Hello again! This is Nikita, Battlestate COO and game director of EFT.
I answered a lot of questions here and decided to move to this separate post.
So, ask your questions here or vote others for visibility. I will try to answer on the daily basis.
External link →Hello again! This is Nikita, Battlestate COO and game director of EFT.
I answered a lot of questions here and decided to move to this separate post.
So, ask your questions here or vote others for visibility. I will try to answer on the daily basis.
External link →Why haven’t you banned extremely high flea rep players ! Just manual ban them look up ledxs and graphics card sellers anyone with 150 flea rep gone ! False bans happen all the time so don’t worry bout those guys I’m sure no one legit has got over 100… I feel This would be a good way of showing community something is getting done and we can see it instantly!
we banned them and continue to ban
Is it even possible to make a raid replay system even if we had to download the replay on our end?
its possible
What is difficult about implementing basic checks for movement? such as if a player if moving faster than max skills + no weight allows them to, why is that not bannable?
its implemented long time ago and we ban those players. the thing is some cheats can bypass it using engine flaws
Fix your game please
thats not a question
Couldn’t you use a system that bans anyone over say 200 flea rep?
the thing is that we need some of hacker/cheaters continue to play for some time to gather info about cheat that they use
Why not transition to a different (better) anticheat? Battleeye has and will continue to be utter garbage.
its not true
On top of this what if I wanna bring my buddy in a kit once and a while, am I gonna get banned?
no. you will not get banned
Where is the line of RMT drawn? Should I be worried of being flagged if I bring my friend's gear back after he dies?
the principle is simple - if you will give millions of rouble price items and will do it often - you will get banned. if you want to just return gear from time to time - its ok
Why is it taking so long to fix your game, better?
millions of code lines, bad initial architecture that being rewritten step by step. unforeseen stuff like invisible players, which was caused by too many information being sent in network packets (added a lot of features which added new info to send) and so on
How are you? How do you like your coffee?
im fine. i like latte)
Do you have a long term plan to deal with the cheat providers?
yes, we want to start to pursue them legally
Why would you release a patch/update and go on holiday for 2 weeks or whatever?
Why did you change the audio system?
Can you comment on the fact there's PUBLIC cheats undetected for 2 years now?
you can send me links via DM
it is true, you know it in your heart
no, its not. you dont know the inner kitchen and the industry of AC development
BattleEye works good in many games, but implementing it is a struggle, especially in games that are constantly changing dramatically.
no its not about that. yes, it depends on the game how they secure stuff, but right now it is mostly about advanced cheat software
Due to the noticeable change in the gameplay atmosphere due to “the video” that was released, are you going to do anything to reassure those individuals who feel as if there are cheaters in ever lobby they spawn into? (I.e. accusations being thrown around a lot more than usual)
Also, are you going to outsource an anti-cheat as per a solution?
it all need time. we continue to work further
is there gonna be a road map for this wipe and next wipe? and can we get more communication for what’s in the works than what we’re currently getting?
we will so such roadmap
One of my friends says the "remember me" button in the launcher login doesn't work for him, and he has to log in every time. Then, he gets his password wrong once and gets locked out for 1 hour. Any ideas on fixes (either to get remember me to work or to not get locked out for an hour on the first mistake)?
noted
On average, how many players are playing EFT at any given time?
hundreds of thousands every day
Is a netcode refactor in the plan? I assume desync is bc of lack of experience of developers. Also might I suggest you look to maybe planetside 2 for an inspiration on recoil?
no, dsync is not the lack of experience at the first place.
The reasons could be:
Would you consider using a different anti-cheat then BattleEye?
no, we still have a thing to do with all of the AC system
What are the parameters behind K/D when it comes to banning. In that video, we saw that high K/Ds were more likely to be cheaters, are users with higher K/Ds flagged automatically by your system and kept a watchful eye on? Does it also take into account headshot percentage? If not, will you be implementing features similar to this to do so?
