Everything You Need to Know for Eternal Return's Release

[@hazamax2139]

Not ideal but it is definetely a step in the right direction. I mean solos, duos, squads, ranked and cobalt? There were just way too many modes that spread the player base and when your player base is not that big to begin with, you just have to cut short your losses. I would have prefered to keep solos but it is what it is.

[@Adritoma]

Exactly how I feel! They said they plan on adding it back but yeah sad to see it go for release

[@elfireii328]

I can totally see them bringing solos back IF the audience grows. Im hoping the game blows up.

[@SmugDragonER]

One cool thing is that if ER blows up and gets popular, there is a good chance that solos will make a return.

[@Adritoma]

yup i am very much hoping for that!

[@garetts5625]

They'll make an "eternal return".

[@robodude5124]

@@garetts5625 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bad pun

[@EdszxNeo]

I for one only want the game to succeed, so i don't mind any changes that need to be made for the game to be in a better standing, what we have here is an amazing product, and i want it to be as popular as it deserves, been playing for a year and don't want it to go away anytime soon.

[@Adritoma]

this is my thoughts exactly!

[@danielalejandrorodriguezot3259]

Official launch looks pretty good. It's not "ideal", as you said, but I believe this will help get more players into the game (although not having solos will probably backfire a little, I believe) and eventually they can make more changes to appeal to old timers and not casual players in general. These updates seem to be mostly a way to get more casual players into the game and boost up some stuff that has been lacking a little because of the small player base (monetization, queue times, events, etc...). Let's hope it goes well.

[@Adritoma]

My thoughts exactly and I’m not sure I mentioned or not but I believe they are planning to add back solos if all goes well!

[@danielalejandrorodriguezot3259]

@@Adritoma oh, that's good. Let's hope it goes well then.

[@danielalejandrorodriguezot3259]

Also, the new map and campfire stuff looks real cool. It'll surely be a nice change. The game won't be as monotone and with new routing it will make it so that both new and experienced players have to play more tactically.

[@GrimmMask]

Nice summaries bro!

[@vert3823]

The crafting phase is essentially a speedrunning minigame. In a solo game, if a new player completes about 90% of their build and then gets killed by a griefer, it can be an extremely infuriating experience. It is because of these moments that they decide to uninstall. Dying in a squad game isn't as bad because of respawns. I was hoping that Nimble Neuron fix the solo experience, but removing it completely seems to work too. Solo players are the loud minority. Squad players are the silent majority.

[@magnificioso15]

ER is a game where fights happen really fast, and power spikes are really stepped, usually as new player even if you complete your entire route you end up dying on your first matchup, 90% of your success on ER relies on knowing who to fight and know every important spell, problems: every character has a text wall on their spells so is hard to asimilate that, learning matchups is hard if you only have 1 chance, if you die go back to queue time and repeat your route, if you succeed probably you wont even know why you succeeded, in squads you can learn easier from your mistakes on matchups, and be ready to respawn and get a second chance against the same enemy on the same match. just feels more rewarding

[@abcd10994]

Really helpful, great summary! Hope the game pops off on launch

[@Adritoma]

I hope so too and thank you!!

[@WicksBF]

Thanks for the concise summary Tom, you nailed it! I'm personally a big fan of 90% of their changes, except I'm more of a solos fan but understand NN's view on squads to save the game. I hope we can quadruple our player base and fix the underlying problems on release date. Thanks again and see you on Lumia Island. :]

[@Adritoma]

I feel pretty similarly! But yeah LOTS of info for a 10min vid lol

[@Riokv]

NN's view isn't exactly squads to save the game, thats the investors view.

[@crabirl]

Thanks for the summary! I'm interested in trying the new direction

[@Adritoma]

Thanks for watching!

[@Icidulon]

I think dropping solos is the right choice. Solo BR in a moba environment just seems impossible to balance or make engaging in the long term, which is apparently reinforced by the increasingly bad retention of the game.

[@Adritoma]

Yeah really everything is about retention you are dead on!

