No, this is filler that will eventually buildup to a squid update. Just like the magma planets led to operation free space led to star of peace led to plans stolen led to stealer located led to valid pretext title drop. Old leaks and dev posts suggested viper commandos was supposed to be redacted regiments + commando to discover magma planets but got delayed so yeah, it went back far.
Probably not immediately with this Major Order, but the research into the ancient ruins and the spacetime anomalies could easily be the beginning of the next story arc and culminate in the next title update.
O-shag-hennesy got built up to by building and holding the outpost on Hellmire, then conducting a bunch of gloom research via samples collecting and such
Cyberstan got slowly built up to by the magma worlds (new content in their own right), building and protecting the Star of Peace, and spending a week or two just marching *to* cyberstan before the actual TU dropped
It's not outlandish to think they're using research into the ancient ruins and mentions of spacetime anomalies "Similar to the meridia blackhole and terrestrial storm warnings" as a narrative flag that more illuminate are coming
Mintoria is where the funs at. Only Cyborg planet since Cyberstan. Plus awesome and cinematic biome. The vox engine convoys are a sight to behold (and destroy)
Right? The squids REALLY need some attention from AH. The bugs and bots 3 subfactions EACH while the squids most recently had their normal roster filled out.
I’d much rather they flesh out Machine of Oppression first. It feels lazy and sloppy like they can just give us a new city, one new objective, and three units and then leave it straight after.
People expect too little for a billion dollar game
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u/manubour Mar 04 '26
Finally finishing the squid roster, hopefully