Welcome to the Data Liberation Front

HELLDIVERS 2

Dive into the thrilling world of Helldivers 2, where the battle for liberation rages on across the cosmos. Our website is your one-stop destination for the latest statistics on player activity across the various planets in the Helldivers 2 universe. Here, you'll find detailed insights into the number of players currently engaged in the fight for liberation on each planet, as well as the liberation rates that are shaping the future of the game.

But that's not all! We've gone beyond the numbers to bring you a visual feast of data. Our interactive graphs are designed to make complex correlation analysis accessible and engaging. Whether you're a seasoned player looking to strategize or a newcomer eager to explore, our visualizations will help you understand the dynamics of the game and the factors driving player activity.

Explore the Planets:

Player Counts: Discover which planets are the most vibrant hubs of Helldivers 2 action. See how the number of players fluctuates across different planets, giving you a glimpse into the game's ecosystem. Liberation Rates: Get a clear picture of the liberation efforts on each planet. Understand the progress being made towards liberation and the challenges that remain. Interactive Graphs:

Correlation Analysis: Dive into our interactive graphs to explore the relationships between player counts, liberation rates, and other key metrics. Uncover hidden patterns and trends that can inform your gameplay strategy. Join the Community:

Whether you're a veteran player or just starting out, we invite you to join our community. Share your experiences, strategies, and insights. Together, we can uncover the secrets of the Helldivers 2 universe and contribute to its ongoing liberation.

Get Started:

Explore the site, interact with the graphs, and let the data speak for itself. Your journey through the Helldivers 2 universe begins here.

Finally, in case you didn't know, REFRESH THE BROWSER TO GET THE LATEST DATA. DATA GETS UPDATED EVERY 2 MINUTES.

Pushback Force

Across planets

Extrapolated from 'Regeneration per sec(raw)' column, extended to an hourly amount and compared with the total health (maximum health) of the planet, as a ratio to determine an hourly pushback force.

Playerbase distribution

Across planets

The proportion of players across planets changes every second we spend reading, so...

Remember to refresh this page for the most up to date figures! Data updates roughly every 2 minutes.

Player numbers tend to be at a maximum when America is awake! Also note that certain API endpoints from various providers might be down at certain points in time, and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it, short of diversifying our API calls. The main graph you saw at the start is taken from helldivers dev api using Rust reqwest and processed with polars, and offers us the most intricate of details. "Pushback force" is taken to the planet regeneration of HP per hour. If this assumption is correct, the pushback force that sites like helldivers.io present as "faction dependent" is incorrect or vice versa.

In contrast, this neat pie chart you see to the left, is from another API called api helldivers dev.

Current Liberation Status

Across planets

Simple summary of the liberation status(%) of all active planets. The higher the number, the closer it is to liberty.

Planets recently completed are not included.

Taken from helldiverstrainingmanual.

Liberation left

in hours

Here are the times left for the planets to be liberated. The smaller the number, the closer the planet is to liberty.

Remember to refresh this page for the most up to date figures! Data updates roughly every 2 minutes.

Conversely, you could see this as the remaining time you have to enjoy their biomes.

Taken from helldiverstrainingmanual.

Player Count History

Total player count

Total player count. Player count has been recorded every few minutes since mid June, with a few gaps in the earlier stages stemming from technical difficulties.

Conversely, our player count is recorded from the API provided in the game (3rd party), which means that the player counts here are in total, not just PC, unlike those seen in steamDB. Also note that steamDB only records player counts every 1/2h to a few hours. Taken from api helldivers dev.

Factor Importance

Super Earth Force

30 layer NNet model, random forest, XGBoost and radal SVM analysis of data.

This applies for both planets in liberation and defence since we are examining the effect on unadulterated Super Earth force, which is not affected by the difference in how pushback force/planet HP regeneration works with.

Multivariate analysis

How important are Proportion, Bullets Fired and Mission Success Rate?

By looking at Super Earth Force as opposed to Liberation rate/h, we effectively remove the obfuscation from pushback force.

