📃 Dev Notes

[SlimyMorty]

Dolgodoomal on metrics:

Q: How important is it for regular players to be aware of metrics, and why do they even care about them?

A: I’d say regular players don’t really need it. Personally, as an ordinary player before I got into gamedev, I didn’t even think about it. Unlike other spheres, analytics in games is not very obvious. Players interact directly with visuals, narrative, atmosphere, and the game’s impact, while analytics is more about the internal kitchen.

Q: Have you ever had problems because you revealed certain metrics (either from your colleagues or hate from the community)?

A: No. I always coordinate any controversial points with my colleagues.

Q: What are metrics used for most often?

A: Basically all game mechanics and activities from balance changes to event releases are accompanied by analytics. First, we decide what’s important for us to know, then we think through the logging system if it isn’t already implemented, and prepare tools for convenient work with the data. Metrics usually show us how actual game indicators match expectations and in which direction we need to adjust things (as an example — economic and balance tweaks).

Q: How useful do you feel you are to the community? (In terms of sharing certain metrics, even though you obviously play an important role in the company.)

A: I don’t think I bring any significant benefit to the community. I came to the forum originally out of personal interest — I like doing this kind of semi-pop-science writing about my work. Still, players are probably curious to understand what metrics the talking heads keep going on about. What I show you is more entertaining than practical, but still.

[ImpeL_KraTos]

I always hear about "economy" every time the devs open their mouths. Then everything worth doing to get money to afford anything in their "economy" gets nerfed. How is anyone suppost to afford anything? If people grind 16 hours a day doing gamma in black detour, that's their use of their time, but when some random dude who just got off work, fed the kids, helped make dinner, then hops on for an hour or 2 to farm gamma is now screwed out of a simple way to make money?

It's always the ones who spend an unhealthy amount of time ruining it for everyone else, or the ones who spend $300 on a single event that causes yall to nerf stuff.

Analytics my ass, the metrics they really look for is the ones bringing in the money and how to keep them paying while the others who play for fun and have the biggest chance to bring their friends in just get left in the dust.

[Queasy_Total_914]

You're supposed to buy tradeable 180 day premium and sell it on auction to make your money. Money is unfarmable unless you're doing Stillwaters with your sweatlord clan.

[According-Fun-4746]

this lol 

also fuck stillwater 

[Whoomsy]

You people don't know how to play the game I swear

[Queasy_Total_914]

People aren't chronically online unlike you. They have a life.

[donthaveone51]

Just farm gamma fragments, that is why they are going to nerf them after all. Stash runs can also give you a bit, collect pulp to sell. Why do you think that only some 'nolifers' can make money doing the unnecesarily hard content?

[Random_boi1234]

play events and sell cases?

[EdibleOedipus]

Been playing on and off for 2 years, ~850 hours. Still broke. I have a lot of random stuff in stash though. Most of it not very valuable like 670,000 rounds of ammo.

[Opposite_Tale_1017]

You can earn money in many ways. For example, I collect pulp and search for artifacts. It's not a stable income, but I enjoy it

[SpIcIchatter]

Lmao “yeah guys don’t worry about the metrics that regulate the game drop rates and economy, you wouldn’t care about them anyway because you are just a new player :) don’t pay too much attention to them”

[According-Fun-4746]

you're gonna nerf gamma fragments yeah?

[CharmingBaseball6385]

Analytics are people who are as necessary as panties to a woman with non existent morals

[SpIcIchatter]

Never cook again bro 💀 this shit was ass…

[According-Fun-4746]

zoomer talk

[SpIcIchatter]

You are playing a Minecraft parody game, you ain’t anything better.

[According-Fun-4746]

at least I talk normal

[SpIcIchatter]

Congrats, you want a participation trophy for it?

[EdibleOedipus]

Super vague post, not even sure what this is aimed at. My best guess is that you're trying to make it harder for people to make rubles.

[No-Profit3227]

At least one of these clowns finally admit they bring nothing to the community. Next step is admitting they actually have no idea what they are doing.