Watching the Helldivers 2 Dev Q&A and trying not to crash out (not possible)

In this video, I become progressively more heated as I give my thoughts on how and why I think Helldivers 2 is falling short of player expectations and potential. The back and forth between the developers and players about what they want Helldivers 2 to be continues. The fact that the developers at Arrowhead are actively opposing the wishes of the players over a live-service game is strange, to say the least. Live-service games offer the potential to evolve to suit the community they foster, yet Arrowhead insists on doing the opposite. 'Realism', forced roleplay and completely out of touch approaches to weapon balance continue to drag this game further from the game fans wanted and closer to total obsolescence. Its hard to see this happen to a franchise I've been a fan of since the first game, but it doesn't seem like things will change anytime soon.