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WarDogs has something genuinely great going for it.

King of the Hill is a perfect example.

It’s a concept that hasn’t really been explored by a huge mainstream audience because historically it has mostly existed through mods and niche communities.

WarDogs has a chance to take that kind of gameplay and build something special around it.

What worries me is seeing the same pattern that has hurt other games: a game gets attention, streamers become the loudest voices in the room, and suddenly development starts revolving around whatever creates hype, clips and short-term engagement.

Please don’t make that mistake with WarDogs.

Streamers can absolutely help a game grow, but they shouldn’t define what the game becomes. Their incentives aren’t necessarily the same as those of the people who will still be playing two or five years from now.

I also really don’t understand the hype around Peanut. His style isn't for me at all, and I find a lot of it pretty cringe.

But more importantly, I don't think any streamer—or their fanbase—should be treated as representing the entire community just because they're loud or have a big following.

Milsim and tactical games especially need to acknowledge their core player base. A lot of those players are older, less hype-driven, don't spend their days arguing on streams or social media, and may not be the most visible part of the community. But they're often the people who stick around.

Listen to streamers, sure. Listen to new players too. But don't forget the dedicated players who actually want WarDogs to remain WarDogs rather than chasing whatever happens to be popular this month.

Hey guys, I cant wait for Wardogs to launch and just wanted to do something like this while we wait - wanna try to share daily tips until the game launches!

Some tips might be more basic than others, but hopefully something useful in there, since most of us are beginners anyway. If you have your own tips & tricks, share them in the comments, maybe I can include some in the future "tips"!

See you tomorrow, wardogs!

Don't listen to the "Veteran" pilots attempting to dissuade you from trying your hand at piloting. Such as in this post: A warning for hopeful new pilots

The chuds are trying to gatekeep the fun they are having. They believe it is in their best interest for there to be fewer pilots. There is always something you can be doing as a pilot, even if you are just pestering the other teams with the minigun bird (you'll have fun while losing money).

Play the game the way you want to and have fun. See you out there.

Over the past five or six years, the developers have given this game a lot of thought and sought advice from experts.

I’ve spent 30 hours in the beta and know exactly what this game needs.

That’s why I’ve scraped together my last three brain cells to tell you what’s missing from this game.

If XY isn’t added to the game, it will get boring within two weeks and die out.

Source: https://x.com/Brammflakes/status/2094823085593473223

Apparently because this guy has flight gear and is into flying, he’s somehow more entitled than all us peasant pilots who don’t own a $500+ setup or simply don’t want to invest that much into one? Gatekeeping flying wasn’t something I expected to see before the game even released.

What even is this take? Other people getting interested in flying doesn’t somehow lessen your experience or give you ownership over the skies. Some people really do act like buying expensive gear gives them seniority over everyone else.

Edit: To clarify, I made this post because the comment was featured in a Youtuber's video, where the creator and many others agreed with the sentiment. I’m not reacting to some random comment I happened to find.

When everyone zigs, I zag. Lets get ready to see the classified section flooded with HOTAS controllers.

I’m a co-op, multiplayer gamer at heart. Big time Social gamer.

Haven’t had any games in a long time come out that genuinely got me excited.

It’s like the perfect balance of chill if you want, sweat if you want and kinda just choose your own adventure once you enter the circle. Being able to contribute in so many ways allowed each time I sat down to play to my mood in that moment lol

I’m so excited to hop back in

Guys. We are on an internet forum. People will discuss their good and bad opinions/takes. Theres alot of possibility with this game and its engaging and fun to imagine different possibilities.

It’s mostly all in good spirit. We all like the game.

When is the last time yall felt this way about a game?

Im genuinely jonesing to play this game so hard. I cant even remember a game within the last 10 years I was this hyped for. That beta was straight Crack and now im hooked as fuuuck and I cant even play.

I think part of it is the progression and the other is that it feels like a GAME. Like 1000000000 possibilities per game every game. Its not this modern day slop we keep seeing. Its made to be fuuun. I hope their shop is awesome cuz I gladly give awesome devs $$$. Just ask GGG (poe devs).

My body is ready to fly you all into the hot zone! -$6500

+infinite fun.

I honestly can't think of when I was this excited by a game. I've not been able to take part in any of the tests, but have watched as much as I could on YouTube.

This game seems to be offering everything. Destruction. A MASSIVE emphasis on team work. Almost hardcore TTK/TTD. Vehicles. Combined arms. Classless play that lets you adapt. And true consquences of sucking (which I will).

So, without even trying the game, I've bought it. Can't wait for 10th September!

There is .338 ammo in the game files but I didn't see any gun chambered in said ammo. The MK22 could be chambered in .338 irl

I know everyone enjoyed the game recently and they want it to release but I think everyone also needs to understand that we did not get everything that is planned for the release of the game during the weekend we played. We also only got to play it for a limited time over the weekend, even if you somehow managed to put two days worth of time into the game that's still a relatively small amount of time for a multiplayer shooter.

Largely developers should not listen to the vocal minority that comes into places like this game subreddit and talks about it. If the exclusively listen to what people who actively talk about the game online despite them being very vocal they are always a minority.

The player base of this game may be incredibly passionate about it and that is an absolutely fantastic thing but largely what the people like is the design that the developers have created for it and the way that they have made it a game with a very specific design philosophy, that is what people have enjoyed and what they will continue to enjoy about the game.

If you want an example of why listening to fans isn't always the best just look at the last two weeks and the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 beta. During weekend one a lot of the players felt like the ttk was way too fast and demanded that it be changed as well as various other changes to some of the movement and other things in the game. During weekend too they adjusted all of that. What was the immediate response? Almost every post switch from complaining it was too fast to complaining that it's now too slow. The devs could have stuck with their design philosophies for the game but they decided to try to cater to the feedback from the vocal minority that actively talk about games online instead of just looking at the raw data of what players may end up wanting.

We can already see the potential of this happening with people complaining about things like tanks in Wardogs. I know that I don't speak for everyone and that I'm doing the antidotal evidence kind of thing but I managed to play roughly 20 hours of the game and in that time I saw two enemy tanks and only in a single match. But immediately online and in this subreddit you can instantly see people complaining about the potential for the tanks to be horrifically overpowered, when in reality we don't know what it's going to look like when there are a lot of tanks and people are higher level so they have access to things like RPGs and have a better chance to actively do something about tanks. Honestly and frankly the developers won't even know how overpowered or not anything truly is until there is much much more play testing done within the early access. Where they can then make more larger adjustments based on the actual data they're getting rather than a lot of antidotal feedback.

We enjoy everything that Bulkhead has made, personally I've enjoyed it every game they've made and I've always felt like they were a studio that just needed a chance to get a good player base in their games because everything from Battalion to Pro mod always felt fantastic to play. We need to trust the developers to keep their vision intact and see what it will lead to overall before making larger changes based on the small amount of time players have actively played the game.

Attached are 2500x2500. In the drive, images are 16kx16k for Bakurani and 32kx32k for the other two.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pL3f1YWoSGDMpMBCqWmywanbetiPBTGZ?usp=sharing