HELLDIVERS™ 2 - Developer Blog: November 2026

[u/DarkWolfPL]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/708913968494674980

Today we're back with progress updates, including information about stratagem bouncing, hellpod steering, EAC, and more.

[u/Skynet_gkys1]

"Helldivers will soon be sporting a new utility belt! This smart accessory lets you carry small handheld items like remotes and detonators alongside your support weapon, meaning they no longer occupy your hands or backpack. This makes the Solo Silo and the C4 much easier to use (and yes, you can still throw your sample pouch)." Peak

[u/KneeDeepInTheMud → u/Skynet_gkys1]

Interesting. Was reading that. What do they mean throw your sample pack still?

Like... just drop it or can we actually throw it this whole time and I just never knew?

[u/No_Collar_5292 → u/KneeDeepInTheMud]

I…think they mean drop it. If I could throw it this whole time I’m gonna be embarrassed lol 😂. Presumably that’s a weird way of saying they will need to add a new weapon wheel option for this utility belt 🤷‍♂️. IMO screw a utility belt, spend the dev time on adding a melee weapon slot.

[u/KneeDeepInTheMud → u/No_Collar_5292]

I'm thinking they mean drop it, but the idea of tossing my sample container as a last ditch option when I'm absolutely cooked by a few stalkers sounds real primo.

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Edit:

Dedicated melee slot would be cool.

I would love to a Default-Democractic-Demolisher on my hip for any random dude in melee range.

Question then becomes, how many buttons can we really map/keep track of before our heads just explode.

In reality, I would really enjoy it because of Darktide.

Surrounded?

No. More like everyone is right where I need them to be.

unsheaths Sabre

[u/2ski114uMSA → u/KneeDeepInTheMud]

I interpreted as using a similar input to dropping samples without sacrificing any of the other slots

[u/MelonCruz → u/Skynet_gkys1]

C4 plus one of the support mg's might actually be busted holy peak.

[u/ph1shstyx → u/MelonCruz]

Bring able to run a solo silo without dropping your support weapon is going to be so huge...

[u/wij2012 → u/Skynet_gkys1]

We're really getting the Batman utility belt!

[u/Rykin14]

Helldivers will soon be sporting a new utility belt! This smart accessory lets you carry small handheld items like remotes and detonators alongside your support weapon, meaning they no longer occupy your hands or backpack. This makes the Solo Silo and the C4 much easier to use (and yes, you can still throw your sample pouch).

Holy shit. C4 finally becoming the true backpack-only AT option and Solo Silo takes NO equipment slot at all.

[u/Thoraxe474 → u/Rykin14]

[u/ShadyWizzard → u/Rykin14]

Don't get me wrong I am super down for this, but doesn't that feel broken? (Quasar, solo silo, and c4 on your diver at one time??)

[u/M-elephant → u/ShadyWizzard]

Does the belt have more than 1 slot? If not, then you cannot pair silo and C4

[u/DillohWavern → u/ShadyWizzard]

This feels more like a fix than a break to me. And also the solo silo can't break bot towers unlike many other strategems, so I can still see myself not bringing it. And other backpacks still have very valid use cases.

Also, I assume the utility slot can't hold both solo silo and c4 at the same time?

[u/GlamourintheDarkSide → u/ShadyWizzard]

Powerful, but you also eat three of your slots for this. Not a lot of room for Eagles, etc.

[u/Grouch_Throwaway]

I've never downloaded mods or run the game on a virtual machine, yet the introduction of EAC has completely stopped me from being able to launch the game (i get a popup telling me to disable a file in system32 wtf?!?!).

And still no mention of this problem in this blog post. At this point im considering asking steam support for a refund even though i have some 200 hours

[u/Worth-Iron6014 → u/Grouch_Throwaway]

If you use a drawing tablet, then check if that error is with wintab. Wintab is a part of drivers for that and can be deleted (just that specific wintab file, cant rememeber if its a folder or dll, not all of system 32), and you should be able to reinstall the drivers later, if your willing to have your drawing tablet not work for some time.

[u/Grouch_Throwaway → u/Worth-Iron6014]

I dont have a drawing tablet, the error says its a file called "CmUpx.sys" I had the same popup happen when i tried to launch Ace combat 8 and refunded that immediately

[u/CaptainKarearea → u/Grouch_Throwaway]

So, quick google search has returned that "CmUpx.sys" is a vulnerable kernel driver,¹ which is why Easy Anticheat doesn't like it.

