Some context.

Since the start of Helldivers 2, the devs unwisely let slip they had a narrative manager called Joel. Joel is in charge of determining where the story goes and tweaks things such as enemy strength to make things more cinematic. In other words, he's a Game Master and the meta is more on-rails than Amtrack. Planets that the community should have taken become strangely impossible to take and vice-versa. We have virtually no real impact on the story.

Keeping that in mind, it was obvious where the recent attack on Super-Earth was going to go. We were going to lose every Mega City except one and then win the fight at the last second for that cinematic moment all Game Masters really like (but players rebel against).

Enter - The Chinese.

One of the Mega Cities (and one of the last ones standing) was located in China. So, they went to work trying to keep hold of the city for the glory of their culture. Then they noticed that no matter how much they rallied, the numbers weren't adding up.

China discovered the meta. And they are not happy.

End result: The devs must have noticed because two Mega Cities survived the invasion instead of one and the game currently sits at Mixed.

Some context.

Since the start of Helldivers 2, the devs unwisely let slip they had a narrative manager called Joel. Joel is in charge of determining where the story goes and tweaks things such as enemy strength to make things more cinematic. In other words, he's a Game Master and the meta is more on-rails than Amtrack. Planets that the community should have taken become strangely impossible to take and vice-versa. We have virtually no real impact on the story.

Keeping that in mind, it was obvious where the recent attack on Super-Earth was going to go. We were going to lose every Mega City except one and then win the fight at the last second for that cinematic moment all Game Masters really like (but players rebel against).

Enter - The Chinese.

One of the Mega Cities (and one of the last ones to stand) was located in China. So, they went to work trying to keep hold of the city for the glory of their culture. Then they noticed that no matter how much they rallied, the numbers weren't adding up.

China discovered the meta. And they are not happy.

End result: The devs must have noticed because two Mega Cities survived the invasion instead of one and the game currently sits at Mixed.