Arrowhead Game Studios has released a Helldivers 2 update, introducing planetary hazards, weapon balancing adjustments, and various fixes to enhance the gameplay experience. This minor patch was released for Helldivers 2 PC players, with a forthcoming patch for PlayStation 5 users.

Helldivers 2, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, is a third-person squad-based shooter renowned for its intense multiplayer action and strategic gameplay mechanics. Set in a futuristic universe besieged by alien threats, players engage in exhilarating battles against formidable foes using an arsenal of weapons and stratagems. With cross-play functionality between PlayStation 5 and Windows platforms, Helldivers 2 offers cooperative multiplayer experiences that test teamwork, coordination, and tactical prowess.

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With the introduction of Helldivers 2’s minor patch 01.000.100, players will now encounter additional environmental challenges on many planets during deployment. From menacing fire tornadoes to meteor showers, these hazards may add unpredictability to each Helldivers 2 mission, requiring adaptability and quick thinking from players. Eradicate missions have been revamped to increase their difficulty and duration, providing a more challenging experience. The time required to complete Eradicate missions has been extended to ensure a more balanced and engaging gameplay loop.

Several support, secondary, and primary Helldivers 2 weapons have undergone balancing adjustments to prevent them from dominating the battlefield. Notable changes include modifications to magazine capacity, damage output, and armor penetration for weapons like the Breaker, Railgun, Flamethrower, Laser Cannon, and Punisher. Updates to stratagems such as the Energy Shield Backpack and Orbital Barrages have also been implemented to improve their functionality and effectiveness in combat scenarios.

Additionally, numerous fixes have been applied to address issues related to armor rating values, environmental hazards, anti-aliasing toggles, and lighting inconsistencies across different planets. A change was also made regarding friendly fire, and Helldivers will now take damage from fire, gas, etc., generated by other players. Additionally, a fix was implemented for the camera, which no longer locks onto the player's own corpse, thereby unblocking spectator mode.

Despite these improvements, a list of known issues has been acknowledged by the development team, such as game crashing, character freezing, bugs that render items "unpickable", login rate limiting, and more. Arrowhead Game Studios mentioned its ongoing efforts to resolve them and further enhance the gameplay experience for players. As the studio continues to refine the game’s universe, players can look forward to more Helldivers 2 updates that solve emerging problems in the future.

Helldivers 2 Minor Patch 01.000.100 Notes

Major Updates

• Planetary Hazards active
• Many planets now have additional environmental challenges that will appear at random while you are deployed, from fire tornadoes to meteor showers and many more.

Balancing

Eradicate Missions

• Eradicate missions now require more kills and enemies spawn more often. The time to complete the mission was previously shorter than intended and should now usually take twice as long to complete.

Primary, Secondary, & Support Weapons

• Breaker: Decreased magazine capacity from 16 to 13, increased recoil from 30 to 55
• Railgun - Decreased armor penetration in Safe Mode, decreased damage against durable enemy parts
• Flamethrower: Increased damage per second by 50%
• Laser Cannon: Increased damage against durable enemy parts, increased armor penetration, improved ergonomics
• Punisher: Increased total ammo capacity from 40 to 60, increased stagger force, increased damage from 40 per bullet to 45 per bullet
• Breaker Spray & Pray: Increased armor penetration, increased fire rate from 300 to 330, increased number of pellets from 12 to 16 per shot, decreased magazine size from to 32 to 26

Stratagems

• Energy Shield Backpack: Increased delay before recharging
• 380mm and 120mm Orbital Barrages: Increased duration of the bombardment, decreased spread

Fixes

• Fixed armor rating values not reducing damage as intended.
• Fixed certain Bug Holes (including Stalker Nests) that were unnecessarily hard to destroy.
• Fixed anti-aliasing toggle not working on PS5.
• Balanced lighting across all planets to solve cases where the game was too dark.
• Improved flashlight efficacy.
• Increased visibility during “sand rain” weather on Erata Prime.
• Updated tutorial materials and lighting.
• Improved cases where some materials could look blurry if "Lighting" graphic setting was set to "Low".
• Fixed timing issues that could occur in the “Extract E-710” primary objective.
• Changed button interaction behavior for buttons in bunker POIs. Helldivers will now let go of the button after holding it for a few seconds.
• Fixed some cases of large assets floating if the ground beneath them was blown up.
• Helldivers standing next to ICBMs during launch will get properly toasty with a chance of not-so-spontaneous combustion.
• Fixed unthrowable snowballs after ragdolling.
• Fixed being able to use grenades after drowning.
• Camera no longer locked on the player's own corpse and blocking spectator mode.
• Helldivers now take damage from fire, gas etc. generated by other players.
• Armor no longer stretches when dismembered.

Known Issues

• Game may crash after dropping several high power stratagems in succession.
• Picking up items from caches may cause characters to freeze in place for an extended period of time.
• Picking up items from bunkers and caches in quick succession may render one of the items unpickable.
• Players cannot unfriend other players befriended via friend code.
• Players may be unable to select loadout or return to ship when joining a multiplayer game session via PS5 Activity Card.
• Mission objective HUD displays different numbers for client and host during some missions.
• Default armor is always shown while viewing the warbond, regardless of the armor that player has equipped.
• Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction.
• Some text in the HUD/UI is missing or not displaying correctly.
• Players may experience issues when many players attempt to login and/or play at the same time:
• Login rate limiting
• Players may become disconnected during play
• Various UI issues may appear when the game interacts with servers
• Some games may not be joinable by others for a short period of time

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter developed by Arrowhead Games Studios for the PC and PlayStation 5 where players take control of a Helldiver set to protect the citizens of Super Earth by traveling to hostile alien worlds and destroying threats. Players undergo missions, defeat enemies, and use special items called Stratagems to help turn the tide of battle in this punishing release.

Franchise

Helldivers

Platform(s)

PC , PS5

Released

February 8, 2024

Developer(s)

Arrowhead Game Studios

Publisher(s)

Sony

Genre(s)

Shooter

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