Helldivers 2 sport director Johan Pilestedt is pushing again in opposition to complaints about the newest steadiness patch, particularly because it pertains to the RS-422 railgun.
For some context, the railgun has been among the best Helldivers 2 weapons for taking down armored enemies, significantly the dreaded Chargers, as a result of it penetrates their armor and in addition occurs to be very efficient at killing. Nonetheless, the newest replace nerfed the railgun in order that it may possibly’t penetrate heavy armor when in Secure mode, which protects the person from overcharging the weapon and blowing themselves up. Unsafe mode can nonetheless blast proper by means of armor, but it surely brings with it that deadly danger. Each in Secure and Unsafe modes, the railgun’s harm in opposition to sturdy enemy components has been decreased.
In response to a fan demanding the railgun be “fastened,” Pilestedt stated merely, “We did,” including a ‘melting face’ emoji and following up with this clarification:
“However 4 actual although, the rail gun in unsafe mode did not change the capabilities of it because it ought to. The [armor penetration] of it was insanely tweaked and now goes from good to goat. Prefer it was at all times supposed to be – a danger/reward weapon for top tier play. Like a sniper rifle on crack however with the chance of killing the person.”
However 4 actual although, the rail gun in unsafe mode did not change the capabilities of it because it ought to. The AP of it was insanely tweaked and now goes from good to goat. Prefer it was at all times supposed to be – a danger/reward weapon for top tier play. Like a sniper rifle on crack however with…March 8, 2024
Now, the phrasing of this tweet might stand to be a bit of extra particular, as it is simple to misread it as saying armor penetration was buffed, when that is the other of what occurred. Based on Pilestedt, you’ll want to crank the gun’s cost as much as “the restrict” earlier than it explodes to realize max armor penetration, which in accordance to anecdotal stories from gamers, nonetheless is not fairly as efficient as pre-nerf.
With that in thoughts, it is a good factor Helldivers 2’s annoying armored enemies are getting nerfed as Arrowhead appears to tone down “spawn charges and well being swimming pools”.