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The Cutting Edge Warbond is the very first brand-new Warbond pertaining to Helldivers 2 post-release. It’s likewise the 2nd Premium Warbond — indicating it sets you back additional money — after the Steeled Veterans one that introduced along with the game back in February.
Cutting Edge will certainly net you some brand-new cosmetics to furnish your Helldiver and — most significantly — some brand-new tools for you to utilize in the battle to conserve Super Earth. If you’re searching for brand-new Stratagems, you won’t locate any kind of right here (yet take a look at the humorous, rubbish mech that Arrowhead Studios lately included).
In this Helldivers 2 overview, we’ll stroll you with when you can get the Cutting Edge Warbond, just how much it sets you back, and what all features it.
Cutting Edge Warbond launch time: When does the brand-new Helldivers 2 upgrade launch?
The Cutting Edge Warbond for Helldivers 2 will certainly introduce on Thursday, March 14. It’s presently vague what time the upgrade will certainly go real-time, though based upon launch times for previous Helldivers 2 updates, we can make a fairly enlightened assumption.
Helldivers 2 itself went for 4 a.m. EST on Feb. 8, and a lot of spots appear to show up within an hour or 2 of that very same home window. Assuming the Cutting Edge Warbond launches around Arrowhead Games’ normal upgrade time, right here’s roughly when you can anticipate it to show up in your time area:
- 2 a.m. PDT for the west shore of North America
- 5 a.m. EDT for the eastern shore of North America
- 9 a.m. GMT for the U.K.
- 10 a.m. CET for western Europe / Paris
- 6 p.m. JST for Tokyo
We’ll upgrade this blog post if Arrowhead Games reveals a main time for the Warbond’s launch.
How a lot does the Cutting Edge Warbond price in Helldivers 2?
Arrowhead Games and Sony haven’t introduced just how much the brand-new Warbond will certainly set you back. However, the Steeled Veterans Warbond ran gamers 1,000 Super Credits (or $9.99) in February.
The Steeled Veterans Warbond supplies the very same variety of tools — one of the most beneficial things in the Warbond — as Cutting Edge will, so it’s quite risk-free to presume it’ll likewise run you 10 dollars on the 14th.
Just keep in mind that Warbonds do not instantly approve benefits. Like a Battle Pass track in Fortnite or Destiny 2, you’re spending for the right to unlock things from the Warbond as you play, gain Medals, and buy the brand-new rewards you desire a lot of. If you play enough time, you’ll become able to open whatever in the Cutting Edge Warbond. And, unlike period comes on a few other live-service games, Warbonds never ever disappear in Helldivers 2.
What’s brand-new in the Cutting Edge Warbond for Helldivers 2?
The Cutting Edge Warbond features 4 brand-new tools, 3 capes, 3 shield collections, a brand-new explosive, and a range of various other rewards like gamer cards and emotes. Let’s simplify.
- The LAS-16 Sickle is a brand-new rifle that fires lasers in ruptureds. Instead of requiring to refill, you’ll rather need to see to it it doesn’t get too hot.
- The SG-8P Punisher Plasma is a Punisher shotgun that fires plasma as opposed to bullets. While it’s referred to as a shotgun, it shows up to terminate even more like a grenade launcher.
- The ARC-12 Blitzer is a shotgun that fires lightning at targets and shows up to arc in between them.
- The LAS-7 Dagger is a laser handgun, which isn’t really expensive when contrasted to the various other things on this listing. But hey … it’s still a handgun that fires a continual laser.
The 3 shield collections are the EX-03 Prototype 3, the EX-00 Prototype X, and the EX-16 Prototype 16. The explosive is a stun explosive called the G-23.
This Warbond appears specifically great for handling Automatons, which have actually offered the neighborhood a fair bit of difficulty because the game’s launch last month.
Source: Polygon
