It has been a significant time since the Jetpacks were removed from the Farlight 84. For those who don’t know, the jetpack has been a central movement mechanic of Farlight 84’s heroes since the game’s inception. Jetpacks were removed for several reasons in the very controversial V 2.0.0.0 update, which pushed the game into its second chapter. While jetpacks were the Unique Selling Point of the game and attracted a major chunk of its player base, was it the correct decision to remove them? Today, we will ponder on such questions and discuss some insider and official reasoning for removing the jetpacks.
Official Reasoning to Remove Jetpacks from Farlight 84:
It was revealed on the game’s official channel that the jetpacks are being removed to focus more on combat. This simply means that they want the heroes to be more grounded. Many may argue that Jetpacks provided a new dimension of combat that attracted players. Jetpacks helped the players enter a new vertical combat area which no other offers in multiplayer shooter. Usually, a game is defined by one of its cardinal features; for Farlight 84, it was Jetpacks. In one view, jetpacks created this combat situation, which was more about flying around than actually fighting in the traditional sense.
Other Possible Reasoning
The idea of jetpack being used as a game mechanic may not be new. Many games use them, but they are not multiplayer. Even if they are multiplayer, they only allow using jetpacks in certain events or as a very limited one. One must think about why this is the reason. Big companies and studios do not widely use such a fun mechanic. As a game mechanic, they must have identified some flaws in jetpacks. One of the reasons we figured out was that jetpack usage was overburdening the Farlight 84 servers. The point to be noted is that the developer team of the game is small, and they do not have the resources that a big company may have. This limits the game’s capabilities, and the game may just not be ready to implement such a resource-hungry feature.
It is possible that after the Jetpacks have been removed, you will encounter fewer bugs and performance issues. The removal of jetpacks is a step towards finding a new identity. The game developers must have thought they wanted to focus their game around some other feature or a set of features. These features can namely be the newer features like JetSlides. Jetpacks restricted the game developers’ ideas, so these mobility features may have been too heavy for the game servers if released without Jetpacks. The game has promised to add more mobility-related functions.
Conclusion
We have all been upset since the removal of Farlight 84 Jetpack feature. In this article, we are trying to understand the game developers’ perspective regarding the feature’s removal. Regardless, we hope that this feature will come back in the future when the game is bigger and has sufficient resources.
Leave a Reply