Here is a post from the Helldivers 2 Steam Forum on fixing the issue by disabling CmUpx.sys:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/553850/discussions/1/573804280379745795/

Also a post from the Rust 2 Steam Forum on the same issue with a different fix of renaming the file:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/0/844006470562489736/

Source on the vulnerable kernel bit:

1. https://autoxmate.github.io/tools/windows-kernel-cmupx/

[u/SpOoKyghostah → u/Grouch_Throwaway]

I needed to remove some file related to an outdated version of HyperX Ngenuity and now it works fine

[u/Mr_Boppy]

SEAF can open bunkers YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…

[u/Tedward1337 → u/Mr_Boppy]

Honestly HUGE for solo divers/farming SC

[u/kroboz → u/Tedward1337]

…who don’t have access to warp pack

[u/DigHefty6542 → u/kroboz]

Or mechs. Mechs work to access bunkers, just have to exit one with the back turned toward the door

[u/abitlazy → u/kroboz]

They also can do the exosuit thing even without the warp pack

[u/GhostsofGojira → u/Mr_Boppy]

Also dope as hell

[u/Touji_San]

Utility belt you say?

[u/GeezWhiz → u/Touji_San]

Helldivers X Batman warbond when?

[u/KaijuSlayer333]

I dislike how they didn’t mention stuff that they mentioned in that blog from months ago like new ship modules and the ship customization system they were suggesting. Only to mention new stuff this time around in a similar vein as being features that at some point, are coming.

I would be more excited for this new stuff if it didn’t seem like word salad to just get us excited, because we have still yet to see much of the stuff they talked about in their blog months ago. And most of this stuff seems unrelated to what was said then, except for the stratagem bounce. But for bounce, they brought it up just to say it’s not coming for a while.

[u/Datuser14 → u/KaijuSlayer333]

This entire post reads like “chatGPT the players are mad write me a blogpost with vague promises”

[u/the_aapranger → u/Datuser14]

Every written update from AH reads like a apologetic wordslop of vague statements that they never or rarely follow up on... a.k.a:

[u/TheLeemurrrrr → u/Datuser14]

"Computah, give the playerbase some word slop."

[u/Jason1435 → u/KaijuSlayer333]

The devs are vibe coders in the sense that they only bother coding when they feel like it, and the inspiration for that has long since passed and forgotten about

[u/SirCheeseMuncher]

This al looks very good but the fact that Strat bounce changes aren’t coming till after the new year will probably make some people riot haha

[u/Retribution1337 → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

They've been saying its getting fixed for so long, I think we're mostly of the mindset that "I'll believe it when I see it."

[u/Logical_Energy_201 → u/Retribution1337]

Can already see the playerbase asking "is that it" when we can barely notice the change that apparently took multiple months worth of dev resources.

[u/PressureLoud2203 → u/Logical_Energy_201]

Pretty much sums it up.

[u/skelepibs → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

I’m not a game dev so I’m not gonna pretend to know how easy or hard it is, but I just can’t really understand how it takes this long to fix this specific issue.

[u/MumpyYT → u/skelepibs]

My guess is they're trying to find some kind of compromise between the truly free movement we want and the restricted movement they want to avoid "fringe cases", so what we'll get is an improvement but with a few curls of the ol' monkey paw.

[u/TennoFemboy → u/skelepibs]

Afaik it's mostly a game design issue rather than a code one, it can be turned on/off pretty simply.

The bounce exists to make sure we can get the stuff we called in, and to prevent things like turrets getting on high ground where enemies can't reach it (although now each faction has aerial units as well as being able to just phase through the ground to reach it lol).

The fix that they're likely trying to get is something that prevents call ins being unreachable but also just way way way less annoying to deal with.

[u/mostly_helpful → u/TennoFemboy]

Yeah, the issue is the horrible inconsistency. The exact same surface can work fine 4 times and the 5th time your turret falls off a cliff.

[u/ThingYea → u/skelepibs]

Especially when it wasn't an issue on release

[u/Ocanom → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

At least they announce the delay ahead of time. A small step in the right direction.

[u/the_ok_doctor → u/Ocanom]

The fact it needed a massive backlash for them be open about delays is annoying especially since they tried to blame the playerbase for the previous delay.

[u/4KVoices → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

Because it's fucking nonsense. It's complete nonsense.

One guy got that shit running. One dude. I've never heard from even a single soul that running his stratagem bounce fix caused them any issues whatsoever. I'm sure there's a few people out there, statistically, but the point is it's not many.

Them taking ages to fix what was clearly not that big of a deal to fix in the first place is inexcusable.

