Helldivers 2: We are constantly going to add free stuff and updates. |UP| "Escalation of Freedom" Announced, biggest update ever coming Aug. 6th.

[SLB1904]

This shit making want to re-watch Battlestar Galactica lol

No joke these npcs have loads of interesting information.

 

[Gamernyc78]

No joke these npcs have loads of interesting information.

I stay talking to them too.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Played a few hours and all in all it was a good update. Dominator still is meh.

 

[anonpuffs]

Played a few hours and all in all it was a good update. Dominator still is meh.

I love it lol. Cant use it vs bots tho, handling is too trash. Puts in WORK vs bugs.

Also been playing bots almost exclusively these days, the new enemies are crazy

 

[ksdixon]

Quick driveby post really, but I've heard of some PS5 performance issues in passing. People would still recommend the PS5 version if PC version runs on a ROG Ally?

 

[Gamernyc78]

Helldivers 2 PATCH 01.000.202 ​

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r/Helldivers•13 hr. ago
PATCH 01.000.202
Overview
This update includes:

• Stability fixes

Gameplay

• We have updated the stats UI for weapons to take into account any explosive damage done by them. This is to give weapons that do damage with explosive projectiles a more fair representation in the UI. Most notably affected is the PLAS-1 Scorcher.

Fixes

• Fixed some crashes that occurred when deploying to mission.
• Fixed some crashes that occurred during extraction and right after it.
• Fixed crashes that could occur if the squad deployed a large amount of support weapons.
• Fixed various crashes that could occur during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using heat based weapons.
• Fixed crashes which could occur if a player died while using the jetpack.
• Fixed crash which could occur when large volumes of enemies were present.
• Fixed crash which could occur when the player picked up a snowball.
• Fixed crash which could occur when completing an objective.
• Fixed hang that could occur while navigating the social menu.
• Picking up Medals and Super Credits will no longer lock the player in place.

Known Issues
These are 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 list is not exhaustive, and we are continuing to identify issues and create fixes. These are organized by feedback, reports, severity, etc.

• Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play:

Player name may show up blank on the other player's friend list.
Friend Request cannot be accepted when the requesting player changed their username before the request was accepted.
Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.
Players cannot unfriend players befriended via friend code.
Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.

• Damage-over-time effects may only apply when dealt by the host.
• Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.
• Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
• Certain weapons like the Sickle cannot shoot through foliage.
• Scopes on some weapons such as the Anti-Materiel Rifle are slightly misaligned.
• Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.
• Spear’s targeting is inconsistent, making it hard to lock-on to larger enemies.
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
• Explosions do not break your limbs (except for when you fly into a rock).
• Area around Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such as the hellbomb bounce and be repelled when trying to call them down close to the tower.
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.

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Patch Notes Megathread

 

[Gamernyc78]

Helldivers 2’s New Premium Warbond, Democratic Detonation, Out Now, Adds Exploding Crossbow, Grenade Pistol, and More​

Helldivers 2’s New Premium Warbond, Democratic Detonation, Out Now, Adds Exploding Crossbow, Grenade Pistol, and More - IGN

Helldivers 2 has its next premium warbond, called Democratic Detonation, and there’s an explosive theme with this one. Check out what's included.

www.ign.com

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[Gamernyc78]

Helldivers 2 CEO Says Arrowhead Must Fix the Game and Add to It at the Same Time ‘To Stay Relevant’​

Helldivers 2 CEO Says Arrowhead Must Fix the Game and Add to It at the Same Time ‘To Stay Relevant’ - IGN

The boss of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has addressed player concern about bugs (not those bugs) as the studio continues to release new content and new premium warbonds.

www.ign.com

 

[anonpuffs]

Patch dispatch from High Command
For this patch we bring you a number of adjustments fixes and improvements do aid your democratic endevours

Overview
For this patch, we have made improvements and changes to the following areas:

• Balance changes to weapons, stratagems, and enemies
• Change to the Spread Democracy mission

