Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Patch 4.1 Nerfs Extremis Spawns and Buffs Weapons in Operations

gamingbolt.com:

After the backlash to Patch 4.0 of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive has released a new update to address the same. More specifically, it’s rolled back several changes to lean further into the game’s power fantasy, with comments by game director Dmitriy Grigorenko.

Operations previously had increased spawn rates for Extremis enemies. However, these have reverted to pre-patch 4.0 levels on Minimal, Average, and Substantial difficulties while their spawn rate is “significantly” reduced on Ruthless. Weapons like the Auto Bolt Rifle, Heavy Bolt Rifle, Bolt Sniper Rifle, Heavy Bolter, and more will also deal increased damage in Operations.

Those playing through the new Lethal difficulty can also breathe a sigh of relief as the “Tight Formation” mechanic, which required executing enemies near allies to regain armor, is gone. Check out the patch notes below for more details.

To ensure balancing updates land better, Saber will roll out public test servers in early 2025 to test major changes before they go live. Stay tuned for details on specific dates in the coming months.

Patch Notes 4.1

Gameplay and Balancing Tweaks – Operations mode

AI director and enemy spawns

DG: Here was our reasoning before Patch 4.0: When the game came out in September, the Ruthless difficulty win rate hovered around 60%. Weeks later, and with the changes introduced by Patch 3.0, we saw that the same win rate had jumped to over 80%, and we received a lot of feedback stating that the game had become too easy—even at its maximum difficulty (at the time).

With Patch 4.0, our aim was to tweak enemy spawns to increase the overall number of enemies rather than reverting to buffing their Health. Unfortunately, this had an impact on the easier difficulty levels as well.

For example, the win rate on the easiest difficulty dropped slightly after Patch 4.0, from 95% to 93%. This may not look like a lot, but numbers aren’t everything. Your feedback made it clear that the game had become