As you is likely to be conscious (we have banged on about it a bit already this week) Helldivers 2 bought a cowboy-themed Warbond dubbed Borderline Justice yesterday. It has no cowboy hat, as a result of Arrowhead does not reckon that such headgear matches inside the Helldiver uniform restrictions.
Lots of gamers do not agree with that assessement – a few of them have even stormed out of the official gear saloon to pick up a mod that’ll allow them to crew the brand new armours with a ten-gallon hat. Now, at present on sabbatical Helldivers 2 director and chief artistic officer Johan Pilestedt has provided his personal view on the scenario by way of a twitter thread despatched whereas he is at GDC saying things during panels.
Having requested gamers for his or her ideas on the Borderline Justice gear, the dev was naturally rapidly requested by a number of individuals the place the Warbond’s cowboy hat is, or whether or not the sport will likely be getting one sooner or later down the road.
“I do not know – have not heard the design convo. However I believe it crossed the road of what the Helldivers are. Which I agree with,” he wrote in a single reply, “I’ll ask the crew subsequent time I pop by the workplace.” One other participant bought a barely totally different response from Pilestedt: “I agree that it might be superior, however I believe it might break the fantasy of Helldivers…individuals do not put on hats on helmets.”
A lot of gamers have been a bit exasperated by that final bit, and have been attempting to remind the dev that the beret from the PH-9 Predators armour in last year’s Viper Commandos Warbond can also be a hat on high of a helmet, and bought previous these strict uniform regs. I suppose it is dependent upon your definition of suitably military-ish hats. Do cowboys go to conflict, and is a cavalry hat a special factor?
Regardless, one factor Pilestedt did recommend is likely to be coming within the fiuture duuring that thread sounds fairly cool. “[A] perk that enables individuals to take sidearms as main AND wield them akimbo…”, he wrote, “Sadly a bit an excessive amount of work to make the animations, however possibly someday sooner or later?”
Do you waltz round rocking a hat in your helmet in actual life? Which helmet are you referring in your reply? Tell us under!