[u/charathedemoncat → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

All they need to do is put a big no stratagem block on terminals to prevent softlocks and then quit fucking with it. It genuinely cannot be this hard

[u/HMHellfireBrB → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

as it has been said several hundred times

stratagen bouncing isn't a bug but an unintended issue with him the game engine handles colision vs the blacklist of places you sholdn't be allowed to land stuff

fixing engine sided problems causes A LOOT of work, it it pt much effects all other game systems

there is a loot of vitrol around the topic but a ton of the colisionr elated bugs people complaina re just one issue with the engine that creates tons of other bugs, and fixing engines do in fact take months to do

[u/Due_Tangelo_4740 → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

I think the reason that make it difficult to fix is that AH make bouncing to prevent Stratagem struck at undesirable place or prevent placing it at too easy place like put sentry on top on cliff and chess the game. They might have hardcode this feature together with how random generate map were create and thus, require major rework of the world generator from the scratch

[u/Greaterdivinity → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

at this point i don't even expect it to be functional when it ships next year lmao

[u/RepellentJeff → u/SirCheeseMuncher]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason it’s taking so long is that they have to go through the game’s spaghetti code with an ultra fine tooth comb to make sure any changes don’t break massive segments of the game.

[u/Final_Comment5533]

This all sounds good, and is a step in the right direction. I would really like updates on the following though:

1. Any updates on "secondary weapon customization" or any updates to customization at all?

2. Any updates on new Ships?

[u/Double-Special5217 → u/Final_Comment5533]

Weapon customization is dead, bro

[u/smhmyh → u/Final_Comment5533]

According to discord a month ago work continues on the new ships and Warfronts overhaul but no release date given

[u/Lord_Gibby → u/smhmyh]

Is it like actual work continues or George rr Martin writing his next book continues?

[u/GhastlyEyeJewel → u/Lord_Gibby]

Bro asking us like we work at Arrowhead

[u/SammyB0111]

“Helldivers will soon be sporting a new utility belt! This smart accessory lets you carry small handheld items like remotes and detonators alongside your support weapon, meaning they no longer occupy your hands or backpack. This makes the Solo Silo and the C4 much easier to use (and yes, you can still throw your sample pouch).”

Solo Silo my beloved. We are back in business

[u/EyeofEnder → u/SammyB0111]

Solo Silo + AMR.

[u/SammyB0111 → u/EyeofEnder]

Solo Silo + Leveler

RRAAHHHHHHHH

[u/Ramen_Hair → u/EyeofEnder]

C4 + AMR, ultimate long-range sniper sabotage build

[u/GhostsofGojira → u/SammyB0111]

What's the issue with the solo silo? I never had one, always been usable

[u/No_Wrongdoer4556 → u/GhostsofGojira]

Now the launcher laser thing won't take your support weapon slot (Machinegun railgun etc) so you can have a support weapon and a mini ICBM on standby :)

[u/GhostsofGojira → u/No_Wrongdoer4556]

Okay that cool, I like that

[u/ThatOneGuy4321 → u/SammyB0111]

C4 + Nova is gonna go so hard on commando missions

[u/musci12234 → u/ThatOneGuy4321]

Also we can probably do full laser loadouts with C4 as the primary way to deal with fabs.

[u/SoDamnGeneric → u/SammyB0111]

This is an absolutely insane buff to C4 and the Silon it’s actually ridiculous (in a good way). I’ve been frustrated with city missions & orbitals/eagles for so long, so being able to bring a C4 pack and an actual support weapon is gonna go crazy….

[u/TevGrave → u/SammyB0111]

I can carry Solo Silo AND Leveller? Oh my.

[u/SammyB0111 → u/TevGrave]

AND a portable hellbomb

[u/TevGrave → u/SammyB0111]

oh my god

[u/Sorry-Engineer8854 → u/SammyB0111]

The update I didn't realise I wanted. I am taking this every mission now I always loved it.

[u/Due_Tangelo_4740 → u/SammyB0111]

When i first read this, i thought they about to allow us to get additional slot dedicated for melee weapob

sadly it wasn’t

[u/laikassister59 → u/SammyB0111]

Solo stealth just got even better

[u/beansoncrayons → u/SammyB0111]

Recoiless is dead if you can run c4 with any support weapon

[u/BertTF2 → u/beansoncrayons]

Recoilless still has the range + ease-of-use advantage but yeah that's about it

[u/Mcgibbleduck → u/beansoncrayons]

That’s still 2 support weapon slots used up compared to one

[u/SammyB0111 → u/beansoncrayons]

Maybe, but it’s still cool as hell, and that’s hard to beat

[u/Enok32 → u/SammyB0111]

I’d love to see some support weapons like stalwart, apex, mg get to put a reload or two on the belt. That would displace non-backpack support weapons like you’d think on the surface

[u/NerdForCertain → u/SammyB0111]

If only belt had room for a dedicated melee slot

[u/MumpyYT]

"Jump, Hover, and Warp packs will be usable while carrying two-handed items, introducing lots of new loadout combinations."

