Helldivers CEO wants to keep the 'T-pose of democracy' fall damage bug: 'We'll add inflatable bouncy bags that deploy from under your armpits or some sh*t if we have to'

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Most players are resigned to the likelihood of the bug being fixed, but some are holding out hope that Arrowhead will leave it alone, or at least not make it a priority. Some have even cooked up a canonical explanation for the glitch, which makes about as much sense as anything else in Helldivers 2: The protective power of Super Earthdemocracy!

Others argue more pragmatically that it’s all pretty well balanced as-is, because when you’re launched into low-Earth orbit like this it’s usually the result of a glitch anyway, so countering it with a different glitch is just fair play.

How well those arguments hold water is a matter of debate, but Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani made it clear on Twitter that he’s very much in the “keep it” camp. “Can we please, please keep this?” he tweeted to Arrowhead.

can we please, please keep this? @ArrowheadGS https://t.co/a57PMZ4JtTJuly 8, 2024

He’s even come up with a way to justify the long-fall survival, although it will take some work to implement: “We’ll addinflatable bouncy bagsthat deploy from under your armpits or some shit if we have to. C’mon! We have the technology—where there’s a will there’s a way!”

(Image credit: Shams Jorjani (Twitter))

we’ll add inflatable bouncy bags that deploy from under your arm pits or some shit if we have to. c’mon! we have the technology - where there’s a will there’s a way!

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As for why Jorjani doesn’t simply use his powers as CEO to mandate the bug’s continued existence, that’s apparently not how he rolls: When someone suggested he should force developers to leave it alone, hereplied, “What a terrible way to run a gaming studio filled with smart and creative people.”

For the moment, developers at Arrowhead are presumably focused on other things: The ‘divers recentlyliberated planet X-45, meaning work on the mysterious “interplanetary battle station” everyone’s so excited about will resume soon. What happens after that bad boy is finished remains to be seen, but I’m sure it will be very interesting in one way or another.

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