Helldivers 2's 60-day plan progress replace has arrived, and there's an enormous replace with weapon, enemy, and armour overhauls coming in simply over every week

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has simply launched that weblog publish telling everybody the place the studio’s at when it comes to present progress on its 60-day plan. Excellent news, the following huge replace to the sport is ready to reach on September 17.

If you happen to’re out of the loop, because the Escalation of Freedom replace was accompanied by some balancing modifications and tweaks to flamethrowers that did not go down properly with quite a lot of gamers, who felt Arrowhead wasn’t aiming to make the sport match their definition of enjoyable through its nerfs to meta weapons, the studio’s been making an attempt to get quite a lot of these sad troopers again on aspect.

As detailed within the weblog publish, the following huge replace to the sport – which the likes of Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt have been teasing for the previous little bit – now has a concrete arrival date – September 17. So mark that in your calendar.

What’ll it include? Effectively, a bunch of “important modifications aimed toward refining and bettering your expertise in Helldivers 2”, which Arrowhead’s outlined a few of right here. Listed below are the bits the studio listed in its publish:

• “We’re transforming Armor Penetration, Anti-Tank weapons and enemy armor and well being values. As a key a part of the rework we have now completed an preliminary balancing cross on over 30 weapons and stratagems.”

• “We’re overhauling plenty of completely different enemies to make them really feel extra rewarding to kill if you use the right instruments to deal with them however guarantee they nonetheless really feel formidable. Enemy bots, together with Hulks, can have decrease armor, and the variety of rockets fired by enemies just like the Devastator and Gunship can be restricted, making fight extra balanced. The armor values of notably robust bug enemies just like the Charger, Impaler, and Bile Titan may also be lowered.”

• “Weapons such because the Autocannon, Heavy Machine Gun, and Anti-Materials Rifle can be more practical, offering larger loadout versatility. We’re additionally working in direction of extra enhancements for the flamethrower weapons.”

• “We’re taking this chance to think about new participant fantasies and design targets for these weapons and stratagems based mostly on the suggestions we’ve obtained and the traits we’re observing throughout gameplay.”

So, there you go. Arrowhead additionally offered a little bit of common replace as to the way it’s been getting on with its improvement, writing: “It’s been a few weeks since we dedicated to our 60-day plan, and our group has been onerous at work refining the gameplay expertise, addressing your issues by doing in-depth critiques and adjustment of varied programs, from weapon balancing and enemy conduct to the general sport mechanics. We’re absolutely dedicated to making sure Helldivers 2 meets the excessive requirements all of us anticipate. We see the steam critiques and we hear you loud and clear.”

“We worth your suggestions and are all the time in search of methods to enhance our group engagement,” the studio added, “Keep tuned for extra updates within the coming weeks as we work collectively to make Helldivers 2 the most effective it may be. We’ll be again on the September [17] with extra particulars.”

How do you are feeling concerning the modifications outlined for this subsequent huge Helldivers 2 replace and can you be delving again in to see how factor really feel as soon as it drops? Tell us beneath!