The surprise twist, as noted by reddit Sad-Needleworker-5990 (via Kotaku ), is that planting the flag doesn't cause your game to crash—but everyone else does. You can probably guess where this is ...

Helldivers 2's One True Flag stratagem is currently broken, as planting the flag appears to cause entire games to crash.

Rejoice Helldivers, Arrowhead’s latest patch for popular co-op game Helldivers 2 includes improvements for weapons, missions, ...