Helldivers 2 - 500KG Bomb Buff, New Stratagem Unlocked, Game Overhaul Update Tomorrow!

[@Duranous.]

The visual mismatch of the 500kg has always been a head scratcher. The only problem is that I will now frag myself way more often because I've been pretty risky with it ☠️

[@La_shine]

I wonder if we can still dive the explosion, I be throwing that shit right next to me and divin right as it explodes 💀💀💀💀

[@Duranous.]

@@La_shine Same, we will surely die if it's now working as expected.

[@jovifidelis]

And I’m all for it :D (we will probably learn to handle it as well)

[@jar-jarnotbinks7685]

Dive to the floor. When your helldiver is on prone position you take something like -90% explosion damages, unless you get direct hit by the projectile. The real danger is being ragdolled headfirst into a rock and dying of concussion =)

[@La_shine]

@@jar-jarnotbinks7685 you a real one jarjarnotbinks

[@SickVidsNick]

The napalm barrage is legit fucking awesome, I love the feeling of being excited to play helldivers again

[@mangasaint]

It’s just a must against bugs even if it doesn’t take out the nests, I wanna try it against bots too.

[@Magnusfication]

​@@mangasaint ive found it works pretty well against bots. Ita just not very good at taking out buildings. Which is weird cuz theyre supposed to be 120mm shells. But i still like it the way it is, cuz otherwise there wuld be no need for the standard 120mm barrage

[@BostonKnick]

Friendly fire is going to increase by 500% 😂

[@Karma-cj1wu]

Soo looking foward to it

[@57Kerrigan57]

Just like Helldivers 1, except in Helldivers 1 if you stopped moving, everyone was traped in death with you xD

[@TheGeoCheese]

Oh fuck me I’m staying far away from my team now 🤣

[@javierxrtd]

Can't wait lol

[@urbanapache2]

Already started.....the napalm at extraction seems to be a favourite.

[@dknight2585]

I’m going to kilo myself with the 500kg so many times when buffed. I’m used to throwing it at my feet and running away. But it’s much needed. Tired of throwing the 500kg bomb and sad when it barely kills anything.

[@matthewrosado1936]

I'd keep my expectations low, they never elaborated on the numbers of the distance, pre match the damage zone was 20m, but really 10m kill zone

[@MNewton]

@@matthewrosado1936 They do have that video but yeah agreed.

[@Magnusfication]

Im a little worried it will make the OPS redundant. Ive alqays preferred ot over de 500. But will be interesting to play around with

[@MNewton]

@@dknight2585 ops is always gonna be the faster choice, I've been taking both and will likely continue. Also ops is much less likely to land right next to you on sleepily sloped terrain so it will continue to have its place

[@michaelgalloway1359]

@@Magnusfication OPS has the bonus of not hitting trees randomly or other terrain it'll still have a spot plus it comes back more often and faster than the 500s do.

[@audricmerryman8107]

Haven't played a lot since the arc thrower nerf, then then none after the fire nerf. I will be coming back tomorrow!

[@Tvsland]

Literally same

[@chaddrusso8850]

Same!!

[@alphawolfgang173]

Same. I was a big fan of the arc thrower, I lost interest in the game when they nerfed the arc thrower, but this will bring me back.

[@blitzhunts]

@audricmerryman8107 Same! Il finally return

[@javierxrtd]

I don't care if my teammates kill me accidentally, I don't care if they add double the bugs, all we wanted was POWERFUL weapons, I am so PROUD of arrowhead!!!

[@trevboy98]

The orbital napalm barrage slaps so hard

[@kelmirosue3251]

Can it kill heavy targets as well?

[@FruityIndabooty]

It can kill a shit ton of bots but you have to throw it in the middle of a fort or huge mob of enemies and you'll get kills I had gotten 70kills.

[@mangasaint]

@@kelmirosue3251Fire does to damage to them regardless of type and a direct explosion to weak points or medium armor should do damage but I doubt it damages heavy armor zones.

[@kelmirosue3251]

@@mangasaint yeah I'm looking at things like Bile Titans, Chargers, etc

[@jaywerner8415]

​@@kelmirosue3251 I think it will if the shells hits them directly enough times might.

