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A member of Helldivers 2<\/a>‘s community might have just unearthed the bizarre bug behind an issue that’s been leading PC folks to believe their keyboards might be faulty. Yup, if you’ve ever had your helldiver suddenly slow from a sprint to a jog without you doing anything, it turns out they may well just be feeling the effects of someone else’s stim.<\/p>\n

While some players have been busy investigating this, they’ve been taking time out from the latest Major Order<\/a>, which tasks folks with following up their valiant efforts in saving those poor Super Earth kids<\/a> by, uh, killing some baby Terminids. Come on, stop feeling conflicted and get em’ in your sights.<\/p>\n

The person who looks as though they’ve blown this case wide open claims to have “worked in the games industry for 20+ years” and did it just as an aside at the end of a lengthy post on the Helldivers 2 subreddit outlining why they’ve found the game’s lifespan so far quite interesting in terms of the issues that have cropped up.<\/p>\n

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A member of Helldivers 2‘s community might have just unearthed the bizarre bug behind an issue that’s been leading PC folks to believe their keyboards might be faulty. Yup, if you’ve ever had your helldiver suddenly slow from a sprint to a jog without you doing anything, it turns out they may well just be feeling the effects of someone else’s stim. While some players have been busy investigating this, they’ve been taking time out from the latest Major Order, which tasks folks with following up their valiant efforts in saving those poor Super Earth kids by, uh, killing some baby Terminids. Come on, stop feeling conflicted and get em’ in your sights. The person who looks as though they’ve blown this case wide open…<\/p>\n

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