Super StoppageDon't worry, Helldivers 2's CEO doesn't anticipate this Galactic War timeout having a major effect on the story going forwards, even if it'll definitely be canonAlso, Shams Jorjani's general view on how to approach the conflict's future is to "see how far we can take this baby".Image credit: Arrowhead News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Feb. 28, 2025 As you might have heard, Helldivers 2's Galactic War is currently on hiatus, as Arrowhead works to fix a bug with planet libration rates that's been "harming the game experience".Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani has responded to some player questions regarding this outage, and it sounds like the goal is for it to end up as just another of the many weird war moments that've wormed their way into the game's lore. You know, a bit like the kid saving that inspired the "moderately feeble young adults" versus mines major order which has just been interrupted.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Jorjani didn't have much to add to the official statement Arrowhead put out on social media in terms of the practicalities of the war being pause, simply reiterating that it was due to a "backend bug" and that the studio wouldn't be blaming any individual devs for it, as you'd hope. "No, of course not," were his words regarding that last bit, "S**t happens. Its fine. Well fix."He was a bit more verbose in terms of how the outage might end up fitting into the established arc of the Galactic War once it's back up and running, telling one player who asked if the pause will "majorly affect the story heading forward" that "I don't think it will - but it will be canon somehow". The exec seemingly suggested that it could well be used as a springboard for some more antics from J.O.E.L, Arrowhead's game master, musing: "Oh, he'll come up with something for this". Image credit: Discord/VG247That was about it on current events, but as usual Jorjani did share some thoughts on what the game's future might look like - and it sounds like this episode hasn't neccesarily changed his mind regarding whether the war might need a reset at some point. "Let's see how far we can take this baby" was his answer on the topic of whether the current iteration of it will "last throughout the games lifespan".That said, he doesn't seem to be giving the general green light to just stacking things in Helldivers 2 on top of each other forever, responding to a question about fear of freature creep by saying: "We need to plan things out. we can't just have 23020 warbonds and no plan." As for what he might like to see added in at some point down the line, he did mention "a total rework of armor passives and [tying] it to a fun progression system".How do you think Helldivers 2's Galactic War should proceed once it gets back underway? Should this ceasefire be a big thing story-wise? Let us know below!