Helldivers 2: Devoid of Liberty 7.2.0: what changed

Implemented Easy Anti-Cheat, with additional security tools in place to enhance its effectiveness and improve game integrity protection

We broke out the bug strain that spawns Bile Warriors, Spewers, Scavengers, which could randomly become active on a mission, into its own bug strain that now is controlled by the Game Masters and will have its own visualization to show when it's active just like other bug strains like Rupture, Spore Burst etc.

Increased damage from 605 to 726

Increased durable damage from 220 to 264

Decreased recoil Vertical Drift from 20 to 15

Decreased recoil Vertical Climb from 30 to 20

Decreased recoil Horizontal Climb from 12 to 6

Increased durable damage from 16 to 20

Increased spare max magazines from 6 to 7

Decreased recoil Vertical Drift from 15 to 7.5

Decreased recoil Vertical Climb from 25 to 12.5

Decreased recoil Horizontal Drift from 10 to 5

Decreased recoil Horizontal Climb from 6 to 4

Increased damage from 90 to 100

Increased durable damage from 18 to 20

Decreased recoil Vertical Drift from 20 to 12

Decreased recoil Vertical Climb from 10 to 8

Increased ergonomic from 80 to 90

Faster reload from 3.3 sec to 2.7 sec

Decreased stagger strength on projectile from 20 to 15

Decreased time until weapons start to shoot from when trigger is pressed from 0.5 sec to 0.33 sec

Decreased time until weapon heat starts cooling down after firing from 1.33 sec to 0.66 sec

Less heat build up per projectile from 1.15 to 0.95

Decreased time until weapons start to shoot from when trigger is pressed from 0.5 sec to 0.33 sec

Decreased time until weapon heat starts cooling down after firing from 1.33 sec to 0.66 sec

Increased damage from 405 to 486

Increased durable damage from 108 to 135

Increased damage from 330 to 396

Increased durable damage from 66 to 88

Increased damage from 240 to 288

Increased durable damage from 64 to 80

Increased damage from 450 to 540

Increased durable damage from 108 to 135

Minor combat balancing tweaks for EVACUATE HIGH VALUE ASSETS

Decreased time until regaining movement control after firing from 0.5 sec to 0 sec

Increased stagger force from 15 to 20

Increased stagger impulse from 12 to 24

Increased spare charges from 7 to 10

Decreased cooldown from 100 to 90

Decreased explosion cone angle from 35 to 27, which creates a tighter pattern for the shrapnel.

Increased damage on flame particle from 3 to 8

Increased damage on flame particle from 3 to 8

Decreased the explosion's demolition strength from 50 to 40.

Fixed a crash that could occur when scrolling through and equipping vehicle customization patterns in Ship Management.

Fixed customized vehicle previews failing or crashing after rapidly changing customization patterns.

Fixed two crashes related to SEAF shuttles when a lot of enemies are around.

Fixed a rare crash that could happen when another Helldiver reloads the Flak Cannon on their Exo suit under very poor network conditions.

Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to emote with SEAF soldiers.

Fixed crash related to ragdolls.

Fixed issue where popups would cause a crash.

Fixed issue with upscalers that could result in a crash or a grey screen at certain resolutions.

Cycling between resolutions or render scale should no longer crash the game.

Improved DirectX 12 stability.

Fixed an issue that allowed the M-103 Supply FRV's turret to spam movement audio when enemies were around, but it didn't visibly move.

Fixed an issue where the TD-220 Bastion main gun triggered the team reload request voice line.

Fixed bug where reloading the flak cannon on the EXO-55 Breakthrough Exosuit would sometimes work incorrectly.

The 40-K Meltagun now destroys Command Bunkers' sides correctly.

Fixed an issue causing the Hellbomb to be unavailable on one side of the Gazer Spire objective.

Fixed an issue where the Melta Mine inconsistently triggered when used on Vox Engine.

Fixed an animation issue with the Hyena when the reload is interrupted.

Fixed an issue where the Bile Titan would clip through the cave roof in some of the passages in one of the Spore Lung locations.

The Crescent Overseer's backpack can now be destroyed, killing the enemy in the process.

The Hive Lord will now leave combat earlier if not damaged by players for a certain duration.

Fixed an issue where the Vox Engine doors damaged players too much while on the ground.

Fixed an issue where Watchers spawned in very large numbers when mixing Illuminate's fleets.

Crusher head gore no longer leaves a transparent hole where the neck is supposed to be.

Fixed an issue where Hulk Scorchers would take damage and stagger from their own saw attack.

Improved multithreaded performance for smoother frame pacing and better frame times, particularly on lower core-count CPUs and Xbox Series S.

Reduced stuttering during intense combat scenes by optimizing how particle effects are processed.

General improvements to level loading responsiveness.

[PC] Reduced hitching caused by shader compilation.

