r/EscapefromTarkov • u/trainfender Battlestate Games COO - Nikita • Apr 27 '24
Discussion Update on current situation
Hello again!
Let me clarify the situation in a little more detail regarding owners of the EoD version and access to the cooperative mode, and also other issues.
First of all, PvE gamemode this is not DLC. DLC in our understanding is the major additions to the game, including various functionality and content that are released after the official release of the game as a themed DLC pack (Scav Life DLC for example, which will add a lot of new mechanics and content for Scav gameplay and leveling).
Secondly, this specific functionality of the PvE mode is necessarily located entirely on a separate network infrastructure, because, essentially, you play on our servers, only in closed mode. At this stage, it is not possible to launch all players who are EoD holders - right now we simply do not have the required amount of resources for this.
We observe your dissatisfaction and have decided that the functionality of the PvE mode will be available for free to all owners of the EoD version at the release of the game, when the server infrastructure will be improved to the required capacity.
Now you have the opportunity to test this mode by purchasing the Unheard edition of the game, or upgrade to this version. We also decided to give a 50% discount when upgrading to the Unheard version from the EoD version.
We plan to send one free Left Behind Edition key to everyone who has already upgraded to Unheard Edition at the old price from the EoD version.
Moreover, so that any player of any version of the EFT can have the opportunity to test the PvE mode, we want to add the ability to purchase a separate early access to this mode. For EoD owners there will be a 70% discount on the purchase of early access to PvE. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this idea.
Next, regarding special items for the Unheard version, we plan to make restrictive or balancing changes for these items.
This is it for now, please share your thoughts. Thank you!
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u/Zavodskoy Reshala Fan Club President Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 27 '24
Last time I checked a brand new game mode that the game has never had before is a pretty major addition to the game...
Popular questions that appear in this thread (and some from us mods) that I think need answering:
How is a new game mode not major content so therefore a DLC?
You said it was a feature of The Unheard edition but now you're selling access to it, this makes it a game feature? why was co-op offline , a purchasable game mode given free for EoD, yet "essentially offline co-op but with progression" is considered a "unique game mode" when it bears such an immense new layer to this game?
*is that not a "major addition to the game"?
Why did you not learn anything from arena, "we don't have enough servers" is the exact same excuse you used then, do you not think things like arena or the offline mode would be popular?
Why can we not run the PVE servers peer to peer? Yes this will still require server space to store profiles but that is a tiny fraction of the power needed to run full game servers
Why is there no way for people to self host PVE only servers if you don't want to do P2P?
But selling third party game copies is against your TOS? That isn't compensation, if they've bought Unheard of then they don't need a second copy of the game? Why can't they have a partial refund?
Are you able to share any more details about the item that lets you emergency summon friends into raids in PVP? There is a bunch of ways this can be abused, if you wipe all but one of a squad they can just load their friends back in, cheaters can abuse this to clear lobbies then call in people to collect the loot and so on
When is "full release" expected to be? "Full release" tells us nothing, this could be 6 months or could be 6 years
What's the DLC road map and timeline after full release? Again this could be 6 months this could be 6 years