Why do developers hate solo/duo/trio players so much?

[Cypris Melaenis]

I know this was discussed multiple times already, but this is just ridiculous! Players should not be punished for wanting to play in a group of less than 4 divers!
https://youtu.be/u-HHaF4c0KY

[Footman]

BALANCE.

[Vivianite]

because they do

[Kumori]

It also puts more pressure on groups that lose teammates in the middle of combat.

[Scorpio El'Veygah]

Because they are either to pridefull to admit their mistakes

OR

they intentionally want to pester you away so the total playercount will drop. Less players mean less monthly costs for servers, etc.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Deep Rock Galactic:

I don't think they hate it, they are just not good enough to know how to scale everything to X players

"Not good enough." No, they definitely could scale it, they won't want to. They designed both games to be played in squads via drop in/drop out. Even the tutorial says that helldivers travel in squads. Sealing yourself from that, is just going to make your life harder as explained in the tutorial.

[Æɴɪsᴏ]

This change seemed pretty clueless, more people should be involved of what comes in/out of the game.

[KAW-LIGA]

WE SHOULD INCREASE THE SIZE FROM 4 TO AN ACTUAL SQUAD OF 9

[joeredner]

Wanting to? I have had many games where only 1 or 2 people answer the SOS so it wasn't a want it was a necessity.

[Vanguard(Aqua)]

Originally posted by Footman:

BALANCE.

BaLeNcE
fixed it for you =p

[½-ŠmºkëÐ]

Since the patch added extra patrols for single-players it is nearly impossible to extract even on medium with a level 50. I used to enjoy relaxing with my morning cup of Liber-Tea solo but the devs will continue "balancing" until the game sucks for all plays styles.

[Tram]

Originally posted by Deep Rock Galactic:

I don't think they hate it, they are just not good enough to know how to scale everything to X players

The answer to everyone is this. They are awful at coding.

[2D > 3D WEEB 4 LIFE]

Originally posted by ½-ŠmºkëÐ:

Since the patch added extra patrols for single-players it is nearly impossible to extract even on medium with a level 50. I used to enjoy relaxing with my morning cup of Liber-Tea solo but the devs will continue "balancing" until the game sucks for all plays styles.

You just have to avoid alerts from patrols and it's a breeze.

[Bunkerotter]

Are you also asking yourself why it's so difficult to play soccer alone against a team of 11?
Or why it's so difficult to play Icehockey alone against 6?

No?

Probably because you understand that those are Games being played by teams. Helldivers is no different, it's meant to be played in a team.

[Phits]

Originally posted by 2D > 3D WEEB 4 LIFE:

Originally posted by ½-ŠmºkëÐ:

Since the patch added extra patrols for single-players it is nearly impossible to extract even on medium with a level 50. I used to enjoy relaxing with my morning cup of Liber-Tea solo but the devs will continue "balancing" until the game sucks for all plays styles.

You just have to avoid alerts from patrols and it's a breeze.

Once all players start playing the game mostly a single way it will be changed and nerfed. The balance manager person hates metas and just balances the game how ever he feels like.

[MrDammit]

These companies aren't making games. These "games" are tools to make money, that's it...
If they don't make more than last quarter then the tools must be broken.