Helldivers 2's BIGGEST UPDATE BREAKDOWN!

Helldivers 2's BIGGEST update, Escalation of Freedom, has been announced! Here is everything you may have missed from the trailer, including speculation, leaks, and analysis.
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[@cochonkg]

We did see the Automaton space ships in game (kind of) - they were in the galactic map animation when they retook cyberstan

[@shuttlecrossing1433]

You missed the most important detail, the bot saying "I don't give a fuck"

[@richardzaloudek8208]

I knew I heard it when I first watched the trailer (And then the 5 times again when I rewatched it)

[@RedBaron1609]

Forgive me Liberty but I can't fight for you because I'm on vacation on Super earth

[@508thHeavyPanzerBattalion]

Fr

[@NathitTheGamer]

Enjoy your 2.4 seconds to enjoy the scenery.

[@SpoonTheMighty]

Me too fellow Helldiver, me too😢

[@badpf8705]

And me as well. Happy helldiving to the others

[@maailmantuska]

i work on an oil rig in that time i'm fucking sad either -.-

[@Jonderski]

the reward for level 10 will be that you will collect items such as the head of automatons, and you will be able to take it with you in one hand to the ship, this way you will be able to become a collector of heads like trophies on your ship

[@beeofwulf]

in-game trophies would be amazing. the super destroyer needs some spiffing up.

[@iamkablam8096]

*gasp* just like the Predator!

[@508thHeavyPanzerBattalion]

when I get back from vacation in 3 days, I’m gonna play helldivers 24/7

[@Dragoboi1998]

FREEDOM DOESN'T TAKE BREAKS

[@jiby911]

To your pod helldiver!!!

[@508thHeavyPanzerBattalion]

@@Dragoboi1998 how was I supposed to take my console with me on a trip to Alaska

[@GGBlaster]

Thank you for mentioning the jetpack bots! I haven’t heard anyone else bringing them up and I’m personally terrified of seeing more of these ‘splodey jumpers than we already do

[@Azrael178]

The jet troopers at the end might just be a reference to a Lego b1 battle droid surrender jedi meme

[@NinjonLazarus]

Or battle/defense formations.

[@Gecko479]

11:57 maybe the automaton version of the retrieve the larva mission? Edit: nvm lol

[@TheneedtoReid]

no it has to be. in in the clone wars show they often steel a tactical droids head to get info from it and if you think about it why would super earth need a larva? to get scientific info so the same can be said for the automaton head.

[@UNSSC01]

@@TheneedtoReidbuddy whipped out clone wars reference, mad respect

[@TheneedtoReid]

@@UNSSC01 mad respect for knowing the clone wars reference

[@UNSSC01]

@@TheneedtoReid we are fellow men of culture it seems

[@TheneedtoReid]

@@UNSSC01 only the elite men of culture

[@maailmantuska]

i love how much enthusiams and love they put into helldivers 2. i was in stockholm a few weeks ago and i'm very sad i didn't visit the arrowhead office :D

[@kakurtz4040]

The automatons are making energy out human blood 😮??? 3:48

[@lukemehalick370]

Matrix! Take the red pill!

[@Aldritch9183]

AH released a concept art some time ago, where the Automata have a human brain inside. I suppose this only means that the Automata, previously remnants of the Cyborgs, found a way to combine or transform their biological body into mechanics, and they use prisoners to create more soldiers.

[@jamesThebulbmin]

Energy from blood MANKIND IS DEAD BLOOD IF FUEL HELL IS FULL MACHINE ID V1 LOCATION: RAPIDLY APPROACHING HELL

[@The_Hunta62]

mmmm human smoothie

[@GabrielLANSALOT-CARON]

​@@jamesThebulbmin a fellow ULTRAKILL enjoyer I see

[@Shadow-sword]

I heard leaks of those capital ships very much being in game, basically a mission involving engaging a massive orbital cannon to drill them out of the sky

[@chitin122]

Hyped for this, hopefully comes with a lot of new stratagem and other features.

