[2019] PINNED: Q&A - Week 41

Originally posted by Han YOLO: like why the undocumented Shade nerf in 2.0

If you're talking about infiltrate, that's on me - here's your answer:
https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/shade-infiltrate-duration/36187/5

Originally posted by Han YOLO: if Marten thinks the direction VT2 is going with weaves/WoM is the direction he wants to continue to take it

We like some of what WoM has achieved, and we can certainly see some missteps. These have been things we've said more than once already. I gather you probably just want us to agree with you 'that the whole thing was a waste of time' (to paraphrase), well that's not going to happen, because we don't agree with you in the slightest. :) There's cool stuff in WoM and there's potential we just need to further tap in to.

Originally posted by Han YOLO: Maybe a comment on the plummeting player count?

We have some issues with retention, sure. Consider this a comment.

We discuss this internally, however, so if you wish to get more intimacy on the subject then: https://jobs.fatsharkgames.com/

Originally posted by Han YOLO:

Originally posted by Awarewolf: Why no announcement of the abandonment of dedicated servers as a goal?

This was announced in the AMA a month or so ago and before that too I think. The issue was Marten was promising dedicated servers as close as 2 months before the game released in full, sooner if you count the pre-order "beta" period.

I'm being genuinely honest here, two months prior to launch everything was on track with these. It really came down to the wire and it just didn't pan out as planned and as expected. We had to delay them to continue work on them and we poured resources into it. The end result was something that would only be affordable by the super wealthy.

We haven't put them fully to rest either, and tinkering does continue albeit at a reduced capacity. It's good for R&D and what we've learned is certainly going to be good for whatever we might do next.

We just wanted to announce them being canned so to set the expectation they wouldn't be coming. So don't expect them to.

Would be nice if the final hurdles are jumped over though and we can surprise you all with them. Just don't count on it. Consider them gone.