[@eonnephilim852]

It's weird though, Solos feel more satisfying and being able to always personally take accountability for losing feels better than wondering who made the mistake. It's less layers of gameplay to analyze, and it feels simpler to improve. It definitely feels worse for people who don't like losing (it's not real life lmao, mfs be losing HARD irl and they're fine with it but they lose in some virtual game and suddenly they give a shit 💀), but for people who actually have the ability to self reflect and don't like to deflect blame onto other people, solos are better imo. Although, yeah, the retention thing is definitely an issue. If you design a game properly (i.e. it is satisfying and doesn't exist to only drain your time and/or money), people will hit their point of satisfaction (whatever their personal definition of completion is), leave, and come back when they feel the desire to play again. Many games these days are designed to be addictive, not satisfying. Although it's a symptom of gamers wanting more "value" from their games, seeking it in total play time rather than the satisfaction you can get from a session/the overall enjoyment of play. Multiplayer team games that have solo queues are some of the worst offenders, since game quality is out of your hands. The goal is to give players a taste of the peak of game quality and have them chase that dragon, which is the hook for the addiction. A lot of the time, in team based MOBAs, you're chasing the dragon. There are so many variables (other people, their moods, skill levels, etc.) that the quality of games becomes inconsistent. The floor of what feels the "worst" is lowered so much that even the equivalent consistent level of enjoyment you can get from playing solo feels good, and the peaks are great. But the peaks are few and far in between while the troughs are plenty... ER solo is different in that you could only ever really blame yourself, but it's just a video game and nothing was lost, so you feel great about your chances of improving (it feels like practicing a guitar, but you weren't irritated by your own bad playing and you have unlimited guitar string replacements on hand; like practicing drawing or painting with unlimited art supplies and the only limiting factor is time).

[@DeWillpower]

honestly good work on the video, i'll leave a comment to push the algorithm for me the thing that surprised me the most is the removal of health and trap mastery. there was this strange learning curve in the game that was basically "if you're a new player and you don't know what to do halfway a game, just go to pond and create traps" which okay, cool advice, now my stats are higher and i got these traps i could try to use, but meanwhile the player who is stomping the lobby is going around OHK animals and players i don't mind duo gone, but solo gone means less queue time for EU

[@flamemdq]

Thanks for the Info

[@iqueuez3369]

The only time i played squad is when i accidentically clicked on it. I think this is good because some characters are just unplayable or hard as solo and "only" can be played as squad and more reason to try out more different characters as a solo player.

[@xYamakaze]

The main appeal to ER for me was NOT having to rely on teammates. Yeah, the +5th party potential was degenerate, especially during high MMR endgame, but losses felt more like my fault than any other reason. Here's hoping solos can come back after enough time if the game's playerbase actually sticks around in the West this time around. I played on and off from launch until the end of season 4. The entire reason why I outright quit was because of NA queue times, and even if you have the best internet in the world, you can't reliably reduce ping. Playing on KR felt miserable and completely negated the benefit of faster queue times. Shame, because I absolutely love this game, but not enough to have kept putting up with either option.

[@remainer]

just came back to the game a couple of days ago and +1'd it by getting my friend to like it, hoping launch goes well and it retains a strong playerbase, i dont want this game going anywhere man

[@vaynardnorgard2161]

Very hyped. Been missing this game as I got very busy with so many games lately. Really hoping this comes in strong.

[@Adritoma]

Glad your excited and same here!

[@LwL_]

Man, I can see all the reasons why they're launching with only squads and can't really disagree, but I do hate it given that a mixture of introversion, social anxiety and just competitiveness made me play basically only solos, and I don't think I'll suddenly get over that and start soloqueuing squads. Though as per usual your videos manage to make me want to play the game regardless of all the issues. Best case I can somehow convince friends to play the game and just play squads with premade But beach skins and event np so ig i'm buying the pass anyway and then just afk and hope the game doesn't die and we get solos back lol

[@Adritoma]

haha fair enough and yeah I've heard a lot of people with similar comments! I'd say see how it goes, worst case scenario if you don't have a group to play with you could turn off chat so the anxiety isn't as bad!

[@lukasumi5725]

I really love your content Tom, you are easily one of my favorite youtubers. Please keep up with the quality content and your good mood!

[@Adritoma]

appreciate you watching! these comments keep me going!

[@tsumik9s]

The main reason why I love eternal return is because of its solo mode, with this I can purely focus on my mistakes and analyze the opponents who defeated me rather than having someone else shouts at me for being bad lol it's so sad to see solo being removed

[@Adritoma]

yeah i think a lot of ppl feel the same way including myself! But with that being said I've been enjoying squads for different reasons!

