Summary
Helldivers 2has maintain an imposingly ordered schedule for its battle offer combining weight , have sex as Warbonds , issue one nearly every month since the game launched in February 2024 . New items therein are n’t needfully biz - changing , but a veritable shot of fresh weapon and armour has been courteous . I ’m not one to normally celebrate battle passes – they ’re often a becoming passel monetarily , but they incentivize players to participate in a cyclical dweeb that I ascertain often starts taking the fun out of their respective games . Warbonds inHelldivers 2are comparatively innocuous , though , andthe forthcoming Freedom ’s Flame Warbond has a disorderly focus that ’s get me eager to check it out .
The Warbonds ' saving grace is how easy it is toget free Super Creditsby just playing the game . Without buy any Super Credits ( agiotage currentness used to unlock Warbonds ) , I ’ve completed three of the five usable insurance premium Warbonds , and I ’m presently close to have enough for another . While some items in the last Warbond , Viper Commandos , caught my eye , I ’m likely going to get the newHelldivers 2Warbond or else . Freedom ’s Flame is focalise around weapons that look at fervor damage , and it ’s bound to make the bedlam that keeps me coming back toHelldivers 2 .
July is the only month since release to not sport a new exchange premium Warbond forHelldivers 2 .
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Everything In The New Helldivers 2 Warbond: Freedom’s Flame
Releases August 8, 2024
The young Freedom ’s Flame Warbond is coming toHelldivers 2on August 8 , two days after the launching of theEscalation of Freedom update , which is set to be the plot ’s biggest content drop curtain yet . Much like previous Warbonds , Freedom ’s Flame hosts a motley of new particular , allot to thePlayStation Blog – weapons , armour , an Exosuit skin , a Booster , and more . Here ’s a tabular array with a quick summing up of the new item :
New Item Name
Item Type
Helldivers II is the follow-up to the 2015 multiplayer top-down single-player/co-op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios. The sequel, which has shifted gears to a third-person shooter format, drops players into the boots of elite super-soldiers who fight to protect Super Earth from invading alien forces while taking the fight to those who threaten the “democracy of Super Earth."
verbal description
SG-451 Cookout
Primary Weapon
Pump - action shotgun that uses " incendiary phosphoric pellets "
FLAM-66 Torcher
Lightweight flamethrower
Helldivers II is the follow-up to the 2015 multiplayer top-down single-player/co-op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios. The sequel, which has shifted gears to a third-person shooter format, drops players into the boots of elite super-soldiers who fight to protect Super Earth from invading alien forces while taking the fight to those who threaten the “democracy of Super Earth."
P-72 Crisper
petty Weapon
hand-held flamethrower
Fiery Drop
Booster
Firebomb Hellpods – cover the landing place geographical zone in flames
I-09 Heatseeker
armour
Inflammable armor passive – grants 75 % resistance to fervency impairment
I-102 Draconaught
Fire Safety Officer
deed of conveyance
Cosmetic
Safety Orange
Exosuit pelt
Covers a legal age of the Exosuit ’s instrument panel in high - vis Orange River
Purifying Eclipse
Cape & Player Card
Commemorating " the Liberation of Choepessa IV in the First Galactic War "
The rupture
Commemorating the 361st Freedom ’s Flame Helldiver building block , which entered and erupted a supervolcano to destruct a Terminid swarm .
Big Stretch
Emote
Misc .
Deep Reflection
Thoracic Collision Exultation Manoeuvre Co - Emote
While the number of weapons and armor is lower , Freedom ’s Flame is evocative ofHelldivers 2 ’s Cutting Edge Warbond , which was expel back in March . Cutting border brought electricity - fritter weaponry ( and an armor passive to check ) beyond the Arc Thrower Stratagem . Freedom ’s Flame is doing much the same for flamethrowing weapons . The Breaker Incendiary has been a staple arming of bug missions specially , but Freedom ’s Flame certainly is likely bringing at least a little bit of diversity . While the Flamethrower support weapon system has never really been in my wheelhouse , I ’m excited about the additional chaos Freedom ’s Flame is sure to bring .
