After a fairly strong start for the free-to-play release, the number of active Highguard users has dropped dramatically (at least on PC, where the stat is trackable). One of the big complaints is how large the maps are, which, combined with the fact that the only mode is 3v3, means there's a lot of empty space.
To combat this, developer Wildlight Entertainment has added a new "experimental" mode for the weekend that supports two teams of five. It adds an extra four players to the raid mode, but the standard 3v3 mode remains available too.
In this time-limited mode, there are now 10 lives instead of six and player respawns take slightly longer.
The social media post announcing the bonus mode then comes with the following note: "As most of you know, we are working on optimisations across the game. Many are in this patch, and 3v3 should see good improvements! But… adding 4 more players to the game is not going to improve performance, right? Please keep that in mind as you try 5v5!"
Wildlight Entertainment will hope this addition revives some of the player base it attracted on launch day, when it first peaked at 97,000+ concurrent players. Five days later, it currently has fewer than 10,000 users on PC.
