As a preface, let me first say I'm loving the content updates, and everything they add (Thalamus is cool af). Almost of the QoL updates are great too. However, it's the QoL updates that I take issue with. This is an opinionated post, so not everyone will agree but I wanted to air my grievance to see if anyone did. Recent updates have started removing consistency or realism for the sake of convenience. For example, Silky Smooth nerfed weapon damage to players. Which makes sense for standard play but made everyone into CoD protagonists if you were playing in a nonstandard way. And recently but less egregiously the New Frontiers update removed power drain from headsets meaning that's one less thing to take care of. However, in a game that revolves around solving problems, removing problems from the equation means a simplification of the game. And, yes, these are minor issues (the second more than the first). However, if this trend continues, I fear the game will feel more game-y than it used to, and less of a gritty underwater test of survival (it still makes for a servicable murderbus). I'm not sure if I've explained my point well enough, but I hope I got my message across. Does anyone agree or disagree?
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