Highguard hasn’t had the very best of launches. After large preliminary success, the sport shortly dwindled and solely retained some 10 p.c of its launch numbers, although it appears to have stabilized at round that degree. One of many largest grievances followers had was the 3v3 mode, which many thought felt empty and uneventful. Fortunately, that’s now being addressed.
As we wrote earlier, Highguard teased a brand new recreation mode with its new patch, and the devs have now confirmed that, certainly, a 5v5 mode is now within the recreation. “You requested, we listened,” the devs mentioned on X right now, addressing what was by far one of the vital important complaints gamers had after attempting the sport out on Monday.
This doesn’t appear to be an enduring answer, although; the devs say this new mode shall be “restricted,” possible rotating out of the sport after a while. That truth has struck a brand new nerve with followers, who’ve given a lukewarm response to this improvement.
“Restricted?! Please have this mode endlessly,” reads one response to the announcement. “We’d like 5v5 as a everlasting replace, not a restricted time mode,” one other mentioned. It could possibly be that devs are eager to attempt the mode out, see the way it performs and lands with gamers, and solely then determine so as to add the factor in completely, refining and modifying it prior to creating it eternal.
Regardless of the case, it’s an enormous enchancment for Highguard, and a very good search for the devs contemplating how shortly this participant grievance has been addressed. Updates are dropping left and proper, and so they’ll in all probability preserve coming because the title tries to shake off all of the unhealthy rep it has (in all probability unjustifiably) accrued over the previous since months, and particularly within the wake of its TGA look.
Although a lot of its scenario may have been prevented, Highguard is at the very least attempting to make a reputation for itself and make the sport pleasing for all, even those that had as soon as hated on it.
