Attention, Helldivers.
A hotfix is planned for Wednesday, May 6. This will revert the Hive Guard and fix an issue introduced in Patch 6.2.1 where armor values were incorrectly swapped between the Legs and Claws.
Updated Hive Guard stats:
Main Body
- Armor increased from 1 → 2
- Health increased from 375 → 500
Head
- Armor decreased from 4 → 3
Front Legs
- Armor increased from 2 → 3
Claws
- Armor decreased from 3 → 1
We are reviewing player feedback, including durability damage, so next week we will also address some of these questions and others which our founder has received in various forums.
Eruptor/crossbow was already the meta, doing this just reinforced it. Anyone running medium pen would've immediately noticed the change. Hell, I dropped in day 1 of the patch after getting the new SMG (gallant, it's medium pen) and I genuinely thought the penetration was broken because it was bouncing off hive guard faces. They're one of the few enemy bugs that actually had medium pen, and were the most prolific of the few.
Primaries in general are kind of useless against bugs, you burn a whole clip to kill a handful that are replaced by two dozen more. Hence why explosive primaries are meta; they actually do something to stem the tide.