Feel free to move around in the 3d space presented and look at how super earth force, the vertical factor (z variable), changes wrt to the variables plotted as well as the size of the points, which denote the mission success rate! Also note that mission success rate calculated in our pipeline is the mission success rate of all missions completed the last 5 intervals of data gathering (about 10-20minutes), to counter the insensitivity to changes due to the law of large numbers.

Player count

over time

Simple river plot showing player count varying over time from api helldivers dev.

Sources

2 original datasets

Combination of data from helldiverstrainingmanual and helldivers dev api.

Data is pinged from these 2 at 2minute intervals.

Liberation rate per hour history

helldiverstrainingmanual

ALSO NOTE: All liberation/defence rate per hour is calculated from health difference over maxhealth difference with a 5 point lag.

Count matters

for Liberation Rate/h

Does liberation rate per hour depend on the number of players playing?

Generally yes, with many exceptions and clear differences between planets.

Take note that these are after the pushback force by the opposing factions are taken into account, since these liberation/h figures are derived from the rate at which the hp of a planet is decreasing.

Data

Did we miss something?

Use the interactive datatable API to look at the most recent data on all 261 planets!

Defense rate per hour

History

Here is the defence rate per hour calculated from the main helldivers dev api, showing how it changes over time, with point sizes depicting player counts

Defense rate per hour history

helldiverstrainingmanual

Here is the defence rate per hour calculated from helldiverstrainingmanual, showing how it changes over time, with point sizes depicting player counts.

Mission matters

for Liberation Rate/h

Does liberation rate per hour depend on the number of missions successfully completed?

Generally yes, with many exceptions and clear differences between planets, again.

Take note that these are after the pushback force by the opposing factions are taken into account, since these liberation/h figures are derived from the rate at which the hp of a planet is decreasing.

Main takeaway

Interplay of Player Activity and Planet Liberatione

In the vast and dynamic universe of Helldivers 2, the battle for liberation is not just a matter of individual heroism but a complex interplay of player activity, mission completion, and the game's unique mechanics. Our analysis reveals a fascinating correlation between player count, missions completed successfully, and the liberation rate per hour for planets. However, this correlation is not uniform across all planets, even within the same factions, challenging the notion that a single pushback force could be the sole determinant of liberation success.

The game's mechanics, such as the regeneration of planet health during off-peak hours and the varying regeneration rates across different factions, contribute to this variability. These factors, combined with the strategic importance of peak playtimes, highlight the complexity of planet liberation efforts. For instance, while a focused blitz strategy can yield significant liberation gains within a single day, the spreading-out strategy, which involves attacking multiple planets simultaneously, may not yield the same results due to the drop in player numbers and subsequent health regeneration 2.

Moreover, the game's global playerbase distribution, concentrated primarily around daytime and evening hours in the United States, plays a crucial role in determining liberation progress. This distribution, coupled with the game master's control over health regeneration rates, means that liberation efforts can slip back overnight, especially outside the largest playerbase's active hours 5.

Despite these challenges, the community's collective efforts towards liberation remain a testament to the game's unique mechanics and the players' dedication. However, it's clear that rallying a few players or friends to liberate a planet together may not always yield the desired results, due to the inherent distribution of player activity and the game's dynamic regeneration mechanics. This understanding underscores the futility of relying on a small group to make significant strides in planet liberation, highlighting the need for broader community engagement and strategic planning to achieve meaningful progress in the Galactic War.

In conclusion, while there is a correlation between player count, mission completion, and liberation rates, the variability across planets and factions, along with the game's unique mechanics, underscores the complexity of planet liberation in Helldivers 2. This complexity, coupled with the distribution of player activity, suggests that efforts to liberate planets should be approached with a nuanced understanding of these factors, emphasizing the importance of community engagement and strategic planning over individual or small group efforts.

Welcome to the Data Liberation Front

Pushback Force

Playerbase distribution

Current Liberation Status

Liberation left

Player Count History

Factor Importance

Multivariate analysis

Player count

Sources

Liberation rate per hour history

Count matters

Data

Defense rate per hour

Defense rate per hour history

Mission matters

Main takeaway

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