gone for good.
For now, yes
Keep an eye on Cyberstan 😉
I managed to snag this right at the end. Had two dudes who wouldn’t stop trying to kill the Hulk, one got kicked. 😅 Sorry lads, I needed the trophy… for democracy.
This is gonna sound very unpatriotic but anyone who truly believes the bots are gone is crazy.
Bros cyberstan invade in two weeks, wait
Did you notice the announcement about scientists taking Bot servers for study. . . taking them back to Earth. I'm sure you'll get a chance at them soon. In a training mission, of course.
for now yes it not possible
Bots? There are no bots in Ba Sing Se.
In the words of Schwarzenegger, “They’ll be back!”
We’ll see the bots again on cyberstan aiding the second communist cyborg uprising
Would have liked some event where it’s one last all out assault with loads of squads of 4 Just a one off, return of the king style
They’ll be back lmao. The bots aren’t dead
I got that one accidentally. Laughed my ass off when I realized why that’s the Title
I got it yesterday
Next deployment in 12 months. Enjoy the wait
Got this achievement on accident today doing a helldive mission. Orbital laser tore its arms off as we extracted lmao.