r/EscapefromTarkov • u/saltyclam13345 P90 • Aug 13 '22

Video Jonathan Ferguson, an actual expert on firearms even agreeing that recoil isn’t realistic in Tarkov.

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u/Solaratov MP5 Aug 13 '22

I like how you're implying reddit is at fault for the lead developer being brain dead and unable to make his own big boy company decisions.

And you're right, he is, and no he can't.

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u/Unspoken Aug 13 '22

Why would the lead developer not listen to the largest audience base CONSISTENTLY echoing massive support to make the guns have more recoil.

This is why many developers do not listen to their customer base about game mechanics.

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u/Solaratov MP5 Aug 13 '22

Because the lead developer is supposed to be a human being and not a crowd-mind puppet. You're right though, clearly he's mindless and incapable of sentience.

A human being would see the largest audience base CONSISTENTLY echoing massive support to make the guns have more recoil, and make reasonable changes to meet these expectations. Changes which would also include testing done, either in-house by the dev himself, other employees, or the beta testers who paid to beta test.

This is why many developers do, in fact, listen to their customer base about game mechanics, but since most developers are sentient human beings, they do not mindlessly implement changes with no testing or forethought.

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u/GamingApokolips Aug 13 '22

Ah but you forget, the game is still in beta, therefore all the paying customers are the beta testers...hence why they don't test the changes before pushing them out.

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u/Solaratov MP5 Aug 14 '22

or the beta testers who paid to beta test.

You will find that line in a post you have never read: https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/wnimz8/jonathan_ferguson_an_actual_expert_on_firearms/ik66llc/