With all due respect, Ojuel, you're missing the point. The comment about a noob being unable to figure out how to extract was simply an arbitrary example of why it seems so counter-intuitive to not have a simple voice/text chat system. I could list dozens of similar examples that have nothing to do with extraction, where just having the ability to type or say a single sentence would have turned a complete loss into a victory. Again, the devs have even said themselves that they know the players want a better communication system, and the recent change was not that. What's worse is that I still have never seen an MSE post even attempting to explain why there wasn't a chat system on this game from day 1. If you want this game to survive, you guys need to start taking steps in the right direction, the direction the actual players want, and adding voice and/or text chat would be a huge one.

Antag Doldren with Patient and some other melee damage buff card. Uses ability, melee insta-kill every time. Nothing anyone can do about it because it's too fast. Doesn't even matter what gun he's using, 'cause he never uses it. This needs to change.

The cut-scenes have great graphics, but I've seen them so many goddamn times that I really, really wish there were an option to just change it to a static loading screen when other people want to watch them and I want to skip.

I think at least a way to start moving in the right direction of getting the right players in the right games would to at least make it so that games that include at least one rank 6 or below player should be exempt from Antagonists. This game desperately needs player retention, and nothing makes a new player want to rage uninstall like getting stomped by someone with unbeatable advantages over you, on top of their gameplay experience.

I'm fairly certain it would be extremely easy to implement an option to just disable text chat if a player so chose. As such, I can't see any good reason to not at least give text chat a try. I, for one, have had several games where people were wasting time or making poor decisions, and I could've helped them if I could just communicate with them in some way beyond the limited options of the current system. Even if every single person in the game were toxic in text chat, I would still have a higher opinion of the game as a whole, as not having effective communication in an online team-based shooter is just asinine.

I agree with and support this opinion. I think the unreasonably short downed time is harmful to the balancing and flow of gameplay and should be increased to at the very least 4 seconds. I'm still undecided on the 25% health vs 50%, but please, fix the downed time as soon as possible. It really makes the game less fun.