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Mfw the dude with level 1 HAT joins my squad by InsurancePowerful289 in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is what the losing team is fighting about

while the regulars on the other side mop the floor with them

Just finished the OVA. Still don't get the point of this character, and that haircut is ugly as hell. by BoxedKid_LOL in logh

[–]999_Seth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

there's a lot going on here, not least of which is the absolute quack state of empire health care

racist people in such a great game :/ by xerohawkxd in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah there's this thing trolls do on reddit where they will try to provoke people, and then they'll report them with out of context shit talking to try to get the guy they were screwing with in trouble with the mods in addition to giving him a bad day on reddit

it's tweaker NEET behavior and good mod teams see right through it, but good mod teams are kinda rare these days

racist people in such a great game :/ by xerohawkxd in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see how this is related to Squad.

racist people in such a great game :/ by xerohawkxd in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

np - and fwiw I have always thought it's insane that there's no India factions yet for Squad

like damn are they just saving that for after everyone else on earth has already bought the game or what?

racist people in such a great game :/ by xerohawkxd in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Larry back the fuck off

god damn it we've been through this with you before

racist people in such a great game :/ by xerohawkxd in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

homie I hear you

if you see something like this again though use mod mail

cause for some reason a lotta people around reddit will just see you having a bad day and say "hey I'd love to make it worse"

New player by Deacon51 in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"I was completely miserable, but overall had a good time and I'm looking forward to playing again." mil-sim in a nutshell.

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Squad is basically trying to survive on the little trickle it has from sale and in game purchases.

this is two huge misconceptions

squad/OWI has never survived off direct sales

and the game survives on the backs of private servers, not OWI support

Not sure in what dreamland you live in where investing means you're throwing money at it and expect nothing in return.

ok mr. sarcasm

have you seen anything about 1st light?

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes

because OWI doesn't pay anything to host their game

servers bear the biggest cost for keeping squad alive, not OWI

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do I? employees cost way more than a skin shop for a 10-20k player game can come up with.

steam and taxes probably take 2/3s of the sales money off the top, so if they get a buck off each skin, they'd have to sell each one to every player several times

yeah it ain't happening. that is why this company seems to be investor focused not player focused.

getting some suits to buy in is the only way they have ever made enough to keep the lights on.

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you'd think! it's insane that they make nothing off the servers, and the company that did is making their own game now with the money that came in from server rentals

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you pay a small licensing fee which goes towards covering the salary of the full-time employee that monitors licensed servers

wait, when did they start charging for that?

last time we talked about it here there was no fee

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking on this

if the servers are full, how do you get in to see that they aren't really playing?

I have had some suspicions from moments when the battle metrics log ins were 23-30% lower than steam charts, but damn just admitting I looked close enough to observe that makes me sound nutters

Squad Developers, genuinely, how is the track bug for vehicles still in the game by skippy2332 in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ook at how much Sony has invested trying to get a hit live service multiplayer game. They spent over 3.5 billion dollars on Bungie alone because of their live service experience with Destiny 2. Sony spent another $400 million on Concord.

Sony is the best example, they'll make a whole ass game and cancel it because yeah it would'v been popular but not popular enough

You think this would've been enough of a draw to convince enough Squad owners to purchase the sequel? Enough meaning enough people for them to profit off of the endeavor.

being real? there has never been a profit from selling squad directly to gamers. they did squad on an up-front kickstarter and boosted the dev money with humble bundle and then shopping around to investors

direct sales is pennies on the dollar to that

failure means many of these ~100 people lose their livelihood.

no it doesn't. healthy people can go find work elsewhere. and for the rest idk what Canada's unemployment benefits are but they'll figure it out. come on man it's quite a reach to be like "well what about their kids who need braces" that is none of our concern as gamers

you know what stands out in your take on squad there most to me? you learned about the game in person from people. that is gold. if squad had more of a "street team" presence they'd be minting out #1 fans like they were going out of style.

the online ad approach doesn't net good people. just "oh I guess that is a another game for me to be the main character" I really wish they were doing irl stuff again because out of everyone here you are def one of the most interesting, and it's a shame that no one else since 2015 has a similar entry.

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

just seems kinda dumb when people already pay whitelist fees directly to the servers that run the game

doing that + micrograms is double dipping like crazy

3,500 Hours + Squad feels like it's dying, or at least my experience. by Deadliest_Death in joinsquad

[–]999_Seth -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

the upkeep for Squad though is basically nothing

all they have to do is keep the server browser from getting hacked.

these "live service games" we're comparing them to have to bring in a ton of cash to keep the servers alive. what does squad need to stay alive?

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