How does defense campaign work?

[GoodComrade]

Am I supposed to complete at least once a day so the objective count will increase?

[MegaGame]

no planet

[GoodComrade]

Originally posted by MegaGame:

no planet

So does not matter if I participated in the defense campaign? If others liberated the planets 8 times then i will get the reward anyways?

[Amaranth]

Originally posted by eram:

seems to only update after a day when you log back in. did it 8 times over a few days but it only updates the number in the menu after 24 hours.

No. The community has to defend 8 whole planets. It updated when the timer above a planet goes to zero. It goes up if the blue line is filled.

[Amaranth]

Originally posted by GoodComrade:

Originally posted by MegaGame:

no planet

So does not matter if I participated in the defense campaign? If others liberated the planets 8 times then i will get the reward anyways?

Yes, but I do not know for sure. I think so have to connect at some point to get it, or have participated in some way.

[GoodComrade]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

Originally posted by eram:

seems to only update after a day when you log back in. did it 8 times over a few days but it only updates the number in the menu after 24 hours.

No. The community has to defend 8 whole planets. It updated when the timer above a planet goes to zero. It goes up if the blue line is filled.

Makes sense, now if only multiplayer worked lol I doubt doing these Solo on lowest difficulty worth it to contribute to community

[Meatbag]

If you're talking about the major campaign objective, its a global objective that says that 8 planets have to be successfully defended. its a global war objective, which advanced when the evil robots have been successfully repelled from the planets governed by SUPER EARTH! so join all those defend planets and DEFEND YOUR FREEDOM!

[Aedwynn]

Originally posted by Meatbag:

If you're talking about the major campaign objective, its a global objective that says that 8 planets have to be successfully defended. its a global war objective, which advanced when the evil robots have been successfully repelled from the planets governed by SUPER EARTH! so join all those defend planets and DEFEND YOUR FREEDOM!

nah.
They better do something for us first:
1) Buy new servers that we cn actually play
2) Fix armor so it works and other armor types become viable
3) Fix guns so there is incentive to grab something apart from Breaker
4) Fix stratagems so beacon lands where you throw it and not rubber-bounce somewhere else.
5) Fix barrages to actually do something, and not be a free fireworks show for enemy.
6) Fix POI that when you find something useful there you can actually grab it 100% of time, not 95%.
7) Fix disappearing weapons so we have guns to shoot enemies with
8) Fix spawn rate that we get enough enemies to kill on "kill x" objectives and not overwhelm us on defense missions
9) Fix rewards so they actually reach us, not hang somewhere for eternity
10) Fix UI so all pickups are displayed, ADS choice is remembered, aiming reticle doesn't bug out.
After that I am willing to fight for freedom.

[Bill Waggoner]

Originally posted by Aedwynn:

Originally posted by Meatbag:

If you're talking about the major campaign objective, its a global objective that says that 8 planets have to be successfully defended. its a global war objective, which advanced when the evil robots have been successfully repelled from the planets governed by SUPER EARTH! so join all those defend planets and DEFEND YOUR FREEDOM!

nah.
They better do something for us first:
1) Buy new servers that we cn actually play
2) Fix armor so it works and other armor types become viable
3) Fix guns so there is incentive to grab something apart from Breaker
4) Fix stratagems so beacon lands where you throw it and not rubber-bounce somewhere else.
5) Fix barrages to actually do something, and not be a free fireworks show for enemy.
6) Fix POI that when you find something useful there you can actually grab it 100% of time, not 95%.
7) Fix disappearing weapons so we have guns to shoot enemies with
8) Fix spawn rate that we get enough enemies to kill on "kill x" objectives and not overwhelm us on defense missions
9) Fix rewards so they actually reach us, not hang somewhere for eternity
10) Fix UI so all pickups are displayed, ADS choice is remembered, aiming reticle doesn't bug out.
After that I am willing to fight for freedom.

They said we would have a patch today that would address the more pressing issues.

From Discord:

— Yesterday at 10:20 AM
Hello, @everyone! Our production director has a brief update about the upcoming week for HD2:

Hello there Helldivers!

We have improvements rolling out this week focused on the most serious problems in the game: login, matchmaking, and server load. You will see one update for PC and PS5 tomorrow, though please keep in mind that no single update will solve all the issues. Rather, we will be making continuous improvements over the days and weeks to come.

We're all working hard to make sure that the game is a stable place to spread Managed Democracy to every planet in the galaxy.

[Aedwynn]

Originally posted by Bill Waggoner™:

They said we would have a patch today that would address the more pressing issues.

I know. Though the only "pressing issues" they acknowledge in annoucements at the moment are server issues. That's why I'm not that optimistic.
My guess that patch will address connectivity, and connectivity only.
When in reality they should buy another server.
My post went off as sarcastic specifically because you can't play when there is no servers to play on.