Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has finally released the latest patch which changed the most used Railgun, Breaker and Shield Generator Backpack. All the changes are revealed in a Discord post but this blog posted by Arrowhead’s Head of Product Testing, Patrik Lasota, has more detail about their philosophies about balancing.
Highlights of the patch notes include:
- Changes to several weapons including the Railgun, Breaker, and Breaker Spray & Pray.
- Big buff to Flamethrower, Laser Cannon and Punisher
- Eradicate missions will require more kills to complete
- Energy Shield Backpack recharge time increased
- Armor rating is now fixed
For the full patch notes, you can view them in Steam’s official post.
Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter game that was released to much praise for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.