[@xZeryu]

I said this many times but watching Wolf1's "apology" near the end of the stream showed one thing for sure: They didn't want to remove solos/duos, they absolutely had to. I hope it pays off and the game sticks around. It certainly has the potential. but we obviously need players

[@Adritoma]

Yeah that was a tough watch, you could tell how sorry they were they had to remove it but yeah they have to do what will be right for the game

[@AEZgunner]

Not the best or the worst situation for launch. The Dev's are full steam ahead for full release despite some hiccups and im excited for the new season and changes Can't wait!

[@Adritoma]

glad you're excited! Me as well! Can't wait for launch!

[@cosmicthought3419]

I'm definitely looking to join the ER community and game altogether. I guess the only thing that bothers me would be queue times, region lock and how difficult itd be for a new player to get in touch with builds. I'm really excited tbh.

[@Adritoma]

Right now queue times should be really good! But yeah if you are struggling as a new player nothing wrong with practicing builds in bot games but new player queue should help!

[@traveler8010]

tier lists will change A LOT. If it is squad based, then AOE based characters will probably be far better. It will be interesting to see how characters will be adjusted!

[@Adritoma]

yeah a lot of single target auto attack characters are already getting buffed so we will see, definitely interesting!

[@kanani3697]

Its unfortunate how they had to remove solo/duo, but i think since there isn't enough player base it must be done. But it is also great for new players to learn as well. Consider ERBS as a community that doesn't rlly have much advertisement the best way to get player is usually with friend. Limiting to squad might be a rlly gud idea, hope this game lives and gain player! Its a rlly fun game!

[@bman296]

Not sure I'm a fan of removing solos or duos. As someone who played this game with friends in a squad its fun but at the same time there are people who dont want to get stuck with randoms. We will see how it goes

[@Adritoma]

i'm not a fan of it but I think they have to for the game to have a shot!

[@maralvhah]

It's odd that it took them until near-release to make such huge changes but really good nonetheless. I was kind of reflecting on other team-based games and i think in general, it would help to foster a nicer community to be team-based, especially with the tweaks and streamlines, hell, even the small touches like an interactive lobby is extremely useful. As someone who doesn't really want to launch the game anymore, i'm feeling a bit giddy about it too! As a little sidenote on the cosmetics side - I still think just buying what you want is way better than to have lootboxes or a super grindy battle pass (though they've never been too hard) and well the limited skins being limited forever is an extreme downer too. Fomo is no the way to go. as for buffing chiara... thanks :>

[@kubafraszczyk7517]

Damn, i knew there was a lot of changes but didn't know that many. Gotta say, i'm really hyped about being able to queue up in reasonable time and enjoy the game with wider audience :)

[@Adritoma]

Yeah i'm really hyped for the queue times being better! def a needed change

[@leodaza2151]

as sad as I am about losing solos, it's probably for the best. I do hope they bring it back if the player base increases substantially

[@jozumakii]

shame they had to remove solos, but i think it's the best thing for a game with difficulties bringing in new players and retaining existing ones. i for one stopped playing a while ago because of stuff like queue times, bots in matches and other stuff, but i'd like to get back into it once it officially releases! they seem really committed to trying to make it successful and also enjoyable beyond just a monetisation standpoint, which i think is a good sign. here's to hoping solos come back once there's an uptick in players, especially in EU! unrelated, but has anyone read the character changes dev notes yet? what do we think of some of the changes? considering your channel is the one that got me into the game and consequently adri, what about the changes to her kit? i'm not sure i like the removal of the slow and/or grounding on her oil slick or the knockback on her cocktail--at least when i was playing, i enjoyed using those to zone people and help me gtfo of a bad spot LMAO. i'll still play her and i don't think she's ruined, but i have to admit it made me a bit sad to read that. hoping their official launch goes well!!! would love to start playing again and see how things have changed, and if queue times in EU are any better.

