GamesThird Person ShooterHelldivers 2Helldivers 2 devs casually reveal they’re quadrupling the Railgun’s durable damage, while CCO Pilestedt says kit like the Recoilless Rifle will become a ‘delete key’, and oh, do I like the sound of thatWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

GamesThird Person ShooterHelldivers 2Helldivers 2 devs casually reveal they’re quadrupling the Railgun’s durable damage, while CCO Pilestedt says kit like the Recoilless Rifle will become a ‘delete key’, and oh, do I like the sound of thatWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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The Helldivers 2 spokesperson wears a cheesy grin, about to be wiped off his face when a Terminid invades but - hey, can�t win �em all.

Helldivers 2 has been, over the course of its turbulent lifespan, criticised for a couple of things—firstly, its heavily armoured enemiestake a little too long to murder, and are downright impossible to kill without specific equipment. Secondly, whenever anyone’s having a bit too much fun, theweapon in question seems to get nerfed.

Arrowhead Games' CCO—formerly CEO—Johan Pilestedt took to Discord to talk a little about the design philosophies fuelling an upcoming patch, which is coming to the horde shooter September 17.

“The update that we are launching now is a much larger holistic take to realign the gameplay,” Pilestedt writes. “The reason why so many of you found excitement in some tools such as the flamethrower, railgun, [and] Eruptor, [we] realised, is because they could deal with heavily armored enemies much more effectively than they were supposed to … the changes we needed to make were a bit larger than just getting the flamethrower back to where it was; But also getting other weapons up to the level that where you (and I) feel they all should’ve been from the start.”

(Image credit: The Helldivers 2 Discord)

A message that reads: “Hey; I see a lot of people commenting on it taking long to do a numbers change etc. While it is true in isolation, the update that we are launching now is a much larger holistic take to realign the gameplay.The reason why so many of you found excitement in some tools such as the flamethrower, railgun, eruptor etc. we realized is because they could deal with heavily armored enemies much more effectively than they were supposed to according to how the weapons were portrayed. Therefore the changes we needed to make were a bit larger than just getting the flamethrower back to where it was; But also getting other weapons up to the level that where you (and I) feel they all should’ve been from the start.The game experience of this update will be much more substantial in how you play; More tools will be varying degrees of effective and specialized tools will work much better against their intended targets.Basically; The game will feel a less frustrating if you don’t have the specialized tools."

A good example of this dropped today on thegame’s Twitter, actually—the railgun is going to get a beefy upgrade,quadruplingits overall “durable” damage, as well as giving it a 150% damage boost at a full charge (up from a mere 50%).

The Railgun’s damage will get a boost too! Durable damage will be increased from 60 to 225 and fully overcharging damage will be increased from 150% to 250%. #BuffDivers pic.twitter.com/i3OjNREro3September 11, 2024

The Railgun’s damage will get a boost too! Durable damage will be increased from 60 to 225 and fully overcharging damage will be increased from 150% to 250%. #BuffDivers pic.twitter.com/i3OjNREro3September 11, 2024

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As if there was ever any doubt, when a player asks how the more specialised weapons like the Recoilless Rifle will be handled in a new, more versatile world, the CCO responds they’ll be “basically, [a] ‘delete’ key.” I like the sound of that.

All in all, if this patch delivers on its promises, it seems like Arrowhead will have dealt with most of its player base’s continuedfrustrations with its balance updates—a shift away from conservative number-fiddling and instead allowing its fun options to be, well, fun and effective at dispensing liberty.

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