Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has identified the cause of a mysterious phenomenon that's been insta-killing players after the latest patch.
For some context, a chunky Helldivers 2 balance patch recently tweaked the way shrapnel works, namely by giving it the potential to deal damage to the firer, whereas before these rebound shots were harmless. Following that change, a whole swath of players were initially convinced that the jet-assisted explosive shells they'd been firing from their Eruptors were reflecting off heavily armored enemies and killing them instantly. However, after a bit of detective work from the community strongly suggesting the culprit to instead be shrapnel, Arrowhead has now chimed in and officially put the mystery to bed.
