So playing the game now is grinding? You get everything when you buy it.But to get the most out of the game you need to pay extra or grind. What's your point? I want the most out of my game, and I expect to get it if I pay 40 euros.
- No sequel is planned. They literally said they were there to stay for 10 years, tho i'm not sure how literally that should be taken.
- The active player-count is still growing, 27 million total players. (Might include people who played during free weekends)
- 8 new operators are coming in Year 3. Goal is still hitting a 100 operators eventually.
- Changes coming to the standard edition. You will now start with all 20 legacy (original) operators unlocked.
- In the future all weapon attachments will be free and unlocked from the go.
- The problem child that is starter edition will go from 4 free operators to 6.
- They are adding new Data-centers in South Africa and South Europe.
- Pick and Ban is coming for operators in Pro-league. Each side gets to ban 1 attacker and 1 defender for the whole map.
- Pro-league will be 1 team attacking 5 times followed by the other team attacking 5 times.
- They will be working hard on improving the Pro-league in general. They are first of all reworking the observation tool.
- Some maps will be renovated and rebalanced. Bomb-mode will be the focus for map design. (Extremely good in my opinion.)
- The map "Yacht" is coming back to casual.
- The Map "Hereford" will be the first map to be reworked.
- Every season (at least that is the goal. Changes will ship when ready) a map will receive a buff. Small changes that should help improve the meta on the map, mostly through improving specific objectives to make more bomb-sights viable.
- First map to receive a buff is "Clubhouse". Bar-room and Top floor will both be buffed. They are aiming for season 2 as the goal for completion.
- Esports is there to stay.
- Lan-competitions will happen. Dreamhack got name dropped but didn't catch the context.
The game is pretty sci-fi at this point with all these gizmos.Don't know about the new operators. Looked too fantastic to me (healing spelladrenaline wtf?).
Other than that, it's nice to see the game following the path of incline.
- 8 new operators are coming in Year 3. Goal is still hitting a 100 operators eventually.
The Sicilian apparently gets a hologram gadget