[@jaskaransohal6203]

My pure destruction loadout - Orbital 380mm, Orbital 120MM, Orbital Walking Barrage, and finally Orbital Nepalm barrage

[@Magnusfication]

Ita great for the eradicate missions. I had a team of 4 and all brought all the barrages (including the gatlin one at the time) u cant kill yourself faster than you can respawn and throw another. If a teammate survives a wave of barrages its a bonus. You run out of targets waay before you run out of respawns. Legit tactic 😂

[@killerisawsome2918]

I love the napalm barrage as an avid user of the 380 (because I like leveling structures to make way for freedom structures) this new barrage just scratches that itch I have for barrage that 380 dose not like it will actually get a lot of kills, it will actually cover the hole area including the center of the barrage and it's not random, plus it shoots faster and the explosion of the impact is actually really great, plus if you are an arsonist and love to watch bugs burn then this is it

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I actually love how the 380 has a safe spot in the middle where I can go prone and live

[@De_Vegi]

Come tomorrow, as a veteran creek crawler and primarily bot diver, the bug pyro loadout I’ve left collecting dust is going to need to be brought back out of storage. It’s been a long time since I’ve been excited to play bugs

[@cryo2099]

im so excited for the arc thrower buff. I NEED MORE LOVE FOR ARC WEAPONS!!!!!

[@michaelmcinally5899]

Team kill machines 😂

[@Aggro224]

It’s trash

[@cavemanbonk8320]

​@@Aggro224 used to be the best all rounder support stratagem before it got nerfed, especially for bots

[@Bloodtoxx]

I've actually been really enjoying the Blitzer primary recently. I only play bugs, so I don't know how it is with bots, but the stagger on it alone is amazing, you can fully stunlock most bugs with it, stops bile spewers pre/mid-puke, and stops stalkers in their tracks.

[@bobertastic6541]

@@cavemanbonk8320used to be able to stagger hulks in a single hit as well! Sad we aren’t getting that back, even if it makes sense

[@AxelPaul307]

I'm ready for Escalation of Freedom 2 Electric Boogaloo: this time we got it right.

[@Nic9458]

Managed to get over 1k super credits this morning and I’ve got plenty of medals stocked. I’m gonna buy that new warbond instantly and I can’t wait to play after all the buffs

[@Szabjack]

Sweet, sweet liberty! Excited for tomorrow.

[@HighDiver5555]

I live-streamed the Liberation of Tarsh last night. I was NOT going to sleep before we liberated it

[@Casey-J-Williams]

I’m really very happy with these buffs! I really hope all of the ARs will get a good buff too though… at least in terms of ammo capacity.

[@De_Vegi]

Saw someone say that we could keep the total ammo the same by reducing total mags, but giving each mag an extra fifteen or so rounds. A 45 round tenderizer would be perfect

[@Casey-J-Williams]

@@De_Vegi Maybe I’m asking for too much, but I’d like ARs to have like 50, maybe even 60 rounds. Obviously them having the same mag capacity as the machine guns would be too much, but I’d still like a brrrrrt weapon that I didn’t have to reload every 5 seconds.

[@De_Vegi]

@@Casey-J-Williams Yeah, that's why 15 extra rounds would be perfect. Liberators would have 60 round mags, and the current 30 round penetrater/tenderizer/adjudicator would get a bump up to 45, so as not to overshadow the others. The price for a 60 round mag would be not having extra bells and whistles like medium armor pen, or explosive rounds, or massive damage with no recoil, or what have you, but they'd still have a solid mag size at 45 rounds

[@sneak9701]

500KG getting a buff!?! WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[@blitzhunts]

It needed it honestly the range on it was ass

[@dylanmccabe6011]

Bruh so many things we have been waiting for are happening tomorrow morning

[@DrJupiter]

Thanks for keeping us updated while we hold in a fly over pattern waiting for things to get better. Sounds like it might be time to dive again.

[@blitzhunts]

Now these are the changes I've been waiting for!

[@Type-os]

Gosh, let’s just hope they fix the current network issue before the patch tommorow. Nothing will hurt more than seeing all this work go into the patch only for it to get kneecapped because players can’t join their friends.

[@georgerockwell6124]

Some players can't host for others I have to join my friend every time we play together because he is constantly kicked out when he joins mine just try switching hosts

[@Ratcopter]

Ahh... The air is filled with explosions, our weapons bays are restocked, and the divers have returned to their Hellpods. Nature is healing.

[@EvaandJavier]

This is a buff I didn’t know we needed until they fixed it. 500kg absolutely needed this gj arrowhead

[@tylerdurden4080]

2200lbs of explosive. I've been within half a mile of a 500lb bomb and the shockwave and noise was crazy powerful. I've never been near a 2000lb bomb but I'll tell you right now, you can not throw a stratagem far enough to run away to a safe distance without it killing you. That being said I'm looking forward to wiping some bots and bugs.

