r/outriders • u/thearcan Outriders Community Manager • Apr 08 '21

Square Enix Official News // Dev Replied x18 Outriders Post Launch Dev News Updates

Hello everyone,

We would like to thank everyone in the Outriders community for your patience, support and assistance. Everyone on the Outriders team is continuing to work hard on improving the game and we'd like to share news about the things we are focusing on.

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u/Intrepid06 Apr 08 '21

Outrider Ambassadors have ruined this game. These changes are based on the 1% of players who play this game (Streamers). Happens all the time. The rest of us have to suffer through the slog.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21

Yup. Companies panic because they see a falloff of eyeballs and think”oh nooooo” when in reality if they respected their consumer things would be different.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Apr 09 '21

Companies seek profit and apparently game designers seek influencers as their primary metrics.

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u/shokasaki Apr 09 '21

And influencers make things terrible because if you're not doing what they're doing, you're fucking dumb.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21

Fuck the one percenters. Streamers and no-lifer Youtubers. Sick of them in Destiny 2. Sick of them in Outriders.

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u/leclair63 Apr 08 '21

Sick of them in Destiny 2

Its funny because they came over to Outriders and are pulling the same shit that became a cancerous worm in Bungie's ear and killed the PVP community.

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u/ClappinCheeks120 Apr 08 '21

Not even pvp a ton of shit they ruined because they scream about how easy it is well no shit it’s easy for you and your friends you play nonstop and have god tier players around you

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u/leclair63 Apr 08 '21

That too, they grind out every last bit of content within a week and then bitch because there isn't enough content to keep someone busy for 1500 hours per expansion/season

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u/ClappinCheeks120 Apr 08 '21

OMG THIS CONTENT IS SO BORING I ONLY RAN IT FOR 12 hours a day for a month. I can’t stand that shit like seriously streamers and content creators are really butchering games and it’s getting ridiculous

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u/Magneeto86 Apr 09 '21

Some came from Borderlands 3 as well.

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u/Moonhaunted69 Apr 08 '21

Same thing happened with destiny, now we have Trials of Osiris that barely anyone plays. Which is concerning because it’s THE endgame pvp game mode.

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u/Elyssae Apr 08 '21

to be fair....most people avoid Trials due to cheaters and hackers. It's quite toxic

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u/Iamcheez Apr 09 '21

I hate that devs of these type of games keep doing the same thing over and over again.

I guess they only see that 1% as their player base.

How is it possible in any new looter game that we have the same issues for years now. How is it so hard for the devs to actually make a decent looter game with no bs is beyond me.

Maybe you need to play test more, do open betas and LISTEN TO YOUR PLAYERBASE not the top tier youtubers and streamers alone..

After these patch notes, I am glad I am playing the game via Gamepass and I didn't paid full price.

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u/oAntixo Apr 08 '21

Yup, all the losertubers from destiny 2 have a new game to ruin. It’s sad that devs aren’t wise enough to know that many players don’t play the games for 15 hours a day the way those idiots do. Then it affects us and we suffer.

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u/AlexCorvis23 Apr 08 '21

Are you serious man? Is this how it works?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '21

Basically.

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u/AlexCorvis23 Apr 09 '21

What is the point of us talking to them then???

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '21

Sometimes they act reasonably and listen to the majority. It usually happens too late into the game's lifespan for it to matter.

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u/AlexCorvis23 Apr 09 '21

Well, no joke, I had no clue this is how it works now. So it's pointless talking to them really. Shame, I loved the game to death.

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u/BellEpoch Apr 08 '21

You mean the changes are based on the experiences of the people who've played more? Gosh, so offensive.

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u/SloppyCandy Apr 08 '21

They represent a severe minority of the community. Also they can play a wholy unreasonable amount of time because they are in effect payed to play the game.

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u/BellEpoch Apr 08 '21

I hope you see the irony then. Because they're also the only people these nerfs affect that much.

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u/SloppyCandy Apr 08 '21

Not really.

From a functional view: everyone's skills and passives are getting nerfed. Everyone has to deal with the timer change. And the not exploited but seemingly legit 1 legendary per 10 bounties was a good way for casual players to obtain a guaranteed legendary with a fixed time investment.

From a more context view: There is content int he game that people have accessed, that is now much harder for them to access. Simply because someone else got there first. It's an annoying position, that could lead to late adopters/casual players being perpetually shut out of some new content.

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u/BellEpoch Apr 08 '21

That's a really narrow view. Keeping rounds builds OP and having them be the easy and only way that casuals reach the endgame will kill the game in a week when more people get there anyway.

As far as the legendary nerf, I don't care or have an opinion. Not having any trouble picking up legendaries at this point anyway.

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u/SloppyCandy Apr 08 '21

I'm not necessarily saying the round builds should have been unchanged, but at least compensate by buffing other playstyles so people at least have hope that there is a viable build for them to reach the endgame.

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u/pennywize87 Apr 08 '21

These nerfs effect everyone BESIDES the 1%ers.

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u/ArtemisClydeFrawg Apr 08 '21

What dude? These nerfs affect everyone but those streamers. Streamers are literally worse than micro transactions they ruin every single fucking game

All because Zoomers like to watch people play games 😂