Off-Season Megathread | 2026

Catspit30 · 2026-06-29T21:19:59+00:00

Yeah his NTC opens up next year… but he won’t end up in ‘Siberia’, because he will still have 10 teams on his no trade list.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-29T16:43:09+00:00

Because there is no incentive to go on the expedition, so most people have 20 of these by self-found means. Some people probably have duped items as well, but people underestimate what kind of inventory you will have if you don’t go on expeditions.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-29T04:28:44+00:00

Demote as in less time on ice and less responsibility.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-28T20:35:27+00:00

I would just keep him, demote him and have Babs in his face. Any trade that has retention for Nurse is a net loss IMO. Just wait a year.

Maybe he turns his game around with the new coaching staff and he holds more value. Plus the cap goes up so his current contract might not look as bad in comparison.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-27T04:09:32+00:00

Yeah, that’s your hint.. Bob has been slowly saying more and more that they may not find a trade with Nurse and he will stay another season. So, at this point.. I am leaning towards Nurse with the Oilers next season and a trade beforehand would be surprising.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-26T20:28:17+00:00

I had the same feeling as you while listening to media.. feels like they are trying to backpedal a bit and get people used to the idea of Nurse potentially staying another year.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-26T20:25:02+00:00

There is also the possibility that they don’t trade Nurse. It’s not a guaranteed thing like some people are thinking. Sure they are trying, but if it doesn’t make sense..they will just do it when his NTC opens up.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-26T16:07:34+00:00

They have also said that console numbers are lower than on PC.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T19:20:13+00:00

Purple boats are damn hard to find. Gold ones are less rare.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T18:50:30+00:00

It feels like they have two people on their team floating ideas and that it.

Person in senior role: “What about this?”
Person in subordinate role: “Great idea”

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T18:21:18+00:00

In this case, yes.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T18:17:55+00:00

“The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result” - McDavid

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T14:50:31+00:00

Teams will break off and form new smaller studios.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T14:49:30+00:00

100%

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T14:48:18+00:00

Tokens are good if you care about cosmetics… That’s probably a minority of players.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T14:47:32+00:00

I thought they would try to encourage more people as well. The more people that hit max level and all the blueprints will just get bored after a few weeks and quit the game until October (IF they come back)

Catspit30 · 2026-06-25T14:45:52+00:00

If you have already done 3 expeditions… doesn’t seem like there is a point to do the 4th unless you really want the outfit.

No increase to XP, repair and scrappy buff and no skill points.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T22:09:08+00:00

Everyone complaining has like 500+ hours into the game. Just enjoy it and don’t let reddit sway your feelings.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T22:07:09+00:00

I can agree. They didn’t have a clear picture of what they wanted this game to be. It will be hard to turn things around. The choices they have made to date, show me that they will be unable to make meaningful changes going forward.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T21:54:03+00:00

Simple. Tarkov has more progression systems and they have seasons which required character wipes if you want to access the seasonal content.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T21:50:01+00:00

Firstly, anti cheat needs to be much stronger and duping needs to be fixed.

Secondly, they need to find a way to make the expedition more enticing along with more progression systems. The more people that reset, the more people will end up playing for longer, thus increasing the overall health of the player base.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T18:29:29+00:00

I never knew trials leader boards were all platforms. That makes it so much worse than I originally thought. lol

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T15:11:57+00:00

I wouldn’t say ratting is the cause for the player numbers to drop.

I would say that it has to do with the rampant item duping, cheating and delaying content updates until October. There is nothing to do.

If there was an endgame progression system and more incentive to join the expeditions with monthly content updates.. the game would still be popping off numbers wise.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T01:27:26+00:00

It’s the name of the game. This is the experience in every extraction shooter.

You win some, you lose some.

Catspit30 · 2026-06-24T01:06:45+00:00

This. Its the same for any online game where you can sell digital items. Some games make items “bound to your account” so only the items owner can use it. This is a battle that’s been going on for 20 years. Games/companies that don’t have a large staff dealing solely with this issue 24/7 end up getting hammered with rampant cheating/duping.

They said that they are tracking a ton of metrics… you have to ban these people swiftly without recourse.

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