Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.400 is a big buffing balance update

thesixthaxis.com:

It’s time for a big balance patch for Helldivers 2 with update 1.000.400. Will Arrowhead manage to walk the tightrope of shifting the game’s weapon, Strategem and enemy power around? Or will the community hate it merely for the fact that things have changed and the go-to loadouts aren’t quite as effective anymore?

In an accompanying explainer post, Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt said, “First, I want to thank you, the community, for clearly voicing your opinions and concerns for the balance and fun of the game. […] With these balance changes we wanted to buff up some of the weaker stratagems to make them more viable and add more opportunity for variety in loadouts. We also changed a few to make them more consistent, but the goal was to keep a similar or higher power level.”

This means that various Sentry turrets are getting improvements to power and durability, orbital strikes are being made better for moving targets, while the Eruptor’s shrapnel removal is being compensated for with higher damage.

There’s also some functional changes, so supply lines and attack origins are now visible in the Galactic War, and you can create invite-only lobbies.

Here’s the full Helldivers 1.000.400 patch notes:

A/MLS-4X Rocket Sentry

A/MG-43 Machine gun sentry

A/MG-43 Machine gun Sentry, A/G-16 Gatling Sentry, A/MLS-4X Rocket Sentry, A/AC-8 Autocannon Sentry, A/M-12 Mortar Sentry, A/M-23 EMS Mortar Sentry:

E/MG-101 HMG Emplacement

MD-6 Anti-Personnel Minefield

MD-I4 Incendiary Mines

Orbital Gatling

Orbital Precision strike

Orbital Airburst Strike

Eagle 110MM Rocket Pods

While these changes may look like a straight up nerf, that is not the intention. Please see the blogpost for more information.

Eagle Strafing Run

GL-21 Grenade Launcher

MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun

MG-43 Machine Gun

MG-43 Machine Gun, A/MG-43 Machine gun Sentry, A/G-16 Gatling Sentry and EXO-45 Patriot Exosuits Gatling

AR-23 Liberator, M-105 Stalwart and AX/AR-23 “Guard dog”  

AR-23C Liberator Concussive

BR-14