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Helldivers 2 tweaked one of its most popular Stratagems because players weren’t using it as Arrowhead intended

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Helldivers 2 tweaked one of its most popular Stratagems because players weren’t using it as Arrowhead intended

Developer Arrowhead Game Studio recently deployed a mega-patch for Helldivers 2, bringing in over 100 changes, tweaks, and buffs to everything from weapons to the Galactic War Table. But one of the game’s most popular Stratagems was changed to better fit how players were using it, rather than how Arrowhead intended for it to be used.

Helldivers 2’s Orbital Precision Strike is a Stratagem that calls down – you guessed it – an orbital strike onto a single location. Unlike the Orbital Laser, the tool doesn’t sweep through the battlefield but simply blasts your chosen location before disappearing. Arrowhead’s “original intent” was for players to use it on “fixed positions” – like bot factories or bug nests – but that hasn’t stopped divers from “using it against pretty much everything,” according to a recent blog post.

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