Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's Patch 4.0 nerfs are being rolled back after player backlash. A hotfix, 4.1, will revert many of the changes starting October 24th. This decision follows negative reviews and community outcry over the increased difficulty.
Developer Saber Interactive acknowledged the negative response and announced the creation of public test servers, slated for early 2025, to prevent similar issues in the future. The studio explained that Patch 4.0 aimed to increase enemy numbers, not their health, but this inadvertently made lower difficulties too challenging.
Hotfix 4.1 will specifically:
- Revert Extremis enemy spawn rates to pre-Patch 4.0 levels across Minimal, Average, and Substantial difficulties, with significant reductions on Ruthless.
- Increase player armor by 10% on Ruthless difficulty.
- Buff bots to deal 30% more damage to bosses.
- Significantly buff Bolt weapons across the board. See the detailed damage increases below.
Bolt Weapon Damage Increases (Hotfix 4.1):
- Auto Bolt Rifle: +20%
- Bolt Rifle: +10%
- Heavy Bolt Rifle: +15%
- Stalker Bolt Rifle: +10%
- Marksman Bolt Carbine: +10%
- Instigator Bolt Carbine: +10%
- Bolt Sniper Rifle: +12.5%
- Bolt Carbine: +15%
- Occulus Bolt Carbine: +15%
- Heavy Bolter: +5% (x2)
Saber Interactive will continue monitoring player feedback post-Patch 4.1 to ensure the "Lethal" difficulty remains appropriately challenging. The planned public test servers aim to provide a better system for future balancing adjustments.
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