Balancing

General

• Armors with armor rating above 100 now also reduce damage on headshots.
• Victory poses will now only play for the extracted. (No stolen valor on my ship.)
• Burning damage reduced by 15%

Primary, Secondary & Support Weapons

CB-9 Exploding Crossbow

• Slightly smaller explosion
• Increased stagger
• Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 8
• Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
• Slight reduction in ergonomics
• Muzzle velocity increased

LAS-99 Quasar Cannon

• Increased recharge time by 5 seconds

BR-14 Adjudicator

• Full auto is now the default fire mode
• Reduced recoil
• Increased maximum mags from 6 to 8
• Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
• Now placed amongst assault rifles

LAS-98 Laser Cannon

• Slightly increased damage
• Slightly reduced damage versus large volume bodies

SG-8P Punisher Plasma

• Decreased maximum mags from 12 to 8
• Increased amount of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
• Increased projectile speed, but will still keep a similar range
• Decreased damage falloff on the explosion
• Now placed in the energy weapons category

ARC-12 Blitzer

• Increased shots per minute from 30 to 45
• Now placed in the energy weapons category

R-36 Eruptor

• Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 6
• Explosion damage drops off slightly faster

LAS-16 Sickle

• Decreased amount of magazines from 6 down to 3

LAS-5 Scythe

• Increased damage from 300 to 350
• Decreased max number of mags from 6 down to 4

RS-422 Railgun

• Increased armor penetration in both safe mode and unsafe mode
• Stagger force slightly reduced

MG-101 Heavy Machine Gun

• Third person crosshair enabled

63CS Diligence Counter Sniper

• Damage increased from 128 to 140
• Ergonomics improved

R-63 Diligence

• Damage increased from 112 to 125

P-19 Redeemer

• Slight increase in recoil

P-2 Peacemaker

• Increased damage from 60 to 75

P-8 Senator

• Increased damage from 150 to 175
• Speedloader added when reloading on an empty cylinder–speeds up reload on empty considerably

LAS-7 Dagger

• Increased damage from 150 to 200

AR-19 Liberator

• Damage increased from 55 to 60

AR-23C Liberator Concussive

• Damage increased from 55 to 65

JAR-5 Dominator

• Damage decreased from 300 to 275

AX/AR-23 Guard Dog

• Decreased damage by 30%

RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher

• Airburst Rocket Launcher will no longer detonate when shot near stratagems (HMG turret, Sentries, Resupplies) and other Helldivers
• Reduced proximity radius

Stratagems

A/MG-43 Machinegun Sentry

• Increased health to match other Sentries

A/ARC-3 Tesla Tower

• Increased health by 33%

FAF-14 Spear

• Added reload stage reload after the spent missile had been discarded

RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher

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  Enemies
  • Bile Spewer and Nursing Spewers movespeed slightly reduced
  • Hulks: Force required for them to stagger slightly increased
  • Hulk Scorcher direct flamethrower damage reduced by 20%
  • Devastator fire rate slightly increased (only the standard devastator)
  • Gunships sideways movement slightly increased
  • Scout strider Riders now less vulnerable to explosions
  • Fog Generators health and armor increased
  • Gunship spawners now have a much lower cap on how many gunships they can have active at the same time
  
  
  Enemy Patrols
  • Patrol spawning has been increased when there are fewer than 4 players. The fewer the players the bigger the change. For 4 player missions there will be no change compared to before.The biggest noticeable change will be for solo players at higher difficulties
  
  
  Gameplay
  
  • Made minor level generation improvements to how we distribute locations throughout the mission map. This should improve variation in distance between objectives, and objectives will likely not spawn as far away from each other as often as before.
  • Added setting in the options menu gameplay section to disable automatic climbing and vaulting while sprinting.
  • The Spread Democracy mission otherwise known as “raise the flag” can now be enjoyed on higher difficulties for maximum freedom spreading.
  • When readying up, Helldivers now salute to ensure maximum democratic readiness.
  • Added ambience to the Tremor planetary hazard to underline the severity so Helldivers can react accordingly
  • Shots that ricochet from heavy armored enemies will now properly hit the Helldiver who fired them. Trigger discipline is highly recommended.
  
