Helldivers 2: Overhauled Heavy Enemies In Latest Update

In response to specific feedback regarding the difficulty of targeting enemy weak points, the update also includes adjustments to the health of certain enemies like the charger’s head, allowing players to employ more strategic approaches to combat. This tweak is part of Arrowhead’s broader strategy to listen to and actively address community concerns, ensuring that gameplay remains engaging and fair.

Additionally, Arrowhead has temporarily removed the “Electronic Countermeasures” modifier from the game. This decision was made to refine the implementation of this feature and minimize frustration among players, demonstrating Arrowhead’s commitment to positive gameplay experiences.

New Arsenal Enhancements In Helldivers 2 Update

The update is not solely focused on adjustments and refinements. It also introduces the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond, adding new content to Helldivers 2. This includes unique armor sets, cosmetic enhancements, and innovative weapons such as lightning-dispensing shotguns and burst-firing lasers. These additions provide players with new tools and strategies to face the relentless onslaught of enemies, enriching the Helldivers 2 universe and keeping the gameplay experience fresh and exciting.

Arrowhead Game Studios’ dedication to improving Helldivers 2 is evident in these updates. By addressing player feedback and introducing new content, Arrowhead ensures that Helldivers 2 remains a dynamic and engaging experience for its community. The adjustments to heavy Terminid enemies, in particular, highlight Arrowhead’s commitment to balancing challenge with enjoyment, ensuring that Helldivers 2 continues to be a rewarding experience for players of all skill levels.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.000.102 Patch Notes

For those eager to delve deeper into the specifics of the latest adjustments and enhancements, the full list of patch notes provides a comprehensive overview of the changes made in Helldivers 2. These notes detail every tweak, addition, and refinement, ensuring players are fully informed of the latest developments in the game.

Balancing

Enemies:

• The amount of heavily armored targets that spawn on higher difficulties, especially for Terminids, have been a big discussion point online and internally. The intent is for groups to have to bring some form of anti-tank capability but not to the degree previously needed.
• To that end we have reduced the spawn rate of Chargers and Bile Titans on difficulties 7 and up. In addition we have reduced the risk of spawn spikes of Chargers and Bile Titans.
• Please note that we have changed the distribution of enemy types, not reduced difficulty. Expect other enemy types to appear in greater numbers instead.
• We are humbled by the community’s ability to find things like Chargers “leg meta” in our game, however spending your heavy anti tank weapons on legs instead of the obvious weak point seems counter to expectation.
• We are not changing anything regarding the Charger’s legs, we are however lowering the health of the Charger’s head. It should now be at a point where a well placed shot from a Recoilless Rifle or EAT-17 instantly kills a charger.
• Together with the unfortunately undocumented change of last patch that increased the armor penetration ability of less well placed shots for EAT-17s and Recoilless Rifle shots, Chargers should now be easier to handle by well equipped groups.

Gameplay

• “Electronic Countermeasures” operation modifier, which had a chance of giving you a random stratagem instead of the one you input, has been removed in order to be reworked, and will be reintroduced in a future iteration. We found that this modifier wasn’t communicated clearly enough and overall caused more frustration than excitement with the way it was currently implemented. This change was made in 1.000.100 but was unintentionally omitted from the patch notes.

Fixes

• Fixed missing text on several HUD / UI elements.
• Fixed several subtitle / VO mismatches in the news videos.
• Fixed various crashes that occurred mid-gameplay and when deploying to missions.

Known Issues

• Game crashes when attempting to use a stim while inside an Exosuit.
• Pink artifacts may appear in the sky when setting off large explosions.
• Automaton Dropship seemingly disappears and slides in after being shot down.
• Shots from arc-based weapons may not count towards kills in post-mission stats.
• Players cannot unfriend other players befriended via friend code.
• Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the friend requests tab.
• Players may be unable to select loadout or return to ship when joining a multiplayer game session via PS5 Activity Card.
• The Exosuit can destroy itself with rockets if it fires while turning.
• Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction.
• Some people are unable to accept friend requests. This is mostly an issue cross platform