Helldivers 2 devs explain why solo missions have more patrols, now: 'the intention is that one player has 1/4th of the patrols … they had 1/6th'

Helldivers 2 just had a major balance patch—and, naturally, there's already an entire orbital payload of doom and gloom smattered in with the constructive criticism and feedback. One particular upset has reared its head today: solo missions are considerably harder now.

As the patch notes themselves read: "Patrol spawning has been increased when there are fewer than four players. The fewer the players the bigger the change. For four player missions there will be no change compared to before.