Incoming Helldivers 2 PS5 Patch Adds Planetary Hazards, Rebalances Weapons, More
The latest patch for Helldivers 2 has just hit PC, and will soon be deployed on PS5 too. It’s making some interesting changes to the popular co-op shooter, including a new feature that’ll make some planets a more dangerous place to inhabit.
New Planetary Hazards
New planetary hazards are being introduced. These are randomly generated environmental threats you’ll need to avoid or overcome while out on a mission. Two examples given in the patch notes are fire tornadoes and meteor showers, but there are “many more”. As if battling the endless hordes wasn’t tough enough.
Weapon Rebalancing
The update also brings some tweaks to the balancing of various weapons in the game. In a bid to avoid “stale” meta builds, where certain equipment is considered the best, developer Arrowhead is working to make every gun and stratagem a viable choice.
- Breaker: Decreased magazine capacity, increased recoil
- Railgun: Decreased armor penetration, decreased damage against durable enemy parts
- Flamethrower: Increased damage per second by 50%
- Laser Cannon: Increased damage against durable enemy parts, increased armor penetration
- Punisher: Increased total ammo capacity, increased stagger force, increased damage per bullet
- Breaker Spray & Pray: Increased armor penetration, increased fire rate, increased number of pellets per shot, decreased magazine size
Other Changes and Fixes
- Eradicate missions have been made tougher
- The anti-aliasing toggle now works on PS5
- A number of bug fixes have been implemented, including improved lighting, flashlight efficacy, and visibility during specific weather conditions
Known Issues
These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.
- Game may crash after dropping several high-power stratagems in succession
- Picking up items from caches may cause characters to freeze in place for an extended period of time
- Picking up items from bunkers and caches in quick succession may render one of the items unpickable
- Players cannot unfriend other players who were added via friend code
- Players may be unable to select loadout or return to the ship when joining a multiplayer game session via PS5 Activity Card
- Mission objective HUD displays different numbers for client and host during some missions
- Default armor is always shown while viewing the warbond, regardless of the equipped armor
- Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction
- Some text in the HUD/UI is missing or not displaying correctly
- Players may experience issues when many players attempt to login and/or play at the same time
The patch is expected to be released on PS5 soon. For more updates, stay tuned.