[@grungyemu]

I'm super excited to let my inner pyromanic out 🔥 Also super hopeful that we get some legit balancing to make most weapons and stratagems cleanly viable

[@richardzaloudek8208]

Imagine stealth fireproof armour

[@typowynieogar]

This comment aged like milk

[@richardzaloudek8208]

@@typowynieogar Yuh Flamethrower? More like oversized gas cooker

[@grungyemu]

@@typowynieogar I know! 😭 I had so much hope

[@typowynieogar]

@@grungyemu i did too,now im going into bot front, as i lost the only thing that kept me with bugs

[@ninja3639]

13:56 that's just the AMR

[@Mysterion557]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking

[@zenoohshit5498]

I don’t think so, not kicking as hard, not enough muzzle flash, and the explosive effect isn’t as pronounced as the AMR Could be a light version of the AMR or a new DMR stratagem

[@jonathanpeters6734]

​@@zenoohshit5498 they are talking about the weapon on the back

[@zenoohshit5498]

@@jonathanpeters6734 ohhhhhh

[@Josh_the_Hunter]

Truly a banger video. Keep it up dude. I’ll be watching every vid

[@Zackattack151]

wtf Joel’s gonna cook with this one

[@stormrider9100]

Man ur my new best Helldivers2 Content Creator now. Advocating for team play is something this game is advertised as! And i would like to keep it that way. So i agree that Diff 10 should be so hard a whole team needs to rely on each other! Great vid! Keep up the good work!

[@jamesThebulbmin]

3:25 all fun an games until the bots deploy the earthmover and the ultrakill ost starts playing

[@GabrielLANSALOT-CARON]

And then ennemies of Liberty will truly fight a war without reason

[@jamesThebulbmin]

@@GabrielLANSALOT-CARON ✍️🔥

[@amaluddinamran4993]

You are my number 1 channel for Helldiver's stuff, keep it going bro. Love your stuff

[@tylerbrush2314]

I think the automaton head will be like from starwars clone wars where they stole a droid commanders head for info to download

[@Drippum]

i’m getting stabber vine vibes from the new termanid units

[@OATTiernan]

would be cool if you got the bot head mounted on your shoulder for beating the fortress at difficulty ten, and maybe a scavenger head for beating a bug one

[@carlossbann]

The automoton head maybe used by the player to temporarily camouflage within automaton hordes?

[@emojothejojo]

We have seen the big automaton ships in the news broadcast from the time of the cyberstan invasion

[@ozevren8098]

What if that cyborg backpack that is supposed to be the alternative version of the larvae backpack is actually that automaton head a helldiver was holding?

[@Azrael178]

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if fortresses replaced dick rocks as a way to get super samples (or maybe tier 4 samples). Currently it feels like whether or not you get super samples depends exclusively on if you can spot a dinky little silver rock why roaming the map instead of actual skill. Fortresses rewarding them instead would make getting them a question of skill and ability, since you would always be able to easily spot them if you explore even a little bit, but have to actually commit effort and resources into getting them Super sample rocks always struck me as a placeholder solution

[@Raiden_24]

Imagine dropping into an automaton ship and setting a nuke inside it and having to escape to the pelican before it blows up. That would be cool.

[@lukemehalick370]

Ive been dodging rocket salvos from gunships long enough that this tentacle charger doesn't scare me. Not one bit. Bet their tentacles cant reach vega bay!

[@Bohdisattva326]

Let’s go!! For super earth 🌎

[@ObliviousNaga]

I heard of a leak that had something to do with data collection. Some sort of dark Intel that leads to other missions. That's what I think the robot head is for but that's just my wild guess

[@keeps3k]

Imagine if in the future for some of the last cyberstan missions you could board and destroy the ships the automatons use to destroy them forever

[@quoang]

The weapon on his back looks like an AMR

[@tonyschnobel3522]

I think the automoton head is probs the equivalent to the bug larvae mission.

[@edwardsolaristhetaleteller9702]

11:25 I hate the fact that you are right. That would be scarry and awsome.

[@InbarBt]

About the dark and gloomy new biom the flare stratgem will come

[@tysawyer4502]

Id love if we extract with the automaton head or bug equivalent if it just pays the max sample count of the mission

[@Roamingfirebat]

I look forward to the update. I am patiently waiting for a melee weapon. With all the rockets the bots made it personal. ⚔️

[@A.I.R.-Edits]

Sent straight to the fucking moon 21:21

[@samusrox]

For the bot super base I hope we get some extra melee damage to go full solid snake

[@Santi.Xx69]

Bro why they have to drop this massive update when I’m on a vacation, I’m literally countries away from my house 😭

[@Katey.sweety]

I'd love to see you do a video on hell divers 1

[@FriesGuyy]

8:23 I think they’re spawning some stronger warriors because the ones they show in the trailer have some red marks on them.