Thanks,
-A former head moderator for your forums.
i cant tell you. they will know
Are there any plans to roll out more streamlined methods of communication? Timeframes, progress updates, periodic ban totals?
yes
Can we be real? Why haven’t you just closed the game for a week or so to actually sort the desync, etc etc ?
its not an option
Any chance we can see bosses spawn being upped to 24% any time soon?
yes
Is it realistic to slow down or stop new features, to allow you to finish or improve what you have?
Btw it means a lot to see you engaging the community again. Hopefully it is mostly constructive / positive.
i answered in the other place - there will be no more big features until release
Will we ever be able to see how many players are playing at any given moment, for example like you can see it on Steam?
maybe after the release
Why exactly have you not implemented 2fa?
its implemented in asia region. most likely will be added everywhere
Why does it feel like actions are continually taken to make the game harder for casuals? It feels like a lot of changes (around item restrictions / quest gating / key usage limits usually) don’t actually add difficulty, only increase the grind time when our time can already be stretched thin by long queue times, untimely deaths etc?
Also just wanted to say I appreciate you taking the time to answer questions especially while the community is outraged
EFT was never for casuals. all of changes you described were done not for hardening casuals life - some of them were anti RMT features, some were done to slower the progress in some points
Yeah though keep in mind he said “every day” meaning he probably isn’t talking about people online at one exact moment (which is what the OP asked)
online varies from 70 to 120k lately
so why don;t you do it? it would save a LOT of unrequested reports, help detect cheaters, help people understand how and why they died a sus death + help them improve.
The replay system will only bring positive things to the game
it requires netcode changes that we do rn for arena
Slight change of topics from what you've been getting over the past 72 hours. Because honestly, these bother me almost as much as cheaters.
Is there any sort of lighting overhaul actually in the works? Interchange lighting is actually disgusting. Massive skylights with pitch black darkness right next to them. But it's not just that map. You can look at Woods and despite having the sun right overhead you can't see shit if it's under a tree. Visibility is just pretty poor right now in general.
What about the optics overhaul part 2? I think you guys should seriously just ask for/buy off the work of that guy who redid everything himself at this point if it's not a priority. A lot of the longer range scopes are completely unusuable due to awful oversized reticles with either fixed or niche zoom levels. Also, I weep every time I see an ACOG in-game.
1.yes
This is the best comment of all time. “Are you willing to improve communications?” “Yes”
Honestly shows wrapped boys we got em.
we will prepare roadmap. i will answer questions
Has BSG considered reaching out to the SPT community? I feel like there are untapped resources and man power in the modding community that BSG could utilize.
we are strongly against SPT. its bannable and the most of it - totally illegal product done without our permission. we will do some actions later
Is it an automatic ban or do you get flagged and checked manually for any other suspicious behaviour?
this exact ban right now is not automated
Thanks. Still giving it a good break. The 5-6 years have been great. If you want to know the main reason I’ve taken big breaks from Tarkov then it’s mostly the audio. You don’t want to count my hits ? That’s fine i played cod as a kid. Wanna lag me back and forth. That’s okay im from Iceland im used to lag. You want my pc to shit itself ? Yeah whatever. But let someone run up on me with no audio. Nahh man. Love your game and instantly bought EOD without even trying the game. I will be back. And I will try Arena as soon as it comes out. But for now I will give my brain some much needed rest from brain damage
no problem with that. EFT is type of game where you need to take a rest from it from time to time
Can you consider removing turn speed modifiers from equipment?
This feature:
- Makes the game feel more inconsistent when shooting for newer players
- Is easily avoided by changing in-game sensitivity for experience players
- Incentivises players to use a smaller range of kits, hurting loadout diversity
Move speed and ergo penalties are already doing a good job of making bigger/bulkier equipment harder to use, without changing mouse sensitivity
Also, a related ask: some sights like the Walther MRS have different sensitivity to other red dots/reflex sights - please can we streamline these so they are all the same?
