Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 continues to make headlines. Ever since the game launched on February 8, 2024, it has been crushing records, and keeping the developers on their toes to keep the game updated.
The game opened to a highly positive reception, leading to the servers crashing due to the overload of players. Subsequently, the developers introduced a number of measures such as increasing server capacity, AFK timers, and a number of updates to keep the game running smoothly.
Likewise, the game received another update recently in Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.100.
Major changes in Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.100
Although the latest patch 01.000.100 is being called a ‘Minor Patch’, if closely looked at, it, in fact, makes some significant meta-altering updates. There are a lot of weapons that have been rebalanced, along with environmental dangers being introduced to planets.
The magazine capacity of the famous Breaker has been reduced, while the Railgun penetrates armor less when in Safe Mode.
On the other hand, the flamethrower after the update will dish out an additional 50 percent damage every second. The Laser Cannon also delivers more damage overall, while the Punisher has its capacity and stagger force buffed.
Similarly, the Breaker has fewer shots, however, these are now more potent and fire faster. When it comes to the stratagems, the Energy Shield backpack will take longer to start recharging, as the 3800 and 120mm Orbital Barrages will last longer, however with a decreased spread.
Just when one thought the buffed weapons of the teammates were not dangerous enough, the update now gives planets fire tornadoes, and meteor showers to keep players on the edge of their seats. The Eradicate Missions will also take twice as long to complete along with more kills, meaning more enemies.
Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.100 known issues
While the patch does introduce a lot of updates and changes, there are also a few issues that are prevalent in Helldivers 2. These issues may have either been introduced by this patch or are existing issues from previous patches being worked on by the developers.
The developers acknowledged these issues in the patch notes for update 01.000.100. These include:
- The game could crash after dropping several high-power stratagems in succession
- Picking up items from caches may lead to characters freezing in place for an extended period of time
- Picking up items from the bunkers and caches in succession may lead to one of the items being unpickable
- Players may not be able to unfriend other players befriended via friend code
- Players would not be able to select loadout or return to ship if they join a multiplayer game session via PS5 Activity Card
- Mission objective HUD shows different numbers for client and host during some missions
- Default armor is always displayed while considering the warbond, irrespective of the armor that the player carries.
- The text chat box display is blocked by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction
- Some text in the HUD/UI may be missing or may not be displayed correctly
- Players could experience issues when many players are attempting to log in and/or play at the same time
- Login rate limiting
- Players could be disconnected during play
- Multiple UI issues may appear when the game interacts with servers
- Some matches may not be joinable by others for a limited period of time
The latest update promises to fix some major issues in the game. Meanwhile, the game is enjoying an incredible run among the community with a score of 82% rating on Metacritic.
