Helldivers 2 dev rates the next patch "a strong 7 or an 8" out of 10 because it's going to be "evolutionary rather than revolutionary"
Sep. 13, 2024“A solid patch with a bunch of changes”
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TheHelldivers 2devs have spent the week or so promoting a major patch aimed at addressing a whole pile of player concerns, but one developer is offering a reminder that this one’s about evolution rather than revolution.
On Discord, community manager Thomas ‘Twinbeard’ Petersson was asked how he’d rate the new patch on a scale of 1-10. “I’d rate the patch a strong 7 or an 8 (or a 3+ to -4 if you prefer),” Twinbeard says. As for why it’s not a 10/10, he adds that “I’m picky in terms of grading and review scores. If everything’s great, what do you say when something comes along that IS truly great? So yeah. A solid patch with a bunch of changes; evolutionary rather than revolutionary.”
Twinbeard has said similar things in the recent past, noting that theupcoming update won’t be the “biggest patch of all time.“A proper 9 or 10/10 patch, in Twinbeard’s estimation, would take “new substantial game mechanics or systems being implemented that also improved the game as a whole.” Stuff like new areas, vehicles, enemies, weapons, and the like.
What this upcoming patch will feature is awholelot of buffs. TheRailgun’s power is getting quadrupled, thecontroversial Flamethrower changes are getting rolled back alongside a 33% damage buff, and theBreaker is getting buffed back to what it was at launch. Exactly how all these buffs work together in practice remains to be seen, but even if this patch isn’t “revolutionary,” in Twinbeards words, it seems the community is anticipating a big step in the right direction.
Helldivers 2’s mega-buff patch also nerfs Rocket Devastators and Gunships: “I’m hiding behind a rock, they blow their load all over me, and then I can move out of cover.”
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