Helldivers 2 has announced a new premium warbond, Chemical Agents. The new content is themed around using noxious gas to fight back the Terminid scourge.
However, a noteworthy aspect of Chemical Agents is that the warbond contains two stratagems. For those unaware of the game's terminology, a premium warbond is a warbond that costs Super Credits, the premium currency of Helldivers 2. You can either grind out Super Credits by finding them in missions, or you can buy them using real-world money as a microtransaction.
Until now, premium warbonds have never included stratagems. Chemical Agents features three, the TX-41 Sterilizer, AX/TX-13 'Dog Breath' and an Orbital Gas Strike. Respectively, these are essentially gas variants of the Flamethrower, Guard Dog and Orbital Strike stratagems.
"Adding stratagem variants to Warbonds is new with Chemical Agents, but our designers felt that since gas is a crowd control tool, it made more sense to release stratagems and let Helldivers choose the primary weapons they love the most. Not only that, but this is bringing some serious variety to Chemical Agents that we hope players will enjoy," reads the PlayStation blog post accompanying the announcement.
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