Yikes. Don’t get me wrong, I will be a lifetime player of this game. But this week I have a feeling is going to be VERY rough on the playerbase. The numbers are going to take a huge hit. I honestly again thought we may be able to convince them that this was a bad route. But it’s right in front of my eyes, duos and squads.... at the same time... get ready to SWEAT contenders. If you need a fun casual time one day, do not play this game for that, anytime this week.
External link →Hey everyone,
I appreciate the feedback here. There's a few topics, so I'll try my best to cover them all. As mentioned in our Patch 2.0 notes, the changes made to the playlist are to better manage our player community without splitting them between too many playlists at once.
For that, we have squads mode + an arcade mode. This week's arcane mode is Duos mode, which has been an often requested mode. I'm seeing both the excitement for this mode across the channel, and the feedback presented here. I 100% understand the downside viewpoint here on having squads + duos as the option, and appreciate the feedback. The pairing of these two is something we can evaluate on our side to make sure we are presenting the best experience.
We have a few modes lined up still this season for the arcade mode, including solos and floor is lava, that will replace duos. If duos isn't your speed, let us know how you feel when the modes are rotated!
Now, for some of the other feedback in this thread, I want to be clear that we are devoted to making the game the best that it can be. Season 2 is going to be a season with quite a few updates, that will hopefully address some of the community concern/feedback. These changes will come throughout Season 2, so stay tuned throughout the season for updates :). I appreciate your patience in the meantime!
Thank you for the response and also thank you for the game mostly. The only thing I really have to add to this is, I do not believe the player retention rate will go up UNTIL you have solos AND faction wars along with squads as your main playlist. This also means that can’t happen until you guys implement crossplay for consoles and release the game on steam. These should literally be your teams #1 priorities ASAP. A lot of us more dedicated on the sub have a hard time not understanding why these things aren’t top. And if they are, we just aren’t getting the feeling that they are. The arcade modes and LTMs are great every now and then and can take the place of faction wars as the third slot for that given week. Then the long term plans (as in early next year) should be to add a whole other realm to this game with an arena branch featuring TDMs and capture the flags (or crowns), domination etc... this is the blueprint for the perfect hyper scape... not seeing steps leading to these things is definitely frustrating for a lot of us I think...
In our Where Are We Going we outlined the top focus for our team at the moment. Both crossplay and deathmatch games are mentioned there and continue to be a focus for the team. We'll do our best to keep you updated on when possible on what we are focused at and where we are!
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