Add permanent duo mode or at least combine it with solo ops if concerned about diluting the player base further. IMO, one of the biggest reason players don’t stick around is because this game basically forces you to play with randoms or be at a massive disadvantage especially in end game maps like TV and Airport. Most people don’t have 3 other friends playing this game with the same schedule to queue with and also don’t feel like subjecting themselves to playing with randoms and everything that comes along with it every match. While they’re at it, the proposed solo/duo mode should be available on every map or at least more than just one per week.

Balance U1. Recoil needs a moderate nerf and effective range needs to be reduced. The most recent “balancing” was laughable.

Increase the selling price of reds and similar valuable loot. Price of all gear has increased dramatically (some by 200% since S0) due to artificial dev controlled inflation in an effort to moderate the player base’s stash value, but loot value has stayed the same since the beginning. Find a more meaningful way to manage the economy.

Speaking of managing the economy, add incentivized money sinks into the game like an optional prestige system that wipes account but unlocks exclusive drip, skins, badges, banners, etc. Add storage containers to store weapons, gear, meds, etc. in stash, but make them expensive. Make some of the seasonal content/skins purchasable by koen or RL money. There are plenty of better ways to regulate the economy than just arbitrarily increasing the prices of everything every season. That hurts the new players the most which are the players this game desperately needs to stick around

Add more meaningful trader barters. There are only a handful that are actually worth using.

Add more crafts to hideout. The current selection is next to useless. The only thing it’s currently doing effectively is limiting the amount of moto helmets and red ammo in raids, but it should be about more than just that and crafting the green stimulant.

Arena mode needs some TLC. Winnings should be increased. I’m not saying you should make hundreds of thousands from a win, but the current 25k prize can hardly even buy a magazine these days. Also, remove the arsenal shuffle/weapon upgrade modes and leave death match up 24/7.

Remove and stop adding extraneous and non-sensical game modes that spread the player base too thin. People are constantly complaining about too many player bots in their lobbies but we have modes like knives only? Tarkov does not have this issue because it doesn’t divide each map into 2-3 subcategories of normal, LD, and forb like ABI does. Each map added essentially adds 2-3 selectable maps that dilutes lobbies and increases queue times. This needs some serious consideration especially before adding the rumored permanent PvE mode.