He has spoken: List of recent official replies to feature/change requests

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not planned

• cater to casual player EFT was not made for casuals // enjoyable for every player is impossible // EFT was never for casuals
• require firmware-supported integrity for AntiCheat a lot of players will be kicked out
• player-moderated private servers / modding most likely not
• more quickly ban cheaters need time to gather info
• clear line on RMT the principle is simple // you will not get banned
• reaching out to SPT community strongly against // maybe single player profile after release and some DLCs
• unfinished features such as radiation no more big features till the release
• rewrite the game on a cleaner foundation impossible
• remove flea market to eliminate RMT no
• what else to do against cheaters reports is the best you can do
• saving progression from PvP-free offline reads not an option // only below 10 lvl // no ability to save progression from coop
• remove camera recoil 100% no
• allow IPv6 tested it and it failed
• close the game for a week to actually sort the desync not an option
• different AntiCheat than BattleEye no

already here

• increase boss spawn rate but not drastically
• motivation ofc
• playing their own game yes i play the game and i struggle too // bsg plays a LOT
• percentage of players banned for cheat high? something like half of percent

soon™

• weapon: AK-12 asap
• new lightkeeper content next patches
• news about arena hope next month asap // soon
• network overhaul and tick rate update is being done for arena
• lighting overhaul actually in the works yes
• events any time soon? there will be

planned

• replay system possible, requires netcode changes that we do rn for arena
• email change we plan to bring it back
• reconsider turn modifiers will be removed; for now – lowered
• fix sunglasses eventually it will be
• steam version yes
• streamlined comms / roadmap we will
• shoulder swapping yes
• presets for loadout planned
• recoil overhaul will be redone
• variably zoomed optics yes
• increase flea market slots yes
• further restrict secure containers planned
• new armor hitzones & plates planned
• loading bullets animation yes
• option to exclude from stash sort planned
• BSG hiring/expanding? yes we do
• tarkov needs optimization majority of tasks this year // agree
• end of raid statistics something like this
• remove info from the game only cheaters see with future update
• requested QoL features noted // planned
• weapons: CZ yes
• rework "capturing outposts" quest will

noted / no specific plans

• reduce time-to-game start agree // yes
• flea market reports working? reviewed constantly
• is tarkov moving into the right direction? yes
• ingame map need to be refined
• requiring phone used in asian region, possible
• secure container visible on a dead body? hmm..
• share game dev progress like Rust does interesting
• stats page other than our own noted
• will arena also use BattleEye? must be good
• rework FiR suggestions noted // bad idea to have an ability to buy top level gear early
• timely ban appeals process almost dont do manual bans // will minimize manual bans // will minimize manual bans
• RMT drop restrictions removed between regular teammates good idea but can be abused