Highlights
- Patch 1.000.302 for Helldivers 2 focuses on fixing issues with damage-over-time effects, weapon balancing, and enemy behaviors for a smoother gameplay experience.
- The update addresses gameplay issues like firing Punisher Plasma while wearing a shield backpack, specific crash problems, and social menu improvements.
- Arrowhead Game Studios’ commitment to player feedback is evident in the reconsideration of a controversial PSN account linking requirement in Helldivers 2.
Arrowhead Game Studios has rolled out Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.302, focusing on key areas like damage-over-time effects issues, weapon and enemy balancing, social menu issues, and more. This update also introduces a range of fixes to enhance the overall gaming experience for Helldivers 2 players.
Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter that garnered positive reviews for its engaging gunplay and cooperative multiplayer. Helldivers 2 has achieved noteworthy milestones, including selling over 8 million units within two months, making it the largest launch for a PlayStation Studios game on PC, and maintaining high player engagement with 450,000 concurrent players on Steam. However, recent negative reviews on Steam surfaced due to Sony’s decision to mandate PSN account login for Helldivers 2 PC players.
Helldivers 2 Players Are Now Reverse-Review Bombing the Game
Shortly after Sony revealed it would no longer move forward with its controversial Helldivers 2 update, fans are already showing their gratitude.
One notable improvement in the update addresses Helldivers 2‘s issues with damage-over-time effects, ensuring consistency across all players instead of limiting it to the network session owner. In terms of balancing, the patch includes adjustments to primary, secondary, and support weapons. Notably, the R-9 Eruptor sees an increase in explosion damage by 40, while the shrapnel from the explosion has been removed. This change aims to prevent scenarios where players inadvertently cause massive damage to themselves or their teammates in a wide radius around the explosion. Additionally, enemy behavior has been tweaked with slight increases in the Shrieker’s sight and hearing range, as well as adjustments to the Gunship’s hearing range to enhance their detection capabilities.
The patch also addresses various gameplay issues. Now firing the Punisher Plasma while wearing a shield backpack no longer damages the Helldiver. Furthermore, this patch addresses specific crash issues that remained unresolved in the previous Helldivers 2 update, such as crashes during specific missions, game shutdowns, rejoining sessions, cutscenes, diving into missions, and using certain weapon types. These fixes contribute to a more stable and enjoyable gameplay experience for all players.
Social menu improvements are also included in the update, with fixes for PC players adding friends through friend codes, displaying Steam friends in the Social Menu, and resolving issues related to player names, lobby privacy settings, and more. These enhancements aim to streamline the social aspect of Helldivers 2, allowing players to connect and interact seamlessly.
Arrowhead Game Studios has consistently demonstrated its commitment to addressing players’ feedback, as seen in its decision to reconsider the controversial Helldivers 2 PSN account linking requirement. Now, with patch 1.000.302 in place, players can expect a smoother gameplay experience.
Helldivers 2 Update 1.000.302 Patch Notes
Balancing
R-9 Eruptor
- Increased explosion damage by 40 and removed shrapnel from the explosion
This is to avoid cases in which players would randomly one-shot themselves or their teammates in a huge radius around the explosion
Enemies
- Increased Shrieker sight and hearing range slightly.
- Increased Gunship hearing range slightly
Fixes
Gameplay
- We have fixed issues with the way Damage-over-time effects were being applied. This should fix issues where only the network session owner could apply them, and other cases where they would be applied inconsistently.
- Firing the Punisher Plasma while wearing a shield backpack no longer damages the Helldiver
- Fixed issues with some weapon scopes not being aligned in First-Person-View.
- The sound when stimming no longer plays while being interrupted
- Major orders with the “Kill task” now track score correctly. Previously it counted the entire squad’s kills once for each player, meaning it would multiply the score by the number of people on the mission; this is now amended.
- Helldivers can no longer land on tall rocks in the “Horde Defend Missions”
- Helldivers can no longer land on top of bug pillars in Deactivate Terminid Control System missions
- Fix for the reinforce stratagem not being present if a Helldiver leaves the session before readying up and then hot joining the active session
Crashes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when all players were dead on the “Deactivate Terminid Control System” mission
- Fixed a crash that could occur on game shutdown
- Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving the mission and rejoining
- Fixed a crash that could occur at the end of cutscenes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when diving into missions
- Fixed a tutorial crash that could occur on PC when ALT+Tabbing
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using beam weapons
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur for players on startup when using VPN
- Fixed a soft lock that could occur if the player would open the text chat while having the stratagem menu open
- Other general crash fixes
- PC players adding friends through friend codes can no longer show up as “Unknown”
- Fixed overlapping footers inside menus
- Steam friends should now be visible in Social Menu, even though Friends List is not set to Public in Steam Privacy Settings
- Recent Players list will now include hot-joining players
- Players are now able to unblock players that were not in their friends list beforehand
- Fixed issue with empty friend-names in Social Menu
- Lobby privacy mode text updates immediately when changed
- Player names longer than 26 characters should now update properly in the Social Menu
- Fixed issue where non-host players could kick others indiscriminately including the host
Other
- Total purchased counter on the right side of the Robotics Workshop section no longer displays 7 / 8 despite all stratagems being purchased
- Resolved some edge cases related to Steam AppId related errors on login
Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter developed by Arrowhead Games Studios for the PC and PlayStation 5 where players take control of a Helldiver set to protect the citizens of Super Earth by traveling to hostile alien worlds and destroying threats. Players undergo missions, defeat enemies, and use special items called Stratagems to help turn the tide of battle in this punishing release.
- Franchise
- Helldivers
- Released
- February 8, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Arrowhead Game Studios
- Genre(s)
- Shooter
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op