Half-Anni determines everything for this game
Title. Not only does it for the Global community but the KR/JP community are also all saying the same.
I genuinely don't think it's even possible for them to save the game with the half-anni stream even if they surpass expectations. The game simply has too many issues. But, this is what I think they'd need to do/announce.
1.) They need to do a 6-7 month roadmap (for the rest of the year). Stating everything they're aware of, plan to fix that they can't for half-anni, and also what content they plan to add.
2.) They need to give away a ridiculous amount of pulls, currency, and mats. And they also need to give away a quasar core.
3.) They need to do a massive balance patch for RTA.
4.) They need to remove and lower some of the RNG in RTA. (Preemptive Guard is mentioned below), they need to fix how broken 2nd pick is compared to first pick, they need to fix Speed RNG, and they need to lower absolute res. I'm not trolling: You need to play so many games it's unreal to hit the highest rank. Even IF your account is good OR you're somehow good at drafting (This is an rng game, drafting doesn't matter). Due to the sheer amount of RNG in this game. It's absolutely ridiculous, and who finds wasting your time to RNG fun? I'm pretty sure high GM is still even top 100 in KR/JP lmao. The RTA Is SOOOOOOOOOO dead.
& More on the RTA: It's like a complete waste of time due to how much RNG there is & how dead the RTA is. I spend a lot of time in queue (im high ranked) only to completely lose in the first 10 seconds to RNG. This is really lame man. This needs to be fixed lmao.
5.) They need to nerf Hilde's arcana in RTA. Make Hilde the only character that can preemptive guard.
6.) They need to add loadouts/gear presets. KR is very big on this, if they don't add this alone the game is GG.
7.) They need to add more end-game content. There's literally nothing to do in this game.
8.) They need to add Arcana loaning for Journey
9.) They need to make Journeys take less time, Journeys are very mundane and boring.
10.) They need to fix gearing.
11.) They need to prove the rates in this game aren't rigged. I'm going to be completely honest: Us on Global and also Koreans think the rates in this game are rigged & they also even think hunts have worse rates for tier2 gear after they added the new hunt levels. I fully believe the rates in this game are lower than they state, but we'd need to pool massive amounts of data. And, to clarify: Korean companies are notorious for lying about rates etc. in their games.
12.) They need to make Waltz Asherah banner permanent and all of the new events global got when we started permanent for new players.
12.) They need to add new guild content.
13.) They need to do actual events. The events in this game are SOOOO boring dude, like this game genuinely has the worst events I've seen lol.
14(Hot Take): They should just go the Snowbreak route or BD2 route and do giga gooner stuff. Just fully commit. No one would care in this community & everyone would welcome it. Do it.
& So much more. I genuinely don't think it's possible for them to save the game with the half-anni. The "laundry list" is simply too long & LARGE for this game lmao.
Please. Do NOT spend on Tiria as soon as she comes out, wait for the livestream. I promise everyone, if the stream is bad. This game will most likely have a lower player-count than even Counterside. And, we all know what happened to CS. I forgot if Tiria will come before or after the live-stream. Everyone will quit the game, and the game is already dead if the stream is bad. This is quite literally why the company is banking on this half-anni. That's most likely why the most recent update had nothing in it, they're probably going to go overboard with the half-anni. At least I hope so.
Edit: I really DO want this game to do well, but I'm not delusional. This game simply like I stated above: Has way too many issues sadly. If they do majority of these things, and then roadmap other things. The game can absolutely be saved. But, they need to communicate. Since, I do think if this game fails. This company will most likely go bankrupt.