[@Adritoma]

I was originally upset with the adri changes because it kills her in solos but since it’s squads only I think the changes are fine. More damage is something I’m looking forward to. It moves her from being the best cc support to a dps

[@ryder4834]

thank you adri i was not watching a fucking 2 hour dev stream

[@user-pv1nl4qp1g]

If there are no solos, I don't know if there's a point in me reinstalling the game. I was already completely fucking useless in solo, last thing I need is to actually ruin others' experience by being dogshit at the game. As a player of the old game, the "moodlifter" feels depressing more than anything. Whatever design there was to the old game's characters that held consistency is no longer there, at this point it feels like completely random shit you could find in any other MOBA. Also, it seems pretty blatant they could not care less about the story aspects that the older game had. Why have unlockable lore journals, when you can just drop four sentences on a character? I want to support this because I want Black Survival as an IP to do well, but any magic that the IP had is basically dead at this point, and the only thing left is presumably whatever shit O'ol Blue wanted to put in themselves. Now I honestly just feel depressed more than anything. Could give it a try, but it'll probably just be a reminder of how useless I am.

[@angamaitesangahyando685]

July 20th, the famous day in Germany. I do feel betrayed, considering they are removing solos. Pretty pottery. - Adûnâi

[@Icidulon]

Would you rather it died? You've said many times you don't even like playing solos on the discord, too. -me

[@zeroorthodox1207]

It's a step into the good direction but again, it hurts to see solos/duos go, only other problem with squads is people getting crushed by a 3 stack veteran team. Imagine being the squad full of newbies just being crushed. that wouldn't be fun :D

[@leansteiner]

As someone with 1000+ hrs in solos that even plays with 150 and 200 ping just so i can keep playing, i much rather the have only squads if it means the game has a future. This is a kick in the nuts that for sure, but if i can keep playing and it means the game can keep going, it means that duos and solos can come back at one point.

[@CyanideCold]

Realistically, there isn't enough people to get kicked in the nuts if Q times for casual/ranked play is longer than a LoL player's challenger Q times

[@Paul_Frank]

I literally only play solos so rip I'd even honestly be fine if they gave me squads with no fill for teammates, I'd rather be able to solo against squads than be forced to squad with randoms of whatever skill level

[@Adritoma]

Haha you could technically just not play with your team but they might add solos back shortly after release so fingers crossed

[@YubelTheLovingDefenderForever]

Heartbroken about Adriana changes. 😢

[@Adritoma]

I feel your pain. on the bright side, she has 20% more damage so she will probably be fine still

[@Xatrax]

Hope eternal return find his nish audience, is one of the only online pvp games i actually enjoy playing rigth now

[@Krisostomo25]

I love the idea of squad, even though I play in asia and my ping is high, the older korean players help me, they help me out despite the language barrier, they drop me items and ping me because I'm clumsy adc playstyle. Although it nurtures the beginners in a way. I appreciate alot of content creators that simplify a relatively complex game. I hope they give us back solo queue because I don't want to be a burden to my team hahaha

[@RyudoXy]

I think they waited way too long with finally launching the game. Currently I'm not playing the game anymore but I will give it a go once it's fully launched. However, removing solos is very questionable!

[@Adritoma]

uhhh i think they probably did wait too long, but that's because they took a long time on updates to make the game where it's new player friendly.

[@dontran4245]

great vid!, whats the outro song?

[@Adritoma]

thank you! Here you go! Katamari Damacy Soundtrack - 05 - Lonely Rolling Star

[@yesnook2324]

the removed of solo and duo kind make me sad a bit but all the change is very motivation for me to come back, Hope they add more server though playing on Asia with 100 ping all the time kinda feel weird.

[@enotna]

Heres hoping for many more years!

[@magnificioso15]

i feel like devs should focus on squads mode, change the mindset of players and go from: solo main mode, squads secondary, to the opposite where squads is the main gamemode and solo games become a secondary but interesting gamemode. like most mobas where the team mode is the main mode and the 1 v 1 is an interesting extra mode

[@proxymo2283]

Very interested in how this helps the game. Would love to see a big influx of new people. I'm happy with the changes.

[@Adritoma]

Same! There will be an influx for sure but we will see if we keep that audience!

[@proxymo2283]

I hope we do! I am optimistic though, but I suppose time will tell. At least the skins and new characters look amazing as they always do

[@bagheadstev4215]

Damn...so solo. I only played solo, never liked anything else. But I guess I will live with that and try to enjoy what we get. If this help the game, noice

[@Nightstriker995]

I for one won't be playing till solo comes back I don't want randoms on my team. personal prefrence. plus none of my friends play.

