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Skatanchurch

Just another whining post

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Sorry in advance about another whining post and also for my English (it is not my first language and it is far from perfect). I found out that I need to put my feelings "on paper" and join "the whining club" This game just clicked with me in first minute of tutorial and as many of us I got unheathy addicted and just lived the game 24/7. Atmophere, sounds, graphics, theme everything is just perfect. I even felt like extraction rats are ok as I felt like it is not such a high percentage of them to ruin the game and it makes atmosfere better as you can't just come to extraction point dancing and not worrying at all and it actually helps the game. So I felt that even "dark side" of the game is actually cool. But now after honeymoon phase and with latest informations my feelings started changing a lot and I am far from being in blind love right now. What are the main reasons? I feel like the whole system just doesn't work right.

There is a first season and there are many players as me who hasn't started since day one. Game is out a few weeks and devs already make decisions which create gap between streamer/no lifer grinder and normal casual players. (Even thou you all know that many of us casual players lived like crazy addicted freaks, cutting down our sleep and just playing the game,thinking about the game or dreaming about the game last few weeks right? :)).

Information about 5M for points came far too late and normal person with a job is just not able to grind it out and I feel like it is disrespectful to players time even thou devs trying to pretend they do opposite. They are saying we respect player's time so wipe is optional. Oh really? It is optional but if you plan to play next year you have two options be behind since first season or put ten hours a day for next ten days. It is just not right. It is too late, too expensive and whole system is about giving no lifers advantage in the long run. It never been reason for wipes in extraction shooters. Actually it was exactly opposite. Other thing is what this lunetic prices and short term notice made with whole meta. There is nothing positive about that. More rats, more free load outs, no one is using better weapons to keep all value in stash and all this goes the same direction: less fun, more boring pointless grind and frustration. Additionally to this situation "18minutes left" late spawns some times even three times in a row when you have no chance to loot anything and you've got to just risk your loadout for nothing and if you lose it spending time with pointless creating the same loadout again. On PS5 it is real hell to create loadout with leveled weapon and all stuff you need. if you die two times in a row you probably go free loadout, but not cause you get money scared, but cause you just don't wanna suffer creating another loadout again. Whole PVPVE system in this game doesn't work right as the game wants you to fight big ARCs, but the best value is in sneaking from behing and shoot people who are doing it or wait and after someone takes down rocketeer or leaper and just shoot him in the back when he is looting. And the situation lately just brings more people to the dark side as no fun but only the value from run is only important right now.

The whole point of this too long post is actually short: Combination of short term wipe price notice, not fair system, rat/hoarding meta coming from it, late spawns during all this makes game not fun but pointles frustrating grind.

If course there other stuff like ugly overprices skins, no point in collecting the "blue coins" as there is no way how to spend them etc. but this post is too long already.

Of course you can say it's just not game for you. Stop whining and go play something else(what I probably will do). Problem is I feel like it is game exactly for me. I like PvP, I have no problem loosing my stuff, I absolutely love atmosfere of the game and I still feel like the dev's decisions killing the fun and the game.

Thank you everyone who read this whining in my shitty english until the end. Good luck topside all of you raiders.

Posted Dec 9, 2025, 9:52 AM UTC

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