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Another day, another Helldivers 2 leak, this one revealing new details of the game’s in-development weapon attachments system. As players continue battling the rising threat of the Illuminate faction across the universe, the game’s most renowned leaker has shared even more details about unfinished goodies resting within Helldivers’ game files.
Shared by leaker IronS1ghts, suppressed weaponry has been discovered within Helldivers 2 files. This means that players who want to take—or try to take—a stealthy approach to missions may be able to with the arrival of suppressors for a number of weapons.
Helldivers 2 silencers and more
Shared on Twitter, IronS1ghts revealed that there are working silencer attachments for weapons in the current game files of Helldivers 2. In their unfinished state, a silencer can be attached to a number of weapons and used properly, allowing players to perform silent kills.
At the time of writing, silenced weapon shots don’t result in a sound. However, the leaker does note that there are sound files for silenced weapons within the game files, they just aren’t properly linked to the weapon firing yet.
In the current version of Helldivers 2, there is a degree of stealth to be found. However, the game’s stealth system is largely based on sight lines, although some weapons are quiet enough to allow for a few stealth kills.
Nevertheless, stealth in the game is fairly rudimentary with items like smoke grenades allowing you to quickly disappear from Automatons. Well, at least they should. As many fans have noted since release, stealth is not the most polished aspect of the game right now.
Hopefully, if silenced weapons do release in the near future, Arrowhead will also bring a huge retooling of stealth systems to the game alongside them. With some extremely dark missions set during an eclipse allegedly in the works, some night vision goggles would make for an awesome sci-fi Splinter Cell.
After the release of the Illuminate, a slew of leaks have revealed a host of new ideas that could, one day, come to the game. For example, fans have discovered evidence of an in-development Wildlife System, and Arrowhead has teased potential propaganda radio stations for the game.
For more Helldivers 2 coverage, check out Arrowhead’s thoughts on converting the game into its own sequel.
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