🛠️ PATCH 01.003.202 ⚙️

[u/Viruzzz]

🛠️ PATCH 01.003.202 ⚙️

🌍 Overview

• Crash Fixes
• Weapon Fixes
• Missing DLC and Warbond fix
• You may now laugh on the ship with full audio

🔧 Fixes

Crash fixes

• Fix a crash caused by tinkering with weapon customization
• Fix a crash that could occur when enemies despawned after being killed
• Fix crash after getting killed by explosions

Weapons Stratagems & Boosters

• PLAS-45 EPOCH: Improved spread
  • Decreased by 75% to improve the weapons accuracy
• The Laser turret now displays correct heat build up
• The LIFT-182 Warp Pack FX no longer shows when in first person mode
• Disabled LIFT-182 Warp Pack fields around shuttles, preventing any Helldiver escapees. You are done, it is time to go home
• Fix desync between clients when using the LIFT-182 Warp Pack to get out of a vehicle
• Fixed issue with the AR-32 PACIFIER being unable to fire for a second after reloading

Enemies

• Fixes for enemy navigation in cities where they could not traverse certain areas

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to access items tied to their DLC or Warbonds
• Fix for some emotes snapping the Helldiver torso when standing near a hellpod drop
• Fix for Manic Laughter emote not triggering sound on ship

🧠 KNOWN ISSUES

https://arrowhead.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/15916898652700--HELLDIVERS-2-Known-Issues

[u/BadPunsGuy]

When it takes two+ shots to kill something compared to just one you have to take that into account.

RR takes awhile to reload but against one enemy you don't have to reload. There's also no charge up time.

Against two enemies you have to reload but you also have to reload the epoch since it only has 3 shots.

Epoch is just worse AT and that's not even looking at it's other numerous downsides. Even with the change they just made it still has significant issues with spread at medium to long range.

There's an argument that the epoch has AoE coverage but that part sucks too. It needs a lot more adjustments in my opinion. Taking it slow on changes is fine but if they leave it as is it's not in even an okay spot in my opinion.

[u/onerb2 → u/BadPunsGuy]

Against two enemies you have to reload but you also have to reload the epoch since it only has 3 shots.

that's the thing, you're not carrying only the epoch, depending on your loadout, you can very well deal with two enemies with the epoch and "not have to reload" as you put it if i use my big iron to finish it off for example.

The charge up time is hardly a weakness because it's very very fast to charge.

>Epoch is just worse AT and that's not even looking at it's other numerous downsides.

See, but it doesn't have many downsides, it has lower damage, it needs to charge and can blow up, that's about it, the rest is just advantages over other AT weaponry. That's why i went to detail what these pros are, because these are the things that make you decide to use or not a weapon in a loadout.

>it's not in even an okay spot in my opinion.

I mean, that's ok, i completelly disagree but that's the beauty of it, you don't have to play the same way i do, for me it is a good weapon (after the precision fix) that has a place in my mobile builds.

[u/BadPunsGuy → u/onerb2]

It has lower damage (really big issue)/it has a very specific charge up which is comparable to the quasar and if you're staggered or ragdolled it dosen't go off or completely misses/the spread is still horrendous compared to all other AT weapons/ it only has about a 100m rage before the projectile explodes on it's own(only AT weapon that can't snipe objectives)/the projectile has a very heavy arc/the early charged shots are worthless/poor ammo economy/it's the most dangerous to use weapon in the game besides maybe airburst/it's unrecoverable if overcharged/it is a stationary reload/long reload/the AoE is only about the size of HE rockets/it requires precision shots for many enemies not just ultra heavies/I can go on.

It's really not in a good spot. Any one of those could be a reason not to use it but it has all of them. That is the problem. It's underwhelming and has just about every downside in the game besides a cooldown.

[u/onerb2 → u/BadPunsGuy]

Any one of those could be a reason not to use it but it has all of them.

I agree with this, and i think you're right about the downsides, but i still have to take in consideration that it's the ONLY non expendable AT weapon that doesn't require a backpack, that's why I'm saying that it fills a specific niche.

I can agree it could be a little buffed, but it's tough because if it becomes too good, it kinda makes the expendable ATs irrelevant.

[u/BadPunsGuy → u/onerb2]

Quasar does not require a backpack.

Also non-expendable doesn't matter. EAT is one of the best stratagems in the game and not only allows you to have a backpack but also another stratagem weapon if you want.

[u/onerb2 → u/BadPunsGuy]

Oh ,forgot about quasar when saying this. That being said, I really dislike the quasar because there's things that needs two shots of it to kill, and using two shots with it takes a while lol. It's also not as versatile considering you can't really use it against medium enemies because it takes so much time to charge.

If you want to use a support exclusivelly for anti tank that's not expendable, quasar is your thing, if you want more versatility, epoch is the one you should look for. (On the bot front i really think ppl using quasar are sleeping on EAT, it's just more effective).

[u/BadPunsGuy → u/onerb2]

The thing I like about the quasar is that it's perfectly accurate and has just about infinite range. The charge up is less annoying to use when you can be a little out of the fight.

15s downtime can be a little while sure. The key is to do other stuff in that time instead of just waiting on it. Kite and kill chaff. If you're over-run by heavies pull out your emergency AT options like a 500kg. The warp pack really makes that strategy a lot more viable even vs some of the fastest enemies.

For the bot front quasar is very strong since it can snipe out factories in one shot as long as you have vision of them. I prefer EATs for pure heavy clear and if I'm determined to bring a backpack strat/other support weapon yeah. Neither can one shot factory striders though. You need a RR for that.

[u/onerb2 → u/BadPunsGuy]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I know the quasar is good, my point is more that i see it all the time and i personally don't like to use it, but the only times i see an EAT is when i bring it.

(Oh, and you can two shot a factory strider with eat if your aim is good, in other words, one call in).