[image] Once again, you had it for a moment. A surge. 43K players as a result of the release of the Arbites class. But then you should have had a content release strategy that would hook the new and returning players to stay with the game for longer than just completing the new class, which you cl…

What ruined the story was the Twins. You kill them, then they come vack during lights out events, then they come back in havoc… Absolutely lazy.

The captains in Havocs aren’t the twins.

Havoc still has the Twins in each mission tho, as Lieutenants with random names

We’re talking about the story. The lieutenants aren’t the twins. But story aside, having the twins’ move sets repurposed is imo a good thing.

[image] AurusCornelius: As Darktide relies on ingame purchases to stay afloat player retention IS important and I fear that unless they have some big expansion in the oven and improve on replay value they will loose the player base (including myself and friends) that is willing and able to spend…

[image] Devil's Advocate: Havoc de-ranking is necessary General Discussion exactly this. but it means letting players decide what to play, how dare they. :winking_face_with_tongue:

[image] MarxistDictator: Ogryn lacked on damage but made up for it with a free wound 100 HP more than Zealot and 36% damage resistance through toughness just for selecting him. True, but that also comes with a giant hitbox and more aggro retention (I think) and worse melee dodges so it evened…

Didn’t they start their own small shop? I think they were consulting for Arrowhead and probably others, I’d hope they’re still involved with FS.

Speaking of player retention They’re on track to fail to keep their quarterly update cadence, they should have posted a blog post about the next update by now they normally post it a month before (next update has to be in September last one was in June) and they just missed their last regular blog …

Do you think they care about their player base? They’re working on their new IP.

Fatshark, do you understand what player retention is?

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide General Discussion

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Fatshark, do you understand what player retention is?

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