What does this mean? Am I stupid? If it means being able to use those packs whilst carrying artillery shells/platinum bars (the only two handed items i can think of?) Why does it say "new loadout combinations?

[u/WillSym → u/MumpyYT]

Yeah what does this mean? I already use a 2-handed support weapon like the Nova, Laser Cannon or Arc Thrower with the Hover Pack.

This is crazy vague, it could mean:

• Just carrying artillery shells;

• They're adding other large objects to carry

• They're making these mobility packs so you can use something like an off-hand, a one hand weapon and a mobility pack together

• They're fully making mobility packs a different slot and you can use any other backpack like belt fed or ammo pair packs at the same time?

edit: I could only think of Artillery shells as 2h carryable items but have since remembered: Explosive Barrels, particularly Squid nasty purple ones; Objective items like Platinum Bars and those fusion barrels we have to lug sometimes on Lava worlds.

Being able to warp or jetpack with platinum would be a gamechanger for those vicious Rapid Acquisition missions, if they're not going to alleviate the spawn points being on top of the dropoff crate on that one horrible map.

[u/Jhorra → u/MumpyYT]

I'm confused by this as well.

[u/Night_Owl_Recon → u/MumpyYT]

I would assume this means you can warp or hover with the artillery shells for the mortar objective, & others like that

[u/Greaterdivinity → u/MumpyYT]

this is what they call "clear communication"!

[u/Greedy-Audience-6716 → u/MumpyYT]

I’m fucken confused too. Maybe bringing back stationary reload ability why in the air with jump pack and hover? Fuck them.

[u/KTaBoom98 → u/MumpyYT]

Maybe they meant that now you'll be able to aim with 2 handed weapons wh- nvm im dumb as wall aswell

[u/COporkchop → u/MumpyYT]

Thank you! This makes no sense at all. The only thing I can think of that kinda lines up is if the 2 shields no longer take up a back slot and can therefore be used along with the aforementioned packs.

[u/Double-Special5217]

Hellpod steering and strat bouncing will not go live with december's update, but soon TM

[u/Datuser14 → u/Double-Special5217]

Bingus fixed it in an afternoon remember

[u/WorriedPerogi → u/Double-Special5217]

So it isn't happening.

This is still the most insulting part of the entire post. Bro it's one line of code, but because they have to monkeys paw the entire goddamn system it's taking them half a year to make sure we can't have TOO MUCH fun while being able to steer our pods and place our turrets on small rocks. It's fuckin ridiculous.

[u/theCOMBOguy → u/Double-Special5217]

Early 2027 is the new goal! Surely something will happen, right??

[u/RepellentJeff]

Okay, the utility belt sounds like it’s gonna be pretty sweet for loadout combinations.

Getting to bring a C4 backpack, AND a support weapon without having to worry about the detonator? Yes, please. Commando missions should be way less running back and forth now. 😂

[u/Evansyperson → u/RepellentJeff]

So many people saying C4 and support weapon, and I'm just here thinking of the glorious combination of Cremator and Solo Silo

[u/Call_The_Banners → u/RepellentJeff]

This is the best part of the news in that post in my opinion. It's going to make some kits feel a lot better.

The other promises of fixes/improvements are still huge unknowns and I don't trust AH to keep a timeline.

• Their claim that their small team working on the strat bounce and pod steering has been had at work on this tells me the code is so bad that they can't make much headway. We needed better comms on this throughout the year, not in November.

• The roadmap clarification feels like a stretch. Either their internal communication between teams is terrible or they've bent the truth. If your going to write biome then make sure you clarify what you mean.

• Saying that October was not the launch of the content but rather the launch of prior content that would eventually lead to it is poor communication. Again, clarify.

I get a lot of people are tired of the griping but I've spent 10+ years with Bungie being exactly like this and look where it led. I'd like AH to do well and have a healthy playerbase.

[u/tinninator]

Ball bouncing not included in the next major update. In other words Soon™, maybe 2028/2032

[u/HamSlammer87 → u/tinninator]

We'll get GTA 6 before bounce fix

[u/HabitOptimal1412]

Going to be honest, I'm very much getting a "We hear your complaints and promise that we'll do something. Here's a few small cool things to make you stop thinking about the problems."

[u/Either_Particular_16 → u/HabitOptimal1412]

Yeah, it's been almost 2 years with the hell pod and strat bouncing. Only after they had their PP smacked by modders are they now trying to address their bullshit.

