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There are no such plans for it right now. While we’d love to make Active Matter available to more players, moving to a free-to-play model would be tough – and it tends to attract more cheaters, since F2P titles usually carry lighter penalties for cheaters upon being banned.

While we'd like to make this happen, it depends on Valve, therefore we can't provide an answer right away.

No, we don't plan a wipe. However, regular self-wiping is a key part of the game through player-driven decisions (the red door, or the blue door?), causing new players to never meet only fully-geared players regardless. The "harmonization of the multiverse" can also be achieved by the entire community's decisions to conduct a server wipe, only preserving their prestige and edition bonuses.

We’re planning to add Chinese localization later this year.

We’re already using BattlEye, and we’re working on adding replays and a report system similar to other Gaijin titles. This will take some time, but it’s in our plans.

Our music comes from various sources: some tracks are produced in-house by our team, others are licensed. All music in Active Matter is safe for streaming (no copyright strikes). We’ll be adding more tracks soon, spanning multiple genres.

Not yet. We have a lot of feedback to adress and many features still in development. We hope to share a more concrete timeline by the end of October.

That depends on the exact Raid and the queue - in fact, we’re experimenting with these numbers right now. Usually you’ll see anywhere between 4 and 20 players per Raid.

We need to examine player behavior, demand for the Isolated Raids, their impact on rewards and progression, and our average server load. Isolated Raids are a brand-new feature (not tested in CBTs), and we’ll definitely iterate on them - hoping to focus on them at the end of this week or next.

Nexus Battles are driven by player groups - called ‘Factions’ (or ‘Agencies’) - who set up node-specific and default rewards according to their goals and their resources. Currently, we’re just testing the Nexus Map feature in general, so you’re seeing ‘minimum rewards’ for now. However, there’s also no risk in Nexus battles for mercenaries yet, so you can think about these runs as ‘training’ or ‘experiments’. We’ll add more Faction-driven involvement later.

A suppressor makes shots quieter! However, it strongly depends on the gun itself. We model it pretty realistically: some guns have subsonic ammo and others don’t. So, guns with subsonic ammo are quieter (with a suppressor) because the shot doesn't make a big boom. Guns using regular, non-subsonic ammo with a suppressor are still quieter than without one, but they remain fairly loud.

For example, the AS VAL and VSS Vintorez (with built-in suppressors and subsonic ammo) are noticeably quieter than an AK with a suppressor.

We are thinking about adding some ‘solo-only’ raids. However, as we see on streams and by our own experience, most players quickly adapt to the current monsters, and after enough runs it stops feeling challenging (or even a challenge at all). Yes, sometimes you need certain equipment or tactics for an easier extraction, but usually it is doable with enough practice. It’s a challenge similar to that in a souls-like game (but easier). We are going to add even harder Raids in the future for those who want more challenge.

For most Raids, difficulty depends on the number of monsters and the environment (time of day, weather). Your personal difficulty is also set by the contracts that you need to finish before extraction - you choose your risk level. Objective-based Raids are like common Raids with extra mandatory primary objectives, making them tougher.

We’re leaning on Isolated Raids to offer a more relaxed experience. However, that said, Active Matter is not designed as a casual game and doesn’t pretend to be.

Yes, there will be more of a clearer narrative and task chains. We prefer players discover the story and lore in-game, rather than outside of it.

Absolutely. Expect more Raids, Boss Raids, objective-based Raids, and new tasks too. We also plan to expand loot categories - no more details for now!

For sure.

Self-sacrifice rewards, dog tags, any unused Crystallized Active Matter (or the items bought with it), and other edition bonuses will stay. Any bonuses tied to multiverse resets also remain.

We hope to be able to deliver all of this content this year - or at least most of it!

We plan to fully remake the old fire anomaly, but its "utility" is very straightforward - it burns! A new plant anomaly was teased in our main trailer, where a sprout grasps the body, but it's a concept for now and may change a lot during development.

You still are able to complete your quests while being a monster, however, it’s primarily a PvP feature - you earn more by hunting other operatives as a monster. We will definitely do more – we have 2 more playable monsters to come, we plan improvements to existing monsters, as well as a way to find more operatives.

Yes - since launch it has already received improvements 4 times in under a week, and we’ll keep improving it further.

Yes - there are already plans for proximity chat and it’s being tested internally right now! We also aim to introduce a lobby chat. Both features unfortunately require robust moderation and reporting tools alongside a dedicated team for doing so, which we don’t have for now.

We are going to add a replay system with the replay mode later. No CDK is planned for now.

We already have a self-wipe option when you finish the Monolith progression.

More Body Sleeves will appear for sure. We have options for gun and vehicle cosmetics too, but that will come later.

We have no such plans for now.

Tactical flashlights and muzzle brakes are weapon mods that will appear in the game in the near future. We are also going to add more types and items to this system. We are going to make weapon mod system that is simple but diverse, offering lots of useful upgrades but not making it overcomplicated.

It is not a Roadmap because there is no certain sequence or certain dates for any new features. We are closely listening to our community and watching what they actually do in the game, and with that, we will decide on what new features and content should stay in game, get removed or changed.

There are plans for both. Currently, DX12 is less stable than DX11 so we decided to set DX11 as default.

This year, but the exact timing depends on the amount of ongoing feedback we get and the number of things we should fix or improve first. However, without clans, our Nexus is just a weak mirage of what we wanted it to be.

We were thinking that big updates every 2-4 months is a good pace. More frequent releases do not allow us time to develop big features.