Arrowhead confirms Helldivers 2 players aren't being insta-killed by ricocheting rockets - shrapnel is the culprit, and it's being patched out alongside a weapon buff

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has identified the cause of a mysterious phenomenon that's been insta-killing players after the latest patch.For some context, a chunky Helldivers 2 balance patch recently tweaked the way shrapnel works, namely by giving it the potential to deal damage to the firer, whereas before these rebound shots were harmless. Following that change, a whole swath of players were initially convinced that the jet-assisted explosive shells they'd been firing from their Eruptors