Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 News

It is hard to believe it's already been a year since Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 came out. The third-person shooter launched to fan acclaim and has gotten a steady run of updates ever since. To celebrate its first anniversary, Space Marine 2 is getting a host of new features as part of Patch 10, including a fierce PvP mode, a strategic PvE mode, a new operation, and even more weapons. The best part? It's totally free.

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• [p]the new “Vortex” Operation, featuring a fearsome new boss, the Mutalith Vortex Beast[/p]
• [p]a new PvP arena, “Bridge”, set on Avarax[/p]
• [p]a new PvE game mode called “Stratagems”, introducing daily and weekly gameplay modifiers[/p]
• [p]a new “Helbrute Onslaught” game mode for PvP, with a playable Helbrute![/p]
• [p]3 new weapons - Pyreblaster, Pyrecannon & Power Axe - and several new weapon variants, like the Xenophase Blade, Combi Melta or double-edged Chainsword[/p]
• [p]a new Majoris enemy: the Chaos Spawn, coming in three unique variants[/p]
• [p]a set of six unique Chaos Champion skins, unlockable in Eternal War mode[/p]
• [p]tons of quality-of-life and customisation improvements, like the ability to use Champion skins as multiple, individual cosmetics with any of the game’s playable classes.[/p]

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• [p]Don't miss out, get them right here! [/p]
• [p]And here's your discount code: W40KSPCEMRNE2[/p][p][/p]

[p]In Vortex, you'll return to the Astropathic Relay on Avarax, which has once again fallen silent. Your task is to investigate and cleanse the Relay of lingering heretical presence, and confront a mighty enemy lurking in its deepest levels.[/p]

• [p]Mutalith Vortex Beast[/p]

[p]Mutalith Vortex Beast is a new boss in Operation Vortex. It is a towering, warp-twisted monstrosity that drags reality into spiraling chaos. It rends and crashes with its claws and unleashes storms of sorcerous energy upon the Astartes.[/p]

• [p]Chaos Spawn variations[/p]

[p]Chaos Spawns are new Majoris enemies that can appear in all Operations featuring the Thousand Sons.[/p][p][/p][p]Chaos Spawns are dark abominations, powerful melee units infused with forbidden sorcery. They are fearsome opponents, especially when encountered in greater numbers. Their varied mutated limbs grant them a highly diverse and lethal moveset. However, it is an Astartes’ duty to study them and purge the heresy.[/p]

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• [p]Power Axe (for PvE and PvP)[/p]

[p]The Power Axe is a swift, aggressive power weapon capable of delivering relentless, infinitely chaining attacks. Wielded by the Vanguard, Assault and Bulwark classes, it allows a Space Marine to unleash a hail of blows upon their foes.[/p][p][/p][p]This is a fierce yet tactical weapon. Successfully executed perfect parry puts the Marine in a Power Stance, creating a moment of tactical choice: step back and release a devastating Power Wave or press forward to continue the fearsome combo.[/p]

• [p]Pyreblaster and Pyrecannon (for PvE)[/p]

[p]In this update, we are introducing a new weapon: the Pyreblaster & Pyrecannon, for the Tactical and Heavy classes.[/p][p][/p][p]The flamer weapons now apply a burning effect on enemies, which inflicts significant damage over time (which scales based on difficulty). In addition to that, flames also slow down Minoris enemies.[/p][p][/p][p]An effective strategy would be to try to set as many enemies on fire and keep them burning.[/p]

• [p]Added 6 Heroic Weapons to unlock with Accolades[/p]
• [p]Added 6 Heroic Armour Pieces [/p]

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[p]Two teams of Chaos Marines will fight to control strategic areas, but also to take control of the Helbrute. The first team to take control of an objective gets to control the Helbrute, until the opposite team takes it down. One player gets to control the Helbrute at a time, and this player will be picked randomly among players who participated in securing the control point. For the team that failed to secure the first control point to have the Helbrute on their side, they will need to slay their opponents’ Helbrute and secure a new designated control point.[/p][p][/p][p]Controlling the Helbrute grants the team a strong advantage, but killing it rewards significant amounts of points to your team. One last thing, the Helbrute uses a Helbrute Thunder Hammer in melee, and a Plasma Cannon in range, and it can unleash a battle cry with its special skill to regenerate its HP.[/p]

• [p]Full set for Power Axe.[/p]
• [p]Full set for all melee weapons against Chaos Spawn.[/p]
• [p]1 new finisher against Biovore[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Black Templars Champion Pack added.[/p]
• [p]Imperial Fists Cosmetic Pack added.[/p]

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• [p]Bolt Pistol:[/p]
  • [p]Headshot damage coefficient increased from 1.15 to 1.25 for all versions.[/p]

• [p]Master-Crafted Bolt Pistol Alpha[/p]
  • [p]Spread reduction increased from 15% to 30%.[/p]
  • [p]Recoil reduction increased from 20% to 40%.[/p]

• [p]Salvation of Bakka Artificer Bolt Pistol[/p]
  • [p]Spread reduction increased from 30% to 45%.[/p]
  • [p]Recoil reduction increased from 40% to 60%.[/p]
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• [p]Gathalamor Crusade Relic Bolt Pistol[/p]
  • [p]Spread reduction increased from 55% to 70%.[/p]
  • [p]Recoil reduction increased from 60% to 80%.[/p]

