“Chaos wastes mode!” I hear you scream. Yes, It’d be quite nice. But let’s try to brainstorm a bit here. What else could this be. A different gamemode? In that case what could that be? Something else entirely? What then?
Won’t split anything if it will be represented by a mission on the mission-board, and will be included in Quickplay. So, definitely not like Havoc.
So when you would open terminal, you would see 2 times more missions, half of which would be from that new mode (with RNG maps). They would be just auto-generated every 30 minutes or so, to freshen the experience. There would be a checkbox for Quickplay to exclude them if you don’t like auto-generated maps.
Another way to do it is to have just one new icon representing Chaos Wastes 2 on the mission terminal (its main screen). If you select it and start the game, you’ll be creating a lobby for the new mode game instead of “vanilla” missions. Then people using Quickplay could join it as well as other people choosing it explicitly.
why do people automatically think it’ll be a different game mode? it might simply be new area for new class or even new area in general for something that’ll be added for everyone like future missions/maps might be up for whatever reason.
Vermintide did it great… but you did notice there is no server browser in Darktide, right? Maybe the new addition will be a server browser, that would help the game a lot, but since Fatshark have kept so much of their player-friction design in places where it doesn’t make sense for there to be so much friction, I’m not holding my breath.
People shouldn’t hold their breath with it being Chaos Wastes-like mode in general, lest we get another Hive Scum situation with people hyping themselves up that the next class will be a Techpriest and then ending up angry.
I know it doesn’t make sense for it to be this, but I’d love it to be finally introducing solo mode, or more functional bots. Maybe a selection of vatborn or lobotomised criminals we can gear up to our preference like in VT2.
Maybe it’ll be a little seasonal Heart Day area for valentine’s where we can send Morrow a card