Following patches which have spent extra time strolling again unpopular problem modifications than including new issues, House Marine 2’s 4.5 patch lastly will get so as to add one thing shiny: the Neo-Volkite pistol.
A traditional sci-fi raygun that units individuals on hearth, after which they explode, the Neo-Volkite pistol has been added to the loadouts of assault, bulwark, and vanguard marines within the PvE Operations mode, and shall be added to PvP Everlasting mode in a subsequent replace.
Volkite weapons had been the unique weapon of alternative for house marine legionaries again earlier than the Horus Heresy, however by the point of Horus’s betrayal they’d been changed by cheaper and easier-to-produce bolt weapons. They have been introduced again in Neo-Volkite kind by Belisarius Cawl, the identical tech-priest answerable for the Primaris marines.
Patch 4.5 additionally rebalances a wide range of present weapons in Operations mode, giving a scope to the oculus bolt carbine and growing its bonus to headshot harm, growing the utmost ammo of the auto bolt rifle, and adjusting the harm falloff curve for the bolt carbine (SMG), amongst different modifications.
Among the many bug fixes and tech enhancements within the patch are a repair for DLC cosmetics you’d unlock being locked once more after a restart, the sniper’s Focused Shot perk not working after you swapped weapons, and numerous enhancements to stability and connectivity.
The subsequent main replace, in addition to including the Neo-Volkite pistol to Everlasting Struggle mode, will deliver a brand new enemy, a brand new map for Operations mode, and cosmetics based mostly on the Darkish Angels chapter of marines.
