Suicide Squad devs have confirmed that gear rating, one of many extra controversial parts of Rocksteady’s upcoming co-op shooter, has been solely faraway from the sport. Nonetheless, the sport remains to be very a lot a looter-shooter.
Suicide Squad comes from the Batman: Arkham Metropolis devs and takes place in that very same model of the DC universe. When Rocksteady began releasing gameplay footage (to not point out all of the leaks), followers have been involved by all of the live-service parts. One very despised bit was the inclusion of drugs scores, seen in video games like Future 2. For skeptical followers, it was one other indication that Suicide Squad wasn’t the single-player Batman sequel they needed. However now the devs have introduced that gear rating is gone from Suicide Squad.
On January 12, the developers held a Q&A session within the recreation’s official Discord server. At one level, somebody requested concerning the totally different rarity ranges of loot within the recreation, and Sport Director Axel Rydby, revealed that one of many studio’s “core design philosophies” on Suicide Squad was to create a gear system that didn’t “linearly enhance in energy” and provide a “clear path” to the perfect loot.
“In that spirit, one of many largest adjustments we’ve made over the past 12 months is to take away Gear Rating from the sport,” Rydby stated. “This transformation implies that gamers who discover, for instance, a Legendary weapon they only love early on within the recreation, can use it with out concern that they’re capturing themselves within the foot (because it have been) by not equipping a unique gun with a better Gear Rating.”
Rydby additional defined that as an alternative of trying to find increased gear scores, gamers will now wish to discover cool loot that may work finest with their construct, playstyle, or their favourite gear.
“An enormous a part of our endgame is to theorycraft which gear items that may synergize and learn how to assemble builds. It’s one of many issues I’m actually enthusiastic about once we launch the sport—seeing what loopy builds you all provide you with,” Rydby stated.
The remainder of the Q&A goes into nice element about loot, making it clear that whereas gear rating is gone, the sport stays a co-op looter shooter at its core. Nonetheless, it’s good to see the devs reply to participant suggestions and rip out such a detested factor of Suicide Squad. Will it assist win over followers who aren’t enthusiastic about this upcoming recreation? Most likely not. Nevertheless it may assist the sport be higher ultimately.
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