If you've been a part of the Helldivers 2 community, or have kept up with some forums, you'll know that there are tons of conspiracy theories, inside jokes, and straight-up developer trolling that goes on behind the scenes. Whether it's the legends of John Helldiver, why we're killing the Terminids, or if there's a fourth, more dangerous faction out there, there's a lot of discussion going on.
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Among the lighter side of these topics is a conspiracy theory claiming that developer Arrowhead has been secretly increasing the size of one of the best guns in the game. Whether it's true or just some sort of Mandela Effect, the LAS-16 Sickle appears to be getting larger and larger, almost to a comical size. However, Arrowhead has now come out and denied this.
As spotted by VideoGamer, over on the Helldivers Discord, community manager B Vitamin confirmed that we were all just imagining it. "We're all aware of the "the sickle is big" memes at this point but the reality is, the gun is just big, its size has never changed and it's not broken," said...
