Helldivers 2 Dev Update Means Your Non-Meta Build Is Going To Get A Lot Better

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Although the playerbase of has developed a meta, pinning down the game's best weapons and Stratagems, a new update from developer Arrowhead Game Studios promises to shake up the game's existing options in a future patch. With the game's first few updates having been almost totally devoted to fixing bugs and server issues, 's gameplay has yet to see any significant updates, although additions like new Stratagems and weapons have been teased by the developers. With the game's server issues mostly fixed, however, Arrowhead seems to be gearing up for a more gameplay-focused update.

A minor update from developer Baskinator on the official Discord server, which can be seen in a Reddit post from user Dean_38, has confirmed that the developers at Arrowhead are currently working on a balance-focused update for .

No further details, such as additional content or a potential release date, have been announced, but a more gameplay-oriented patch would presumably focus on buffing some of the game's underperforming weapons and potentially fixing some issues affecting gameplay, like the currently nonfunctional armor rating system.

Especially in the hardest difficulties of ,the meta has started to revolve around a few distinctly powerful options — the default Breaker shotgun, the Railgun support weapon, and the Shield Generator Pack Stratagem, sometimes with other options like the Autocannon or Defender SMG making appearances. While these weapons and Stratagems aren't strictly required to succeed in higher difficulties, and players can certainly find success with off-meta options, they have formed a somewhat over-centralized core that can feel limiting for players who want to maximize their effectiveness in missions.

While certain datamines for have revealed that new content is coming to the game, some of which might be enough to shake up the meta on its own, many players will still appreciate a patch devoted to making some of the game's less powerful options feel better to use, and