[@MaPps12]

the automaton head might be a teaser for melee weapons?

[@Good_Aye_Rabbit]

For Democracy

[@orlando_online]

maybe a shield generator for the automaton fortres

[@OniBaku123412]

Automatons have been sipping that human-flavored slushie this whole time? 😂

[@cchhiicckkeennss]

Please don’t nerf the silly fire breaker

[@emojothejojo]

It's terrible against the automatons, so I don't think it will get nerfed. It's a bug only weapon in the game atm

[@cchhiicckkeennss]

@@emojothejojo I hope so because it’s so fun to use against bugs, also it’s completely worthless against tanky foes so it’s not like a delete button, but this is arrowhead

[@emojothejojo]

​@@cchhiicckkeennssthe lack of stagger also makes it balanced

[@cchhiicckkeennss]

@@emojothejojo to balance it it should get heavy armor piercing and 5 second stagger for peak balancing also give it 99999 damage per pellet

[@JoseLevron]

We need vehicles if we are gonna go into this new difficulty and even more if there gonna be bigger enemy bases

[@Raiden_24]

I hope they fix the spawn rates, theres far too many patrols on dif 7+ its actually ridiculous sometimes. Less heavy units more normal units like a lot more would be better. Cant say how annoying it is when being chased down by like 10 heavy devistators and 2 - 5 hulks and a tank.

[@badpf8705]

I legit almost got a ptsd episode at the mention of stratagem jammers in the automaton fortress. Ah, for the love of god. Don't do that

[@UNSSC01]

I can’t wait to see what we get to help us escalate armor

[@Dam_Joughnut1]

I’m on holiday while this update comes out 😢😢

[@SpoonTheMighty]

Me too😢

[@rickygarcia9620]

good video, you gained a new subscriber

[@ADUSN]

Shit looks fire and I wasn't expecting more than a new warbond so I'm happy. I like the game.

[@dominicyu4145]

It will spawn jumping warriors just like in the Helldivers 2 Poster

[@emojothejojo]

Sweet liberty please no

[@j322-p8o]

spooky swamp? looks like my years in the bayou of hunt showdown will come in handy. time to teach these bots what i learned in Stillwater. *loads Winfield centennial with malicious intent*

[@Keiretacooife]

Im still waiting for the other vehicles like the scout cat or the tank

[@BabaYaga1340.]

I think that we can all agree this is the biggest update that hd2 will receive up to date and as you said if ah really wants to profit from it they will release a new warbond. But do you ever thought of outside picture. I mean yes devs missed biggest sale on steam, but they can put on mid week or even weekend sale. Not only will they bring back old players but by discounting the game let's say 50% or 25% off, they will bring the new players.

[@SaltySparkle]

13:57 I think this could be some kind of sniper rifle

[@davidmachin-u2m]

I personally think it's just a anti material rifle

[@jemsq]

Leave the Commando alone. Leave the Tenderizer and Incendiary Breaker alone. Make the Stalwart a Primary.

[@williamhill9658]

"Its gonna take teamwork and coordination to take on the new massive outposts" until all the no skill players with orbital lasers show up

[@Senator_of_the_Stars]

For the bot head the hellbot leak said “extracting with intel will provide a new intel mission.” What if the bot head is supposed to spill the beans?

[@beaconJr64]

the bots will never stop making more rockets

[@diobrandoreborn1892]

10:00 a 380 he barrage should wipe a lot of them

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

Ngl we need more then 2 armor sets my wife also wants female armor she swore viper commandos was gonna have a female variant I tried to warn her but

[@NinjonLazarus]

Automaton building bigger threats? Def not something called a Siege Mech. Def not the equalment of Hive Lords pffffff.......

[@samusrox]

I’m sad that I have to wait till August 6 but I really really really really really hope this means not game breaking or super annoying bugs

[@denhawken]

Supposedly when the 6 hits the new social system drops. A irl friend of mine who got in contact in with a dev said they hope this solves the issue.

[@denhawken]

Kind of like a fortnite new season drop.. so I don't know if there will be like a major download that comes with it like what fortnite does.

