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A backlog of patches and new systems has introduced ‘feature decay’ and contributed to performance regressions. The game’s ongoing development has become a balancing act: resolving deep-seated issues while continuing to deliver seasonal content and updates for a sizable player base.
Arrowhead faces intense pressure to address game-crashing bugs, rework weapon balance, and refine many of the small but important systems that keep an online shooter healthy. File size is another sore point; the studio is actively looking for ways to reduce the install footprint. Although the team appears committed to fixing these problems, quality-of-life additions such as cross-progression will have to wait until the core issues are resolved.
Inside Arrowhead there is a dedicated “Meta” team that shapes the game’s overall rules and systems — they act as game overseers rather than deciding which weapons are best: “They define the rules of the whole game, and you’ll find your beloved Game Masters in this.”
