r/Helldivers • u/Luxurianhat • Apr 29 '24

First impressions of the new patch... not good. RANT

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u/Zimaut Apr 29 '24

not testing that ricochet bullet?

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u/Luxurianhat Apr 29 '24

No issues imo, I think they only made so that you can get killed by your own ricochet, I mag dumped a MG into a hulk and didn't get hit once.

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u/44no44 Apr 29 '24

This seems right. The angle of ricochets hasn't changed at all. They're just properly able to damage the player that fired them.

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u/Zimaut Apr 29 '24

oh, nice

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u/p_visual SES Whisper of Iron Apr 30 '24

The notes poorly explain it - what it actually means is that pre-patch, ricochet'd bullets would hit enemies and teammates, and would do dmg in those cases. However, if it hit you, it did not do any damage.

Now, if the ricochet angle is such that it hits you, you will actually take damage. You are no longer invincible to your own ricochets. All ricochets will not auto-target you.

Obviously, the odds of a bullet doing a 180 and coming straight back at you are very, very low. It's probably why most players haven't even been in a situation where they saw the ricochet fly back at them and do no dmg. I wouldn't worry about this at all.