Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Hotfix 7.1 patch notes – Addressing connection issues, balance changes

Recent Update 7.0 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 brought new content and tons of balance changes to the game, but it seems like a few things ended up being broken along the way, leading to fresh connection issues for players. Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment hope to address these problems with Hotfix 7.1, which is out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Along with providing solutions to the technical issues, the developer is applying a couple of additional balance adjustments to weapons and perks to further tune the online experience. Power Swords and the Neo-Volkite Pistol have received buffs in this context.

Find the full Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Hotfix 7.1 patch notes below.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Hotfix 7.1 patch notes

Fixes

• Fixed several crashes.
• Fixed several connectivity issues.
• Fixed an issue that locked Assault's Relic Regalia as a Prestige 4 reward.

Balance

Weapons:

• Power Sword: Power Rake and Power Whirl damage greatly increased.
• Neo-Volkite Pistol: Volkite Discharge damage increased by 12.5%.

Perks – Plasma Incinerator:

• "Perpetual Velocity": The perk has been replaced with "Fast Venting"
• "Adamant Velocity": The perk has been replaced with “Plasma Collection"
• "Blast Radius": The perk has been replaced with "Common Speed"
• "Charged Cooling": The perk has been replaced with "Adamant Restoration"
• "Common Speed 1": The perk has been replaced with "Fast Venting"
• "Common Speed 2": The perk has been replaced with "Common Cooling"
• "Perpetual Velocity": The perk has been replaced with "Honed Precision"
• "Fast Venting": The perk has been replaced with "Blast Radius"
• "Plasma Collection": The perk has been replaced with "Efficient Charge"
• "Adamant Restoration": The perk has been replaced with "Charged Speed"
• "Blast Radius": The perk has been replaced with "Adamant Velocity"
• "Charged Speed 1": The perk has been replaced with "Perpetual Velocity"
• "Charged Speed 2": The perk has been replaced with "Great Might"

Perks – Heavy Plasma Incinerator:

• "Elusive Fire": The perk has been replaced with "Brutal Rampage"

Perks – Plasma Pistol:

• "Blast Radius": Switched position in the skill tree with "Efficient Charge"
• "Efficient Charge": Switched position in the skill tree with "Blast Radius"

Perks – Power Sword:

• "Reeling Blow": Effect increased from 30% to 40%. Duration increased from 4 to 8 seconds. Cooldown increased from 10 to 15 seconds. 

Perks – Vanguard Prestige:

• “Exigency Charge”: Fixed an issue preventing the bonus from activating properly. 

Perks – Heavy Prestige:

• “Versatile Precision”: Fixed a bug that caused this perk cooldown to be more than 15 seconds.

Perks – Sniper Prestige:

• “Auxiliary Reload”: Now properly triggers when killing an Extremis (or higher) enemy.

Perks – Global:

• All perks that are triggered from perfect parry will now trigger from perfect block as well (even if description doesn’t mention that).
• All perks (class, weapons, prestige) that are triggered by “killing 10 enemies in a rapid succession” changed to “killing 7 enemies in a rapid succession”. The time window between kill to keep the kill streak going is increased from 5 to 6 seconds.