Helldivers 2 7.2.2 Patch Notes Detail APEX Changes and 2 Crash Fixes

The weapon pass also corrects armor-penetration displays, revises the SG-22 BUSHWACKER's damage values, and removes 2 music tracks without affecting gameplay.

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Helldivers 2‘s Devoid of Liberty 7.2.2 notes give the AMW-20 APEX a significant weapon pass, reducing its caliber from 60 to 20 and raising its demolition strength to 30. Arrowhead says the changes are intended to reduce long-range damage drop-off and let the rifle destroy larger objects, including cover and container doors, as described in the official 7.2.2 Steam notes.

The LAS-44 NOVA also gets a corrected “Anti-Tank” armor-penetration label in the Armory. The notes correct the previous patch’s SG-22 BUSHWACKER values as well, raising its damage from 405 to 486 and its durable damage from 108 to 135.

Two crash fixes are listed: one for a rare renderer crash on PC and Xbox, and another for a rare crash on boot. They cover different cases from the October 22 7.2.1 hotfix, which addressed a crash when another player joined or left a squad. The 7.2.2 notes also say two music tracks were removed without affecting gameplay.

Helldivers 2 Devoid of Liberty 7.2.2 Patch Notes

Stratagems

AMW-20 APEX

Problem we want to solve:

Demolition strength was too low resulting in being unable to destroy things that weapons in the same category could (Anti Material Rifle and Autocannon)
Its Caliber was too high and made the damage dropoff too steep
Incorrect information about its armor penetration caused confusion as to what the weapon was able to do

Intent and expectation with the changes:

It is now able to destroy larger things such as covers, container doors etc in line with similar weapons of its power
Lower damage drop off over longer distances, which will make it work better as a sniper and fit the believability of the rounds
Correctly displays the armor penetration level in the armory so players know better what they can use the weapon against.

Changes:

Decreased caliber from 60 to 20
Fixed, so it correctly displays armor penetration is “Anti-Tank”
Increased demolition strength to 30

LAS-44 NOVA

Problem we want to solve:

Incorrect information about its armor penetration confused players as to how the weapon would perform

Intent and expectation with the changes:

Correctly displays the armor penetration level in the armory so players know better what they can use the weapon against.

Changes:

Fixed so it correctly displays armor penetration as “Anti-Tank”

Correction

SG-22 BUSHWACKER

The Bushwacker changes in the previous patch were calculated incorrectly

The correct values are

Increased damage from 405 to 486
Increased durable damage from 108 to 135

🔧 Fixes

Crash Fixes

Fixed rare crash in renderer on PC and Xbox
Fixed a rare crash on boot

Misc

Removed two music tracks, does not affect gameplay

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Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter in which squads of up to four players are deployed from orbit onto hostile planets to complete strategic missions. Players select loadouts of weapons, armor, and stratagems that allow them to call in orbital strikes, supply drops, vehicles, and turrets during combat. Friendly fire is always active, requiring coordination between teammates. The game features a persistent galactic war where community-wide performance determines which planets are liberated or lost.