Helldivers 2 Update Fixes Meteor Shower Spawn Rates and More

Helldivers 2 has released Patch 1.000.103 for the game, rebalancing the spawn rates of meteor showers, among a bunch of other fixes. Arrowhead Game Studios has an enormous hit on its hands with Helldivers 2, and the release of new patches helps to keep the momentum going.

Prior to its release earlier this year, very few predicted the runaway success of Helldivers 2. Even developer Arrowhead Game Studios was caught by surprise by its initial release, with the game suffering from server capacity problems during its launch. Those days feel like a distant memory at this point, with server issues mostly resolved as Helldivers 2 continues to sell well ahead of expectations. The studio has done a great job at ensuring that new content is always on the way, keeping Helldivers 2 fresh for even the most hardcore of players.

The patch notes for Helldivers 2 were posted on the game’s Steam hub, detailing all the changes that have been made with the new update. Of all the changes, the biggest is easily the rebalancing of planetary hazards. Now, tremors, meteor showers, volcanic activity, fire tornados, and ion storms will all spawn much less frequently. Meteor showers have been nerfed even further, with reduced explosion radius, reduced meteor damage and velocity, and a change in color to make them easier to spot. Other big fixes include the reduction of incidents involving patrols spawning on top of players, and the new Exosuits in Helldivers 2 should no longer destroy themselves when firing a missile while turning.

The patch notes for the 1.000.103 update also confirmed a list of known issues in the game. As of right now, friend requests in Helldivers 2 are bugged cross-platform, leading to many players being unable to send invites to their friends on another platform. While this is a frustrating issue, it’s good to know that Arrowhead Game Studios is aware of it and is working to resolve it. As well as this particular bug, other known problems include Exosuits being delivered in a damaged or broken state, and Strategem beams attaching to enemies but being deployed to their original location.

With plenty of gamers jumping onto Helldivers 2 daily, it’s crucial that Arrowhead Game Studios keeps up the pace with these types of fixes. The community is extremely excited by the possibility of content to come, and some even think that Helldivers 2 is teasing a new enemy. While nothing is officially confirmed, the game will always benefit from new enemy types being introduced to keep combat feeling fresh and exciting. Players should stay tuned to see what the developer has in store for Helldivers 2 over the next few months.

Helldivers 2 1.000.103 Patch Notes

Overview

For this patch, we have implemented:

• Fixes to the EXO-45 Patriot exosuit, game stats, UI, and general stability.
• Balance improvements for planetary hazards and patrol spawns.

Balancing

• Balanced and adjusted spawn rates for the various planet hazards including tremors, meteor showers, volcanic activity, fire tornados, and ion storms. Hazards should now spawn less frequently during missions.
• Meteor Shower has received the following changes in addition to reduced spawn rate:
• Reduced explosion radius
• Reduced meteor damage slightly
• Reduced meteor velocity slightly
• Meteor color has been changed slightly to try and make it easier to spot.
• Volcanic Activity has received the following changes in addition to reduced spawn rate:
• Reduced explosion radius
• Reduced rock velocity slightly
• Lighting on Fenrir III has been adjusted to be a bit less bright to improve visibility during meteor showers

Fixes

• Reduced incidents of patrols spawning on players.
• Exosuit no longer destroys itself when firing a missile while turning .
• Exosuit retains its melee functionality, even when damaged.

Crash Fixes for the following scenarios

• When ALT+Tabbing in fullscreen mode
• After changing voice over language
• PS5 boot issue
• Using a stim inside of an Exosuit while wielding a grenade
• When joining an ongoing mission
• When idling on the title screen
• Shots from arc-based weapons, such as ‘Blitzer’ shotgun and ‘AC-8 Arc Thrower’ stratagem now count towards “Shots fired” and “Shots hit” stats.
• Fixed network desync issue with downed Automaton dropships.
• Fixed Elgato Stream Deck Foot Pedal support.

Known Issues

These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.

Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play:

• Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab.
• Players cannot unfriend other players befriended via friend code.
• Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand.
• Players cannot befriend players with Steam names shorter than 3 characters.
• Hellpod steering close to large or important objects is currently not functioning as intended, resulting in steering being disabled in a large area around the object.
• Online features are not functioning when console language is set to Ukrainian.
• Players may be unable to select loadout when joining a multiplayer via an activity card.
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.
• Drowning in deep water with a Vitality Booster equipped puts Helldiver in a broken state.
• Exosuits will sometimes be delivered in a damaged or broken state.
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
• Pink artifacts may appear in the sky when setting off large explosions.
• Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction.
• Sometimes the player’s loadout customizations will reset after restarting the game.

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter developed by Arrowhead Games Studios for the PC and PlayStation 5 where players take control of a Helldiver set to protect the citizens of Super Earth by traveling to hostile alien worlds and destroying threats. Players undergo missions, defeat enemies, and use special items called Stratagems to help turn the tide of battle in this punishing release.

Franchise

Helldivers

Released

February 8, 2024

Developer(s)

Arrowhead Game Studios AB

Genre(s)

Shooter

Metascore

83