Good day fellow Helldivers! Piping hot patch notes straight from the oven arriving. [b]Overview[/b] For this patch, we have implemented: [list] [*] Fixes to the EXO-45 Patriot exosuit, game stats, UI, and general stability. [*] Balance improvements for planetary hazards and patrol spawns. [/list] [b]Balancing[/b] [list] [*] Balanced and adjusted spawn rates for the various planet hazards including tremors, meteor showers, volcanic activity, fire tornados, and ion storms. Hazards should now spawn less frequently during missions. [*] Meteor Shower has received the following changes in addition to reduced spawn rate:[/list] [list] [*] Reduced explosion radius [*] Reduced meteor damage slightly [*] Reduced meteor velocity slightly [*] Meteor color has been changed slightly to try and make it easier to spot. [/list] [list] [*] Volcanic Activity has received the following changes in addition to reduced spawn rate: [*] Reduced explosion radius [*] Reduced rock velocity slightly [/list] [list] [*] Lighting on Fenrir III has been adjusted to be a bit less bright to improve visibility during meteor showers [/list] [b]Fixes[/b] [list] [*] Reduced incidents of patrols spawning on players. [*] Exosuit no longer destroys itself when firing a missile while turning . [*] Exosuit retains its melee functionality, even when damaged. [/list] Crash Fixes for the following scenarios [list] [*] When ALT+Tabbing in fullscreen mode [*] After changing voice over language [*] PS5 boot issue [*] Using a stim inside of an Exosuit while wielding a grenade [*] When joining an ongoing mission [*] When idling on the title screen [/list] [list] [*] Shots from arc-based weapons, such as 'Blitzer' shotgun and 'AC-8 Arc Thrower' stratagem now count towards "Shots fired" and "Shots hit" stats. [*] Fixed network desync issue with downed Automaton dropships. [*] Fixed Elgato Stream Deck Foot Pedal support. [/list] [b]Known Issues[/b] These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. Various issues involving friend invites and cross-play: [list] [*] Cross-platform friend invites might not show up in the Friend Requests tab. [*] Players cannot unfriend other players befriended via friend code. [*] Players cannot unblock players that were not in their Friends list beforehand. [*] Players cannot befriend players with Steam names shorter than 3 characters. [/list] [list] [*] Hellpod steering close to large or important objects is currently not functioning as intended, resulting in steering being disabled in a large area around the object. [*] Online features are not functioning when console language is set to Ukrainian. [*] Players may be unable to select loadout when joining a multiplayer via an activity card. [*] Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission. [*] Drowning in deep water with a Vitality Booster equipped puts Helldiver in a broken state. [*] Exosuits will sometimes be delivered in a damaged or broken state. [*] Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location. [*] Pink artifacts may appear in the sky when setting off large explosions. [*] Text chat box display is obstructed by the cinematic letterboxing during extraction. [*] Sometimes the player’s loadout customizations will reset after restarting the game. [/list] God speed soldiers Release Captain Carlberg out