Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani has responded after some Helldivers 2 players asked about the possibility of bigger lobbies in the game. Based on his response, Helldivers 2 fans shouldn't get their hopes up for expanded lobbies anytime soon.
Helldivers 2 players are in quite a unique situation in that they have an avenue to get their voices heard by the developer's CEO directly in Discord. Jorjani frequently fields questions from Helldivers 2 fans in the game's Discord server, answering to the best of his ability. The answers aren't always what fans want them to be, but it helps to give players a realistic look at what both the near and distant future of Helldivers 2 will look like.
A recent Discord interaction involving Jorjani saw the CEO answering a fan's question about the chances of adding larger squad sizes to Helldivers 2. Jorjani responded by saying, "my man, we're trying to fix performance. not kill it." When asked why both wasn't possible, Jorjani said that he "can give you 16 player lobbies tomorrow," alongside "16 fps." He did follow up by saying that the literal idea that he could provide 16-player lobbies immediately "was a joke," but his...