Edit: One more thing, the biggest quality of life improvement the game could make is allowing us to use the inventory/flea whilst loading into raid. Is this possible?
it will be removed
it will be removed
for now - lowered by 2 times
Hello, any chance we get some kind of statistics on the raid end. Something like list of players, number of kills per player (scav and pmc kills). Maybe map with routes every player took or something in that direction?
something like this is planned
Hi Nikita! Happy to see your return to Reddit, even though it's a toxic wasteland. You sir have thick skin and are deserving of much respect.
First question: What was the reason for expanding Shooter Born in Heaven to 6 maps and 125m? If I remember correctly, it used to only be on 4 maps. Any chance the minimum range could go back to 100m? So many maps run into issues between 100m and 125m that it causes a lot of headaches. Some examples:
- Customs: Fortress to crackhouse isn't 125m.
- Customs: Skelitor to train bridge isn't 125m.
- Reserve: Dome to Checkpoint fence isn't 125m.
Second question: Any chance Killa could spawn in more predictable places? It's quite the headache to try and find him, whereas on other maps its easier to find Reshala, Sturman, Glukhar, etc. Killa can hide in any of 200 places on Interchange, and with a map as large (and empty) it makes for quite a boring grind. Funneling the boss to key areas would make for a much more exciting and fun gameplay experience. 2A: Also IMO the Goons need some sort of special smoke colored airdrop, to let you know they're on the map, they're so rare that most times your dead before you know they exist.
Third question: Are there any changes coming to random number generated loot spawns? I find better loot in duffle bags than previously known hotspots for loot.
Fourth question: If you are right-side peeking and walk out around a corner, there have been tests done, that, on average, the player peaking as a 200ms(!!!) advantage over the person being peaked. This can lead to false cheating accusations. I'm glad BSG is working on a notification to the reporter if a cheater is banned, but the quality of the reports would go up if it were more certain a person is cheating. Aside from clients having faster connection speed, what else can be done to reduce this advantage to be comparable to other first person shooters?
Fifth question: I know that you said that major features aren't coming to the game until release, but can you share any Stash/inventory management planned features? Kit selection, better filter tools, faster ways to sell loot to traders/flea, etc., if any? I particularly loved Verita's short on this (PS: I strongly encourage you to watch all 8 of his "quality of life" shorts, some amazing ideas in there). I think minimizing downtime between raids would be a welcome change.
Sixth and final question: Sorry long list! If you are killed by a traitor scav, the traitor is punished with negative Fence reputation, but you, the victim, are also punished by time lost. Are there any plans to flesh out this system a little more, or is it just the way you guys like it?
PS: I'm level 49 and over 900 raids in, and having a great time this wipe, thank you and the team for all you do (your music rocks and Tarkov needs more of it!). I'm only a handful of quests away from Kappa and I'm super excited.
Hi Nikita, long-time player here and unconditional lover of your vision of the game.
Related to the above:
- Is it possible to obfuscate the K/D ratio so cheaters can't actually see it?
- It is possible to separate K/D ratio into PMC K/D and Scav K/D? (although it will mean you need to track if you died to Scav or PMC for each separately).
This will help with cheaters targetting "high K/D" players, which is kind of putting a stop on the continuing cycle of "high K/D = 100% a cheater" mentality.
K/D ratio (as it's currently calculated) includes both PMC and Scav kills, which makes it inherently untrustworthy and a very misleading statistic. Most veteran players will not have trouble killing thousand of Scavs during a wipe, increasing their ratio to a very high number. These people will get mistaken for being cheaters and targeted, especially when an ESP user can see their K/D + equipment.
If my theory is true, putting a stop on that vicious cycle, should make cheaters stop misleading/confusing themselves into believing people with higher K/D are after them to kill them.
we will remove a lot of unneeded info from client with future update
Can you consider adding a separate single player/co-op locally saved profile instance?
I'm sure you're already aware of the add-on that does one of those, and if you don't plan on adding it yourself, can you consider supporting it in an official capacity?