[@ernie1410]

You’re the best, thanks for sharing

[@samusrox]

@@denhawkenthe real solution to all the problems is to take a break from new content and focus on moving the game over to unreal engine or something else newer

[@denhawken]

@samusrox agree! I mix this game with fortnite and whatever game I'm interested in.. at the moment I'm focused on hd2.. I'm researching liberation points and the quickest way to liberate a planet or a defend planet... but I try to squeeze another game in so I don't get bored or burned out. Research is taking it's toll but the payoff I think is worth it.

[@beaconJr64]

yes we gonna get to fight hive lords

[@cemoguz2786]

all those heavy targets means hord killer secondries got nerf. I hape we got good armor piercing weapons.

[@emojothejojo]

The impaler exposes it's head, I think it might just be light or no armour on its head

[@david27296]

Finally a hard difficulty and new planets

[@indigenoussober407]

I didn’t see any vehicles, and I may have cried a bit 😢😂

[@Glocky_plays]

18:26 said someone whose native language is english and me who have native language czech and have "2" (B) on certificate in school (we have bad teacher)

[@claramertens1792]

Someone told me about a sword I haven't seen it yet I want my sword I must bloodbath.*cough*cough* I mean spread democracy. -Totally not just genocide-

[@Lucky_Gamer4876]

If only they did go lightly on the nerfs

[@Legy-lol]

I just moved so I couldn't fight for democracy for a few months

[@shank1013]

24:16 the only thing the carpet bomb is gonna kill is your frame rate...

[@Josh-ot8pb]

Still waiting for the illuminate

[@TheIanQuinn]

Curious do other people agree that 7-9 feel the same? I only recently got a PC and got this game I play with my friend we’re both level 25 we just recently tried 8 and shieeedddd it was a struggle for us 😅 We dont play with a full squad so maybe that’s it? Could also be that we’re both past our prime and are just bad I guess haha

[@cheekibreeki9808]

13:40 thats an AMR don't be fooled

[@bar_jumper1312]

cant wait to see the new content skuffed with lots of freaking game bugs thats gonna be space viatnam all over again

[@Jase14aDestroyer]

500 hrs, play both sides. If they nerf, Ill hang up my cape. Anything else they currently presenting good, it brings many new options and unknown for most. What is new might be given on a investigatory basis, but the game is good now not even perfect so bringing it back to we give and we take. Simply hanging on by the current thread, break it again and Ill find a new hobby, it aint impossible.

[@beaconJr64]

what about the tonks ifvs and bikes

[@JaxCarpenter-uz1pr]

Tank was fan made and the rest were removed from files but I think they are using something else right now cause earlier we knew everything before it happened because of leaks and a lot of this stuff we haven’t had leaks for so I bet that there still in the works

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

I kick the people who don’t watch their fire tbh I lose so many samples

[@nikitaKarkavin]

Forgive me, I can’t help the super earth, as the gods have blocked the game in my country😡

[@Blessing_Rat]

😢,Sony fucked up fr

[@Kytes93]

there's no such thing as 6 months birthday

[@beaconJr64]

we want raid bosses

[@codlover93love24]

I might get this game. Subscribe

[@Xforsebunney]

I always get kicked as poeple find me anoying (i dont try to be anoying)

[@Blessing_Rat]

Wanna play with me?

[@mrbarit529]

If you grief, you are a traitor to super earth!

[@qxvzh]

tenderizer is NOT S tier

[@emojothejojo]

A tier for me

[@Colin-xv3bc]

and just like that, there goes my chances of ever playing helldivers again " i want 10 to be impossible for solo" that's what 7-9 is supposed to be, AND for 90% of players level 6 is impossible to do solo

[@nuke7777]

Bro just get good

[@GGBlaster]

Team play is where it’s at imo. It’s enough support that you can play a little loose with the loadouts, ie you don’t need 100% S-tier gear/stratagems, and you have some room to squeeze in laughs, epic moments and other shenanigans

[@Indubidably0]

Commando shouldn't be 1-shotting fabricators, and shouldn't be able to take out a factory strider in 4 shots to the belly. The first time I used one to take out a strider, I said to my pals, "Oh, that's broken. That's gonna get nerfed, and people are gonna cry about it." I refuse to take seriously anyone who whines about nerfing things that clearly need it.

[@emojothejojo]

The factory strider has a belly weak spot, well 2 actually, both doors are separate weak spots

[@denhawken]

Me: level 10 let my inner masochist out Level10: anger misery you'll suffer unto me My inner masochist:🥲