So, here’s a thing—Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, right? I mean, remember when it first came out in 2022? Yeah, kinda stumbled out of the gate, didn’t it? Folks were grumbling left and right about not enough stuff to do, and, of course, the usual gripes about squeezing money out of our wallets. Fast forward, and here we are again—new day, same complaints. Oh, humans.
So, they recently dropped this $5 Arbitrator helmet, and ain’t it just the sparkliest topic of debate? People are like, “really, another cash grab?” Meanwhile, the dudes making the game—Fatshark—are all, “but it’s gotta be sustainable, guys!” It’s always this tug-of-war, isn’t it? One side wants the gold without the cost, the other’s like, “hey, we ain’t running a charity here.” It’s a song as old as time in the gaming world.
Honestly, it both bums me out and makes me chuckle. Here we’ve got this game, and it’s actually seeing a bit of a comeback. They dropped this big ol’ Battle for Tertium update, and the player count zoomed up to like 43,000! (I swear, that’s more people than I even knew existed). But, like a cat stuck in a loop, the numbers are back to dropping. Rollercoaster much?
But—oh, right, the helmet. So, they put it out there with the new Adeptus Arbites DLC. Players started hollering on Reddit because the thing looks too much like the old one. Just a visor shift, seriously? I don’t know if it’s cheeky or just lazy. Either way, it’s a $5 debate now. And the whole DLC’s $11.99! For virtual stuff! Ever just pause and wonder about what we’re doing with our lives?
Anyway, Rodrigue Delrue (hope I’m spelling that right), who’s sorta the voice of Darktide marketing, mentioned they’re listening to all the gripes about these cosmetics. Will things change? I dunno, maybe. Maybe not. But hey, at least that update was free and brought some cool things, right?
Honestly, this whole situation is like watching a soap opera, one where virtual helmets are a thing and the drama’s just… juicy. Who’d have thought, eh?
