And tell me, how long did it take them to Implement Unlocked and Loaded? Because if I remember correctly it was after a year and half of bitching by the community with “remove the locks” or something being a chant within the community because of how hated the crafting system was when it was finally added. Don’t act like Fatshark reworked the system quickly and efficiently out of a favor to their community. It was only after player numbers drastically dropped that they were given the “OK” to fix the crafting and loot system.
I already said, the theory is that the devs working on VT2 got the “do what you want.” order from the upper management and could finally implement Versus Mode. I can’t think of any other explanation as to why a mode that was requested for five (5) years didn’t get added until after Darktide was the focus.
Edit: let me be clear. I don’t think the devs or CMs are malicious. I think the suits who call the shots are.
I didn’t. The U&L rework took forever, but they were constantly working on itemization in smaller ways along the way. Funny enough, there’s a couple of examples in the link in my previous post.
This part doesn’t ring true to me. Player numbers were the absolute worst in 2023, before the Xbox launch, and the larger rework (realized in U&L) was announced in March of 2024.
I guess I just don’t get why “the suits” would do this…where’s the ROI?