In Helldivers 2 players on PS5 dealt more damage than on PC, but that is set to change with patch 01.000.202.
What was that buff? In March, some players of Helldivers 2 discovered that PS5 players deal more damage than their counterparts on PC. The community referred to it as the PS5 buff.
Thanks to the “buff,” it was, for example, possible for PS5 players to eliminate a Acid Titan with three charged railgun shots in safe mode or one fully charged railgun shot in unsafe mode. This was one of the best ways to defeat the Acid Titan before the railgun received a significant nerf.
PC players could only benefit from the PS5 damage buff if the host of a mission was playing on PS5. A group consisting only of PC players had no chance of receiving the PS5 buff.
Patch 01.000.203 makes all players in Helldivers 2 equally weak
What has changed about the PS5 buff? In the patch notes for patch 01.000.203, the developers of Helldivers 2 write that they fixed a bug that caused different damage to be inflicted on enemies between PS5 and PC.
This means that with the patch from April 16, all players are once again equally strong, regardless of their platform. Players will now deal the damage of the PC version, which is consequently lower than the pre-patch damage of the PS5.
What does this mean for the players? For PC players, not much changes – unless they regularly had a PS5 host in their party. However, for PS5 players, this means they will now deal significantly less damage.
Patch 01.000.203 – Patch Notes
What else did patch 01.000.203 bring? There were mainly a few bug fixes intended to prevent crashes in the game in the future. Additionally, the armor “CE-27-Ground-Breaker” now has the passive ability “Engineer Kit.” The armor was advertised with that ability, but it was missing upon its release.
Helldivers 2 Patch 01.000.203 – Patch Notes (English):
Gameplay
- CE-27 Ground Breaker armor now has the Engineer Kit passive as previously advertised.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue that resulted in different damage being dealt to enemies between PC and console players.
- Red boxes in defense missions are no longer visible.
- Major orders should now properly display text.
- Fixed multiple crashes that could occur in the loadout screen when other players left or joined the game.
- Fixed multiple crashes that could occur after extraction when the mission results and rewards were shown.
- Fixed crash that could occur when throwing back a grenade while wielding a heat-based weapon.
- Fixed crash that could occur when hosting a play session migrates to another player.
- Fixed crash that could occur if too many civilians spawn.
- Fixed various other crashes that could occur when deploying to mission.
- Fixed various other crashes that could occur during gameplay.
What was not fixed? In the patch notes, the developers also informed about some bugs that are known and still present in the game. Particularly, crossplay, as well as friend invitations and the search function in the social menu are still bugged.
There are still delays in distributing medals earned through general commands. Also, a bug affecting “damage over time” is known to the developers. This bug means that damage over time, such as that caused by fire, can only be inflicted by the host of a mission.
The bug is also well known in the community, as it negatively impacts the strength of the new thermite grenade or the flamethrower.
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