Respawn Entertainment's Steve Fukuda (the game director of Titanfall) recently took to the official site to talk about what fans of his latest shooter can expect to find in the future. The most exciting thing by far is their pledge to improve what he called their "update tempo. "not just accelerating how often we update the game, but also improving our frequency and quality of communication about those updates with the community." Not only will you be getting the recently announced Expedition map pack DLC (due to go on sale in May) you'll be getting constant tweaks and changes to the game.
Fukada makes a pledge to keep the community much more involved with what's in the works, with this blog being the first evidence of this. He points to the focus on making the current game the best it can be rather than adding new features, as shown recently in tweaks to the Gooser challenge, weapon balance, and online matchmaking.
That's not to say they aren't adding new features. There are "convenience features" being added, like the Party colors introduced in the last update that lets you more easily identify party members in game and in the lobby. The next update will let you rename your custom loadcouts and make custom loadouts specific to each game mode, a way to filter your Challenges by criteria such as 'closest to complete', and displaying the final scoreboard from your previous match in the Last Game Summary so you can review the scores at your leisure in the lobby.
Then there are what Fukuda calls the "infrastructural features". He offers the recent beta release of Private Match as an example of that- behind-the-scenes features that get player feedback before becoming part of the main game. They plan on doing competitions and all sorts of new tangible content as well, including a new Burn Card set and Titan "Nose Art' insignias that let you customize your very own Titan.
He makes certain to mention that while new map packs like the Expedition DLC will cost money, all other updates to Titanfall will be completely free.
"Our plans for supporting Titanfall are simple," Fukuda writes. "We'll keep you better informed between updates, and we'll deliver free updates to you on a regular basis. We are constantly tweaking our support plans in response to your feedback, and although we cannot promise everything requested will go through, we are listening. Thanks again for playing Titanfall, and keep the feedback coming!"
