Helldivers 2 Goes Wild With A 2000% Weapon Buff in Latest Patch

Even since its launch in February, Helldivers 2 has been on a rollercoaster ride, with the game receiving much praise for its immersive and engaging combat coupled with cohesive multiplayer experience. However, with all the success came along with many controversies surrounding the technical issues, especially the PSN account one. These controversies not only ruined the momentum of the game but also prevented some players from even playing the game.

However, even since this fiasco, Arrowhead Game Studios has been trying to revert the damage done, releasing various patches frequently that introduce new features and even providing a much-needed buff to the existing equipment to make them viable. The most recent equipment to get the buff is the Thermite grenade in patch 1.001.100, which will increase its damage from 100 to 2000.

Fans Are Excited to Finally Use Thermite Grenade in Helldivers 2

In Helldivers 2, Super Earth not only trains the citizens to become the Helldivers but also provides them with all the best equipment available on the planet. The variety of weapons and stratagems available to players is very vast, but due to some of them being not very effective in combat, the options can become very limited.

However, due to recent patches, Arrowhead is attempting to balance all the equipment. Now, players can have diverse loadouts and experience the fast-paced gameplay as it was meant to be. The recent patch 1.001.100 brought a whole load of bug fixes and new features to the game. The most impressive is the much-appreciated buff to the thermite grenades.

Before this patch, thermite grenades’ use was very limited as they did almost no damage to the chasing enemies and required some time to explode (time which is not present when getting chased by a horde of enemies). But now that the damage has increased from 100 to 2000 and reduction in its detonation time, it will be much more useful in protecting the payload or stopping the horde momentarily.

The increase in damage for equipments and stratagems is given all across the board due to the increased health pool of the new enemies. However, not to the scale of thermite grenades but more balanced. Players are super excited about the new patch and ready to liberate more planets with the help of newly buffed gear and stratagems.

The Patch 1.001.100 Is What Players Needed in Helldivers 2

Struggling in Helldivers 2‘s hard mode due to not knowing the mechanics of the raid or trying to solo is one issue, but failing to clear them with the best weapon or equipment possible is another story. This was the case with some of some players, as they were simply not ready for their weapons to become less effective against the new enemies (introduced a few patches before).

To address this issue and balance out the weapons according to the new enemies, Arrowhead is introducing new balancing to all the weapons and stratagems. The patch 1.001.100’s main focus is on making the game feel and become more balanced while introducing new features like Galactic War and Emote Wheel, also fixing some of the technical issues.

As players are waiting for the patch to roll out, they are hoping that Arrowhead continues to listen to their feedback and releases more excellent patches like this to make the gameplay experience more enhanced and fluid.

In the end, while it seems like Thermite grenade is getting the most love in this patch, it should be noted that almost every weapon got reworked and buffed in this patch so this is the perfect time to try out new weapons and stratagems. Also, don’t forget to spread Democracy.

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