I think this would be an especially good idea now, considering the current state of the game. If you support the mod in an official capacity, and collaborate with the creators, they can make it so that it has to be launched through the normal launcher, making owning the game an absolute requirement to play, even though the creators already go to great extent to make sure you already need to own a copy of the game.
This would also open up the game to people who don't have time to keep up with the wipe cycles. To be blunt, in addition to the current situation, having to try and keep up with the wipe or get left behind is one of the reasons I don't bother playing much anymore.
If you officially endorsed the mod, this would open up the game to people who normally never buy Tarkov because the wipe cycles make it inaccessible to them, and they don't have the time to try and keep up.
This would also open up the game to people who are completely overwhelmed by the online aspects of the game.
This would be more sources of revenue for you, as more people would know about it, and would buy the game with the intention of playing it offline only. And since it is offline and handled locally, it would lessen server load, meaning less server costs for you as well.
As for co-op, this could be a saved instance between players. This could also largely be handled locally, meaning less server overhead. This would have to be something you guys make.
You kind of already have the framework for this. It'd basically be like offline co-op, but with a separate profile that saves the data from the offline raids. Maybe make this an EOD only feature like it currently is, and make the server handled locally instead of relying on the co-op offline servers like it is now.
I understand this goes against your stated vision for the game, but a lot of people want something like this, because they can't enjoy the game due to its online issues, or they want to play it at their own pace instead of having to keep up with the wipe.
Adding or supporting either one of these would end up giving you a completely new source of income that you're currently leaving untapped, if you need a financial reason to do it.
not now. maybe later after release and some DLCs after
What are your thoughts on co-op PvE only mode? It would allow people to play tarkov without being affected by cheaters
Can you consider starting the huge recoil after the second shot when shooting full-auto (right now, recoil is huge after the first shot)? This way, it would be possible to single fire more accurately by tapping. But spraying would still be difficult because of the large recoil after the second shot.
How soon will we be able to change the email for our account?
we plan to bring it back
Can we remove camera recoil 100%?
no
- Steam version?
- Any plans to start hiring developers away from Russia? It's no longer feasible to hire developers and make them move to Russia considering the circumstances.
- Why is the game too grindy? Yes, you claimed you made changes to make it less grindy but it still feels extremely grindy for casual players. Nobody should be forced to kill 3 players each map to complete a quest.
- Why have you promised to implement 2FA 3 years ago when so far you implemented it only in Asia region?
It's a bullshit or uninformed answer.
It's a base flaw in Unity netcode. Old Tarkov ran an even worse set of netcode.
Custom netcode is REQUIRED for an FPS of this size on Unity.
My case and point is Rust. Rust development ENTIRELY REWROTE the netcode. There are multiple development blogs about it. If some sort of weird desync occurs, the netcode handles it. It doesn't give the client some level of authority it shouldn't have. The client will say "I hit him" and the server CHECKS then replies "Yes" or "Invalid".
It keeps the level of desync death bullshit to a minimum. In the old days of Rust you could lag your internet, turn a corner and shoot someone in the face. Then unlag and let the game play out. Unity has since implemented better base code. BSG has improved that base code. It's still flawed at the core however.
We've kinda known forever that Unity's netcode is trash. It works for MOST stuff by low latency FPS games, not good. PubG's beta netcode was on par w/ current Unity. That was 5? 6? years ago. That's on EARLY Unreal 4 code too.
rust in not even remotely complicated as EFT
What will you do about the people that have been falsely banned in the past, are you looking into better support methods in which they can contact and appeal? or are you going to ignore the fact that it is an issue?
you can appeal to battleye
Free roam mode is still planned?
yes but there is a chance that it will be too hard to do with all of the detalisation
Is the population growing?
it always grows. dont listen those who keep saying that its over
There have been some fairly impactful events impact you and your team over the past few years.
Has that had an effect on hiring and sustainable growth of the teams?
slightly. it became harder and we started worked more harder.
are there plans to optimize the game further so the game can run decently on regular pc's?
its always a priority. for example moving to the next versions of engine gives such abilities to optimize more
What is your opinion on making the game harder just attracts more cheaters?
