Helldivers 2 patch adds two new planetary hazards and an increased level cap
Say hello to blizzards and sandstorms
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Arrowhead Game Studios has released a newHelldivers 2patch, which makes significant balance changes and adds two new planetary hazards.
Version 01.000.200 is now live and, as Arrowhead puts it in theSteampatch notes, is a “slightly bigger update for you all to assist in the liberation efforts of our galaxy,” and comes with two new surprise features.
First is the increased level cap, which has been raised from 50 to 150, since some players have already maxed it out, so it’s a welcome adjustment that will allow players to level up further as they continue to fight for freedom and democracy across the galaxy.
Second, is the addition of two new Planetary Hazards: blizzards and sandstorms. Planetary Hazards were introduced inversion 01.000.100last month and are essentially environmental dangers that can occur at any point on any planet while players fight off the Automatons and Terminids.
The patch also aims to address balance changes to a range of features across the board, like Stategems and weapons. One notable change is for the ‘Retrieve Essential Personnel’ missions, which have been tweaked, moving the enemy spawn points further away from the objective so players have a fairer chance of defending the location and now there are fewer civilians required to complete the mission on higher difficulties.
In terms of enemies, the Bile Titan can no longer be stunned, Shriekers can’t create bug breaches anymore, and the Bile Spewer and Nursing Spewer enemies do less damage with their projectile vomit (yuck), among other tweaks.
The lengthy patch notes can be read in full below, which also highlight known issues, including a bug affecting cross-play and friend invites not appearing in the friend tab.
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Helldivers 2version 01.000.200 patch notes:
Gameplay
Planetary Hazard additions
Increased level cap
Balancing
Missions
Retrieve Essential Personnel
Destroy Command Bunkers
Operation Modifiers
Primary, Secondary, & Support Weapons
Stratagems
Enemies
Helldiver
Balancing adjustments have been made to:
Fixes
We have improved the system that prevents hellpod steering close to large or important objects.
Ballistic Shield changes
Tutorial
Known IssuesThese 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.
Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play
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