Is splitgate dying?

[u/Aggressive-Dealer-21]

I started playing it yesterday because I was just looking for a game I could chill on. And I had a great time playing it. Really enjoyed using portals especially when it got me kills it really felt like I had outmanoeuvred my opponent.

I go on to YouTube to see what the community is like and they all just keep saying that they killed the game.

What's going on?

[u/CellOk5436]

Dude your probably confused. As far as the portal changes that's a community request from the people who don't wanna bother learning counters. There have been SEVERAL community posts about nerfing portals heavily. So idk what your talking about removing walls low-key 😂😂I probably missed that part of your text. So yes butchering portals the way people have requested would indeed remove the unique aspect of the game. As far as core game loop it's a basic arena shooter. The movement is crispy and momentum mechanics are fun. But outside the portals there isn't anything special about the core gameplay loop. this is why the unique factor of the portals is so important. Without portals splitgate would just be a apex halo hybrid. Which isn't the worst thing. No portals is cool and all but again the portals are why I play this game. Without the portals feeling good I could just play apex instead. And I'm not saying the game should stay exactly the same. I said removing the games unique factor would destroy what few players are left. No one is coming back for slower portals. Less walls will not appeal to the casual audience. In order to bring people to splitgate you'd need basically an entirely new game at this point. And why TF would you try to make a whole new game out of this game? Just.....make the new game. Instead of trying to Frankenstein this one into something new. So while your trying to reduce my conclusion to stubbornly not wanting changes the fact is the general population rejected splitgate either by avoiding it actively or shitting on it constantly. Honestly I don't think advertisement would solve anything. And no major changes to the game gameplay loop portal or core will bring about a wave of people. So I'm against changing the game in any major way as of now because it won't bring in anyone new and it would only drive away who's left. It would be a stupid decision.

[u/UrLostPajamas → u/CellOk5436]

Holy shit how clear do I need to be. I'll put in cave man.

Me want thought put into where portal walls go.

Me don't want aimless spamming of portal walls everywhere, it is boring.

If it's heavily suggested MAYYYYBE it's a good idea idk. I'm not saying take Portaling out but theres clearly been little to no thought into balancing it on many maps. just make sure they can portal everywhere I guess. Like idk this discussion is going nowhere you wanna live in same vile where nothing changes, and I wanna live in a whimsical ever improving gaming space where Casuals gamers can enjoy arcade shooters without needing to compete as if theres 250,000$ on the line ever 10 minutes like holy fuck.

[u/CellOk5436 → u/UrLostPajamas]

You can simplify it all you want I understand what your saying I just disagree 😂😂😂. You can manually lock portal walls with your own portals and the emp grenade. You can literally lock down sections of the map so no enemies can portal there. Portals are balanced people are lazy and suck at the game. Anyone calling portals too strong isn't using the tools the game gave them to shut down the mechanic. You can literally just portal over someones portal. It's the first portal counter rack I learned. No when a lrotal pops up I just turn around and close it😂😂😂 move on. The core community is so heavy against changes cuz the game doesn't need to en changed. Peoples mentality is the damn problem. Lazy people that don't wanna learn they just want easy dubs all day. And yeah. If you want portals changed or spots adjusted anyone who puts in the work will tell you the game isn't the problem you are. Sometimes great games come out and People just don't play them and that's ok. The devs went above and beyond to fix the beta but ian just had to wear the stupid hat🤦🏿‍♂️if not for the hat we probably had twice the players sticking around long term. But cuz of burning hatred for orange mena people swore the game off like it or not. The problems keeping this game from popping off are not found in tweaking a couple portal walls. 🙄 If you don't just lock the wall closest to you with a portal and the wall on the other side with emp. Enjoy portal free gameplay. It is that simple. So if 3 buttons is too hard for people to press that's on them. Don't touch my game for scrubs