Summary
Helldivers 2has announced a new premium warbond, Chemical Agents. The new content is themed around using noxious gas to fight back the Terminid scourge.
However, a noteworthy aspect of Chemical Agents is that the warbond contains two stratagems. For those unaware of the game’s terminology, a premium warbond is a warbond that costs Super Credits, the premium currency of Helldivers 2. you may either grind out Super Credits by finding them in missions, or you can buy them using real-world money as a microtransaction.
Chemical Agents Features Three New Stratagems
Until now, premium warbonds have never included stratagems. Chemical Agents features two, the TX-41 Sterilizer and AX/TX-13 ‘Dog Breath’. Respectively, these are essentially gas variants of the Flamethrower and Guard Dog
“Adding stratagem variants to Warbonds is new with Chemical Agents, but our designers felt that since gas is a crowd control tool, it made more sense to release stratagems and let Helldivers choose the primary weapons they love the most. Not only that, but this is bringing some serious variety to Chemical Agents that we hope players will enjoy,” reads thePlayStation blog postaccompanying the announcement.
The word ‘variants’ has attracted interest from the community, causing players to speculate that Arrowhead only intends to lock different versions of existing stratagems behind paywalls, and it wouldn’t do so for brand-new unique stratagems. Though, this is all speculatory.
Chemical Agents will also add new poses, new patterns, a gas grenade, a stim pistol that you can shoot at allies to heal them and two new armour sets.
The announcement seems to be well-received by the community who are excited about using the new gas weapons and stim pistol. Chemical Agents will launch on September 19,two days after the planned balance changes are set to ship.
WHERE TO PLAY
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.
Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.
Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.
Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.
Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1
Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