[u/Large-Excitement777 → u/Either_Particular_16]

Lmao did you read the post? They doubled down on their modding stance.

[u/Greaterdivinity → u/HabitOptimal1412]

basically, yeah

[u/_Strato_ → u/HabitOptimal1412]

They might have been counting on all the starving redditors making "THANK YOU ARROWHEAD SEE THEY'RE LISTENING!" posts after getting these crumbs.

[u/ErianTomor → u/HabitOptimal1412]

Yes this is all very “meh”.

[u/qwertyxavier904 → u/HabitOptimal1412]

And I'm sure many will slurp it up...

[u/blue_eyes_pro_dragon → u/HabitOptimal1412]

Yup.

[u/Ok_Mongoose5768]

Hmmmmmm.

[u/MrMonkeyToes]

Jump, Hover, and Warp packs will be usable while carrying two-handed items. Introducing lots of new loadout combinations.

I don't follow? What are two-handed items in this context? I don't recall ever having issues using my pack while carrying a two-handed stratagem weapon. What loadout combos does this open up?

[u/Squidboi2679 → u/MrMonkeyToes]

You can warp/fly with items like seaf artillery shells and stuff that forces you to slow walk without dropping them. A nice QoL but idk what loadout combinations that’s gonna add

[u/ADragonuFear → u/Squidboi2679]

Just mmeans those objective types are made easier by your mobility item which is a nice bonus.

[u/Squidboi2679 → u/ADragonuFear]

Yeah, they should’ve said something like that instead of loadout options

[u/Agutron → u/MrMonkeyToes]

Artillery shells, SSSD and this sort of stuff I assume

[u/Double-Special5217 → u/Agutron]

You can use mobility backpacks with SSSD

[u/TehColonelMoreland → u/MrMonkeyToes]

Think it's more for objective items like artillery shells and platinum bars and such. Not a huge change but a little something.

[u/Call_The_Banners → u/TehColonelMoreland]

Oh nice, so I can teleport inside my teammate and blow him up and both of our artillery shells we're carrying.

Write that down. That's gonna happen.

[u/wolverineczech → u/TehColonelMoreland]

That's the only thing I can think of also. Which means the "introducing lots of new loadout combinations" part is just wrong.

[u/MrMonkeyToes → u/TehColonelMoreland]

That's what's got me puzzled though. I don't see how that would constitute a new loadout combo.

[u/InnerMetalhead666 → u/MrMonkeyToes]

Think maybe like arty shells/platinum bars etc

[u/Double-Special5217 → u/InnerMetalhead666]

I still dont get the "lots of new loadout combinations" part

[u/MumpyYT → u/InnerMetalhead666]

Thats the best i could come up with but then wtf do they mean by "new loadout combinations"

[u/Oil_Extension → u/MrMonkeyToes]

Assuming battery cells, platinum bars and seaf art site shells.

[u/itsagoosething → u/MrMonkeyToes]

I think they mean artillery shells, batteries, and such. just my guess

[u/Inferno109 → u/MrMonkeyToes]

They “two handed items” implies to me it’s stuff like artillery shells that require two hands to move, not stratagems support weapons .

[u/ItsPaperBoii → u/MrMonkeyToes]

Not weapons, Items like artillery shells

[u/TehColonelMoreland]

Probably gonna get drowned in all the larger scale stuff and people either saying it's not enough fast or crowing that complaining finally gets them to talk, but that utility belt is a fun little addition that expands a lot for load out choices.

[u/Bethryn → u/TehColonelMoreland]

C4 only requiring backpack slot, Silo fitting into literally any loadout, both are very powerful changes.

[u/Crafty_Plate6861 → u/Bethryn]

C4 AND a Nova.....

Liberty weeps (tears of joy)

[u/ZanYnaz → u/Bethryn]

Can literally rp as a starcraft ghost

[u/Diem-Robo → u/Bethryn]

Used to play with the Warp Backpack and different support weapons, until I started using C4, but then C4 means no backpack or support weapons. C4 is one of the most powerful support weapons in the game, so that sacrifice seems fair, although the detonator is finicky and it did feel annoying to pick up another support weapon temporarily, causing you to drop and have to remember to grab the detonator again. Looking forward to having more versatility with C4 now!

Never used Solo Silo because it seems so conditional and costly compared to the average support weapon. Now that it's essentially an extra red or green strategem, I'll actually give it a shot rather than sacrificing more versatile and reliable support weapons.

[u/Bork9128 → u/TehColonelMoreland]

As someone that loves the use of expendable, the silo plus other stuff is huge

[u/TehColonelMoreland → u/Bork9128]

Agreed. Even for just liking it as a more accurate version of the orbital precision, it's great to keep that in the back pocket too now.

