Arrowhead Sport Studios has been updating Helldivers 2 since its launch utilizing Warbonds, content material packs that include new weapons, cosmetics, and armor. Arrowhead vowed to make every Warbond angled in the direction of a selected fantasy, just like the 80s-themed Viper Commanders. The subsequent Warbond is Freedom’s Flame, and it leans closely into a typical instrument of battle: hearth. Heaps and many hearth.
Hearth weapons are already a part of Helldivers 2, and they could be a dangerous technique to rock on the battlefield. As an illustration, I like utilizing my Breaker Incendiary in opposition to waves of Terminids, because it completely melts these sneaky little bugs. It additionally scorches and kills different Helldivers in — or vaguely close to — my line of fireplace. I is likely to be tempted to equip the brand new weapons within the Freedom’s Flame Warbond, as they sound very enjoyable, if additionally dangerously deadly.
The SG-451 Cookout is a pump motion shotgun with incendiary phosphorous pellets, whereas the FLAM-66 Torcher is a light-weight flamethrower that makes for a extra economical selection over the Flamethrower Stratagem. Or, if you wish to go even smaller, the brand new Secondary Weapon is the P-72 Crisper, a pocket-sized flamethrower that erupts over quick distances.
The armor units are significantly thrilling for all of my associates who’ve been scorched by pleasant hearth; they arrive with a bonus that grants 75% resistance to fireplace. Now everybody can cease yelling at me for setting them on hearth; that’s nice. Lastly, there’s a booster that ignites the bottom that Hellpods land on, which makes the touchdown gear much more lethal to bots and bugs.
The Freedom’s Flame Warbond is ready to go stay on Aug. 8; it’ll be a part of Helldivers 2’s greatest replace but, Escalation of Freedom, which is ready to be launched on Aug. 6. It’s an thrilling time for the co-op shooter, and Arrowhead nonetheless has some tips up its sleeve to unveil later — like that suspicious black gap emitting whale noises over at Meridia.
