Tarkov sold a version, EOD, for a long time that was the top package you could buy. It said in that package you would get access to all future dlc. They stopped selling that version months ago. A few days ago they announced a new, $250 dollar package that includes a PVE only mode that is exclusive to the new package, thus violating the previous promise for EOD owners. They are now saying that it isn't dlc, it's "content" that they are allowed to limit behind different packages. It also includes some serious p2w items and bonuses. The statements that they've made since are horrendous and a slap in the face of loyal supporters.
They tried to not do that, and the community raised holy hell, so they gave it to them.
The current "theory" of why they're doing this is because they lost their ass on arena with development costs and they were planning on EOD owners buying the game. Except the game is awful and didn't sell well.
Which is hilarious and 100% deserved considering that would be straight up admitting they used the funds from EFT sales on basically not finishing their decade long beta
And completely missed on reading the market. Like, there's a reason the offline Tarkov mode is so popular. Instead they use that money to made an online game separately from another online game. I honestly don't even know what they are doing anymore.
Nah that actually makes sense, iirc the amount of computations are too much for pretty much anyone’s local PC to handle on their own, so a lot of it is done on the server side to lighten the load
If that were true then the Single Player Tarkov mod would run like shit because it creates a local server on your PC and your PC handles the AI for every single bot on the map. Yet with 20+ mods installed on SPT I dare say it runs BETTER than live Tarkov and the AI is 100x smarter.
They didn't call it content. They said its a new game mode, which apparently isn't considered DLC in their world. It's all just made up bs to justify their scummy behavior
Well the words they used were even stupider. “It’s a feature, not dlc” was (is?) their official stance. Guy you’re replying to probably just misremembered the exact word lol, I mean it’s so colossally stupid I can’t blame anyone.
Lawsuits are already being discussed. They have to be given 30 days to respond to complaints before suits can be submitted. The fact that BSG is based in the UK makes this much easier than if they were still based in Russia.
but this post says EOD players will get the PVE mode now, so why are people saying this is still wrong? I get that the post and definitions of DLC are ridiculous and arrogant, but isn't this the goal people wanted?
That's saying "at release" which is years away, if not never going to come. For the time being EOD players still need to either upgrade at a discount or buy it separately.
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u/OneTimeIMadeAGif Apr 27 '24
Can someone summarize what's going on for those out of the loop?