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50/50 chance this breaks Deck and linux support, especially since the commenters' inquiries about it have gone unanswered.

Bogles my mind why a PvE game needs an anti-cheat at all - let alone something as invasive as a rootkit.

Source is the dev's post on, unfortunately, reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/19dp2qw/helldivers_2_nprotect_gameguard_anticheat/

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[–] alilbee 2 points 10 months ago

I'm not arguing that anything is good or bad. I'm all for people modding their single player games. I've played Frankenstein Skyrim myself many times. I'm a big fan. All that said, this game has a multiplayer element through Galactic Warfare and matchmaking co-op. I think anticheat is entirely reasonable in those scenarios. You can say the multiplayer-lite GW feature isn't worth the limitation (I would probably share that view), but AC is not evil in all situations. It's just kind of entwined with certain online multiplayer features, to avoid the equivalent of "Boaty McBoatFace" happening when trolls hit critical mass in your game.