I personally feel a lot of the changes to battle RMT has just pushed more people into using RMT.
its true. the harder the game, the harder to be successful in the game - it brings the hesitation to turn on the black side
Plans to remove weird shading (or thats what I think it is) from certain sunglasses which make them really stick out in fog through scopes?.png.77b44396d2b38e76b2c75001753dc4c4.png) I'd want to rock them to make my PMC look better, but the disadvantage is too massive.
yes, it bothers me for a long time. eventually it will be fixed
It's endgame I guess
yes
Why there's no "Lock sort" feature in stash? Such as select and drag multiple items at once. We need some of those QoL in order to spend less time in stash.
planned
Are you still motivated with everything reddit is chucking at you at the moment?
ofc
Do you think you'll need to rewrite the game on a clean foundation sooner or later ? I'm not only talking about cheating but also performance wise. It feel like you cornered yourself in a spaghetti mess and while I know how much time and money it would cost, at least it would be done once and for all.
Plus a clean code is easier to maintain and expand. I don't know the code itself obviously but having invisible players and so many client side checks/infos is kinda telling.
no, its impossible to rewrite the game
what do you think about the valorant anti cheat system?
it was written around game. not like it some plug and play solution
Is cheating/anti cheating currently your guys’ number 1 priority?
one of the top and always was
Will there be any further dev time focused on reducing the loading time to get into raid. EU servers can still take 2-5 minutes (occasionally longer). This is one deciding factor when playing with friends. If we're short on time (a couple of hours say), we'll play something we can jump into quickly.
yes
Can geneburn music be used for Tarkov’s content creation without worrying about copyright? You make amazing music btw.
yes you can
What is the truth behind the rumored 'report abuser section'?
I am hesitant to report 'sus' because it's hard to differentiate cheats and desync.
report it anyway if you feel that it was a cheater
Love the game bro. Cheaters are scum.
1) Will shoulder swapping your weapon ever be implemented?
2) if full release is still 2 or so years away, can you stop server wiping? You’ve shown you can do many updates during this wipe. I know some like the server wipe, but they seem to stop playing after a couple weeks. I hate the wipe and am here for long haul.
3) Is it at all possible to have one map like labs (maybe a new map) that is a pve raid only, solo or as team? Like a regular MMO raid, that can have a curated story / atmosphere experience. Just one map, the rest will remain normal pvp. It can have a limited entry like labs
4) Is there a plan for mantling animation? Tired of jumping over tiny objects that I should be able to walk over.
5) would you consider making it so people can’t aim down any sights while using nvgs? That’s realistic, and would make the IR laser actually useful.
6) Arena when?
What are your thoughts on offline PvE raids with progression (being able to complete quests and obtain loot)?
not an option
Using recoil as an example, the playerbase a whole said this thing in the game feels bad to play and is bad on a technical level. Why did it require a video essay from a streamer for the dev team to make changes?
i dont agree that its BAD. it could be done better and we will do it
Hello Nikita. When I can play Tarkov without desync,cheaters, stutters, bugs and glitches of all sorts, fps drops, broken sound, invisible players and 5+ minutes waiting for every raid? Watin' since 2018.
even when the game will be clean of that by 100% you will still write such type of comments.
Are you interested in doing a charity event of you or other BSG employee playing to reach lvl15 ?
It’s not JUST to see you suffer like we do, lol, BSG not playing their own game is a huge source of frustration and confusion towards development. I feel that it would influence some decisions regarding balance.
bsg plays a LOT
Let's be honest for a moment. One reason you didn't implement a replay system is that it would add a lot of additional stress to the already overburdened servers. The current network architecture must be problematic, are there any plans for an Operation Health update for Tarkov? Aside from addressing cheaters, it feels like the game could benefit from quality control of its current features. How likely is it that we will see a network overhaul and tick rate update in the future, let's say by the end of 2023?
all of this is being done for arena
why do you keep designing the game with anti RMT mesures?? It punishes normal players and RMT and cheaters are still a thing?. FIR, lvl 15 flea, no dropping of keys, etc etc.
