Out of all the possible issues that they could choose to fix... This is the one that they go with and announce it as a HUGE change (which btw they failed to announce at least 2 times before as they simply canceled their planning of the announcement).

Maybe now you guys can see why I've been so frustrated with the devs of quake ever since QL.

Agreed. They are so out of focus on what to prioritize..

Adding so overdue/missing features (mouse raw input and proper sound-system for starters) and fixing performance issues >>> cosmetics bs.

while true, their progression / monetization system is bad, just bad. so if you look at it long term, this was a really important or even necessary to secure future development. i remember them showing someone new who joined the team to improve just that. and with them reusing a lot of elements not too much development time should have been taken away from other areas

Agreed, this was not an unneccessary or useless change. It was important and needed specifically for newcomers for the game, offer a good reward system to get them hooked and then keep them playing.

Of course it won't do much for veterans that have all the in-game stuff or don't care about it.

they better focus on NEW MAPS ASAP.

Finally a decent game economy for frags in the duel mode.

does anyone even care about these cosmetic items in game?
I don't think they represent a status in the same way having a nice knife or dragon lore awp does in CS:GO because there's no monetary value associated with them.

also the game is on the decline, despite dreamhack winter having 10,000+ viewers (paid content to get on the first page of twitch though) it lost ~3% in the last 30 days and has been losing players every month since August.

https://steamcharts.com/app/611500

Why don't they just implement a game mode where each player pays a dollar or so to enter, and winner takes the pot.

Shit like that would be SO easy and actually good.

OR, how about a button that opens the 500+ loot boxes I'm never going to open because it would take about an hour to do so?

P.S.

How do you get the quake 3 plasma thing in this game?
I can't play atm but if I come back, I would prefer that.