Arrowhead has been walking a knife's edge with Helldivers 2, torn between pursuing the idea of a chaotic, challenging game that makes players feel like they can triumph against all odds and a game that makes them feel like the very death knell of the emperor of humanity. This has created a divide among the player base, especially during the release of the last patch called "Escalation of Freedom" in which, among other things, the penetration and utility of one of the favorite weapons to combat the termids, the flamethrower, was reduced. Reddit raised an uproar and began to rebel against Arrowhead himself who had previously promised to be more careful with nerfs and not reduce the power of the players' arsenal.