[@BigHeadClan]

Extra throw distance is going to look a lot more appealing soon. As for population changes that’s nothing new we see it every new patch release once total player counts normalized. New patch comes out player base increases 6-10K leading up to it and a few weeks after. This is a live service game after-all.

[@Fingnonner]

I do love how the buffs they are highlighting are the ones that upset the community the most. Railgun, Eruptor, Flamethrower (Fire in general), Breaker, all were big controversial nerfs. I am looking forward to the video they'll likely post because these shorts they've been posted seems to be cut and edited from a much larger video. They'll likely post it either today or first thing tomorrow.

[@byronmoore5273]

I want them to buff my scorcher. To 60 rounds, with original explosive damage. Higer rate of fire. Then I'm going to be happy. Or an a belt fed back pack of 1500 rounds for my primary weapon of choice. Like the viper comando weapon. The 3 machine guns. The assault rifles.

[@brandonfrye2902]

Yeah funny how they ruin the game then “fix” what they destroyed from blatantly ignoring the community. Quite a dev team

[@cyberducc8437]

@@brandonfrye2902at least they fucking fix things, instead of relying on a microscopic glizzy fanbase, milking their money for quick profits, and abandoning the game 1 year later, very rare today

[@spinosauruskin]

The 500kg was definitely way bigger at first. They definitely nerfed the radius. So the increase is nice.

[@billycurrythe2nd]

Insert director krenic "oh its beautiful" gif here

[@MYSTICKNIGHT23]

We stand here amidst my achievement NOT YOURS

[@jpettit27]

I’ve been using the 500kg range instead of the precision strike because you get two uses with the upgrade.

[@castantino]

As long as they don't Nerf the explosions and stuff, my head canon is Super Earth hired Mr Torgue for their explosions

[@PkNess97]

If that's the case, we need our Unkempt Harold to make its great return!

[@wackywarrior001]

Can’t wait to log on tomorrow and brew a huge pint of liber tea !

[@BRUTHADAHERO]

To be real, youtubers created that hate and fanned the flames

[@KrodaStagg]

Let's hope the whining and tantrums don't become the base of future updates.

[@LobstersGaming]

Just want to say, this channel has always been the best HD2 channel and I appreciate what y’all do

[@ClumsyDrow]

The napalm orbital strike is excellent. I wish it would destroy buildings or close bug holes. But I'm just happy to finally have it

[@ClumsyDrow]

I'm looking forward to having the bad breath guard dog. While using the flamethrower. Really looking forward to doing a gas and fire build.

[@brucenbrooklyn]

Gonna feel like a brand new game again. So excited to try the railgun and use the flame thrower again

[@pa-pyro2804]

A buffed 500kg with the OG breaker with the other buffs ill definitely be back I left after the nerfing buff but and wasn't going to wait 2 or 3 months to get an update they just saved me from uninstalling

[@De_Vegi]

Well, don’t get too excited. Don’t get me wrong, I’m hyped too, but if you keep your expectations low, you’ll only be pleasantly surprised

[@KrodaStagg]

Or better yet, try more guns and loadouts in case something gets nerfed down the road. If your enjoyment of Helldivers is based on one gun or strat, then you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

[@ilovedemocracyy]

500kg area of effect always felt off and explosion radius feels very narrow at ground level and it grows larger the higher it goes. Explosion visuals never matched the firepower and felt bad to use against anything except heavies.

[@JROTCBALL]

I joined in on a friend who was finally getting into the game and he was booted back to his ship twice, any time I tried to call in a mech and a third time seemingly out of no where

[@daxter8792]

Thanks, the 500KG has just been a stronger precision strike

[@roycead13]

Here's a cool idea when you use the gas strategies with the fire Strategies it does another 25% more damage

[@prstechnic1774]

cant wait to come home tomorrow and hop on hd2 with my friends since were all pumped for the new update. shits gonna be fire.

[@sAgA1012-c7f]

We need to be able to carry more stratagems especially at higher levels. There’s nothing to do at level 130, give us more slots to use strats

[@MNewton]

Make it so you can spend requisition to get an extra stratagem. Requisition is the first thing to become irrelevant, it only really matter in the first 10 to 15 levels and everyone is always sitting at max.

[@haydenhart9601]

The overwhelming amount of friendly fire from miscalculated 500's is going to be glorious.

[@ДмитрийБуц-ы7и]

the new bomb is amazing!

[@epgamer1145]

If I were the devs, I’d roll out some advertising showcasing this. This is why I have all day tomorrow to rock this game.

