Helldivers 2 Feb 22 patch notes: AFK crackdown, performance improvements, more

Another set of Helldivers 2 patch notes has arrived, with the highly anticipated AFK crackdown at the forefront of the game’s changes. Here are the full patch notes.

Helldivers 2 has proven to be an extremely popular game among PC and PS5 players, with its servers instantly facing some critical issues and causing many fans to be unable to join in the fight for democracy. Thankfully, Arrowhead Games has been constantly working to improve these servers, helping make the game a little easier to join and enjoy.

One such issue many have faced was AFK players. To get around the full servers, fans would jump into the game during off-peak times, then leave their console or PC on while waiting until they wanted to play. This would guarantee a space, but would also block any other players from getting into the game. Now, in the recent patch notes, Helldivers 2 will be adding an AFK feature, as well as more exciting alterations.

Check out the full Helldivers 2 patch notes below.

Helldivers 2 01.000.008 patch notes

Below are the full patch notes from Arrowhead Games:

Fixes

• Fixed multiple crashes triggered when joining other players’ ships.
• Fixed crash triggered when exiting ADS.
• Fixed crash triggered when players leave a session while bombardments are active.
• Fixed issue where online missions in Galactic War Map were unselectable.
• Fixed issue with GameGuard and Steam’s “verify integrity” step.
• Fixed issue with GameGuard and the Windows firewall.
• Fixed issue preventing access to Ship Management panel.
• Fixed issue causing players to get stuck in the defrosting or in the ship intro cinematic
• Fixed crash triggered when the process of buying Super Credits fails.
• Fixed crash triggered after consecutive quickplay attempts.
• Implemented a functionality that will kick players who remain idle for 15 minutes back to the title screen.

Continuous improvement on client > backend communications.

Known Issues the devs are working on

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.

• No text is present for the Requisitions and Social Menu on the Player HUD
• Crash may occur when trying to Match Make on Galactic War Map
• PS5 players may encounter error code 10003001 on the login screen.
• Login rate limiting when many are logging in at the same time.
• Players can become disconnected during play.
• Rewards and other progress may be delayed or not attributed.
• Various UI issues may appear when the game interacts with servers.
• Pick-up of certain objects in-game may cause characters to freeze in place for an extended period of time.
• Other unknown behaviors may occur.
• Japanese VO is missing from intro cutscene and Ship TV.
• Armor values for light/medium/heavy armor do not currently function as intended.

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