How has it taken *this long* to make a damned Solo Mode?

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide General Discussion
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To preface this, I am a console player, I don’t have access to bandaid mods and I am not willing to fork over an additional sum of cash just to be able to play with people who I actively dislike and so I have made an F.S account solely to ask this question:

So, Fatshark, how has it taken you this long to make a Solo Mode? Why is it that your predecessor and flagship title, Vermintide, was able to make a functioning and fun offline mode? Why is it that newer games like Space Marine 2 are able to launch with solo mode built into their game from day one while your newest game is still lacking this promised feature?

That it has currently been two consecutive years of almost-radio-silence on the status of a feature that was “Functional, but needed more time” is frankly a shameful display and shows the company’s inability to communicate with the customers and the players who have been waiting for this feature for the entire lifespan of the product.

We want answers, we want a definitive response on whether this feature is going to implemented or not, and if not, then why

Becauss otherwise I fail to see the reason why Darktide is seemingly incapable of implementing a Solo/Offline mode when its predecessor was able to do so, unless there was a financial gain to be had through witholding the feature, the game physically cannot be modified to incorporate this feature or the executives are truly incompetent and banking on an always-online game in the hopes of chasing the live-service dragon.

I will not be playing a game that has a fixed life expectancy and could be shut down at any moment because the shareholders demanded it, and it’s for this reason that I’m not coming back to Darktide.

Do better, Fatshark, let this damned question be dignified with a clean and concise answer already.

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This implies they made a solo mode.

My theory is that with the Auspex events and bots being dumb as a bag of bricks, they worked themselves into a corner.

They could easily implement solo mode by reducing the limit for a private party from 2 to 1, but they’re not even doing that. And I think it’s because the next batch of complaints will be from solo players stating that the auspex events need to be tweaked.

I don’t know what’s a bigger disgrace though. The fact that they promised it and still haven’t delivered or the complete ghosting from Fatshark on the topic.

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Huh?

This is a dead simple fix: just allow us to tag the consoles, have a bot move to it and take a random amount of time to “complete” the puzzle.

They didn’t just break locks either. I think it’s the same situation here (except there are server costs in the equation).

Anyway, I agree with OP that solo is long overdue. And I’d love to hear that it’s coming (soon), but alas I’m pretty sure we won’t hear more about it until its drop is imminent. And personally, I’d prefer that to a Versus situation.

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its not just that some corruptor events are damn near impossible to do solo if you have slow weapons

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WOW slow down whats next? being able to give bots items? having bots push pox bursters?? i dont think the current technology can even support that

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One can dream of a future where you can command bots to pick up items, tome and grimoires, a future where you can tailor your bots with your various weapons and costumes.
Sadly the technology just isn’t there yet.

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First thing’s first:

I starting making club jackets 2 years ago and they were almost ready but are no longer a priority, so, to say the quiet part out loud since Fatshark won’t: “get f–cked”.

Joking aside, here’s what’s going to happen in this thread:

  • There will be an outpouring of support, even from people who wouldn’t use Solo Mode like us.
  • There will be trolls who try to act like there aren’t also people asking for multiplayer in single player games by saying: “it’s a COOP HORDE SHOOTER” and the like.
  • Strawhat might like a comment or two, but in general Fatshark as a company will completely ignore this thread’s existence
  • Ragnarok will slap this thread into his Book of Grudges for the ever growing list of “Solo Mode?” threads.
  • I, and any others willing to continue fighting the good fight, will use this as further fuel for the flames of this war.

So, even if it seems like you lit a spark in the community (I literally had a community poll with 75 Yes to 11 No on “Should Fatshark give us an answer on Solo Mode?”) Fatshark will continue the following:

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Yeah, sadly this is exactly it. Fatshark seems content to just pretend solo mode was never mentioned. Much like things like weapon attachments and earning Aquilas.

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Extremely loud Grudge noises

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

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You’re gonna have to make a separate thread for these at this point.

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This whole thread is a roller coaster of yes.

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so much for AI taking over.

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