  
  Fixes
  
  
  Crash fixes
  
  • Fixed crash that could occur when host abandoned mission with squad.
  • Fixed crash that could occur if a player tried to enter an occupied EXO-45 Patriot Suit.
  • Fixed crash that could occur for all players after or during mission results screen.
  • Fixed crash that could occur after shooting from the EXO-45 Patriot Suit’s rocket launcher.
  • Fixed crash that could occur for all players apart from the one that rejoined the ongoing mission with different armor and got reinforced.
  • Fixed Superior Packing Methodology ship module not working properly.
  • Fixed Blast Absorption ship module so that it correctly increases sentries’ resistance to explosions.
  • Fixed issue where players could not navigate to the search results in the Social Menu.
  • Fixed some issues where items equipped in a Warbond were not actually equipped.
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed overly eager Helldivers to use grenades excessively.
  • Fixed issue where kills from orbital barrage did not progress Indirect Fire Exercise order.
  • Fixed issue that allowed traitors to try to sabotage the extraction shuttle by deploying sentry stratagems below it.
  • Fixed issue where ion storms incorrectly prevented extraction beacon from deploying.
  • Fixed some stratagem beams using incorrect color-coding.
  • Fixed issue where the left stick on a controller could not be used to navigate the Social menu.
  • Fixed some issues where various UI elements were cut off, off-centered or too close to the edge of the screen on ultrawide displays.
  • Fixed Anti-Materiel Rifle facing away from the Helldiver after deploying it.
  • Fixed bug where player could duplicate rounds by canceling the reload of Anti-Materiel Rifle at a specific time.
  • Fixed bug where Anti-Materiel Rifle would consume an extra magazine after a canceled reload.
  • Fixed bug where Recoilless Rifle would consume an extra shell from the backpack if the reload was canceled just after a shell was inserted, but before the reload was completed.
  • Fixed issue where the Sickle and Quasar Cannon could not shoot through foliage.
  • Fixed several issues where weapon thumbnails would disappear when scrolling through Armory.
  • Fixed issues where Automaton Gunships sometimes could not see the player.
  • Fixed incorrect collision being left over after destroying Automaton bunkers or detector towers with hellbombs.
  • Fixed issue where Hellbombs would not deploy on certain missions
  • Fixed certain issues that resulted in Helldivers drowning in deep water upon landing.
  • Fixed issue where Hellpod Space Optimization made ammo go above capacity.
  • Fixed issue where Stalkers became very visible in fog
  • Mines are now pingable for better coordination with your team.
  • Receiving friend requests now gives the player a pop up.
  • Improved readability of prompts and hints displayed in the tutorial and onboarding.
  • Total experience is now visible in the career tab.
  • Added better support for ultrawide monitors by fixing the aspect ratio of menus to 16:9 and adding a setting to control the width of the HUD.
  • Keybinds bound to numpad will no longer reset upon restart.
  • Fixed inconsistent audio when headphones are plugged into the Dual Sense controller while playing on PC.
  • Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors in front of the ship no longer causes player to fall out into space.
  • APW-1 Anti-Material Rifle and MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun now trigger hitmarkers while scoped in.
  • Secondary weapon no longer remains in the Ballistic Shield ADS position after using a stim with the Ballistic Shield Backpack equipped.
  • "Open Text Chat" is now rebindable.
  • Explosive weapons such as R-36 Eruptor, CB-9 Exploding Crossbow. GP-31 Grenade Pistol no longer pulls players inward from the blast.
  • Disabled the squad invites during the tutorial which caused an overlap in the UI.
  • Fixed Primary and Secondary weapons overlapping on the character model in the armory.
  • Fixed UI elements during first boot are cut off on a 21:9 aspect ratio monitor.
  • Report and block player is now visible in the squad menu.
  • Dead Scavengers now stop screaming for help if killed while calling in reinforcements.
  • Fixed Anti Air cannons showing up as "Stratagem Scramblers" in danger warnings.

