Helldivers 2's Wheel of Emotion is a Giant Leap for Sociality

As fickle as a live-service game can be, dependent on content and updates, The Hell Divers 2 is on his most recent recovery after being transparent with his development and polishing off a lot of his controversial nerfs. G-123 Thermite Grenadeis now exponentially more effective and will definitely become part of the meta considering how quickly it takes down titans and tanks for example, while the Eagle 500kg bombnow has a proper AoE to match its huge explosion. These are the improvements that players have been wanting to see the most in gameplay, but The Hell Divers 2 It also made some fun changes to its social systems.




The Hell Divers 2 has voice communication and that should be enough for anyone who has no problem talking to strangers casually or engaging in cooperative play with their friends. That said, emotes have always been an equally sufficient way for players to interact with others in addition to objective-based pings. Before the recent patch, The Hell Divers 2 had players only selecting one emote to equip. It's not a monumental change in the grand scheme of things, and it probably could have been in the game at launch, but players now have an emote wheel with four slots to choose from.

Helldivers 2's Emotes Illustrate the Joy of Spreading Democracy


The Hell Divers 2Emotes are special, as are some of the tricks: they allow players to interact with each other by having someone else complete a two-person gesture. Many emotes now exist in the game, such as Rock Paper Scissors or Thoracic Collision Exultation Maneuver, and are designed to strengthen the bond between Helldivers even if they are never in the same lobby again from that point on.


Having only one emote equipped wasn’t a bad thing at all. In fact, it was probably a more solid representation of a player’s preferences because they couldn’t diversify their options. Emotes are less contextual and more of an excuse to pose or interact with players, so this has never been a major obstacle in social encounters. In fact, some players enjoy simply standing in front of an Orbital Napalm Barrage with their arms outstretched in a hug co-emote gesture to savor the destruction they’ve caused to a planet’s invaders.

Helldivers 2's emote wheel offers more ways to interact with players

In any case, an emote wheel has been added The Hell Divers 2. This ensures that players can have an emote for different personal circumstances and, if nothing else, uses all the emotes The Hell Divers 2 added since launch that they have not been used because previously you could only equip one. It's great to see an emphasis on social content in The Hell Divers 2and with more slots it looks like Arrowhead is planning to expand the emotes or double them further.


They may not contribute as much to player customization as they do The Hell Divers 2victory poses at the moment, although future emotes may adopt a different gesture animation aside from the hand or hug-oriented interactions that emotes currently consist of. In the meantime, it's always awesome to see players patiently waiting at the foot of the Pelican in an emote pose for others to come and interact with them.

Regardless of the toxicity that sometimes afflicts The Hell Divers 2—with noxious fumes and players demonstrating bad manners—it's great that emotes can bring players back and give them a fun reason to be sociable, congratulatory, or hysterical in almost any situation. The Hell Divers 2 throw at them. Furthermore, this should be even more pronounced with 16 possible emotes being passed around and participated in.

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