Helldivers 2 Patch 1,000.103 Nerfs Planet Hazards, patrols that spawn on players, and more

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Patch notes for Helldivers 2 update 1.000.103:

summary
For this patch, we implemented:

• Fixes to the EXO-45 Patriot exosuit, game stats, UI, and general stability.
• Balance improvements to planetary hazards and patrol spawn.

Balance

• Balanced spawn rates adjusted for various planetary hazards including tremors, meteor showers, volcanic activity, fire tornadoes, and ion storms. Hazards should now appear less frequently during missions.
• Meteor Shower has received the following changes in addition to a reduced deployment rate:

🔹Reducing the blast radius

🔹Meteor damage has been reduced slightly

🔹The speed of the meteor decreased slightly

🔹The color of the meteorite has been changed slightly to try to make it easier to spot.

• Volcanic activity received the following changes in addition to a decrease in the reproduction rate:

🔹Reducing the blast radius

🔹The speed of the rocks decreased slightly

• The lighting in Fenrir III has been adjusted to be less bright to improve visibility during meteor showers.

repairs

• Reducing incidents of patrols attacking players.
• The Exosuit no longer self-destructs when launching a missile while spinning.
• The Exosuit retains its melee function, even when damaged.
• Crash fixes for the following scenarios:

🔹 When ALT+Tabbing is in full screen mode

🔹After changing the voice over the language

🔹Problem running PS5

🔹Using a stimulator inside the Exosuit while carrying a grenade

🔹 When joining an ongoing mission

🔹 When idle on the title screen

• Shots from arc-based weapons, such as the Blitzer and the AC-8 Arc Thrower, are now counted in the “Shots Fired” and “Shots Hit” statistics.
• Fixed an issue where the grid would not sync with Automaton drops.
• Elgato Stream Deck fixed foot pedal support.

Known problems

These are issues that were introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or they are from a previous release and have not yet been fixed.

• Various issues with friend invitations and cross-play:

🔹 Cross-platform friend invitations may not appear in the Friend Requests tab.

🔹 Players cannot unfriend other players who have been authenticated via the friend code.

🔹 Players cannot unblock players who were not previously on their friends list.

🔹Players cannot be friends with players with Steam names shorter than 3 characters.

• Steering the Hellpod near large or important objects does not currently work as intended, disabling steering in a large area around the object.
• Online features do not work when the console language is set to Ukrainian.
• Players may not be able to select Loadout when joining a multiplayer game via the Activity Card.
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of each defense mission.
• Drowning in deep water with a vitality boost equipped puts the Helldiver in a state of collapse.
• Exosuits are sometimes delivered in a damaged or broken condition.
• The trick ray may stick to the enemy but will scatter back to its original location.
• Pink artifacts may appear in the sky when large explosions occur.
• The display of the text chat box is obstructed by the message box cinematic during extraction.
• Sometimes, a player's loadout customizations will reset after restarting the game.

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