Helldivers 2 update lets you get into games much quicker

What was life like beforeHelldivers 2? Seriously, we can’t recall anything before the utter mayhem as we “fight for freedom”.

Surely our social media feeds can’t be the only ones frequently throwing up memes of people running for their lives, the hashtag forHelldivers 2attached? Our very own Sam Cawley described the game as“intergalactic cooperative chaos”; he hit the nail firmly on the head with that one.

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But amongst the joyous bedlam there’s been niggling issues that have kept players from experiencing the full throttle intensity ofHelldivers 2. Thankfully, the latest update (for bothPCandPlayStation 5) is tackling one of those problems, thus ensuring that its players can throw themselves into the line of fire much quicker. This isn’t the previousfree updatethat we told you about mere days ago, this is update 1.000.11.

For anyone who hasn’t previously experienced theHelldivers 2servers, they were a mess. So many gamers were scared to lose their place that they were leaving themselves logged in just to avoid missing out when duty called. The blindingly obvious problem with this was that it prevented other people from joining.

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Fans immediately called on the devs to address the problem, which the devs have now done in the latest patch. Arrowhead Game Studios is nothing if not committed to making this thrilling shooter work. Now any player who is idle for 15 minutes or more will be sent back to the title screen, thus allowing others to partake in the entertaining madness of it all.

Here’s the full rundown of the fixes in this patch:

There are some other issues that still need tackling, however. If you want to learn about them, they’re listed in thepatch notes for patch 1.000.11. And with that, we’re going to gear up and ship out for more mayhem. Godspeed!

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Topics:PlayStation 5,PC,PlayStation,Sony