[@odiralbuquerque5786]

Solo is by far my most played gamemode, i like squads and duo, but i play the game mostly for Solo. yeah I'm quitting :/

[@Adritoma]

Same here minus the quitting part lol, if it’s any consolation they said they’d add it back but it could be like weeks after release or a year so who knows

[@Nifrigel]

The game is definitely seeing a huge influx of new players on the release (I expect 30k+ peak online on the release day), but it's gonna decay pretty quickly. My expectations are ~65-30-5. ~65% the game dies out in several months to a year and they just close it (swift drop from 30k+ on release to the usual

[@tj_puma]

Great vid. These updates are great and all, and i hope NA revives so we can search anytime we want. BUT IS THERE A DEATH RECAP FINALLY?? Thats all I wanted since I started years ago

[@Adritoma]

Not really, the most you can see is your teams stats and damage alongside other opponents who were eliminated. Maybe they expand on this with changed UI but idk

[@tj_puma]

@@Adritoma Word bro, thanks. Theyre thinking of all this stuff, but the most FUNDAMENTAL feature in any MOBA / BR, is DEATH RECAP. That's litterally all i want, take the rest of my money XD

[@tj_puma]

@@Adritoma Also thanks for the quick response and responding to your commentors. Earned my subscribe, hope to see another vid soon!

[@chino200ms]

Wow, somebody that didn't roasted nimble neuron for removing solos, I'm surprised, honestly. Thing that they're giving attention to team modes is actually nice for someone like me, who's been enjoying team modes since start of playing eternal return. And yes, I've seen plenty of comments that say "it's not unique if I have a team, I'll go play league instead", but like, really? It's a stupid reason to call this game not unique, imo,since it doesn't really change the core(gotta mention that immortal soul was really a different thing depending on how you play,in team or alone) like characters or the whole idea of eternal return, you still do same thing it just depends on how big your group is. Anyway, changes are great so far, let's wait for the content and wish best of luck to eternal return's popularity

[@Adritoma]

yeah i agree with this, the game is still super different as a squads game compared to league but I see where people are coming from in saying they liked how they could have the same league style in a solo format. I like most the changes though!

[@MidnightBlueRed]

I get why veteran players are upset about the changes but I think removing solos at least temporarily is a good move from the devs. Solos are brutal for new players and not many people are willing to take a beating for +10 hours until they can start having fun. Hell I have +130 hours put in this game and I still suck at it lol

[@Adritoma]

yeah i've helped a lot of new players and solos is def a tough environment to learn the game!

[@Selthir]

​@@Adritoma seems i learned the hard way lol i keep on being beat down, but still continue on solos also an adina main, so makes everything harder 😂

[@diegoseba12]

If these changes make the game do well then I think there's a big chance for solos to come back in the future. Not really bothered by any of this tbh

[@Barraca02]

Will Emma's skin be part of the BP or is she an expensive bundle exclusive? I must say I came back to the game yesterday after playing a bit on the beta and have no clue about these sort of things

[@Adritoma]

I believe she is the season pack exclusive and then the other skins are BP. Heard Mai's is free in the BP

[@Barraca02]

@@Adritoma I see, a shame cause from what I took from it is that it ain't a cheap pack, regardless thanks for the headsup!

[@Adritoma]

@@Barraca02 yeah that one won't be unfortunately

[@r9yleigh]

The game needs more player tbh, no one knows about this game at all. i remember trying out this game with friends we either roll people hard or getting railed from behind.

[@Adritoma]

Yeah that’s the big goal of the release!

[@Zango25]

i want to play this and get good at it but quit because i couldn't play at all. literally waited 30 minutes to get a game played until someone who knew what they were doing ate my face off then back to waiting another 30 minutes.

[@Adritoma]

queue time should be much better for official release!

