Only two cities are still standing in Helldivers 2’s battle for Super Earth, and Arrowhead’s kicked off an extra mission that might heal the player base’s biggest divide

The last stage of Helldivers 2’s battle for Super Earth is coming down to the wire, as we all expected, wth just two of the planet’s seven mega cities still holding out against The Illuminate. Cue another extra major order to help the major order, and one that’ll cater to the folks who’ve spent the whole squid invasion half a galaxy away.

This comes after the divers successfully managed to get the Democracy Space Station in place by junking a bunch of Automatons while simultaneously fighting to defend those cities, with this key bit of the Galactic War really putting their murder-based multitasking skills to the test.

Now, with Port Mercy and York Supreme having fallen during the early stages of this final phase, only Prosperity City and the wonderfully-named Equality-On-Sea are standing in the way of Super Earth being totally razed of major population centres.

Cue another 24 hour-long mini-mission as the defense of those remaining cities continues, with Arrowhead tasking the divers to defend the planet of Fort Union from an attack by the Terminids, so that its long-range satellites can be used to transmit “malware capable of disabling Illuminate technology” at the squid invasion force, further damaging it and helping save Super Earth.

Given the long-standing feud within Helldivers 2’s player base between folks who always go and fight whichever enemy the current major order and the “bugdivers” who prefer only to battle the Terminids since they find it most fun – something that’s continued to ruffle feathers as the former faction has tried to get everyone to pitch in with this battle for Super Earth has progressed – you’ll not be surprised by the Reddit reaction to the Fort Union “strategic opportunity”.

A whole bunch of posts from major order followers telling the bugdivers that now is their time to shine and do something that’ll help keep Super Earth safe. On the one hand, you can understand their frustration given every extra hand helps – at least in theory – the Helldivers earn victory in these big missions, but on the other, badgering people for not playing a game the way you do isn’t cool.

Hey, maybe if the Fort Union defense is pulled off and The Illuminate are defeated shortly afterwards, this divide among players will be healed forever, as the order followers are forced to acknowledge the role their bug-swatting brethren played in everyone’s home planet being saved. Ok, so such a peace would probably only last five minutes before people started shouting at each other again, but we can dream.

The Terminids aren’t the only bugs Helldivers 2 players have been battling recently – as of writing, Arrowhead’s still working on a fix for a strategem input glitch.