[@xversekid1062]

This is the early era of Helldivers’ improvement and to break the chain of terrible nerfs and bugs

[@NoahWei42]

I run the 500 since the start, it takes a ridiculous amount of skill to time it right for single target kill though (titan/charger) and does almost nothing to anything around the main target. Will be crazy if it gets buffed so much as to match the animation!

[@NoahWei42]

I rock the Eruptor as well, shrapnel will be 50/50 if its good or not, need to give it its damage back.

[@MIAPhilly]

Napalm barrage is NASTY WORK. Love it

[@davidyuan1402]

Official patch notes released and overview video on Arrowhead studio on their KZbin channel ☺️

[@The_fusion_physics_guy]

ERUPTOR IS BACK?!?!?!? Also arc thrower meta sound FRIGGIN AWESOME

[@enrikouji87]

i hope they buff without giving any nerfing compensation like an increased time to call the 500kg or nerfs like that. because they already did those types of nerfing compensations before to buffed weapons and stratagems

[@hadson2460]

It seems they are going with the "make everything OP" route with that update.

[@ThatGuySquippy]

Hopefully the changes mentioned aren't the only ones coming. Basically every single primary needs to be stronger and if they only buff the Breaker, everyone will only use the Breaker... again...

[@morganbrown392]

I’ve had a mission go incomplete because the machine you call in to analyze soil didn’t have a display.

[@MNewton]

With Space Marine 2 out I'm not sure we'll hit 100k just yet but after all these buff I'm sure there will be marked uptick. Personally I'd love to see either more mission types or mix and match one main objective on higher difficulties so maybe something like launch the nuke but instead of get the codes return the package or evacuate the civies or just one objective from another mission type. Mix it up a little so it doesn't get stale. I'm sure when we get some more content (illuminate? whatever the gloom is? cyberstan?) we'll see an even bigger uptick.

[@acezero8132]

I'd say the next big thing is either Hivelords, or Platoons. That will probably increase the player count even more for a time.

[@theorangerabbit8006]

“And when all hope seemed lost, I looked into the face of despair… and found hope.” -Arrowhead maybe.

[@cochonkg]

I'm really hoping Arrowhead can deliver on this patch and then keep the momentum going. We've had a few rough months but the core of the game is still fantastic and I can't wait for the Illuminate to get added.

[@ryankelly9098]

I’d love for them to either increase the frequency of samples on each mission, or just slash the cost of ship modules cuz honestly farming samples sucks. And playing with randoms has always gone poorly for me. Getting good isn’t a super option when you work a full time job and get like an hour or two at most of freetime to play this and other games

[@blutadlerx]

Torn between orbital Gatling barrage because it's so good and the Napalm barrage..

[@manniboi_drache1651]

Let’s goo we’re do back great job arrowhead

[@mrlink206]

The fun is returning in force, I see.

[@daleksec01]

I’m sure to be “testing out the update” tomorrow too 😂

[@prince_lish]

Helldivers 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are some of the best games I have played. They are both the buggiest, too.

[@spencertaylor-mrliltay]

So glad they're buffing the 500kg bomb. The mismatch between visual and actually in game damage radius by it was so annoying. Also whoever on X months ago that tried to argue with me that it was working as intended and that supposedly the 500kg was just an implosion bomb... that dude 🤡

[@dragonflysensey2788]

Guess I’ll need another 50+ hours to perfectly remember and feel the new 500k after 400+ with original one

[@OccasusRaven]

There there is those crashed and freezes happening and just because if u get new member joining ur squad and u play too long game decide to crash but if u have same squad all the time no issues then.

[@wolfzoner8253]

Just tried the new 500kg snd its my new favorite strat 🔥

[@Tvsland]

Might be time to comeback

[@Dostoron]

my current main gripe is that the Automatons have started to cheat blatantly, whenever i go into a mission against them... the game bloody crashes! to note, this does not happen against terminids... only automatons cause this.

[@gamerbeast3616]

devs have never lied

[@MrTiger310]

I've only had the game crash once on me, and my friends list finally works lol. My game performance is actually very stable. Not on PC though.

[@periodicdragonflare5572]

I actually wonder how big the 500kg bomb would be. Usually kiting bile titan’s they would be right behind me and I’d deploy the 500kg either on me or ahead. Would I need to turn around and throw it back?

[@vibingsloth5290]

with the small amount of bug fixes coming. I hope they've at least fixed the head hitbox on the bile titans where sometimes AT weapons like rocket's and railgun wouldn't damage the head and making it to where AT weapons were inconsistent when killing bile titans to the head,

[@Pikachu790]

Apparently their head hitbox gets sucked into their body when the titans are using their acid because it would damage them too.

