W UPDATE

Imo, the new UI is a great update as it allows for better readability and juat looks beter and improves on the UX

Y'all need to take a closer look at the patch and pay attention to the small details, it aint that great...I play mostly solo so keep that in mind when i say this...The patrols still suck, there are at least double the amount of enemies with more medium/heavies in them. You can tell no difference whatsoever in any of the AR's except the Tenderizer, the Eagle Strafe impact area is WAY thinner, like enemies basically have to be single file now so it doesnt kill as many and it only damages medium enemies 90% of the time so its not good on higher diffs at all. The orbital gatling barrage is alot better but its still not gonna be viable on 7+ diffs. The throwing knife is a damn joke and nothing more than just cool. The new shotgun doesnt kill any better than the revolver, and has half the ammo with no medium pen so its a no. You'd be ignorant to take the new Liberatior over the base model that has a scope and WAY better handling/accuracy/recoil. Most of the people I know don't give a shit about the sentry turrets nor do I so I won't give you a biased opinion on those, but basically, Arrowhead gave us a killer scope on the AMR, left the AR's shittier than the SMG's, didn't give us back the shrapnel on the Erupter, buffed shit most people don't care about and still won't use, made us waste medals for skins on mechs we dont use, to put on the side of hellpods when we look down at the top of it as its comin down and cant see the skin, and on the pelican that u see once in 40 minutes. No custom weapon/armor shaders to change the shitty color combos they came up with, no new mission types, and just a few minor QOL tweaks...lol...people will be pissed and shitting on this patch in a week just like I am now. Arrowhead sucks at weapon balancing and design, are apparently color blind or gay, and do NOT give us anything we ask for.

Top-shelf journalism sir! Thank you for your service.

Just did a bot op on difficulty 7 focusing on trying new things. Used the flamethrower, HMG, rocket pods, and 120MM, as well as the new liberator and shotgun. All of them are super fun, especially with the new balance of chaff vs heavies. I had a blast!

For me personally, I want the devs to give the slugger back its stagger and ability to open crates at the least. But they do deserve praise for the patch, and I believe the gaming community as a whole complains more than anything. So don't forget to give kudos to the devs when it's due. Imo

I kind of love the gunship patrols and my favourite load out already included the orbital precision strike and heavy machine gun so it's been great for those, solved every problem I had with them, you don't give the orbital precision strike enough credit though, it's fast cool down and excellent damage makes it great for bile titans at high difficulty levels, and chargers, it's probably the only thing I can consistently one shot bile titans with, 500kg usually don't kill them outright and neither do railcannon strikes and they're off cool down so often you don't have to feel like using them on a charger or hulk is a waste

yeah i was not ready for the gun ship patrols and was legit dumbstuck when i saw it for the first time but hey thats what a auto cannon is for lol

Did I hear right when this man said gunships appear to be patrolling higher levels?

From what I know, Devastators and Hulks have this silver-chrome like paint on them instead of the usual black. It's most likely a visual bug, but I like to imagine it's the automations testing new cyberstan defenders or something like that.

I would like the crossbow to get the square sight of the breaker christmas tree reticle and a steeper projectile arc. I want to be able to arch bolts into things

A great step forward in the right direction

If they were balancing based on numbers they're terrible at math

"It will now Mother fuck medium armour enemies" Mother fuck is now being added to my dictionary

The precision strike was already better than the railcannon for everyone who could aim it. Now more people can aim it.

This update is friggen awesome. I love it.

WE ARE SO BACK

Give eruptor ap lvl 4 and purifier ap lvl5 with 550 damage

The patch is great! The Galactic Map showing Supply Lines is a great boon overall. The only thing mucking it up for me is that the Ballistic Shield doesn't allow you to get up from crouching or prone unless you unnequip it first. Super annoying, but it's not stopping me from playing. Imm using the Jump Pack for the time being and it seems you can aim and shoot with it when I thought you can only throw grenades and reload, so that's a fun thing. I can't wait for the next video, JebblesJr!