[@NoidsEdstrom]

I called this way long ago that they needed to focus on rather solos or squads and not both. So when they removed squads I was okay with it. However they chose wrong when they then released Cobalt which was group play it was like a spit in the face to squad players. My favorite eternal return content creator only streamed and only played squads with his buddies. Once squads was removed he quit the game with his friends. This actually got me to try out league which I had never played before and now i'm over lvl 200+ in it. I think having a team really helps people's mentals in these types of games as they don't have to always feel like they are the reason for losing. I really like this game/concept. I put 600~ hrs into it when it first came out. Seeing these changes for the most part makes me want to try it out again. However I have a burning hatred for these devs. I really dislike when a developer lies to their community and they have done it multiple times. 2 quick examples so I don't end up writing for 30 minutes. They told us the BP would have enough NP that if you maxed it you could buy the next one (Lie) [I will preface that this was the first BP I quit right after so no idea if they ever changed this back but assuming they are trying to add more value to BPs they probably never did.]. They told us event NP would not replace the normal NP coupon codes (Lie) [As an after thought I tried looking around Steam update section and their website to see if they have had any events recently were they gave out normal NP instead of event NP and I can't find any. If I'm wrong feel free to let me know]. I will say that people even back when I played were comparing the game to league even without having augments but now we also getting summoner spells? I feel like Eternal Return had so much potential to be unique and try different things and it just feels like they fell flat on their face. In all honesty I'll probably give it a good second try when the release happens but it just feels like this game died a long time ago and its just on life support.

[@lynpotter6471]

The BP has always had enough NP to buy the next one. It might be only during the discount at the start of the season, but that's like two weeks long.

[@NoidsEdstrom]

@@lynpotter6471 Cool to know. When they first came out it didn't. I personally don't remember the first BP having a discount but that's probably because it was the first BP. If every BP since has a discount and it can be done with the last BP NP collect then that's nice.

[@MythiKira]

THIS IS OUR TIME... ROSALIO MAINS PRAISE THE BEACH ROSALIO SKIN AND WE MIGHT GET IN BEFORE LAUNCH

[@fikrimf]

please please please I want this game to keep alive !

[@YamiShirokami]

Haven't touched the game in over a month, but damn that's a lot of changes. Gonna be a while different game on release and probably need some buddies.

[@ruuji.]

As a beginner the only thing that worries me is the possible flame I can get when I just play horribly in squads lmao

[@Adritoma]

I think there will always be a few jerks out there but from like 95% of the community I know they will be open and willing to help you out!

[@NEEDLEFXCKER]

rip to people who dont have friends who play and dont like playing with strangers :')

[@Adritoma]

haha yeah I feel that, big reason i stopped with league but i'd still give it a chance to see if it's any better

[@NEEDLEFXCKER]

@@Adritoma solo queuing regular mobas isnt as intimidating to me for some reason, squads just feels so personal idk why lol

[@NEEDLEFXCKER]

@@Adritoma ill definitely be stepping out of my comfort zone to play it regardless because i love this game so much ;w;

[@Adritoma]

@@NEEDLEFXCKER well if it makes you feel better i might host some cozy customs when the game releases so people won't feel awkward queuing up solo!

[@Icidulon]

It probably feels personal cuz there's less of you and your decisions impact eachother more than in something like league, but honestly it's not a bad thing. It's only a problem when people are toxic, otherwise you get to share in the triumph more

[@unananan22]

The devs are really cooking ER this time

[@catinacafe7105]

I honestly stopped playing cause solos was just torture for me. Still sad to see the game mode go though.

[@HighTechPioneer]

As someone who wasn't able to get into ffxiv due to social anxiety, I'm not sure how I feel about the lack of solo queues. But at the same time, I have felt like my more casual playstyle conflicts with the hyper competitive nature of a game like this (thanks Korean queues lmao) so maybe this is a good change? Omly time will tell

[@Adritoma]

hopefully that anxiety doesn't carry over! I def know the feeling from league but ER's playbase seems more chill

[@Icidulon]

League cultivates a mental illness where people conflate their self worth with performance on the rift, Er even at high levels just feels like I'm playing smash brothers 4. Complete with the concussions from dailin pickers.

[@chavita8009]

I want that Haze swimsuit skin, its pretty hot Excited to give this game another chance to become my next addiction

[@tsutonami6490]

I'll be damned that solo's is going for official release, but, everything else looks solid for the official release. Maybe I can make some friends and play squads with. Hopefully the advertisements hit hard and the game pops off.

[@Adritoma]

I think a lot of people will be solo queuing if it makes you feel better!

[@edwardsimongray4877]

If the beta is any indication, there won't be enough players in Europe to fill more than 5 trio games lol

[@muriloalves8703]

i really hope this game gets big.

