HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

It's been a bit of a longer wait between Helldivers 2 patches than we've previously been used to lately, with the last one have dropped back on April 16 to fix some misbhaving passives. That's just changed though, with a big new update dropping - and casually making balancing changes to 24 different weapons and stratagems.

Yup, while folks are just finishing up battling to secure themselves a new rocket launcher in the game's latest Major Order, a lot of the other stuff in their arsenals has just been re-jigged. The good news for those who're worried about the community's capacity to keep on recording impressive victories is that a fair amount of this update's gun tweaks do look to be on the buff side of the coin.

If you take a gander at the notes for Patch 01.000.300, you'll be greeted by a huge list of changes to primary, secondary & support weapons. Some of these, such as the Exploding Crossbow and BR-14 Adjudicator, have undergone pretty substantial reworks, while others have only been tweaked in a couple of ways.

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It's been a bit of a longer wait between Helldivers 2 patches than we've previously been used to lately, with the last one have dropped back on April 16 to fix some misbhaving passives. That's just changed though, with a big new update dropping - and casually making balancing changes to 24 different weapons and stratagems.

Yup, while folks are just finishing up battling to secure themselves a new rocket launcher in the game's latest Major Order, a lot of the other stuff in their arsenals has just been re-jigged. The good news for those who're worried about the community's capacity to keep on recording impressive victories is that a fair amount of this update's gun tweaks do look to be on the buff side of the coin.

If you take a gander at the notes for Patch 01.000.300, you'll be greeted by a huge list of changes to primary, secondary & support weapons. Some of these, such as the Exploding Crossbow and BR-14 Adjudicator, have undergone pretty substantial reworks, while others have only been tweaked in a couple of ways.

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

• 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%
  

• 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
  

• Increased recharge time by 5 seconds
  

• 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
  

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

• 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
  

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

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

• Decreased amount of magazines from 6 down to 3
  

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

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

• Third person crosshair enabled
  

• Damage increased from 128 to 140
  
• Ergonomics improved
  

• Damage increased from 112 to 125
  

• Slight increase in recoil
  

• Increased damage from 60 to 75
  

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

• Increased damage from 150 to 200
  

• Damage increased from 55 to 60
  

• Damage increased from 55 to 65
  

• Damage decreased from 300 to 275
  

• Decreased damage by 30%
  

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

• Increased health to match other Sentries
  

• Increased health by 33%
  

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

Arrowhead says having to choose between Helldivers 2 stratagems is an "exciting" proposition for the live game, as some players voice concern over potential toxicity when one of the rewards remains locked away. An incredible success that continues to thrive, the co-op shooter is constantly shifting while offering up new rewards and progression paths, with the choice between two stratagems the latest in a line of hard decisions.

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A new Helldivers 2 major order has arrived, and if you thought our previous challenge was a lot to deal with, this next is even more taxing - but for a different reason. One of the biggest surprise hits of the year so far, the fantastic co-op game continues to move from strength to strength with its latest Warbond and regular drops of new equipment. Now, however, we must make a tough choice, and only one of the options can be saved.

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