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Catherine Lewis

Helldivers 2 players in shambles as flamethrowers get nerfed just in time for the flamethrower-themed Warbond: "Not one single person is happy about this change"

Helldivers 2 Flamethrower.

Helldivers 2's huge Escalation of Freedom update is here, and while there's plenty to be excited about with social menu fixes and an eerie new swamp planet, Super Earth citizens everywhere are baffled by a change made to the beloved FLAM-40 Flamethrower.

In the latest patch notes, Arrowhead has confirmed that the third-person shooter's flame effects have been adjusted to "work more realistically." The developer explains: "It doesn't go through various bodies/objects where bounce off would be the expected behavior, like on armors and static objects."

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