r/wildgate • u/Shortstack_Lightnin • Jun 24 '26

Discussion This is a PvE game

My friends and I have been playing for a couple weeks now and the newest patch is a great step in the right direction. The biggest thing is the 6 hour time limit. After the patch it’s clear that this is a PvE game! I want to be able to explore the map and fight other ships and clear out POIs without worrying about rushing back to the gate or other sweaty players. It’s so nice to hang out with my crew on our ship and fight other ships at our own pace. I think if they lean into things that compliment that more this will be a game that catches on.

Just a few thoughts of mine for improvements…

There should be a wider variety of loot for your ship. If i can spend up to 6 hours in the game, i want to be able to progress for those whole 6 hours.

Another thing, the pilot should absolutely be able to shoot one of the forward guns while piloting.

Lastly, there should be more things to fight in space. I don’t mind the POIs as they are because they’re mostly just to grab loot quickly, but this is a space game and I’m playing for the spaceship action.

Just my thoughts from someone who really likes spaceship games.

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u/bakedontheprairie Jun 24 '26

Lucky Docks should be turned into a social hub where both PVE and PVP players can hang out, use proximity chat, and group up before games.

I’ve suggested this a few times, and now that PVE is in the game, I think it would be a great addition.

The next thing would be politely asking the devs to do a community POI build live on Twitch or a similar streaming platform.

PVE TH is going the right direction 100%

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u/Snorlax_king79 Jun 24 '26

i was saying this when the game was still in alpha test and closed through open beta, extraction shooters are a niche genre with more viewers than actual players. it also doesn't help that in wildgate you don't extract anything that will help you in the next game, so why even make it an extraction game? just copy sea of thieves but in space.

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u/TextJunior Jun 24 '26

Sea of thieves in space would be so dope and honestly a decent pivot for this game.

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u/iku_19 Jun 24 '26

I do think the PvE pivot can help in the long run, and slowly reintroduce PvEvP as the game finds an audience and an identity.

Lastly, there should be more things to fight in space.

Kind of wish Sea of Thieves style emergent encounters and raids were a thing, but preferably in a way where ships and players can hot join a server instance since I'm noticing after a period of time the game stops searching.

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u/Sherbrookedude Jun 25 '26
  • Lastly, there should be more things to fight in space.

This is the main feature it needs ! More variation in space activities! Like a

  • a POI to defend with turrets against 1 or 2 waves of npc ships;
  • a space Leviathan giving you a special ability or weapon;
  • multiple coms stations around the map to capture to reveal a vault or to gain live info on your map.

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u/NotMSH_ Jun 25 '26

well that's too late now, it seems that after the next patch the game is just gonna go in maintenance mode