Summary
Arrowhead Game Studios releases update 1.001.100 forHelldivers 2, a massive patch that makes sweeping changes to the game, restoring certain weapons and stratagems to be more effective, balancing and adjusting enemies, adding new features, and a ton more. This patch appears to be what players have been asking for more or less, afterHelldivers 2has been largely under fire for the last few months by the community due to issues, nerfed weapons, and a general sense of feeling like the game has been mismanaged.
The community has continued to vent its frustrations at the developers, typically by unleashing a newHelldivers 2review bombing campaign on Steam, a tactic which has been utlized to protest various issues with the game from the PlayStation Network fiasco, to the more recent controversial Escalation of Freedom update. Fan reaction has managed to catch the attention of Arrowhead Game Studios, as various members of the development company have come out to issue a response, indicating that changes were coming. As it turns out, Arrowhead has made good on its promise, with a massive new update now available.
The firstmajor updatesince August’s Escalation of Freedom update forHelldivers 2has finally arrived. As Arrowhead previously indicated, the studio took extra time to listen to fans and issued a60-day plan to fixHelldivers 2. As it stands, this update represents that first wave as this update makes massive changes to the core experience by reworking systems like armor penetration, health values, anti-tank weapons, and enemy armor. The overall goal here is to improve certain weapons against heavily armored enemies, giving players more options than sticking with the tried and true gear. Most weapons, stratagems, and enemies have also seen tweaks and changes, which should improve the overall experience, though Arrowhead warns may slightly reduce the game’s difficulty.
However, major balancing and improvements are not the only pieces to this update. Arrowhead has also added a dedicated Emote Wheel, allowing all players to equip up to four emotes at a time. In addition, the PS5 version now supports Dolby Atmos, giving players on that platform a richer experience with the audio. Finally, the Galactic War Map has been updated to display strategically important assets, making it much easier for players to plan which location to attack or defend, especially when used in conjunction withHelldivers 2supply lines system.
So far, reception to this update has been fairly positive, which is a good sign compared to previous game patches likethe controversial Escalation of Freedom changes forHelldivers 2. Within places like Reddit, players have praised elements like the armor reworks, which seem to help make more weapons viable options than before. There appears to be more optimism and hope thatHelldivers 2can rediscover that aspect of fun that has seemingly gone missing for many players these past couple of months.
Spray and Pray
Crossbow
Eruptor
Shrapnel is back! We heard your feedback and re-introduced the shrapnel. We have replaced the original shrapnel with the Frag Grenade shrapnel to no longer instantly one-shot Helldivers with the exception of the occasional unlucky headshot.
Crisper
Support Weapons
Dedicated anti-tank weapons like the Recoilless Rifle, Quasar, Commando, Expendable Anti-Tank, SPEAR, and Patriot Exosuit rockets have all received significant damage boosts to enhance their effectiveness.
These weapons generally fall into three categories:
Strong and Reliable: The Recoilless Rifle and SPEAR can afford to be less accurate when firing at armored targets since most hits will eliminate enemies the size of a Charger
Strong: The Expendable Anti-Tank and Quasar are highly effective, often killing targets with a single hit to a weak spot; otherwise, two solid shots will handle a Charger, or one shot for a Hulk
Less Strong: The Commando and Patriot Exosuit Rockets typically require 1-3 shots to take down a Charger or Hulk, depending on your aim
Thermite Grenade
Stratagems
Every Stratagem capable of damaging heavily armored enemies has had their damage increased to account for the increased health of heavier enemies. The goal with this change is to have the Stratagems on a similar or higher power level than before. In addition to that, we have made the following changes as well.
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Hulks (All versions)
Devastators (All versions)
Charger (All versions)
Crash Fixes and Soft-locks:
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Impaler
The three following instances have been largely resolved, and the issues are now mostly fixed. Although rare occurrences may still happen with the Impaler in exceptional cases, they should be significantly less common.
Known Issues
These are the highest priority issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. This is not a comprehensive list.
Helldivers 2
WHERE TO PLAY
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