Helldivers 2 update 1.000.302 patch notes addresses fixes and balancing issues

It has been a turbulent time in the Helldivers 2 community over the past few days due to the PSN controversy. But, it is time to put all of that behind us and look to the future of the game, and what better way to do that than with a new update? Although a minor update, Arrowhead Game Studios is regularly improving the quality of the game to give the players the best experience possible.

Here are the Helldivers 01.000.302 update patch notes.

Helldivers 2 01.000.302 Patch Notes

Arrowhead Game Studios has released the new Helldivers 2 01.000.302 update, which mainly addresses fixes and balancing issues in the game rather than adding new content. Check out the full patch notes below.

Balancing

Primary, Secondary, & Support Weapons

R-9 Eruptor

• Increased explosion damage by 40 and removed shrapnel from the explosion

This is to avoid cases in which players would randomly one-shot themselves or their teammates in a huge radius around the explosion

Enemies

• Increased Shrieker sight and hearing range slightly.
• Increased Gunship hearing range slightly

Fixes

Gameplay

• We have fixed issues with the way Damage-over-time effects were being applied. This should fix issues where only the network session owner could apply them, and other cases where they would be applied inconsistently.
• Firing the Punisher Plasma while wearing a shield backpack no longer damages the Helldiver
• Fixed issues with some weapon scopes not being aligned in First-Person-View.
• The sound when stimming no longer plays while being interrupted
• Major orders with the “Kill task” now track score correctly. Previously it counted the entire squad’s kills once for each player, meaning it would multiply the score by the number of people on the mission; this is now amended.
• Helldivers can no longer land on tall rocks in the “Horde Defend Missions”
• Helldivers can no longer land on top of bug pillars in Deactivate Terminid Control System missions
• Fix for the reinforce stratagem not being present if a Helldiver leaves the session before readying up and then hot joining the active session

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when all players were dead on the “Deactivate Terminid Control System” mission
• Fixed a crash that could occur on game shutdown
• Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving the mission and rejoining
• Fixed a crash that could occur at the end of cutscenes
• Fixed a crash that could occur when diving into missions
• Fixed a tutorial crash that could occur on PC when ALT+Tabbing
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using beam weapons
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur for players on startup when using VPN
• Fixed a soft lock that could occur if the player would open the text chat while having the stratagem menu open
• Other general crash fixes

• PC players adding friends through friend codes can no longer show up as “Unknown”
• Fixed overlapping footers inside menus
• Steam friends should now be visible in Social Menu, even though Friends List is not set to Public in Steam Privacy Settings
• Recent Players list will now include hot-joining players
• Players are now able to unblock players that were not in their friends list beforehand
• Fixed issue with empty friend-names in Social Menu
• Lobby privacy mode text updates immediately when changed
• Player names longer than 26 characters should now update properly in the Social Menu
• Fixed issue where non-host players could kick others indiscriminately including the host

Other

• Total purchased counter on the right side of the Robotics Workshop section no longer displays 7 / 8 despite all stratagems being purchased
• Resolved some edge cases related to Steam App Id related errors on login

This new Helldivers 01.000.302 update is a rather minor update, but there is a brand new Premium Warbond titled Polar Patriots that is set to be released on May 9th, which will add new weapons, armor, and other items to the game. The new update also comes as the Terminids are growing stronger than ever following the most recent Major Order. To ensure victory over the Terminid army, we highly recommend checking out our Helldivers 2 best weapons guide and best armor guide so you and your squad can continue to bring democracy with all of the firepower needed.