Helldivers 2 players are calling the absolutely brutal new major order “unwinnable,” but at least they have the new WW1 gun and its melee bayonet to help them out

Freedom fighters have less than six days to liberate three planets and defend against five robot attacks

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Helldivers 2players have been tasked with an uncharacteristically daunting new major order, with many going as far as to call it “unwinnable,” but at least it’ll give them the chance to test out the new WW1 gun with its melee bayonet.

ICYMI, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead celebrated the in-game holiday Liberty Day bygifting all players the R-2124 Constitution and DP-00 Tactical Armor, with the former essentially being a World War 1-style rifle with a bayonet. It’s the first time a melee weapon has been added to Helldivers 2, even if it’s only an attachment for a gun.

Unfortunately, Arrowhead was only in its community’s good graces for a couple of days after the gun and armor freebies, as it’s now posted up an incredibly challenging major order to defend against five Automaton attacks, liberate planet Matar Bay, and hold planets Gacrux and Pandion XXIV. Oh, and players have less than six days at the time of writing to get all this done.

MAJOR ORDER: With another Liberty Day behind us, and an appropriate appreciation of the great gift of Managed Democracy sufficiently honored, we once again return to the Galactic War.Multiple strategic priorities have arisen, all of high priority:Decryption of confidential… pic.twitter.com/UZ65NyenIFOctober 28, 2024

The collective response to the major order has not been entirely confident, with agood numberof playersstraight up sayingthere’s no waythe objectives will be met in the allotted timeframe, and otherssuggesting Arrowhead designed the major orderwith the intention of overwhelming players. With any luck, the new rifle and armor, not to mentionthe new anti-stagger armor and perma-sprint boostercoming with the newTruth Enforcers Warbondon Thursday, will help tip the scale in democracy’s favor.

A Helldivers 2 Xbox release is “not up to” Arrowhead but to Sony and Phil Spencer to “duke out” - but if Sony says no, that’s it.

Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter

Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more

After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar’s west coast Staff Writer, I’m responsible for managing the site’s western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I’m too afraid to finish.

This is why you read Helldivers 2 patch notes closely: a goldfish “was laid to rest” in space where the pressure “caused it to heat up, violently explode, and disintegrate”

After “a month of grinding” and 123 deaths, Resident Evil 4 master completes what should be an impossible challenge

Metaphor ReFantazio’s Count Louis finally gives Atlus a Sephiroth-level villain