HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Helldivers 2's latest patch nerfs Leviathans, and might have snuck that review bomb cape in behind-the-scenes

It's Tuesday, so Helldivers 2 has gotten a fresh patch. This one makes the Illuminate's flying death slugs easier to battle and looks like it might have laid the groundwork for the game's long-awaited review bomb cape.

Those Leviathan balancing tweaks have come after players continued to struggle to beat the airborne enemy, despite Arrowhead having previously added a spotlight effect to the attack it can use to one-shot your bottom into oblivion.

Patch 01.003.104

[p]Freedoms greetings Helldivers![/p][p]Release Captain Carlberg here with a small update this fine Tuesday![/p][p][/p]

🌍 Overview

[p]General Weapons fixes[/p]
[p]Leviathan[/p]

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🔧 Fixes

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[/p][p]Weapons and Stratagems[/p]

[p]Fixed weapons being unable to fire after stimming while using a mounted weapon. [/p]

[p]P-92 Warrant bullets no longer penetrate when ricocheting[/p]
[p]Fixed guard dog text issues[/p]

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[/p][p]Enemies[/p][p]Leviathans[/p][p]We have heard your feedback and are attempting to balance Leviathans to more manageable levels. [/p][p][/p]

[p]The Leviathans no longer cause ragdolling and deal less impulse damage to vehicles[/p]
[p]Adjusted spawn rates, so you encounter less per mission[/p]
[p]Added an additional 1 second delay between shots for target locking[/p]
[p]Leviathan cannons can now be destroyed

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Miscellaneous Fixes

[p]Fixed a bug that caused mission items to disappear when entering vehicles [/p]
[p]Fix for chat interactions causing weapon switches while using a mounted weapon, emotes and victory poses[/p]
[p]Fixed weapon grip issues and melee attack issues after using stims or emotes[/p]

Helldivers 2's post-death and destruction Super Earth rebuild begins, financed by more death and destruction

Helldivers 2 players might have managed to stop the Illuminate from totally destroying their home planet towards the end of last month, but it still got pretty badly trashed. Enter the game's latest mission - kick off the Super Earth rebuild by securing "reparations".

How are those funds being secured, you ask? This is Helldivers 2, so it's by killing a bunch more baddies.

If you wondered why it worth making such a fuss to save Super Earth from the Illuminate in Helldivers 2 not too long ago, you might want to take a look at the game's latest Galactic War twist. A fresh major order has players embarking to cities that the squids have twisted in their image, and they're a sight to behold.

Urban warfare's the thing in the shooter at the moment, with the divers having just resisted a big bug invasion of a bunch of cities. Now, they're dropping in to try and save innocent citizens that might already have been, uh, squidified.

Helldivers 2 just got a fresh patch, and it's come with a free cape (not a review bomb cape, mind you) that folks who took part in the battle for Super Earth can wear to prove they played a part in the victory. Stick it on your back, and maybe think about showing it off in the glitzy glow of the spotlights the patch adds to Leviathans.

Seriously, I promise doing that last bit won't precede the flying squid things immediately zapping you to death. Ok, maybe it will.