Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Patch 5 Will Change The Way You Play The Game

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continues to be a truly excellent third-person shooter in large part thanks to the immense post-launch support it continues to get from Saber Interactive. Whether it's new Operations for players to sink their teeth into, towering new bosses to face, or powerful new weapons to blast Tyranids and Chaos forces alike, continues to get plenty of love.

Its latest patch continues this tradition by adding a much-needed feature that improves Operations. It may feel like a small tweak, but it will greatly change how many players approach certain sections in Operations while ensuring that those who are content can keep playing the way they like. remains one of the best games of all time, and it's all thanks to updates like this.

latest patch has introduced a brand-new feature that will get players engaging with each Operation more. In order to prevent players from skipping certain sections and encounters within an Operation,will now award players with an Extermination Bonus. According to the patch notes, players will earn a different Extermination Rank depending on how many spawned enemies they kill, with the higher ranks awarding significantly more XP.

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For example, to earn Rank A, players will need to kill more than 85% of spawned enemies. The reward for reaching this rank is +120% XP pre-patch value. Of course, players actively choose to skip certain encounters during Operations in order to avoid grinding against enemies and skipping to the more enjoyable sections. It's an understandable choice, but the new Extermination Bonus will make it so that these sections are actually worth doing. The game's director, Dmitriy Grigorenko, explained the new feature in the patch notes:

Players who still want to skip those sections won't be punished for doing so, but those who choose to engage with them or now decide they're worth doing