FIR. lvl 15 flea were done for slowing progress. not for antiRMT
no droping items were done against boosting and RMT. again - against unfair advantages
I dont know how these things work just wanna ask if the time between being ready to go in raid and actually starting the raid will be reduced to shorter time because i found out if you would be faster in game again after you die it would be waaay less frustrating and enjoyable to play another raid again than wait 15 minutes to play the tame again Thx mister Buyanov
i agree
How has cheating become so prevalent an issue under BSG?
it wasnt become. you dont know the history of EFT. it pops from time to time, usually after big updates. New cheats being released
The last couple of days must have been pretty rough for you guys. With all the drama a revelations from "the video" to the video Trey24k made. You have already answered a bunch of question I would ask, but what I am and I believe many others ultimately want to know. What changes BSG is planning to make in the future? Are you thinking about changing development directions? Did your short/mid/long term goals changed?
Lastly, thank you for the hard work you guys do at BSG. I want you all to know, the community including me is only pissed because we all love the game that much, and we all just wish to get the best possible entertainment we can get out of it. The communication in the last couple of days has been amazing and once again, thank you for Escape From Tarkov.
we want to finalize everything and release the game
Hey Nikita. You answered earlier that hundreds of thousands play every day.
Could you give us an average number for, say the month of January?
Then could you give is the number of bans in the month of January?
I made a post a few days back trying to calculate the % of active players that get banned for cheating. The number I came up with was 7.4% based on very limited data and alot of assumptions. Is three any way you could give us hard data for the month of january?
i dont have this info at my hand. but its really low amount comparing to overall players. something like half of percent or even lower
Do you play the game at all? I feel like if you was to play the game the way we do much of these points in this thread will already be very obvious to you.
You must try the food you make, often otherwise you cannot know if it tastes right. For instance the invisible bug should have been obvious if any internal testing was done with groups as this was impacting everyone almost every raid.
yes i play the game and i struggle too. this is what eft is about. start to play, get rekt, repeat, become better
When will we see new lightkeeper content?
next patches
If we want to continue playing are there other ways beyond reports that we can help with the problem?
I cant play the game properly right now as its too painfall but im willing to put in some hours to be a honey pot but the reporting system is so obscure it feels like a waste of my time.
Im not sure making videos of the cheaters is the right approach but im up for helping if it makes a difference.
reports is the best you can do right now
Have you thought of making something like https://twitter.com/RustUpdates ? They post their commits on Twitter so people can see how things are going.
interesting
Man, Nikita really cherry picking the questions and expecting us to believe "trust me bro" in a lot of cases.
This post is just further damage control and it f**king shows
man. f*ck off. go take a walk i dunno.
1 )Can you increase the spawnrate of bosses and raiders drastically? They are a fun part of the game and seeing gluhar once every 150 raids sucks.
2) Labs coloured keycards have been unaffordable for the past 2 years. Im talking red etc.
I remember buying red for 26 million after the reserve release. That seemed fair. Obtainable.
Do you think that removing the flea market from the game would help when it comes to eliminating RMT and cheating in general?
no, it wont
My friend told me and showed me, that he bought cheats for EFT from the devs themselves. I think not many people know about this and its a really bad thing to be going on. He has played for over 3 years with those cheats and has never been banned since. It seems like if the cheater isnt going straight blatant and is actully trying to hide it, they get away with it. Seems like BattleEye is a bad software.
cool story
You've partially answered this before, but can you explain how often the flea market suspicious offer reports are reviewed?
It's really bloody annoying having people lob grenades at you in pitch black when you've been silent and are unseen for 10 minutes on Shoreline because they've got ESP, but it's arguably even worse to go look at the flea market and see someone with 150+ flea rating selling a 50-pack of LEDxs, 150 GPUs and 20 marked room keys.
