Helldivers 2 Next Major Update “Escalation of Freedom” Launches Aug. 6; Here’s What to Expect

While Arrowhead Game Studios has been pumping out game updates for Helldivers 2, these usually consists of bug fixes, weapon balance changes and the like. Well, that’s about to change next month, as the Helldivers 2 next major update is titled “Escalation of Freedom,” and is set to launch on August 6!

Helldivers 2 Next Major Update “Escalation of Freedom” New Content:

Super Helldive

CR 10: Super Helldive is our most challenging, most relentless dive difficulty level yet, and we hope that this is going to give players the intensity they’re looking for on the battlefield. And with a great challenge comes greater rewards.

New Mission Objectives:

New mission objectives and bigger enemy outposts for both bots and bugs that offer brand new Super Sample rewards. These outposts will be heavily fortified, and require players to coordinate and strategize in order to take them out.

New Enemies:

• Impaler – This big guy from the original Helldivers creates some new challenges. No longer can you run from the bugs when the Impaler is around–big, imposing, and destructive, it demands to be dealt with.
• Spore Charger -As if the regular old Charger wasn’t scary enough, the Spore Charger is shrouded in fog to obscure its location until it’s right up on you, Helldiver.
• Termind Alpha Commander -A  supercharged Brood Commander that’s bigger, meaner, and doesn’t hesitate to call in other bugs for backup.
• Rocket Tank and “bot surprises” incoming for the Automatons enemy type

Grief Kicking:

To help improve this we have implemented a system where if a player is kicked, they will spawn into a new session as the host with all of the team’s loot from their previous session. All items can now be picked up by the player before extraction. The squad doing the kicking will see a message in the chat widget that a player has been kicked, yet their loot remains unchanged.

With these changes, all players have the opportunity to leave with all loot collected on mission, with no one Helldiver losing out. We’re committed to making changes that will improve the player experience and encourage healthy, cooperative gameplay.

Other Improvements:

• Quality of life upgrades incoming
• Major fixes to social menu (to make diving with friends easier)

Arrowhead states there are a “ton of surprises” with Helldivers 2’s Escalation of Freedom update. Stay tuned for the complete patch notes, which we’ll publish (MP1st is the fastest when it comes to posting game updates) once it’s live.

[Source: PlayStation Blog]

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