I am very very happy with the way things feel now, the Eruptor feels decent again - not as good as it used to be but it isn't the dogwater weapon it was after the shrapnel was removed. The newest Warbond is alright, the new Liberator is meh - it is your basic Liberator with higher fire rate and more recoil, it functions similarly to the Knight SMG for those who have it or the machine pistol for those that don't. The new Shotgun secondary is decent and stupid in a fun way - blasting a Brood Commander with all 3 shots at once will always make me giggle like a child and each shot does similar damage to the pump shotgun primary, so it actually does damage. With the new armour the 50% melee damage increase isn't really noticable and the 30% improvement to weapon handling is noticable but not balance breaking - with the passive the JAR moves the the Adjudicator does without the passive. You're not gonna be flailing an autocannon around like it's a pistol or anything insane, it's a slight boost. I am yet to get the throwing knives but my expectations are low.

Out of all the changes, I am glad that many of these are added. Finally can use my ARs, the lib pent ammo is gorgeous even if it is weaker, the lib concussive is okay i guess the stun is nice, and the adjucator is actually pretty strong. With bots I could genuinely kill something, it was shocking.

I love how much the HMG slaps now. Been so fun, only thing it struggles on is Titans, otherwise 50 kal go bur!

Another addition I saw that’s close to what you mentioned about patrolling gunships: I saw a few instances where there were shriekers flying overhead almost like a patrol of them. My game didn’t have their nest as an objective, yet still saw a few here and there.

thanks for doing this breakdown! it's an odd one but I'm most excited about text chat being available during menus and loading screens. now I can coordinate or communicate with teammates easier before the fighting starts.

man what a great update. really excited for the next major one as well. the devs really showed they are trying to understand us and now i have full faith in them if they can keep this up. thanks for the video

This update is just pretty fantastic in general. They've looked at not just what they want to do with a weapon but how they tend to be used/not used when thinking of the buffs to make. And bugfixes. Bugfixes are great. Pilestadt making a separate newspost explaining the logic behind everything was a nice touch, too. The precision strike cooldown is because the devs noticed people were using it as a way of hitting specific slow/unaware targets, rather than whatever the railgun chose to aim at and so it's now easier to hit (or at least clip) a moving target with it.

I give this update a solid 8/10 stars. All that's missing is more ship module upgrades and a level 10 Super Helldive difficulty, which we'll probably get in the future.

Shadow patched drones to spawn in higher difficulties without their factories. Corners of eradicate missions are no longer safe from the 6 drones flying around.

I'm so happy they fixed the scopes 😭 milspec sights for the win !

Appreciate all the hard work you put into your videos. Keep up the great work.

Excellent summation 🤙

This patch, in general, is good. Some tweking will be needed, and hotfixs for crashes will be needed. Which is expected, but good all around.

Most of the changes combined are a solid W for Arrowhead and the Players. Love being given to ARs and MGs was by far my favorite part of the patch. I love running and gunning, and this will only reenforce my love for doing so in the game. Something I do want to note, and a friend of mine pointed this out too: there are so many Scout Striders now. Like, so many. Almost unbarable levels of scout striders past 5 on solo. If anyone else noticed this, please let me know here so I can see if it was just unlucky enemy comp, or if it's a legit change. And as always, all killer no filler. Thanks Jebbles!

I haven't had the chance to play yet as I'm expecting a phone call, but the patch notes look to be about 95% good news. The new Spear bug is disappointing as I love using it to nuke fabricators, and some of the improvements just highlight obnoxious issues the game had for so long like dying instantly to bug spewers and exploding jetpack bots.

The mother of all patches has been a glorious and positive change for the game

So far I'm very pleased with this update. I'm having fun which is the main thing. I've also never seen so many players at 150 before haha. Most my games have them in. Clearly old players coming back for the update. One update I like is that they've made mechs more accurate now which is nice. So maybe the whole rocket issue on the mech is fixed now. I haven't tested it but I'm sure it's all good. Overall, good update. This should set the standard imo

So glad the crossbow got some love, happy birthday to me! This is a solid step in the right direction. I'm glad Arrowhead is doing their best to listen to the community and I hope they continue on this positive trajectory.

Did the og mecs rocket arm get fixed?

Deep rock galactic doesn't update for 15 days for me, so helldivers time

I read the patch notes and before I watch this video I just wanna say: I think that it's a great set of changes, might need some little tweaks but definitely solid

i love playing helldivers 2 solo, im actually addicted

Keanu Reeves is right. Be nice.