Arrowhead Recreation Studios’ newest patch for Helldivers 2 went reside with some hefty adjustments, like rising the extent cap to 150, balancing a number of weapons and even including blizzards and sandstorms. Nevertheless, it additionally introduced some undocumented new enemies, particularly to the Automaton faction.
The primary is an AT-AT-style heavy walker, dubbed the Manufacturing unit Strider. Armed with laser turrets and able to creating Devastators, it strikes slowly however wreaks heavy destruction. Heavy armor is all over the place, and there don’t seem like simply accessible vents for destroying it.
The second is Automaton gunships, described by one Reddit person as “closely armored flying rocket Devastators with a daily Devastator strapped to the opposite facet. They hearth salvos of missiles and rapid-fire lasers in any other case.” The brand new LAS-99 Quasar Cannon and EAT-17 can take them down in a single shot when aiming at their engines, however Factories can allegedly ship out three at a time and require Hellbombs to destroy.
Whichever method you slice it, the brand new enemies are a drive to reckon with, making the Automaton planets far more harrowing. One has to surprise how issues will fare when the Illuminate, datamined and hinted at in latest missions, seems.
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