[@_asakus_a]

7:06 I GAGGED OH MY GOD

[@Butterdogdogwiththabutter]

Wait you mean to tell me this whole time….. we was still in the beta??? ( also how are they gonna fix the queue time i know that yes they are funneling everyone into squads but like how are they gonna bring and maintain players i deleted ER because of that reason the game it’s self have so much potential )

[@Adritoma]

Yup! So they are going to start advertising again on full release and those players they bring in they plan to retain since the game is adding a lot of stuff to help out new players learning

[@Kissfromtheshadows]

If they wanted they could try to add no fill to squads one day if they wanted to

[@ChinchillaBONK]

i played it on and off a while ago and never realised it was not the full release version. Excited to try again. always wanted an anime version of the moba genre and a shake-up of things being just a copy of Dota/LoL. hope a mobile version comes soon.

[@Hexaile]

While i absolutely get it, solo was what drew me to the game initially. I'm still gonna enjoy the release tho.

[@rosariosta3899]

This has been a problem with old Chiara ult as well but will her ult continue after you ult and down a player instead of a kill? Since the game is going to be a Squad only after release, it would suck if her ult just ends after you execute a player and down them. Old Chiara old cooldown also didn't reduce when you executed someone and downed them.

[@DasinTahseen]

Im hopeful for the future. Let us trust NN.

[@timsko0636]

Myself enjoys infinite comeback

[@themelanory]

Overall sounds good and I really want this game to succeed but removing solos/duos is wrong imo. For many ppl solos were the way to go cause for example like me they were tired of league and pepega teammates so u could play solo and if u lose that mean that u lost urself (or cause of some bs matchup xD). Even for duo it is possible to find 1 friend and play with him or play even with one random, cause if he is pepega u could potentially carry him, but trios...meh, kinda sad.

[@Adritoma]

yeah my favorite mode is solos but with so many queues splitting a playerbase of a new smaller game its so hard to retain people. Idk if maybe taking away cobalt and duos rather than solos and duos could have been better but i guess we will see

[@ZenTerra-N.O.V.A]

Playing with squad only is technically what EVERY SINGLE 5vs5 MOBA usually does! "Eternal Return: Black Survival" is a mixture of *Wild Rift with other survival games* (excluding Minecraft & Fortnite).

[@nicolasortiz4482]

when i heard about the "no solos" from lnero my first thought was "i'm out" after 10 years of LOL i have to say i really hate team focused games, even if i'm a easy kill by myself i preffer to lose alone so i'm out

[@Adritoma]

fair enough, with that being said, they said solos and duos are temporarily disabled so maybe keep an eye out for when they bring it back

[@J0rangel2]

I quit the game around Rozzi release, quite long time ago. Got some question to ask veteran. i remember sometimes not getting any lighter at all because of its high demand to make food and thats 18 player scenario now its 24 won't that make RNG more worse?

[@Adritoma]

the RNG for the game is actually at the best it has ever been at. Since you left they have done a ton of patches adding more sought out materials and less niche materials. They are also adding new zones for more items, for more teams. But with that being said there is still a chance that once in a blue moon you just can't find a lighter.

[@CloverSchicksal]

I am sad solos is gone, as I don't have friends who play. However I suppose the change will force me to make friends. The new player focus is great, as even after my hours in this game I still feel like I dont know what I'm doing or what to do next. I want this game to survive. Please don't condemn me back to league

[@Adritoma]

Yeah plenty of discords to make friends in! You can even swing by mine! But yeah it should be a fun release!

[@NeocrimsonX]

Im not shure I'll be able to play then i played solo exclusively especially since I dont have alot of time on my hands to gamble with the enjoyment of my match being dependent on other people.

[@Adritoma]

yeah i feel that since league has always that way for me, but maybe smaller teams is better and solos might come back soon after too

[@Icidulon]

You know, there's a certain level of irony saying this considering it's a multiplayer game exclusively and the above statement is true whether or not your team is just yourself or a handful of others and yourself.

[@DramaticDylan]

w-w-wAIT! What happens to that Nicky?! I need conclusions!

[@Adritoma]

last dev journal has Nicky changes! I believe how she uses her passive is reworked and her ult doesnt need the full charge to use but does less damage!

