How fickle all content and update dependent live service games can be, Helldivers 2 is on his recent rise after being transparent with his development and smoothing out many of his controversial nerves. The 
G-123 thermite grenadeis now exponentially more effective and will certainly become part of the meta given how quickly it cuts down titans and tanks for example, while 
Eagle 500 kg bombnow has an appropriate AoE to match its massive explosion. These are the improvements that players have wanted to see most of the game, though Helldivers 2 have also made some fun changes to their social systems.
Helldivers 2 has voice communication and that might be enough for anyone who doesn't mind chatting casually with strangers or participating in co-op games with their friends. That said, emotes have always been an equally adequate way for players to engage with others beyond goal-based pings. Before the latest patch, Helldivers 2 had players only selected one emote to equip. It's not a monumental change in the grand scheme of things – and arguably could have been in the game at launch – but players now have an emote wheel with four slots to choose from.
Helldivers 2's emotions illustrate the joy of spreading democracy
Helldivers 2s emotes are special in the way some cheats are: they allow players to interact with each other by having someone else make a gesture for two people. Many emotes are now in the game, such as Rock Paper Scissors or Thoracic Collision Exultation Maneuver, and are meant to strengthen the bond between Helldivers even if they are never in the same lobby afterwards.
Just having an equipped emote wasn't harmful at all. In fact, it was probably a more fixed representation of a player's preferences because they couldn't diversify their options. Emotes are less contextual and more of an excuse to pose or interact with players, so this has never had a profound barrier to social encounters. Admittedly, some players simply enjoy standing in front of an Orbital Napalm Barrage with their arms outstretched in an embracing co-emote gesture to enjoy the destruction they've inflicted on a planet's invaders.
Helldivers 2's Emote Wheel means more ways to interact with players
Anyway, an emote wheel has been added Helldivers 2. This ensures that players can have an emote for several different personal circumstances and, if nothing else, use all emotes Helldivers 2 have added since launch that have become unused due to previously only being able to equip one. It's great to see an emphasis on social content in Helldivers 2and with more slots, it seems like Arrowhead is planning to expand the emotes or double them even more.
They may not contribute as much to the player's customization as Helldivers 2s victory poses for now, though future emotes could adopt a different gesture animation besides the hand- or hug-oriented interactions emotes currently consist of. Meanwhile, it's always great to see players patiently waiting at the base of the Pelican in an emotional state for others to come and interact with them.
Regardless of the toxicity that sometimes torments Helldivers 2– with harmful fumes as well as players displaying bad behavior – it's great that emotes can reel players back in and give them a fun reason to be social, congratulatory or hysterical in almost any situation Helldivers 2 throws at them. Plus, it should now be even more pronounced with 16 possible emotions passed around and participated in.