It's a regular slap in the face and it's probably the worst and most aggravating thing for players to see - they use the flea regularly and to see people who have obviously been loot-hoovering all the maps for so long that they've got that many items and that much flea rating makes people think no-one is enforcing anti-cheat.
right they being reviewed constantly
Is Battlestate hiring new devs and expanding, or looking to do so?
yes we do
1) How is the progress on load out presets for gear and stuff we bring into raid? Is it even in progress yet?
2) Why can't use maps in pmcs special slot?...Players are resorting to using online third party maps (i.e. , tarkovbook(DOT)com, tarkov.help, etc)
My trust in the game is broken, I have experienced cheating in EFT even after only less than maybe 100 hours of game time. The video that was released basically just confirmed what I suspected. I will probably only return if the devs fix the game and put measures in place to fix the overwhelming cheating problem in EFT. I believe I am not the only one. My question is how soon are you going to start taking action? Calender date if you can? And what is the action plan?
we already taking actions. i posted what we do right now.
When will prone movement be added back into the game?
what do you mean? it is in game
When will you get rid of the initial recoil? The first 5 bullets climb into air and later on recoil skill kicks in. I would rather be able to control the recoil with my mouse than to rely on a skill that doesn't do much. The inertia i can get used to, it doesn't bother me, but if I have to land first few bullets on target that are crucial to whether the guy at the end of the barrel dies or not it's not really good to have that mechanic in the game.
My second question is when will you buff the loot behind the closed areas like doors?
already told that systems will be redone
Hello! Would it be possible to add a right click "check profile" to view the profile/stats of the player that killed you? (At the post raid screen). That would be very helpful when deciding if how I died was legit or to a cheater. If we could check statistics on the account I would be more certain in my report. For example, if the account has a very short lifetime with very high PVP KDA. Number of kills in Head, thorax, arms, legs etc. It would help me to be more certain in my reports. I think splitting PVE KDA and PVP KDA is also a good idea. PVP-KDA should only include deaths to other players and not suicide/scav deaths to make it more clear how often you come out ahead vs a player. Making it harder for cheaters to just blow themselves up with nades to lower their KDA for example.
noted
More clarity on what is/isn't allowed. A lot of normal players feel likea criminal for dropping their buddy their weapon back in fear of being banned.
Timely appeals process for bans. If a regular player is banned falsely, there is no way to ever play the game again unless they have a large following on twitter or get traction on reddit. In light of streamer manual bans and discord bans a lot of players feel worried they will get banned unjustly with no recourse from a single, client side POV that is desynced.
Remove p2p flea barters. These are mostly scams for the less vigilant and facilitate RMT. I was made aware of this after I fell for one of these scam offers once myself.
Cheaters. There is a lot of data you can harness on players in order to identify cheaters that other games aren't fortunate enough to have. People deviating far above average extracting with rare keycards, ledxs could easily be flagged and accounts reviewed. High level and K/D players suddenly going into factory naked and dying all night. New accounts with PMC k/ds more than 2 times the best PVP streamers.
Trust with friends. A trust rating could be established with players that play a lot of raids together and drop restrictions could be removed between them. This could also be harnessed to stop RMT drop services by being more strict on what can be picked up between a squad when the "trust rating" is low.
Personally the netcode and audio issues are the most detrimental to my enjoyment of the game.
I have noticed the audio much improved this most recent patch.
The netcode is still a big issue, hopefully there are ways to reduce this as it has such a negative impact on gameplay that players must adopt a specific playstyle in order not succumb to peekers advantage.
Still my favourite game of all time despite the current flaws.
Has BSG considered reaching out to the SPT community? I feel like there are untapped resources and man power in the modding community that BSG could utilize.
answered that somewhere
Is there any chance scopes could be fully variably zoomed?
I absolutely adore what you did with crouch levels, movement speed, and lean amounts.
Could we get a similar thing (maybe based on the scroll wheel for example) for variable magnification scopes?
