The Game-Changing Arrival of a Huge Patch

With this new patch almost as huge as Super Earth itself for Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Games will greatly shake up the habits of democracy fighters. This update 01.000.300 radically rebalances weapons, strategies and enemies, in addition to bringing numerous fixes. Here are the key points to remember from this latest patch, freshly deployed.

A massive new patch for Helldivers 2

Arrowhead Games has not finished spoiling Helldivers 2 players eager for free tea. Between the addition of new content, exciting leaks and patches deployed very regularly, the fight for Super-Earth never rests. It is precisely a new patch that interests us here, code name 01.000.300. This intends to bring a massive rebalancing of the game. It targets not only weapons and strategies, but also enemies and general gameplay. Since a list (literally as long as an arm) speaks louder than words, here is the important rebalancing to come to the Arrowhead Games title, translated from English by us. Many bugs have also been fixed, most aimed at improving the stability of the game. To see all of this in detail, go to the patch notes of the game on its official Steam page.

Balancing

General

• Armor with an armor rating above 100 now also reduces damage from headshots.
• Victory poses will now only play for previews. (No valuables stolen from my ship)
• Burn damage reduced by 15%

Primary, secondary and support weapons

CB-9 explosive crossbow:

• Slightly smaller explosion
• Increased dispersion
• Decreased the number of maximum magazines from 12 to 8
• Increased the number of magazines received from restock from 6 to 8
• Slight reduction in ergonomics
• Cannon velocity increased

LAS-99 quasar cannon

• Cooldown increased by 5 seconds

Referee BR-14

• Auto mode is now the default firing mode
• Reduced recoil
• Increased maximum number of magazines from 6 to 8
• Increased the number of magazines received from restock from 6 to 8
• Now categorized as an assault rifle

LAS-98 laser cannon

• Damage slightly increased
• Slightly reduced damage compared to large bodies

Plasma Punisher SG-8P

• Decreased maximum magazines from 12 to 8
• Increased the number of magazines received during restocking from 6 to 8
• Increased projectile speed, but will maintain similar range
• Decreased long range damage reduction on explosion
• Now categorized as an energy weapon

Blitzer ARC-12

• Increased shots per minute from 30 to 45
• Now categorized as an energy weapon

R-36 breaker

• Decreased the number of maximum magazines from 12 to 6
• Explosion damage decreases slightly faster

Sickle LAS-16

• Reduced the number of magazines from 6 to 3

Fake LAS-5

• Increased damage from 300 to 350
• Decreased maximum number of magazines from 6 to 4

RS-422 electromagnetic cannon

• Increased armor penetration in Safe Mode and Hazardous Mode
• Slightly reduced stun force

MG-101 heavy machine gun

• Third-person crosshair enabled

63CS Diligence sniper rifle

• Damage increased from 128 to 140
• Improved ergonomics

Damage increased from 112 to 125

P-19 Redeemer

• Slight increase in recoil

P-2 Peacemaker

• Increased damage from 60 to 75

Senator P-8

• Damage increased from 150 to 175
• Quick reload added when reloading an empty magazine

LAS-7 Dagger

• Increased damage from 150 to 200

AR-19 Liberator

• Damage increased from 55 to 60

AR-23C Liberator Concussion

• Damage increased from 55 to 65

JAR-5 Dominant

• Damage reduced from 300 to 275

AX/AR-23 guard dog

• Damage decreased by 30%

RL-77 Burst Rocket Launcher

• The Rocket Launcher will no longer explode when fired near Stratagems (HMG Turret, Sentries, Supply Drops) and other Helldivers.
• Reduced proximity radius

Stratagems

Sentinel machine gun A/MG-43

• Health increased to match other Sentinels

Visit Tesla A/ARC-3

Launch FAF-14

• Added reloading of the reload stage after the spent missile has been discarded

RL-77 Burst rocket launcher

• See changes above

Enemies

• Spitter movement speed slightly reduced
• Hulks: strength required for them to stagger slightly increased
• Direct damage from equipped Hulk Flamethrower reduced by 20%
• Devastator fire rate increased slightly (standard model only)
• Lateral movement of combat helicopters increased slightly
• Walker pilots are now less vulnerable to explosions
• The health and armor of fog generators has been increased.
• Ship generators now have a much lower cap on the number of ships they can have active at one time.

Enemy patrols

• The appearance of patrols has been increased when there are less than 4 players. The fewer players there are, the greater the change. For 4 player missions, there will be no change from before. The most notable change will be for solo players on higher difficulty.

Helldivers 2 Gameplay

• Minor level generation improvements to how we distribute locations on the mission map. This should improve the variation in distance between objectives, and objectives probably won't appear as far away from each other as often as before.
• Added a setting to the options section of the game menus to disable automatic climbing and jumping while sprinting.
• The Spread Democracy mission, also known as “Raise the Flag,” can now be played on higher difficulties for maximum spread of freedom.
• When preparing, Helldivers now salute to ensure maximum democratic preparation.
• Added ambience to the planetary quake risk to emphasize its severity so Helldivers can react accordingly.
• Shots that ricochet off heavily armored enemies will now correctly hit the Helldiver that fired them. Discipline when shooting is strongly recommended.