Helldivers 2 After 4 months
21#helldivers2 Mech Suits, Varylia 5
For this patch, we have made improvements and changes to the following areas:
Balance changes to weapons, stratagems, and enemies
Change to the Spread Democracy mission
Balancing
General
Armors with armor rating above 100 now also reduce damage on headshots.
Victory poses will now only play for the extracted. (No stolen valor on my ship.)
Burning damage reduced by 15%
Primary, Secondary & Support Weapons
CB-9 Exploding Crossbow
Slightly smaller explosion
Increased stagger
Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 8
Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Slight reduction in ergonomics
Muzzle velocity increased
LAS-99 Quasar Cannon
Increased recharge time by 5 seconds
BR-14 Adjudicator
Full auto is now the default fire mode
Reduced recoil
Increased maximum mags from 6 to 8
Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Now placed amongst assault rifles
LAS-98 Laser Cannon
Slightly increased damage
Slightly reduced damage versus large volume bodies
SG-8P Punisher Plasma
Decreased maximum mags from 12 to 8
Increased amount of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Increased projectile speed, but will still keep a similar range
Decreased damage falloff on the explosion
Now placed in the energy weapons category
ARC-12 Blitzer
Increased shots per minute from 30 to 45
Now placed in the energy weapons category
R-36 Eruptor
Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 6
Explosion damage drops off slightly faster
LAS-16 Sickle
Decreased amount of magazines from 6 down to 3
LAS-5 Scythe
Increased damage from 300 to 350
Decreased max number of mags from 6 down to 4
RS-422 Railgun
Increased armor penetration in both safe mode and unsafe mode
Stagger force slightly reduced
MG-101 Heavy Machine Gun
Third person crosshair enabled
63CS Diligence Counter Sniper
Damage increased from 128 to 140
Ergonomics improved
R-63 Diligence
Damage increased from 112 to 125
P-19 Redeemer
Slight increase in recoil
P-2 Peacemaker
Increased damage from 60 to 75
P-8 Senator
Increased damage from 150 to 175
Speedloader added when reloading on an empty cylinder–speeds up reload on empty considerably
LAS-7 Dagger
Increased damage from 150 to 200
AR-19 Liberator
Damage increased from 55 to 60
AR-23C Liberator Concussive
Damage increased from 55 to 65
JAR-5 Dominator
Damage decreased from 300 to 275
AX/AR-23 Guard Dog
Decreased damage by 30%
RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher
Airburst Rocket Launcher will no longer detonate when shot near stratagems (HMG turret, Sentries, Resupplies) and other Helldivers
Reduced proximity radius