Things are not going well on Super Earth. Helldivers 2 fans are in open revolt after an Oct. 20 update added the already controversial Easy Anti-Cheat software. The game’s Steam rating has taken a massive hit, with a brutal Mostly Negative score (37% positive reviews) over its last 10,000 or so user scores.
One of the main issues is that Easy Anti-Cheat breaks many of the game's mods, which some players argue address issues that Arrowhead should have fixed by now.
While many of the most popular mods are cosmetic updates that don’t affect gameplay, some players have come to rely on ones that address bugs and other perceived gameplay flaws. For instance, one of the most downloaded is the Vanilla Plus Megapack, which includes quality-of-life fixes like updates to the stratagem-toss physics, better Hellpod steering, more consistent vaulting, and more.
Even worse, many users are saying that Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) is blocking them from launching the game at all. While there are workarounds to some of these issues that prevent launching the game, the fact that EAC is breaking a game that previously ran fine for some users is perhaps the biggest driver of negative reviews. Even if EAC worked as intended, the software is inherently controversial because it’s a form of kernel-level anti-cheat, meaning it gives the game near-total access to a user’s computer, something that some users don't trust.
While many players seem okay with Arrowhead going after cheaters, most don’t think the current trade-off is worth it, especially since this is a co-op PvE game, not a PvP one where cheating is more detrimental to the experience.
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