For Helldivers 1, there were wars that reset after either Super Earth got conquered by one of the factions, or all factions were wiped. The wars could last up to 90 days. In the first week or so (even sooner) at least one faction got eliminated completely. I personally haven’t seen the cyborgs or illuminate for like a month straight, only fighting bugs. Also strategem unlocks were tied to playing a specific race and winning missions. So you’d have maybe 50% of them from fighting just one of them (since a few basic ones repeated), but you’d still end up wanting to play with sth that was on some other race that was wiped. My brother never got to play anything else other than bugs.
If they decide to repeat this system in Helldivers 2, they absolutely will get blasted in reviews. It’s a very consistent complaint about H1. Imagine being able to only play a few hours every week due to your responsibilities, starting a game, and there is only the least popular opponent on the map, and you probably get to wait 2 months before others appear for like a week.
For Helldivers 1, there were wars that reset after either Super Earth got conquered by one of the factions, or all factions were wiped. The wars could last up to 90 days. In the first week or so (even sooner) at least one faction got eliminated completely. I personally haven’t seen the cyborgs or illuminate for like a month straight, only fighting bugs. Also strategem unlocks were tied to playing a specific race and winning missions. So you’d have maybe 50% of them from fighting just one of them (since a few basic ones repeated), but you’d still end up wanting to play with sth that was on some other race that was wiped. My brother never got to play anything else other than bugs.
If they decide to repeat this system in Helldivers 2, they absolutely will get blasted in reviews. It’s a very consistent complaint about H1. Imagine being able to only play a few hours every week due to your responsibilities, starting a game, and there is only the least popular opponent on the map, and you probably get to wait 2 months before others appear for like a week.