[PC] Fixed an issue that could cause graphical issues when using Dynamic Resolution Scaling on AMD Radeon graphics cards.

[PC] Adjusted Screen Space Reflections to flicker less when no anti-aliasing is used.

Fixed horizontal streak artifacts in reflections.

Fixed visual artifacts around objects when smoke is present in the background and Variable Rate Shading is used.

Dynamic Resolution Scaling now checks for GPU bound frames before decreasing resolution.

The image in Message Of The Day in 'Example Patch Notes' now has the correct aspect ratio.

Added missing color grading when NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR upscaling are enabled.

Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in one of the Extract Organic soup locations.

Fixed an issue where a SEAF could use an incorrect voice line when being revived by another SEAF.

Fixed an issue where the players unlocked the "Democracy ain't done with you yet" achievement when stimming SEAF.

Fixed an issue where the player name of a disconnected player would still remain in the minimap.

Fixed an enemy pathing issue on the Illuminate missions.

Fixed an issue with softlocking 'Condemn Illicit Experiments' objective where the camera could get stuck under the portable comms relay.

Fixed an issue where the IX-Voidwalker helmet would disappear in some camera angles.

Fixed an issue where only Harvesters could spawn in cities when facing the Appropriator fleet.

Explosions that originate inside a shield bubble should now properly damage entities inside the shield.

Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in Sabotage Pipes location.

Fixed an issue where the Charger was having trouble navigating one of the Collect Data locations.

Fixed an issue with players getting stuck underneath a pipe in one of the Extract Organic Soup locations.

Fixed enemy traversal issues in one of the Collect Data locations.

Fixed an issue with players floating above ground when interacting with the Data Jack in the Disrupt Shield Generator(s) objective.

Fixed enemy navigation issues in one of the Spore Lung objective locations.

Support weapon settings (e.g., fire mode) now persist between uses and across sessions.

Fixed an issue with the "Recover Scientific Specimens" optional objectives.

Fixed an issue where no animations would be triggered while interacting with a minigame if Dispatches showed at the same time.

Extreme weather conditions are now more muted while behind large objects and indoors.

Fixed an issue with weapons on the ship bridge disappearing from view at a certain camera angle.

Improved soundscape when filming with the shoulder-mounted camera in first person view.

The assisted reload animations have been reworked to function better when the shooter is prone.

Fixed rendering bug that could cause incorrect lighting for certain particle effects (smoke plumes, etc.).

When unlocked, ICBM lights now deactivate in order to increase the visibility of remaining locks.

Fixed a bug that caused a Democracy Officer voiceover line about the Gloom to play significantly more often than it should.

Added emotes for SEAF: Rock, paper, scissors, Pull my finger, and Test of Conviction.

Improved hitbox alignment for ragdolling enemies during frame-rate drops.

Fixed an issue where some character parts could behave incorrectly during ragdoll transitions.

The banners on the hologram map that denote the presence of special enemy variants have been adjusted for improved readability.

Improved cooldown mechanism for Stingrays when there are a lot of enemies, making their spawn frequency work a bit more as intended.

GPU busy % frame statistic is now available on all platforms.

Added a message overlay explaining when chat functionality is unavailable due to communication restrictions on consoles.

Fixed an issue where text within certain popups couldn't be scrolled using the controller.

Usernames changes are updated mid-game when playing multiplayer.

Bug rocks no longer bleed red.

Fixed a bug where spawned Exo suits would have the default skin applied (instead of the actually selected skin) for late joining players

Fixed a bug that would cause Helldivers to get knocked in the air when exiting a driving vehicle

Fixed an issue preventing enemies from spawning at locations in CR1 Appropriator planets

Tesla and Generator VFX no longer become huge from a distance

Fixed an overlapping VO issue on immediate extraction missions

Fixed issue where 'Infiltrate Illuminate Lair' objectives were not taggable in some situations

Fixed some city destruction sync issues

Fixed Message of the Day QR code to work with more phones

Fixed minor navigation issues on desert planets

Fixed issue where cave points of interest could be partially outside the cave

In-world subtitles now take into account subtitle settings

Replaying the tutorial level no longer resets custom armor choices

Fixed issue where Hellpods could sometime land on cave roofs on Hive Worlds

SEAF Gun stratagem name now updates with the projectile type in stratagem list.

Fixed various bugs in the armory weapon customization

Fixed a bug that caused the minimap Fog of War effect to not sync between players

Cyrillic characters will no longer display extra spaces between characters for players using non-Cyrillic text.

Display names with Bengali, Devanagari and Thai characters should be displayed correctly. Ship-operator names should show up again on consoles

Fixed an issue where some leaping enemies could jump in the wrong direction when targeting the Breakthrough Exosuit

Switching to a different equipment slot during an emote will no longer lead to unnatural weapon handling

Added back button to speech initial setting screen