BioWare closing after 30 years hurts. KOTOR, Mass Effect, Dragon Age. But the people who made those games are the real story here.
A union wouldn't have saved the studio. EA was always going to cut after the buyout. But it changes HOW people leave. ZeniMax's union got 60 days of bargaining before layoffs, extra pay, and a few jobs saved.
When BioWare cut 50 people in 2023, laid-off devs had to sue just to fight for fair severance. That's what no union looks like.
I played 8 hours straight of Vault Breaker yesterday after ignoring it last season for the most part. (I just farmed my DRRVISH and left, basically).
I severely underestimated the game mode. It's extremely fun. If you're running in a trio everyone HAS to be locked in, if you're going for a Compiler kill or want to extract with your optimal Data. The speed running pathing learning here is also going to help me immensely in my rotate decisions on the map for regular Cryo. It's becoming second nature, and watching the progress of that in my own gameplay has been a blast.
It reminded me of Destiny 2's speed running dungeon era. It's punishing, it's fast paced, it's engaging.
I wrote it off as a mode I didn't need to engage with because I was a PvP focused player. But I have a lot more respect for the mode, overall.
I am really excited for the other PvE modes Bungie is cooking for the December and March updates. It's going to be peak Bungie gameplay all around.
Sometimes I think of the community I've built and when someone shares a project or idea, I get to help amplify that.
I just read someone's script idea for a new video and I cannot fucking wait to share it.
I have a former EA QA Tester in my community? I have a literal physicist in my community? I have a literal lore god there too?
What I've been able to build and the people i've been able to connect with, all through just being goofy and playing marathon is such a beautiful thing.
Love you guys a lot. Proxies together strong.
Maybe instead of "what they find" let them just use the safe pocket. But that would be less juicy for the people who are literally scared to play Cryo.
Let Rooks get into Vault Breaker in a different mode - Vault Breaker PvEvP lite - let them exfil with what they find.
This will bridge the gap between complete PvE and PvP, and also help players learn combat in Cryo.