[@TheHuffur]

I think its funny people are saying its a 500kg buff when we all (should) know the increased blast radius will in practice be a nerf because we can no longer use the 500kg right next to us without splattering ourselves all across the map! :) I am hyped for the update, just looking through and testing all the weapons they will be changing is going to be fun imo!

[@Lucas-GR]

I played 3 missions in like 3 months, I'm coming back tomorrow :D

[@benferon6214]

Been playing with a lot of ppl who’ve been using the 500kg and it’s so sad to watch them throw it at an outpost and it whiffs all the fabricators cause the radius is so deceptively small

[@Neatherhero]

Yea I loved playing like Rambo and being able to just run straight into the 500 I just threw at a BTitan and just keep walking all the lil boys down. Not sad I don’t have to kill as many lil boys though

[@spartan_a1176]

Are they just buffing the ones they announced and not the other weapons in the game?

[@Jaevwyn]

i wont be back until this patch drops and we've seen its issue free tbh, i hope that it goes smoothly but AH is on pretty thin ice with their players at this point.

[@egghedpr]

Bruh the visual of the kg is so huge but then ends up killing like 2 enemies lol. Glad its being buffed but now im taking a risk cuz i usually throw it at my feet and run out

[@coltonschwab6219]

My New bug build after buffs is railgun supply pack orbital napalm and precision strike/railcannon breaker grenade pistol golden eagle for drip booster experimental infusion/optional - new fire build Crisper/grenade pistol Torcher Impact incendiary Flame resist armor Orbital napalm Eagle napalm Incendiary mines Flamethrower Enhanced combustion/optional but great - Gambling 380 barrage 180 barrage Walking barrage Napalm barrage Democracy protects armor + if you become a traitor and to get more barrage This is my opinion!!!!

[@TheJchio]

Wow maybe the 500 will be usable now. Probably not since other eagles are great and I got used to using alternatives

[@inconsideratebox3000]

500kg most definitely did not need a buff, but I can get used to this feeling.

[@MartySince87]

I can't wait to play this new update

[@mobeus5019]

Please let this patch work, and the buffs be good.

[@BostonKnick]

I heard in a different youtube video that the developers did fix some/alot of bugs.....which ones? I'm not too sure tho

[@ETGenuine]

Yeeeaaah, we pushed back the Automatons and unlocked the Napalm Barrages for everyone! You're welcome, citizens of Super Earth.

[@erfanshojaee-ii2dn]

Hey can someone please explain what durable damage is? Thanks

[@ghostlance7]

I don’t think these changes are enough enough to make the game enjoyable when there’s nothing new to do. It’s just boring at this point

[@austintacious7976]

Well, I'm coming back to play tomorrow.

[@xavierquintero7122]

What are they doing about the game constantly crashing on ps5? One in every 3 operations will crash my game. I can’t spend money on something that doesn’t even work

[@simpy3651]

are they activly buffing these things or are they gonna buff them all at once when the update comes out??

[@crumpetcommandos779]

All at once tomorrow

[@cropstalk8398]

This is a great direction. But we need reward progression.

[@thekingsta2419]

me and the boys are so back tomorrow

[@thesameHINOKAMI]

Swany and Cookie! CHEERS 🍻 👏!

[@nikomartinuzzi2032]

You're welcome Bugdivers.

[@leelorenzjr6127]

When is the update

[@Kingpsycho02]

Wait. But i got used to the 500kg size and I'm really good at killing big enemies with it. Its my primary hulk and tank killer. And bile titan

[@sandran17]

Precision strike is so fucking good though

[@austinmoniz1756]

Honestly the 500kg improvement is something I could've waited on in favor of connectivity and crashing fixes.

[@KillFrenzy96]

Changing a few numbers is way easier than diagnosing and fixing connection issues.

[@adeadfishdied]

@@KillFrenzy96 If the game uses P2P connections for the matches, that means it could also be a client-side networking issue. If you’re stuck behind CGNAT at the provider level, super god help you.

[@austinmoniz1756]

Lmao y'all ain't wrong, just think stability is important for a game

[@Anonymous-observer-1]

I think a lot of people are coming back because they need to grind super credits for the upcoming warbond

[@De_Vegi]

That’s what I’ve been doing. Then again I never left

[@someman8772]

If they could make the MM barrage some kind of pseudo aim assist where it's more likely to hit enemies and less likely to hit players that'd be awesome.