Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's Patch 4.0 nerfs are being rolled back! Following significant player backlash, developer Saber Interactive is releasing hotfix 4.1 on October 24th, reversing the most criticized balance changes. The studio also announced plans for public test servers, slated for early 2025.
Reversal of Nerfs and Public Test Servers
The swift about-face comes after widespread negative reviews and community outcry over Patch 4.0, which many players felt made the game unfairly difficult. Saber Interactive acknowledged the negative feedback, stating that the initial goal was to increase enemy numbers, not necessarily their health, but that this inadvertently impacted easier difficulty levels.
Hotfix 4.1 directly addresses these concerns:
- Enemy Spawns: Extremis enemy spawn rates are being reduced across all difficulties, with a significant decrease on Ruthless.
- Player Armor: A 10% armor increase for Ruthless difficulty.
- Bot Buffs: Bots will now deal 30% more damage to bosses.
- Bolt Weapon Buffs: Significant damage increases across the entire Bolt weapon family (see detailed breakdown 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 emphasized its commitment to ongoing balance adjustments, promising continued monitoring of player feedback to ensure the "Lethal" difficulty remains appropriately challenging. The introduction of public test servers in 2025 aims to provide a more collaborative approach to future updates.
