Helldivers 2: When is the Next Update?

Helldivers 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed strategic shooter that combines intense action with real-time tactics (and a big helping of nonsense), has continued to evolve since its release, with Arrowhead Games diligently working on updates to make sure the thing works after unexpected success. But when can you expect the next Helldivers 2 update to land?

As of this writing, there is no official launch date for the next Helldivers 2 update, but it is expected to be a big one to coincide with the launch of the first post-launch Warbond, Cutting Edge, on March 14th, 2024.

The most recent update, 1.000.102, launched on March 12th 2024, and brought the following changes:

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.

 

 

About Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter that continues the intense cooperative multiplayer action of its top-down predecessor, challenging players to partake in intergalactic warfare to protect Super Earth, one nuclear missile and cup of Libertea at a time.

Helldivers 2 is available now on PC and PS5.

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