Sure not. A vet who use the buffed weapons with 40s cooldown VOC must be weaker than 30s but no buff. Most of players will not want to use the other two abilities in high difficulty games.
ok, for starters, how about the fact that for 99% of players there is absolutely NOTHING to do because of the lack of new content? We havenât had a new regular map since Dark Communion. After that, an entire YEAR went by with no maps, resulting in No Manâs Land. An entire YEAR with nothing new to do for casual players. Nobody cares about mortis trials after a few rounds of trying it / getting the penance.
New class/quarterly big updates always provides a temporary boost (apparently, the intended effect, according to Fatshark: link) and then people quickly realize that the game is still the exact same under the surface. Tons of annoying bugs, sound not working, balance issues (using the same old nonsense meta weapons gets boring FAST) and endgame stuff being simply irrelevant for a vast majority of people.
The rest of us âhardcoreâ players stick around because the gameplay loop is satisfying. We will stay around for as long as the game remains interesting and challenging.
If you know it, you should understand the buff for useless weapons and talents means new updates which worth they take a play. Nerf may be not.
I guarantee you, that if these patches had 0 nerfs, only buffs, but also 0 new content for a year, you wouldnât suddenly see an uptick of players. It would be the exact same. Itâs not the nerfs, itâs a natural decline of the content release cycle (you can blame expeditions for this, apparently) and competing game releases that hold peoples attention much more.
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Is this the waiting room for the inevitable Chinese playerbase review bomb next week?
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itâs already happening, my guy.
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Iâd love to get a count on how many people here are both mad about this review bombing and still have a negative 1k hour review of their own up lol
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Never negotiate with terrorâŚreview bombers
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So you want to tell me horible launch, bad technical state, slow content drops, lack of comunication and ignoring feedback dont affect player numbers but nerf have?
Dude, you and others are in such denial its isnt even funny; its a tragicomedy at this point.
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I changed my review multiple times over the course of my 1968 hours - I ended up leaving a negative one after it became increasingly obvious they donât listen to player feedback nor care to implement the most basic of QoL changes even though mods have been picking up their slack for almost FOUR years now. âHow can you leave a negative review on a game you have 2000 hours on!â Just because something is enjoyable doesnât mean it canât be improved on while simultaneously having glaring issues that have yet to be addressed in years.
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With nearly half of recent Chinese Steam reviews drowning in server issues and crash reports, but it only takes one cherry-picked screenshot to create an echo chamber on the forums. Then again, Iâd rather attribute it to their subpar translation tools failing to grasp the context than assume this is being done maliciously.
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I have a negative review up at 1k+ hours but Iâm also not mad about the review bomb, I disagree with the reasons for the negative reviews though
so count me in but it seems fine if you donât ignore all nuance
lol of course itâs fine. Just powerless consumers doing what they can.
They all affect. That doesnât matter the balance is an unavoidable question.
I have the right to post my review of dissatisfaction. Are you going to deprive it? No way!
And other people have a right to laugh at your âreasoningâ. Fluctuations in the player population after new content releases are normal. Casual players consume the new content, get bored and simply lose interest. The âcoreâ community keeps playing. Correlation is not causation.
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I showed my view. The nerf patch really cause a decline of average players online than other buff patch.
Why donât you understand it?
Glad we agree on something. You âshowed your viewâ, not a âfactâ.
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