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The latest Patch for Space Marine 2 has dropped. In the last major one, Patch 4.1, we saw a bunch of changes to operations, spawn rates, and weapons. The 4.5 Patch promised to bring even more weapon fixes and a completely new toy. Focus Entertainment delivered, adding a Neo-Volkite Pistol on November 12, as well as a bunch of fixes for Primary Weapons. However, some Space Marine 2 players are a bit disappointed with the latest Patch 4.5 when they noticed the lack of PS5 Pro support.
Space Marine 2 Patch 4.5 Notes
The November 12 update, Patch 4.5, adds a Neo-Volkite Pistol as a Secondary Weapon to Space Marine 2. It is a Pistol weapon with a range of 12”, that also has Devastating Wounds, and…no, wait…wrong system.
“In addition to bringing a new Secondary Weapon to all players, Patch 4.5 provides buffs to a handful of Primary Weapons and addresses a number of bugs and connection issues.”
PATCH NOTES
New Weapon: Neo-Volkite Pistol
The Neo-Volkite Pistol, a powerful thermal ray weapon, is now available for the Assault, Vanguard, and Bulwark classes!
Unlike other weapons, the Neo-Volkite Pistol blasts a heat ray onto your enemies, dealing accumulative thermal damage. Focusing on one enemy will ramp up the damage—until it generates a localized explosion for huge damage to your target and all nearby enemies.
Please note that the Neo-Volkite Pistol will only be available in Operations mode for now as we continue to experiment with balancing in PvP. It will be added to Eternal War mode in our next major update alongside a new Operations map, a new enemy, and the Dark Angels cosmetics. Until then though, you’ll be able to try it out against your friends in the Battle Barge’s Sparring Arena!
BALANCING TWEAKS
Weapons (Operations mode only)
PLASMA INCINERATOR
- Slightly reduced amount of heat generated by normal and charged shots for versions:
- Master-Crafted – Alpha
- Salvation of Bakka – Alpha
- Gathalamor Crusade – Alpha
- Fixed a bug that would cause several versions not producing heat at all.
BOLT SNIPER RIFLE
- Fire rate increased from 50 to 60 rounds per minute.
- Headshot bonus increased from x2 to x2.5.
OCCULUS BOLT CARABINE
- Scope added
- Headshot bonus increased from x1 to x1.33
BOLT CARABINE (SMG)
- Adjusted damage falloff curve: Base damage increased by 50% for the first 10 meters, after that, the damage drops to the original pre-patch value.
AUTO BOLT RIFLE
- Max ammo increased by 1 magazine for each version.
GENERAL FIXES
– Fixed a bug causing unlocked DLC cosmetic items to get locked again after a restart.
– Fixed a bug causing the Sniper perk “Targeted Shot” to not work after swapping weapons.
– Fixed a bug causing the Sniper invisibility not getting removed after a shot in rare cases.
– Fixed a bug preventing players from muting the others in PvP.
– Fixed several perks not triggering correctly from enemy kills.
– Fixed a bug that prevented certain weapon perks from triggering correctly when reaching a specific HP threshold.
TECH IMPROVEMENTS
– Crash fixes and general stability improvements.
– Fixed server disconnects with unstable user connection.
– General connectivity improvements.
No PS5 Support?
The infamous PS5 Pro was released a couple of days ago, on November 7. Many games, both old and new, got an upgrade, to make use of everything the new premium console brings to the table. Space Marine 2 is still a “new” game, and the fans expected that it will get PS5 Pro support as well. Unfortunately, the latest Patch did not address that matter, and the fans are a bit devastated. “No PS5 Pro or HDR support, great. :/ ” said helvetica85, “no ps5 pro patch ?” asked RZG2020, and they are just some of the many disappointed fans.
Truth be told, Sony released a list of over 50 games that will get PS5 Support on day one, and Space Marine 2 is not there. But SM2 is already an immensely popular game, and we can almost guarantee that it will get PS5 Pro support sooner rather than later.