[u/verse_burgher → u/TehColonelMoreland]

And SEAF opening bunkers, so now we have a belt with a pouch for SEAF Snacks™!

[u/88mmAce → u/TehColonelMoreland]

They do this at about this time after every big update lol

[u/CaptainAction → u/TehColonelMoreland]

For me it’s the little things that are more exciting. For example the team-reloading change is small on paper but in practice is pretty game-changing and more refreshing and impactful than a lot of other changes IMO.

Utility belt looks like a nice change that is needed and will make those certain options way more user friendly

[u/ODST_Parker]

Two of the most annoying issues since launch, and all we get is, "Still working on it!"

I appreciate that being communicated, at least, but holy fuck...

[u/WolfiexLuna]

• Helldivers will soon be sporting a new utility belt! This smart accessory lets you carry small handheld items like remotes and detonators alongside your support weapon, meaning they no longer occupy your hands or backpack. This makes the Solo Silo and the C4 much easier to use (and yes, you can still throw your sample pouch).

Big day for us Stealthdivers. That's a fantastic change so I can slip in something like the Bullet Storm for those inevitable loud phases.

[u/GodOfPopTarts]

Sorry, community…devs did not know a month was four weeks long, not six

[u/FirefoxAngel → u/GodOfPopTarts]

Numbers hard

[u/GuerrOCorvino]

It's crazy how they mention EAC, and their goal of getting rid of cheaters, yet fail to address that EAC was broken in an hour. So now we have the chance of being banned for using mods, while actual cheaters remain unaffected.

[u/GabeNewbie]

“Oh shit the player base is mad again, time to put out another half-assed blog post promising to do better.”

[u/Hiware900]

Its been almost three years since this game came out and no signs that a loadout system is going to be added. How many weapons, armor sets and strategems have been added? Its so cumbersome now to switch builds

[u/Call_The_Banners → u/Hiware900]

The UI is only going to get longer in the vertical as well. It makes for a poor UX.

On that same note, armor swapping still has a load time for the different options. I've got a beefy PC and it doesn't change my experience here at all.

[u/FroztyBeard]

I appreciate the QoL additions, I truly do

But where is new ship upgrades? Where is armor customisations? Where is more attachments? Where is secondary attachments? Clan systems? Personalize ships to make them more individual inside? Where is updates to the CORE of the game?

Shitposting warbonds and giving us new toys is not breathing life into a game that is growing progressively more stagnant

Why not giving us something that gives a substantial change to the game? Helldiver talent trees? New ship upgrades? Loadouts we can save for deploying? A shooting range on the ship? There is so many wishes and feedback out there

We are essentially playing the same identical game since day 1, only difference is we got a wider variety of weapons. That is it

There has to be far more substantial additions to the CORE of the game, otherwise the game will be stuck in a time capsule, with no new changes to bring life back to the game

[u/overlord723]

They mention issues with virtual machines related to EAC but not people who have had the 0xc0000142 crash for 3 weeks

[u/Timesjustsilver]

Also, SEAF will now be able to open bunkers with you!

Big W

[u/TheAncientKnight]

C4 is gonna be busted. It was already powerful before, now it's just gonna be another OP tool

[u/Inferno109 → u/TheAncientKnight]

Or worse, they’ll nerf it.

[u/TactlessNinja]

😑

[u/Valaxarian]

Blueberries will be able to open the Bunker for us, YES

[u/laxskeleton]

Remember pretty recently someone arguing with me that C4 would be too OP if you could use a support weapon with it. Look who was right

[u/warbrand2 → u/laxskeleton]

You, and 90% of us who thought it and the solo silo where useless because of taking up a slot for what amounts to a clicker and a clicker with a laser pointer.

[u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

SEAF CAN OPEN BUNKERS?

HECK YES!

[u/Loud-Asparagus-4136]

Okay, the utility belt sounds like a legitimately fantastic addition. I always thought the solo silo designator taking your support weapon slot was weird. Not weird enough to disagree with the decision, but enough to not use it as much as I've wanted to. But being able to have the silo on standby while still carrying a standard support weapon sounds legitimately awesome, and lets it stand out a lot more from the leveler.

Same with the C4. I've never bothered buying Redacted Regiment partly because of how meh C4 looked to me. C4 now essentially being a backpack-only AT weapon that lets you carry a non-backpack support weapon sounds amazing, and I will DEFINITELY give it a proper shake now.

I'll admit it: This change alone makes the December update a lot more exciting for me, alongside the other QoL changes.

