Developer Arrowhead Game Studios is readying the biggest ever update for Helldivers 2 for August. The Escalation of Freedom update will add in new missions, new hazards, new difficulty options, and new bugs to liberate.
Escalation of Freedom will arrive on August 6 for all available platforms. When it hits, players will get an opportunity to tackle the new level 10 difficulty option. There will also be new mission objectives, such as having to locate and extract a noisy little larva that will constantly attract Terminids to your location. Players will also be able to liberate new "supersized bot fortress" outposts. Swamp biomes look a bit more creepy now with rolling fog and untamed flora.
There will be a variety of new enemies to fight in Escalation of Freedom. This includes the return of the Impaler from the original Helldivers. The Sport Charger is a variation of the regular Charger that is now shrouded in fog to obscure its location. The Terminid Alpha Commander is a "supercharged Brood Commander that's bigger, meaner, and doesn't hesitate to call in other bugs for backup." The Automatons also grow in number with the new Rocket Tank. There will be "some other bot surprises" that Arrowhead will introduce but are not disclosing yet.
The team will also make a big change to how kicking of teammates from missions is handled when this update drops in August. Read about that below and check out the new trailer and screenshots.
The last addition I want to highlight about the Escalation of Freedom update is that we’re making changes to mitigate the problem of grief kicking in Helldivers 2. While it’s our hope that players engage with the game in good faith and sportsmanship, we do recognize that some players are using the team kicking to grief others.
To help improve this we have implemented a system where if a player is kicked, they will spawn into a new session as the host with all of the team’s loot from their previous session. All items can now be picked up by the player before extraction. The squad doing the kicking will see a message in the chat widget that a player has been kicked, yet their loot remains unchanged.
With these changes, all players have the opportunity to leave with all loot collected on mission, with no one Helldiver losing out. We’re committed to making changes that will improve the player experience and encourage healthy, cooperative gameplay.
Along with this, we’re also releasing other quality of life upgrades with Escalation of Freedom, including major fixes to the social menu to make diving with your friends easier.
Overall, we think this escalation is going to be packed full of awesome additions, long-awaited improvements, and a ton of surprises to discover! Helldivers 2: Escalation of Freedom is launching on August 6!
To help improve this we have implemented a system where if a player is kicked, they will spawn into a new session as the host with all of the team’s loot from their previous session. All items can now be picked up by the player before extraction. The squad doing the kicking will see a message in the chat widget that a player has been kicked, yet their loot remains unchanged.
With these changes, all players have the opportunity to leave with all loot collected on mission, with no one Helldiver losing out. We’re committed to making changes that will improve the player experience and encourage healthy, cooperative gameplay.
Along with this, we’re also releasing other quality of life upgrades with Escalation of Freedom, including major fixes to the social menu to make diving with your friends easier.
Overall, we think this escalation is going to be packed full of awesome additions, long-awaited improvements, and a ton of surprises to discover! Helldivers 2: Escalation of Freedom is launching on August 6!
