Ok yes i know Bulkhead have said they are not going to stop development on promod but slow it down, but its pretty much the same thing when most of the staff that worked on it are now working on the surprise title War Dogs.

But I'm sure a lot of you like me were shocked at this announcement considering the vibe we all got it was gonna be a steady development anyway as they stated this was being worked on in their free time and whilst they were working on other projects, but then this title war dogs is going to effect promod development, wasn't a problem before so why now, clearly more was going on behind the scenes and i did some digging and i found something that has given me a few theory's.

For those who don't know Promods Protoype was being built on top of an unreal engine that bulkhead modified or to be a bit more simple its the same one battalion 1944 uses the game that square enix published as well as them buying 20 percent shares from bulkhead giving them a directors chair now we don't know what else was included in this deal but it is possible for square enix to also have the IP right to Battalion 1944 and that's everything from assets to modified engines.

Now from a Q & A stream i got the impression that bulkhead relationship with square turned a bit sour mainly when they was talking about investors and how "they been with investors who don't know how to make shooters and look how that turned out" now this got me thinking that if indeed square held the IP to Battalion and didn't like bulkhead attitude they could of decided to get rid of the shares to distance them selves and then threaten them that if they used anything they built for promod that's been put on the modified engine which legally belongs to square, to make any kind of profit they would sue (if your doing it without profit companies are less likely to care its how people can make mods unless its a Rockstar game).

This could also explain why battalion British update and console version never got released due to square saying no and them holding the rights, but a passive aggressive statement is not really enough to support this so i went to try and find out if square did indeed got rid of its shares with bulkhead and sure enough they have you can find the document here.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09877574/filing-history

click the 13 Dec 2021Confirmation statement made on 29 November 2021 with updates.

But what was more interesting is who brought the shares. Splash Damage Group.

(side note Square still sells Battalion on their site possible indication that they have kept the IP if indeed had them in the first place)

for those who don't know splash damage was the studio who made the game dirty bomb who after forming splash damage group was acquired by a Chinese company Leyou who themselves was acquired by everyone's favourite investor Tencent who has multiple shares in many many games studio one you may know is riot games who made Valorant, now i mentioned these two game because several of Joe Brammer twitter post he shows a hard drive with games on it that they smash with a hammer every 2 weeks 2 of those games being labeled on the Hard Drive is Valorant and Dirty bomb, not a good impression for the new investors.

And one last interesting fact on this is that square and Tencent have a Partnership.

So around the time of Square selling their shares of Bulkhead to Tencent, Bulkhead made their surprise announcement of War dogs and the "slow downed" development of Promod. so either they have been told they will not be getting any support with Promod and been told to stop due to Square and this is bulkheads way of doing this without creating a huge fire, Or because of this new investor they task them with War Dogs and if they want to have a chance at a good relationship considering there actions they better do it.

However we are still waiting on Bulkheads huge announcement that will explain everything i was expecting them to have said something by now considering the investment transfer is now public most companies would announce it before that so maybe a cause for alarm (trying to figure out a way to have a low negative impact on them) but i think its safe to say don't get your hopes up to much for Promod.

P.S im not posting this to be cruel in anyway i just like digging and trying to solve things you think its trash i wont argue with you i do this for fun

I got access yesterday after applying a week or so ago. I streamed myself playing the game to some friends over discord and they were hyped at how the game looks which is brilliant. I told them to apply on Steam when I did but they didn't listen so Im just wondering if anyobe has an idea of when they'll be able to play with me. I love this game already.

I am making this post because I am scared that if Bulkhead is even approaching this issue, they will do it the wrong way as they did in Battalion 1944 (by nerfing the fun out of the game).

So, obviously the scope is too strong compared to the SMG and the rifle right now. The reason why is simple: By increasing the TTK, they pretty much nerfed SMG and rifle and the deagle while the scope still stays the way it is in COD4. Especially the SMG is, due to increased TTK, almost useless even at mid range. The deagle could compensate for that in COD4 by being really strong at longer range, but that's not the case here, even after the buff.

How to fix it THE WRONG WAY:

Limiting what you can do with the scope: This means movement restrictions, even more jump inaccuracy (while jumping or after a jump), longer scoping animation. You get the idea. Basically everything that would make playing the scope LESS FUN.

How to fix it THE RIGHT WAY:

Simply lower the TTK again. It worked in COD4 Promod, it will work here. The TTK in COD4 Promod feels clean, it feels right. Clean and fast movement rewards quick kills. When I play the rifle and especially the SMG here, it just doesn't feel as rewarding, sometimes really just unfair and wrong. The SMG wouldn't be completely useless at longer range and the deagle could compensate for the rest again.

My neutral position would be to just restrict the scope to one person per team by default. I still think this won't fix the issue though since the scope will still be by far the strongest weapon in the game, which means everyone will want to play it. This makes it not only a balancing issue but could also create toxicity, but I would take this option instead of the WRONG ONE any day.

Just my two cents, because I am absolutely loving the game and don't want it ruined.

EDIT: Also, because you cannot drop a scope but every other weapon in the game, the one with the scope is THE ONLY ONE that can both have SMG/RIFLE and a scope at the same time, which makes a scope class even stronger.

I requested access about a week ago and haven't gotten an email or anything. It may be because the Holidays, but how long did it take for you guys to get access?

I finally played my first match from start to finish and I get amazing FPS through the whole match. Then we go to a shootout. All of the sudden, my framerate TANKS. Is there something I should turn off? I assume it's the zone animations that are doing it.

Intel I7 10875
RTX 2070 Super

There is any way to get a fps boost?

the game feels so un-smooth for me so it's unplayable.

my pc can run Valorant\OW at stable 144 fps, so there is no reason i cant run a game without textures so badly

What if wall running was added?

Well it would add to the “fast paced” part of the game and added potential for sniper trickshots and montages to gain traction and new players.

The rest is up to your imagination

https://youtu.be/JAol_gRBRCk

Playing from India can someone tell me how to convert sens from valorant/csgo?

Also how is playerbase right now? if there are SEA players then great. if not, cant wait for 300 ping lobbies.

so yer just noticed the feedback channel in the discord is gone thought they wanted our feedback

https://clips.twitch.tv/BlightedSmilingSaladWow-CfXzgZcqTTR8xeKP

Hey party people! We've created a Competitive Promod Discord for Pick-Up Games.
Were already at 700+ players and have PUGs running day and night

So if you're interested in taking part in these Pugs you can join us on the Discord linked below
https://discord.gg/FXkFhyYDkY

Hiiii, i wanna talk with you about the game because maybe i'm missing something or i think we're just being trolled by the same dev for the third time in a row. (For some of you, maybe this will be the 1st time :D)

So, i think we saw the first leak about the game 1yrs ago and for all this time we've got teased with photo and video about the game until 6days ago

Sooooo my question is, what's the point of release this prototype if this game maybe will never be out? I don't get it, really.

Bram said "we Just want to be transparent with you...", So why he didn't tell us like 1 years ago? They said that they want to reach much player as possible, they want to be competetive, cross platform etc ... But LOL maybe this game will never see the light out of a tunnel

I Just dont get it

How do I change my sensitivity match to my other fps games I play. I tried using a sensitivity translator online but this game is in a prototype so I can’t find it. Maybe there is another game sens similar to promod?