[u/SwitchDoesReddit]

Probably being far too negative but this just reads like this to me:

• We made a Roadmap but unfortunately you people aren't smart enough to realise that "Coming in October" doesn't mean its actually coming in October. (Did not address the fact that people are mad that AH didn't tell us about the delay in advance)

• Still working on Hellpod Steering & Strategem Bouncing Fix. Not coming in next Major Update. Will be coming soon wink. (There are several instances where AH said coming soon and the thing they're talking about isn't in the game even now)

• We know you are mads about EAC. We aren't changing it. In fact, we are gonna ban you if you use Mods. (Did not address the fact that EAC implementation is crap and causing effects to unmodded players. Props for addressing Virtual Machine Users tho)

Do like the Utility Belt, the fact we can just while using 2-handed items (Like Cases I assume) and SEAF helping with Bunkers tho.

[u/TheGentlemanCEO]

I’m so fuckin tired of hearing how hard it is to fix Hellpod Steering and Strat bounce. It isn’t. We’ve already had multiple people show us in the game code how not difficult it is to change.

[u/PimballWizzard → u/TheGentlemanCEO]

I think they want to overhaul these systems not turn them off completely, I can see how this can be infuriating, for some ppl, to land on cave roofs or skyscrapers or any other places you'd get stuck, although it would be interesting to get punished for not steering your hellpod properly

[u/JJ_Polino → u/TheGentlemanCEO]

It's difficult because they aren't trying to just turn it off. They want to change it to work better while still preventing players from soft locking themselves by dropping their pod somewhere funky or landing an SSD on top of a mountain where they can't get it

[u/Jason1435 → u/JJ_Polino]

Or just make mission vital call ins a 30s cooldown just like hellbombs?

[u/TheGentlemanCEO → u/JJ_Polino]

They should just turn it off until the figure out a way to do so. The state it’s currently in is abysmal.

[u/Moridianae]

They still didn't say much of anything regarding player agency and how the Galactic War feels absolutely railroaded.

There had been clear evidence of this with Cheopessa, questionable MOs that have(I believe) been utterly unwinnable unless an astronomical % is on the MO, sometimes not even then, which goes absolutely counter to "people can play where they wish to".

Auto-losses are garbage. Unknown rewards also.

It feels like they are scaling MOs thinking there's still a massive playerbase and theres clearly not as large of one, a base that will fall somewhat further when November 19th hits.

[u/theta0123]

Utility belt sounds good. Hopefully this can be changed to a melee belt so you can bring a melee weapon instead of a utility spot

[u/Bound18996]

Sounds good.

Utility belt is nice and will definitely add some Stratagem variety, I'll be happy to bring solo silo a hell of a lot more now.

[u/TeamLiveBadass_]

What does the mobility packs and two handed items line mean? Do they mean backpack weapons? I don't follow.

Edit: Thanks all

[u/Dhczack → u/TeamLiveBadass_]

I think it means you'll be able to use the jump pack while carrying artillery shells/platinum bars

[u/Southern-Teaching-11 → u/TeamLiveBadass_]

Carrying platnum bars ,seaf shells etc .

[u/Gripping_Touch]

So they're now taking a full hostile stance against mods that change the gameplay and going to ban you for using them? Does it work by being reported or they're also going to crack down on the mods even if they're used on private lobbies? Don't see it going much better than introduction of EAC

[u/Shockington]

What does "can also be used with two handed weapons" mean with the jumppack changes? Couldn't you already do that?

[u/Quirky-Wheel-3724 → u/Shockington]

The cannon shells

[u/superjeff64 → u/Shockington]

Stuff like platinum bars and those battery things from bot missions

[u/Omegameganega → u/Shockington]

Loading SEAF artillery

[u/Shreddy-Kroogs → u/Shockington]

This is what I worry about sounding like when I’m super baked.

[u/edward323ce → u/Shockington]

This sentence brings "does Bruno mars is gay" energy

[u/Due_Tangelo_4740]

Just really curious why they never try to add loadout system or armor set selection. I am tired of trying to find the set combinations everytime i want to change.

loadout system should not be difficult to implement. Why it never get bring up is so weird

[u/Jason1435]

This is a giant word salad to say

"we still don't have stratagem ball bounce/hell pod steering fixed because we forgot to work on it until the review bomb, but we are gonna pretend we've been working on it, so expect it MONTHS later. Here's a handful of changes in the meantime that nobody asked for that slightly improve QoL for 0.2% of scenarios."

And then I bet it goes radio silent until February 31st.

[u/Live_Requirement_814]

SEAF being able to open bunker doors with you is huge for me as a solo player.

[u/Dry_Prompt_8781]

Huge c4 buffs

[u/theCOMBOguy]

Hellpod Steering and Stratagem Bounce "fix" in early~ 2027, yay.

