Between performance and gameplay issues early on and a smorgasbord of content yet to arrive, CS2 hasn’t ended up the success most wanted it to be off the bat. Now almost a month into its life cycle, players are pleading for Valve to drop “the big one” after a smattering of smaller updates.
Though a number of these smaller updates did solve urgent issues with CS2, the community believes Valve has failed to address the game’s most prominent issues and is starving for more. Some are even begging Valve to finally release a meaningful update, with a wish list noted via an Oct. 23 Reddit thread.
“Please tell me there’s a huge update this week other than a few bullet points,” said the post’s author, dissatisfied with the regular minor updates and instead praying for something more meaningful.
Many users chimed in to offer their opinions on what elements of CS2 should receive primary attention. Most ultimately made fun of Valve’s vague updates—primarily their bullet-point style of conveying patch notes.
“Bingo, here you go: -Various stability improvements,” said one user. Others added the numerous alternative bullet points Valve usually writes when releasing patch notes, such as “misc. updates,” “bug fixes,” “added localization,” and so on.
Valve is notorious for being quite vague when it comes to public portrayal and when releasing information, preferring to remain silent on most prominent issues and just fix them when they feel like it. They’re the West’s version of FromSoftware, who are also renowned for being, well, an absentee landlord.
However, not all the replies were ironic, with one user posting a selection of patch notes most people would have liked to see in the past month and a half since the release. The player compiled a genuine list of wishes the community has been expressing lately and has deservedly received a lot of support for it.
From 128-tick competitive servers (something the community has demanded for years) to bugs associated with bullet tracers and audio, the list doesn’t include everything but, should the bulk of features be implemented, will go a long way to improving players’ perception of the new title.
It’s interesting to think that in 2023, we’d still be asking for official 128-tick servers from Valve even despite the developer’s intentions to delve into sub-tick technology. Alternative matchmaking platforms like FaceIT and ESEA have had 128-tick servers for years, but Valve believes they should gatekeep good networking for some reason.
The sub-tick updates are also an increasingly apparent issue that even professional players are highlighting as potentially degrading to the game’s performance.
Begging Valve for updates is also not a new thing. One just needs to remember the Team Fortress 2 bots; everything should be crystal clear. At the end of the day, Valve holds the keys to the game, and we just hope they unlock the shackles as soon as possible.
