We’re apparently supposed to be getting an actual story now with the Arbites drop. In two weeks. Suffice to say I’m starting to be concerned about how much there’s actually gonna be. The lack of news is not helpful.

[image] the1396: without fresh players this game has little survival vs the 2 vermintides that are still going strong. How are the two Vermintides ‘still going strong’ when combined they don’t even have a third the Playercount Darktide has…? Also a lot of QoL is already done via Mods, what DT needs are more frequent and larger Updates and not drip-fed Updates once in a blue Moon. More Weapons and more Maps more often and new Enemies and not just recycled / reskins / recolours of Stuff.

true we def need more updates/maps. and it effing sucks modders have to fix issues in game also. i have same issue with bethesda and the dumb UESP. this game is a glorified alpha its so poorly made.

let me rephrase. as an aussie gaming outside of core USA time line any game that takes 2+ hours to get a PUG match… not viable long term. why i deem anything sub 50k to be more or less dead. sure in peak overlap can get some fun matches but its not a financially sustainable model

We’ll see new weapons or a map at best in like September or October. Since we do already know that this update will just them be reworking the mission terminal since if they were gonna add new weapons or a mission Fatshark would’ve mentioned that in the Arbites post. And how Fatshark works, it doesn’t do surprises. What they say in a post is what you’re getting, nothing more, nothing less.

while i dig the mad max vibe i dont think you can “blame” a games accessibility based on geographical locations and call it “dead” for the whole playerbase. sure, you got problems finding people in that area and i bet it sucks. yet i wager the larger percentage of the remaining playerbase isnt even aware of this “problem” or truth be told unaffected. aint the asia servers better latency wise anyways? i mean i rise an eyebrow if the ping exceeds 70, must be in the hundreds across that distance, no?

[image] Index: while i dig the mad max vibe [image] Please get me out of this country, bro… :pray:

valid but more often than not gamers prefer to play USA for the fellow english vibe and latency not that big an issue. not many LPB’s exist these days vs early days of gaming. when in doubt skill > speed majority of cases. i will admit though ex wow player. used to playing in pre aus server day of 800ms lag and still set world first raid runs. you learn how to adapt well.

I (think I) get you, I may just be more patient in such things. Whatever the update will bring, I’ll see it when it’s there, and I cherish the sweet uncertainty until then. :slightly_smiling_face:

30-day player count on Steam Charts: Month Avg. Players Gain % Gain Peak Players Vermintide 1 44.8 +8.6 +23.67% 139 Vermintide 2 2,497.8 +386.8 +18.32% 5,697 Darktide 7,453.5 +1,725.4 +30.12% 15,690

If so (and I beg to differ), how are VT 1+2 “still going strong”, like you claimed, with around 2,500 players on average in the last 30 days combined? (98% coming from VT 2) And which games do you see as their competition?

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