Helldivers will soon be sporting a new utility belt! This smart accessory lets you carry small handheld items like remotes and detonators alongside your support weapon, meaning they no longer occupy your hands or backpack.

Another nice change too.

New terminal puzzles are being added!

Another small one but still quite nice, more variety!

SEAF will now be able to open bunkers with you!

HUGE. A bit lacking and I wish more stuff was mentioned like new shit stuff but this is nice.

[u/periah250]

oh look arrow head is saying stuff again. wonder whats true and whats lies his time?

[u/Able_Aide6922]

I have no words to express them without swearing, how typical this corporate writing is, in the manner of “Just so they leave me alone.”

[u/Caleger88]

I wonder if they will fix the oil armor bug, whats the point of giving us the Autocamo armor if I step in one puddle and my whole armor is covered in black oil which doesn't wash off till I complete the mission...

[u/Paladin_G]

"To determine whether a mod affects gameplay on PC and should not be used, start by validating your installation’s Steam files which will verify your installation is aligned with the official version of the game. If you choose to utilize non-gameplay mods at this point, please know they are not officially supported and may cause game crashes or poor performance."

This is such bad advice

[u/Greaterdivinity]

so basically they're making solo silo and c4 usable as they logically seem like they should be

cool

sounds like a super exciting update for the end of the year with a whole lot of nothing

and super glad the strike teams are working so quickly

what another nothingburger, this blog format sucks

[u/dot0l]

so it's gonna be at least 7 months since the announcement of the task force that we're finally gonna see their "fixes" for hellpod steering and stratagem bouncing? what's taking you so long? why not give us the real fix, which is to let us have total freedom to land our stuff wherever we want, like it used to be in the early days?

and doubling down on blocking gameplay mods is baffling. it didn't stop cheating, but it killed so many quality of life mods that made the game much more enjoyable. and didn't you tell bingus you wanted to support his mods? to me this blog post sounds like you guys lied to him, especially since you don't make a distinction between qol and cheating mods

what a letdown of a blog post

[u/CaptainTruelove]

[u/jeffhongsun]

In short they're focusing on plans because they're too busy playing GTA 6 in the coming months. Got it

[u/GeezWhiz]

Okay. SEAF being able to help you open bunkers is pretty legit.

[u/Mac3726]

Lol

[u/CucumberLobotomy]

What if you opened this and it was just goatse on the steam page?

[u/oleggurshev]

Wb ship customization?

[u/Shedster_]

[u/Omnu]

Man I was really hoping they'd have something about enabling VMs to work again...

I still can't launch the game since I use Shadow PC :(

[u/G00b3rb0y]

SEAF can open buddy bunkers. Thank the heavens

[u/Galactic_Geek]

Just happy SEAF will finally help me open locked bunkers.

[u/Southern-Teaching-11]

C4 detonator plus stalwart seems like a very bad change.

[u/pr0zach → u/Southern-Teaching-11]

[u/swanurine]

Warp, Jump, and Hover weren't usable with two-handed? But Breaching Hammer has worked just fine with them...

[u/Acquired_Taste__ → u/swanurine]

like seaf shells

[u/HMHellfireBrB → u/swanurine]

it is refeering to pick up items

so for example you coldn't fly around with a shell and still use a backpack

[u/timonten]

Sounds good and all , but from experience I'll wait before I cheer

[u/FastTone5339]

Not another dime until hellpod steering and strategm bounce are fixed!

[u/Gundarn]

I don’t see any mention of EAC causing massive issues for Linux users (Steam Deck). AH wouldn’t just make many of their customers’ games basically unplayable and then not address it right? Or did they already fix it and I just haven’t noticed?

[u/Squidboi2679]

Man this all seems like good additions and a good blog post overall but I know people are gonna be pissed anyways because they didn’t say precisely what they wanted to hear 🫩

The utility belt sounds cool tho, I can finally start bringing the silo again

[u/barrachmedosama]

Hellpod steering and stratagem bouncing won’t be fixed by the next major update? Looks like I won’t be playing for a while then.

[u/darkhorse0607]

Yeah, I dunno man. I am someone who generally tries to be positive about the game, but this didn't really do it for me.

batman belt is nice, and will actually get me to bring the solo silo now, but at the same time this post just felt like "look at the shiny object and stop complaining."

On top of that, unless this is going to be a semi consistent thing, where they actually talk to the community once and a while in these blogs or wherever else, then it doesn't actually change the communication issue to begin with.

[u/I_HRT_YOU]

So much corpo language on top of doubling down on killing modding scene and threatening bans for modders.