Helldivers 2’s latest patch introduces planetary dangers and more environmental challenges
Arrowhead Game Studios has released a new one Hell divers 2 patch that adds planetary hazards to the game.
Version 01.000.100 is labeled as a “minor” patch and is currently only live on PC, but will be coming to PlayStation 5 “soon.” The main outcome of this update is the plethora of quality of life changes, balance updates and a bunch of bug fixes related to ongoing technical issues.
The most notable feature, however, is the introduction of “Planetary Hazards”, which are now active in the game. It’s unclear what these dangers might be, and the patch notes are fairly vague, but players should now expect to face more dangers as they fight for freedom across the galaxy.
Additionally, numerous planets have also received additional environmental challenges, which Arrowhead says will “randomly appear as you deploy,” challenges ranging from fire tornadoes to meteor showers, and much more yet to be discovered.
In terms of balance, Eradicate missions have been adjusted and now require more kills, while enemies will spawn more often, increasing the pressure. The studio also notes that the time to complete missions was previously shorter than intended and has been fixed, so it should now take twice as long to complete.
You can watch the full patch notes below, which also confirm numerous technical improvements, as well as the fact that party members will now take damage from fire and gas generated by other players.
Hell divers 2 version 01.000.100 patch notes:
Important updates
- Planetary hazards active
- Many planets now have additional environmental challenges that appear randomly as you deploy, from fire tornadoes to meteor showers and more.
To balance
Eliminate missions
- Extermination missions now require more kills and enemies spawn more often. The time to complete the mission was previously shorter than intended and should now normally take twice as long.
Primary, secondary and support weapons
- SG-225 breaker
- SG-8 Punisher
- SG-225SP Breaker Spray & Bid
- RS-422 rail gun
- FLAM-40 Flamethrower
- LAS-98 laser cannon
Strategies
- Shield generator pack
- Orbital 120MM HE barrage
- Orbital 380MM HE barrage
Solutions
- Fixed armor value values not reducing damage as intended.
- Fixed certain bug holes (including Stalker Nests) that were unnecessarily difficult to destroy.
- Fixed the anti-aliasing switch not working on PS5.
- Balanced lighting on all planets to resolve cases where the game was too dark.
- Improved flashlight efficiency.
- Improved visibility during “sand rain” weather on Erata Prime.
- Updated teaching materials and lighting.
- Improved cases where some materials could look blurry when the “Exposure” graphics setting was set to “Low”.
- Fixed timing issues that could occur in the primary target ‘Extract E-710’.
- Button interaction behavior changed for buttons in bunker POIs. Helldivers will now release the button after holding it down for a few seconds.
- Fixed a number of cases where large assets would float when the ground beneath them was blown up.
- Helldivers positioned next to ICBMs during launch will become quite warm with the potential for not-so-spontaneous combustion.
- Fixed an issue with unthrowable snowballs after ragdolling.
- Fixed an issue where you could use grenades after drowning.
- The camera is no longer locked to the player’s own corpse and blocks spectator mode.
- Helldivers now take damage from fire, gas, etc. generated by other players.
- The armor no longer stretches when chopped into pieces.
known problems
These are issues introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and not yet resolved.
- The game may freeze after several powerful strategies are used in succession.
- Picking up items from caches can cause characters to freeze in place for extended periods of time.
- If you pick up items from bunkers and caches in quick succession, one of the items may become unrecoverable.
- Players cannot unfriend other players who are friends via the friend code.
- Players may not be able to select equipment or return to the ship when participating in a multiplayer gaming session via the PS5 Activity Map.
- Mission Objective HUD displays different numbers for client and host during some missions.
- The default armor is always displayed when viewing the warrior league, regardless of what armor the player has equipped.
- The display of the text chat box is obstructed by the cinematic mailboxes during unpacking.
- Some text in the HUD/UI is missing or not displayed correctly.
- Players may experience issues when many players try to log in and/or play at the same time:
- Login speed limitation
- Players may lose connection while playing
- Several UI issues can occur when the game communicates with servers
- Some games cannot be added to other games for a short period of time
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