Helldivers 2 Stealth Drops New Ship Upgrades — and Some of Them Sound Amazing

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has stealth dropped new ship upgrades alongside the new Premium Warbond, Democratic Detonation.

Six new ship upgrades are now in the Playstation 5 and PC third-person shooter, one for each section of the ship module.

Helldivers 2 new ship modules:

• Superior Packing Methodology: Resupply boxes refill support weapons with the maximum number of carriable magazines.
• Atmospheric Monitoring: Orbital HE barrage spread reduced by 15%.
• XXL Weapons Bay: Eagle stratagems that drop multiple bombs will drop one additional bomb(s).
• Enhanced Combustion: Fire damage from stratagems increased by 25%.
• Circuit Expansion: Lightning arcs, fired from weapons and turrets, jump to one additional enemy.
• Blast Absorption: Sentries take 50% less damage from explosions.

Let’s dig into the details here and offer some initial thoughts. 15% less spread on barrages may convince some players to give them another shot (they’re considered weak in the current meta because they’re not focused). Superior Packing Methodology may end up essential for players who use the Recoilless and Spear support weapons. And Enhanced Combustion is going to cause all sorts of chaos with the already buffed flamethrower. Circuit Expansion looks like it could be fun, too.

These new ship upgrades require the previous upgrade in each module to already be unlocked before you can buy them with samples, so only pliers who have mixed out their ship upgrades and have plenty of samples on hand will be able to test these out straight away. For everyone else, the grind continues.

Arrowhead has a habit of releasing new content for Helldivers 2 without telling players. It secretly dropped a number of new enemies into the game, letting players discover them for themselves. Now it’s done the same for ship upgrades. This one doesn’t come as much of a surprise, though, given Arrowhead teased new ship upgrades were on the way in the most lore friendly way possible after a bug spilled the beans.

If you’re looking for more on Helldivers 2, check out IGN’s feature on the Let Me Solo Her of Helldivers 2, a player who has answered over 100 SOS Beacons as part of a mission to help others.

Helldivers 2 has become one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February, topping the charts on Steam and reportedly selling around three million copies. According to at least one analyst, it’s still growing. Check out IGN’s Helldivers 2 review to find out why it’s going down so well.

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