It would be amazing to take a 1-6x scope for example and partially zoom it in to 2x like you can in real life
yes
Hi Nikita, do you think Arena will suffer the same cheating issues as Tarkov? And is it also using BattleEye?
I'm wondering if the spectating/end of match views etc will help?
Lastly what DAW do you like to use to make your Geneburn music? I really enjoy your soundtracks and just wish to know more about your process, as a musician myself.
Thank-you for these discussions, and I hope that things improve for us all. The community has been very critical of you and your team for some time; often in a very aggressive and disgusting way. Its unfair as most of us have no idea have no real knowledge of how to fix these things, and of course you want what is best for your game and your staff!
yes arena anticheat must be good.
AK 12 when?
asap actually
Would you say the game is moving towards your vision of what it should be at a satisfying rate? What would you say is the biggest issue standing in the way of acheiving that vision apart from RGB gamers?
yes it moves in the right direction. there is no actual issues which slows or blocks the progress
Not sure if this has already been asked but, will you consider an ‘operation health’ at some point like Rainbow 6 had years ago?
I know cheating is on everyone’s lips at the moment, but audio fixes are something I personally want more and other performance issues.
Although new content is always great, I’m honestly happy with what we have already and I think a lot of people are more interested in seeing the game reach a healthier state performance wise rather than more maps.
Edit: just realised this kind of request is exactly what started this post so it has already been asked
believe it or not - there is a majority of tasks this year which is all about fixing, optimizations and so on
can we lower the ridiculous flea market level requirements please? i have never met someone who can have even 3 items on the flea market at a time.
yes
When are we getting more news about Arena?
i hope next month or this one
Hi Nikita! Happy to see your return to Reddit, even though it's a toxic wasteland. You sir have thick skin and are deserving of much respect.
First question: What was the reason for expanding Shooter Born in Heaven to 6 maps and 125m? If I remember correctly, it used to only be on 4 maps. Any chance the minimum range could go back to 100m? So many maps run into issues between 100m and 125m that it causes a lot of headaches. Some examples:
- Customs: Fortress to crackhouse isn't 125m.
- Customs: Skelitor to train bridge isn't 125m.
- Reserve: Dome to Checkpoint fence isn't 125m.
Second question: Any chance Killa could spawn in more predictable places? It's quite the headache to try and find him, whereas on other maps its easier to find Reshala, Sturman, Glukhar, etc. Killa can hide in any of 200 places on Interchange, and with a map as large (and empty) it makes for quite a boring grind. Funneling the boss to key areas would make for a much more exciting and fun gameplay experience. 2A: Also IMO the Goons need some sort of special smoke colored airdrop, to let you know they're on the map, they're so rare that most times your dead before you know they exist.
Third question: Are there any changes coming to random number generated loot spawns? I find better loot in duffle bags than previously known hotspots for loot.
Fourth question: If you are right-side peeking and walk out around a corner, there have been tests done, that, on average, the player peaking as a 200ms(!!!) advantage over the person being peaked. This can lead to false cheating accusations. I'm glad BSG is working on a notification to the reporter if a cheater is banned, but the quality of the reports would go up if it were more certain a person is cheating. Aside from clients having faster connection speed, what else can be done to reduce this advantage to be comparable to other first person shooters?
Fifth question: I know that you said that major features aren't coming to the game until release, but can you share any Stash/inventory management planned features? Kit selection, better filter tools, faster ways to sell loot to traders/flea, etc., if any? I particularly loved Verita's short on this (PS: I strongly encourage you to watch all 8 of his "quality of life" shorts, some amazing ideas in there). I think minimizing downtime between raids would be a welcome change.
Sixth and final question: Sorry long list! If you are killed by a traitor scav, the traitor is punished with negative Fence reputation, but you, the victim, are also punished by time lost. Are there any plans to flesh out this system a little more, or is it just the way you guys like it?
PS: I'm level 49 and over 900 raids in, and having a great time this wipe, thank you and the team for all you do (your music rocks and Tarkov needs more of it!). I'm only a handful of quests away from Kappa and I'm super excited.
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