The SG-451 Cookout ’s designation number is a computer address to Ray Bradbury’sFahrenheit 451 , a classic skill fiction novel in which " firemen " are tax with sting books , as all literature has been outlawed .
New Warbond Items Are Guaranteed To Result In Team Kills
Flamethrowers Are Notoriously Dangerous To Helldivers
As the playerbase ofHelldivers 2has settled from its volatile release window , I detect myself meet a mess of hardcore players , specially on higher difficulty . This is altogether fine , I ’m down for the surgical delegation here and there , butI also still greatly appreciateHelldivers 2for its penchant for collateral damage . Getting airstriked by my teammate is almost always good for a laugh , and the Airburst Rocket Launcher was hilariously proficient at vote out Helldivers before it was reworked . The smattering of fourth dimension I ’ve brought a Flamethrower on a military mission , I ’ve find that using it results in a rather high-pitched opportunity of my own death or a crispy mate .
I on the QT cherish the incidental moments where a deadbolt bounces through an enemy and zaps another Helldiver into an instant grave accent .
I do n’t attempt to kill teammates , just like I ’m sure my teammates are n’t ( usually ) seek to kill me , but the levity of seeing a mate ’s school principal pop off when they accidentally step into my line of firing is one ofHelldivers 2 ’s most adorable recurring bits . The similarity of Freedom ’s Flame to the Cutting Edge Warbond is what specifically piqued my stake . Cutting Edge really got me into using the Arc Thrower more more often than not , and the ARC-12 Blitzer on Terminid missions . I try my best to give my teammates a extensive berth while I ’m slinging lightning downrange , but I on the QT cherish the incident moments where a thunderbolt spring through an enemy and zaps another Helldiver into an insistent tomb .
I gestate to see an uptick in death by immolationvia the new plaything in the Freedom ’s Flame Warbond . The FLAM-66 Torcher is survive to be an peculiarly interesting addition to the elemental weapon card . The Flamethrower musical accompaniment arm is cracking for face down Terminid swarms , but its propensity to stamp out the substance abuser and their teammates entail I seldom see it taken over other , more popular option . The Torcher seems like it will be in a similar class as the Blitzer , especially effective at cleaning up swarms of smaller glitch at close range , albeit with limited ammo .
The Fiery Drop Booster is in a like situation : it ’s a cool addition that will definitely be useful situationally , butcoating the landing place geographical zone ’s quick surroundings with blast is almost certainly go to result in some needed reinforcements . It does n’t seem quite aspowerful as former Modern Boosters like Localization Confusion , but it again seems especially equipped to efficaciously burn some insects .
Chaotic & Deadly Gameplay Is What Keeps Me Coming Back To Helldivers 2
Team Killing Is Part Of The Charm
I screw when a mission goes off without a hitch – Helldivers 2is just a very satisfying secret plan to excel at – butI also bang it when any semblance of a cohesive strategy goes in good order out the windowpane . The secret plan ’s ego - serious satire pair excellently with its slapstick gameplay , and the regular Warbonds have been a great elbow room for new line to be introduced while expect larger content drops like the upcomingEscalation of Freedom update .
Monthly Warbonds felt like an overly ambitious and perhaps unnecessary roadmap when the game first came out , but it ’s proven to be efficacious at keeping me concerned , even though I ’m starting to run more meagrely . Even if there are two premium Warbonds I have n’t unlocked myself , it ’s nice to know they ’re always there to keep a sense of progression alive – either I ’m searching for Super Credits to buy the next one , or I ’m looking for Medals to dispatch the ace I ’ve already unlock . It just happens to be an added bonus that they also contribute to the chaos ofHelldivers 2 , which is the biz ’s most adorable aspect .
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Helldivers II is the follow - up to the 2015 multiplayer top - down single - histrion / co - op shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios . The sequel , which has reposition gears to a third - person shooter format , shed players into the boots of elect super - soldier who fight to protect Super Earth from invading exotic forces while call for the fight to those who threaten the " democracy of Super Earth . "