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  Known Issues
  
  
  Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play
  
  

  • Friend Request cannot be accepted when the requesting player changed their username before the request was accepted.
  • Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.
  • Players cannot unfriend players befriended via friend code.
  • Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.

  
  

  • Damage-over-time effects may only apply when dealt by the host. We expect to have this fixed in the next patch.
  • Reinforcement may not be available for some players who join a game in progress.
  • Helldiver may be unable to stand up from crouching when surrounded by enemies.
  • Game may crash if the host leaves while dead and rejoins the same play session.
  • Game may crash if the player changes the text language while on a mission.
  • Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.
  • Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
  • Scopes on some weapons such as the Anti-Materiel Rifle are slightly misaligned.
  • Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.
  • Spear’s targeting is inconsistent, making it hard to lock-on to larger enemies.
  • Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
  • Explosions do not break your limbs (except for when you fly into a rock).
  • Area around Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such as the Hellbomb bounce and be repelled when trying to call them down close to the tower.
  • Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Yes i added this to other thread as well earlier, thnks

 

[Evilnemesis8]

Expect a wave of negative reviews on Steam with some of these nerfs lul, this is a big balance patch.
Good amount of crash bugs, shame still no crossplay/friend list complete fix.

Damage-over-time effects may only apply when dealt by the host. We expect to have this fixed in the next patch.

Also unfortunate that this is likely to be in the next patch and not this one.

Enemy Patrols

Patrol spawning has been increased when there are fewer than 4 players. The fewer the players the bigger the change. For 4 player missions there will be no change compared to before.The biggest noticeable change will be for solo players at higher difficulties

Probably going to annoy some folks here. I guess they've found solo people have been able to cheese some stuff?

 

[anonpuffs]

Expect a wave of negative reviews on Steam with some of these nerfs lul, this is a big balance patch.
Good amount of crash bugs, shame still no crossplay/friend list complete fix.



Also unfortunate that this is likely to be in the next patch and not this one.



Probably going to annoy some folks here. I guess they've found solo people have been able to cheese some stuff?

I think the devs said on discord that there were 2 patches scheduled for this week

 

[Entropi]

I don’t understand the need to nerf some of the weapons like the quasar cannon. It is already quite ineffective. IMO all weapons suck and it doesn’t make the game better at all.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I don’t understand the need to nerf some of the weapons like the quasar cannon. It is already quite ineffective. IMO all weapons suck and it doesn’t make the game better at all.

Yeah even weapons tht you think are going to be cool end up being ass bcus thy are trying so hard to not give any weapon an edge. Its annoying and takes the fun away imo.

 

[Entropi]

Yeah even weapons tht you think are going to be cool end up being ass bcus thy are trying so hard to not give any weapon an edge. Its annoying abd takes the fun away imo.

I take what they did to the railgun as “stop having fun, I want you to be frustrated and angry”

 

[anonpuffs]

I take what they did to the railgun as “stop having fun, I want you to be frustrated and angry”

huh? They buffed it though

 

[Gamernyc78]

I take what they did to the railgun as “stop having fun, I want you to be frustrated and angry”

Exactly! I get they don't want the backlash of other weapons in premium being op and ppl saying its pay to win. This game isnt pvp though so i think they are restricting themselves to much.

 

[anonpuffs]

Yeah even weapons tht you think are going to be cool end up being ass bcus thy are trying so hard to not give any weapon an edge. Its annoying and takes the fun away imo.

Don't sleep on arc blitzer, they just upped the fire rate 50%

 

[Gamernyc78]

Don't sleep on arc blitzer, they just upped the fire rate 50%

Oh word i was pissed at how it previously was bcus i wanted it to be so good.