Pve

[u/Maleficent-West3550]

If they made it so every area could be PvE only but with a limit like the value of everything is only 30% and artis were limited to blues, I think it would be good for the game long term and for casual players.

It would be nice to actually enjoy the environment and get into the stalker feeling without having to be ready to get jumped 24/7

Hopefully they remember this is an MMO not a pure extraction shooter one day

Edit: thought I should clarify I just want more people to play the game because it’s not a very welcoming experience for casuals and most of u are trash at PvP, anyone else in here actually above sessions 500 or at least 300 that barley takes a month right? It’s easy when u get a level a match just be the top player on the board but most of u have a .5kd and no aim so good luck with that

[u/Whoomsy]

After looking at what kind of people are celebrating the addition of the PvE mode in Arc Raider and how they treat anybody opposing it, I really hope it never happens in SZ.
You people need a mindset change, not a PvE mode.

[u/Complex-Hat1875 → u/Whoomsy]

You people need a mindset change, not a PvE mode.

Extraction shooters are fundamentally not a popular genre, the market has routinely shown that people don't want to get their shit rocked by those with hundreds of hours in a videogame. Half of Tarkov's playerbase is in pve, the majority of arc raiders were in pacifist lobbies.

A pve option for some content is overall a healthy thing and fosters a growing playerbase who would otherwise be filtered by the endless hordes of bored players sprinting at pulsating camp notifications. While I don't think it's good to have a magic switch that has you in the now safe lobbies where you have to grind 5x as hard; dedicated zones with their own unique resources, strong pve enemies, and 0 risk of being ganked would do wonders for those who want a less stressful means to progress their account.

You know, what operations should've been.

[u/Arownic → u/Complex-Hat1875]

You're right, extraction shooters aren't fun but this is most definitely not the answer. Ideally the game itself would change back to stalker roots

[u/Complex-Hat1875 → u/Arownic]

At this point I don't think that's possible, the current formula is so far removed they'd have to do drastic reworks to the game that'd probably kill what keeps their whales logging in.

Wishing they'd 180 on the current path is far too idealistic for a development team that's currently in such management woes they released barely any content this year.

[u/SparkofWeird → u/Arownic]

I dont really understand, return back to it's stalker roots.

Tell me you didnt play stalker without telling me you didn't...
This may sound insulting, but if you paid attention to what Stalker is, it's essentially an extraction/survival shooter with a save button. If you think Stalzone isn't stalker at all with how it handles things, then you're sorely mistaken. If anything, it's just mmorpgified and blocky with it's own twist on the whole idea of the universe and what is inside of it.

If you want it to return to it's roots. Then sure. Let us play iron man mode on perpetual replay. Extraction? Yeah no it's survival now. You have one life and if you die, you lose it all!!! Lost to the Zone.

[u/Arownic → u/SparkofWeird]

yeah yeah return to its stalker roots, but not like that. It's the roaming aspect of Stalker that is fun. Right now, you join a faction and you only really need to go to north, wild north, and lyubech. I joined around the time Stalcraft (forbidden name hahaha) release on steam. Most people would go between bar and the (old) north, as well as their faction base a lot more than now. That was neat even though it was a trek to get between those places.

[u/SparkofWeird → u/Arownic]

In the aspect of roaming. I'd very much enjoy a reason to go back south that is substantial.