• [p]Auto Bolt Rifle:[/p]
  • [p]Base damage increased by 25%.[/p]
  • [p]Added damage falloff curve from distance. After 20 meters, weapon damage falls by 25%.[/p]
  • [p]Headshot damage coefficient increased from 1.15 to 1.25 for all versions.[/p]

[p]The Auto Bolt rifle suffers from that "default" gun syndrome that you swap to something more interesting immediately. The problem is that other guns, like Bolt Rifle, Bolt Carbine, Stalker Bolter and even Heavy Bolt Rifle are always going to be more specialized and more effective at what they do no matter what. Since the gun has a very limited number of versions, its perk tree is also very, very limited and it's difficult to find a gameplay role with it. The correct move would probably be to merge it with Bolt Rifle variants, but the problem is that it would mess up with  saves too much and that drastic move is too risky.[/p][p][/p][p]With this update we are going to try to make it a mix of all bolters, to make that "default" gun at least more effective, but I fear that this gun will always be outshadowed by more specialized bolters.[/p]

• [p]Heavy Bolt Rifle:[/p]
  • [p]Headshot damage coefficient increased from 1.15 to 1.25 for all versions except Drogos Reclamation and Ophelian Liberation.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Drogos Reclamation Artificer Heavy Bolt Rifle Beta: Headshot damage coefficient increased from 1.15 to 1.35.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Ophelian Liberation Relic Heavy Bolt Rifle Beta: Headshot damage coefficient increased from 1.15 to 1.35.[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Chainswor​d: Speed increased for all block versions.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Power Sword: Speed increased for all block versions.[/p]

• [p]Thunder Hammer:[/p]
  • [p]Speed increased slightly for all balanced and block versions.[/p]
  • [p]AoE radius for heavy and charged melee strikes increased by 50%.[/p]

[p]The biggest issue of the Thunder Hammer right now is its contested health recovery, not its overall effectiveness. This will be addressed during contested health recovery rework. But at the moment, we wanted to improve it so it won’t feel like a worse version of other melee weapons.[/p]

• [p]Added a new charged Shield Bash attack for Bulwark class. [/p]

[p]With this update we are expanding Bulwark's shield moveset to make shield based perk builds more interesting. We are going to continue doing this for other classes. While we think that overall Classes balance is good, the build variety within class could be improved and this cannot be done by simply tweaking numbers.[/p]

• [p]Las Fusil: Charging speed decreased from 1.1 sec to 1 sec.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Stalker Bolt Rifle: Rate Of Fire increased from 150 shots per minute to 170 shots per minute.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Occulus Bolt Carbine: Full damage range increased from 20 meters to 30 meters.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Marksman Bolt Carbine: Headshot damage multiplier increased from 1.6 to 1.8. [/p]
• [p]​Plasma Incinerator: Common Shot damage decreased by 15%.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Plasma damage: Fixed a bug where a player in a roll animation could not receive damage from plasma weapons. [/p]

• [p]​Thunder Hammer: Fixed issue that caused the Thunder Hammer to have a longer reach.[/p]

• [p]Sniper’s Camo Cloak Ability: Ability cooldown increased from 25 seconds to 35 seconds.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Assault’s Jump Pack Ability[/p]
  • [p]Ground Pound Strike preparation time reduced by 30% for Chainsword and Power Fist. Also the new Power Axe has reduced preparation time.[/p]
  • [p]Minimum height for starting preparation of Ground Pound Strike increased from 6 metres to 9 meters.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]​Bulwark: Bulwarks can now be knocked out of a shield stance if they take a lot of damage from enemies within 5 seconds.[/p]

• [p]Extended Weapon arsenal in PvP: Added Power Axe to Assault, Vanguard, Bulwark[/p][p][/p]
• [p]XP Recalculated: The amount of experience required to earn rewards has been reduced, making progression faster and more rewarding.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]New Levels Added: We've expanded the progression system. The new max level is 48. [/p]

• [p]Added new announcer eventsù[/p]
• [p]Large amount of small fixes in level geometry collision.[/p]

• [p]Lots of minor customisation fixes.[/p]

• [p]Reliquary:[/p]
  • [p]Enemies spawn in the tombs should now be slightly less aggressive.[/p]
  • [p]The ammo crate on the Heldrake's bridge should now always spawn.[/p]

• [p]All: Lots of minor fixes with level geometry.[/p]

• [p]Lots of minor fixes with level geometry.[/p]
• [p]Lots of minor fixes with enemies getting stuck in some places.[/p]
• [p]Performance improvements.[/p]

• [p]Carnifex: Fixed an issue causing the Carnifex to be too aggressive and too accurate with its ranged attacks.[/p]
• [p]All: Lots of minor fixes with animations.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a bug preventing Adrenaline Surge from Block-type weapons to not stagger enemies.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug causing the Auspex Scan effect to not apply to enemies after a perfect parry with the class perk "Battle Focus" equipped in some rare cases.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug with Bulwark's "Purity of purpose" perk not dealing damage to Barbed Strangler projectiles.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug causing Assault’s Jump Pack ability to not land properly in some rare cases..[/p]
• [p]Lots of minor bug fixes.[/p]
• [p]Lots of minor localisation bug fixes.[/p]
• [p]Lots of minor UI fixes.[/p]

• [p]Crash fixes and general stability improvements.[/p]
• [p]General connectivity improvements.[/p]