Within the present narrative of Helldivers 2, the valiant Helldivers are engaged in a long-term operation in Automaton house. Gamers simply worn out the cellular jet brigade, and are actually striving to carry Chort Bay from flanking assaults. Whereas the three-front galactic warfare rages on, developer Arrowhead Recreation Studios is throwing some extra issues into the co-op shooter, in addition to just a few new instruments for the battlefield.
A brand new replace, Patch 01.002.101, is ready to go reside this Wednesday, and it has some nice quality-of-life fixes. Gamers can as soon as emote whereas falling to be able to categorical their dismay with the present circumstances, and jog whereas holding heavy gadgets like SEAF artillery shells. Maybe most curiously, the brand new patch provides huge buffs to fuel weapons. These poisonous weapons struggled to compete with different backpack and weapon slots, however the noxious impact now lasts longer and focuses on concentrating on as many enemies as potential. The complete patch notes might be discovered on Arrowhead’s Steam web page.
On the finish of January, gamers observed a “Spacetime Fluctuation Indicator” which sometimes gave an intense glow. Tremendous Earth command didn’t deign to clarify this new warning signal to Helldivers, however on Feb. 4, I couldn’t assist however discover that it has modified to a “Darkish Vitality Accumulation” meter, with the accompanying textual content: “The Meridia Singularity quickens as Darkish Vitality accumulates.” The Meridia Singularity is a wormhole that gamers created final yr, when the planet grew to become a Terminid Supercolony. Helldivers pumped Meridia stuffed with darkish fluid till it collapsed in on itself, and we’ve all been anxiously watching the gaping void in house since.
On a brighter be aware, gamers are beginning to uncover shovels on sure maps, and are experimenting to see how they’ll put the instrument to good use. The shovel is unavailable as a stratagem or weapon, and have to be discovered at a focal point on a mission. Nonetheless, Arrowhead added melee weapons to the sport with the Omens of Tyranny replace, including a stun lance and baton as potential picks for the secondary slot. We may even see the shovel be part of that class of weapons sooner or later.
Arrowhead may also launch a brand new Warbond on Thursday, dubbed Servants of Freedom. It accommodates such goodies as a transportable hellbomb, an armor mod that causes your corpse to blow up and take out surrounding enemies, and a sequence of significantly troubling helmets which are carved to appear like a human faces.