[@DramaticDylan]

@@Adritoma no no I meant in the video you were fighting Nicky and you left the video with you chasing her down. I needed to see the ending 😂

[@Adritoma]

@@DramaticDylan haha i think i kill her

[@cccelestialcodex4401]

Hey Adri, do you think it would be a good idea if they add something like a one campaign mode for each character so that players can know more about the character like gameplay wise and also a bit of lore? or if it would make the game too big, maybe one big campaign mode where they play every single character. I mean you can always try characters by playing against ai but I feel that its kinda a bit of stale. What do you think about this?

[@Adritoma]

I'd love that but I think it isn't on their prioritizes for launch! But yeah once they figure out new player retention they said they planned to dive into it!

[@vociferousking9123]

the blink move gonna be scary, imagine hyunwo blinks and E.....but i play bernice and would like the mobility

[@Adritoma]

haha yeah but if hyun blinks into a full team he might get a pick but dies too

[@SoggySoup]

Nothing irks me more than people that leave bad reviews for population issues. I understand that it's an issue but it's feels like they are shooting themselves in the foot. Hell atleast clarify that the game is worth a shot otherwise. It does still pop at peak times. Aside from that releasing so close to the new league mode is a bit scary.

[@SkywalkFPV]

Never heard of this game so I wonder if it has some gravity, it does look very interesting and somewhat unique - wondering what the catch is and why it had not much marketing?!..

[@Adritoma]

yeah they focused all their marketing in KR but next season its said to be a global push but yeah the catch is usually low playerbase related issues

[@IGiveTimestamp]

Do they have any plans of reviving asia2? COPIUMOVERDOSE ALSO IM GETTING THE ESTELLE SKIN, I WAS PANICKING WHEN I SAW ITS EVENT ONLY THANKS SO SO MUCH

[@Adritoma]

I love the skin! And i'm not sure! I have a lot of people asking the same thing so i'm sure an answer will pop up soon!

[@IGiveTimestamp]

@@Adritoma I sure hope so. I'll try to reach pro if Asia2 comes back fr

[@mrzima723]

No solos? But I don't have friends to play with '-' Well I hope that at least thanks to that I can find a game in 5 minutes and not 1 hour lol

[@Adritoma]

yeah queue times should be vroomin

[@AlmostM]

I seem to recall them saying something in the past about a "Hacking Win Condition", and something about a feature where you can flee the map to save rating. Do either of those exist? (I haven't played in a while)

[@Adritoma]

You can escape the island and in ranked it is guaranteed to give you positive rating. hacking got scrapped

[@Lacatrelle8888]

Hey...mybe i ll return to the game once realase, so many new character but adriana is all needed

[@knackandthoughts4150]

The reason I quit was due to high ping, too bad they removed the SEA server

[@Adritoma]

they said a long time ago they might add it back but idk if that has changed any

[@ImjustSour]

Pray for our boy G-Work 🙏

[@uknowtherule1501]

after update my progress of the will be lost or stay ( like skin and etc)?

[@Adritoma]

Your progress will stay!

[@uknowtherule1501]

@@Adritoma thanks, i just hope not lose my barbara skin on 1.0

[@Adritoma]

@@uknowtherule1501 you won't everything should transfer over

[@BeardedJQB]

Gotta say, lots of changes, many needed but i'm still on the fence about the lootboxes.

[@Adritoma]

Yeahhh but they don't really make much from their monetization now so i don't really blame them!

[@RewZes]

I was thinking of giving this game a try but Im more of a solo player so I don't really get why they would remove it. I don't really wanna lagg out behind my squad especially since I heard that the game is not that newb friendly,

[@Adritoma]

i can be tough to learn but u get placed in new player queue to start so i wouldnt worry about letting a squad down or lagging behind

[@mydogisacannibal2120]

8:52 sunao nako spotted

[@Lirumthekid]

I'm excited for the bigger map and the animal hordes. Catch me playing pve in squads.

[@Adritoma]

Haha well more teams too so might be harder than it seems

[@creamInbetweens]

I stopped playing this game because of the optimization issue they have. My computer keeps bottle necking the game but so its very cool to see this game is not entirely gone and I always wish to hop back on this game once they address the optimization.

[@Adritoma]

There’s going to be a big update on optimization in about a week

[@creamInbetweens]

@@Adritoma LETSGOOOO!!