Wahey, Helldivers 2’s Escalation of Freedom replace is now reside, bringing with it quite a lot of weapon balancing tweaks that’re most likely value having a look at earlier than you delve in.
When you’re simply coming again to the sport after a little bit break for this replace, and have not seen the headline stuff Escalation of Freedom’s bringing, it is also nicely value checking the record of huge new options right here. Particularly since Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani’s commemorated the replace’s arrival by ominously posting: “Helldivers – put together your our bodies. ‘Right this moment is an effective day to die’- Klingon proverb.”
Within the full notes for the replace, which you will discover on Steam, Arrowhead’s outlined the tweaks, which may nicely be tweaked additional relying on the suggestions it will get. Don’t be concerned, there aren’t as many as there have been in earlier updates, and I am fairly positive you will like a minimum of one in every of them.
That one is the Exploding Crossbow now being a one-handed weapon, that means you’ll be able to duel wield it with a protect, like if Michael Bay was a medieval knight who was good at multitasking. Except for that, listed below are the remainder of the weapon adjustments:
- SG-8S Slugger – elevated stagger pressure, elevated unfold, elevated drag.
- SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary – decreased variety of magazines from six to 4, and elevated recoil from 28 to 41.
- – GP-31 Grenade Pistol – decreased ammo capability from eight to 6, and elevated the variety of rounds replenished from an ammo field from two to 4.
- AX/AR-23 Guard Canine – elevated variety of magazines from six to eight.
- Orbital Strolling Barrage – elevated variety of salvos three to 5, and decreased motion pace by 40%.
- Orbital 120mm HE Barrage – decreased cooldown from 240 seconds to 180 seconds and lowered time between salvoes.
When you’re questioning what sorts of missions you will be taking over with these revised weapons, along with the larva-carrying goals we have already seen, Arrowhead says there are additionally ones based mostly round assaulting “Automaton human processing vegetation to destroy their evil Bio-Processor”, which is a factor.
There’s additionally a bit extra information on some much less flashy gameplay tweaks Arrowhead’s used this chance to make, together with eradicating the “Atmospheric Interference” operation modifier, Vitality shields now with the ability to block snowstorms, and gunship patrols now being much less frequent, in addition to simpler to take down by taking pictures their engines.
How do you’re feeling about these tweaks and are you excited to delve into Escalation of Freedom? Tell us beneath!
