I think that the “numbers on the teasers” thing is super lame
Based on the fact that it’s on the roadmap, I think it’s safe to say that Friday, May 22nd, is likely when the next chapter is going to be revealed. Cross referencing that with the anniversary calendar BHVR released, this teaser today should be the last one, meaning this is the last number we’ll be getting. This leads to only a few possibilities.
BHVR genuinely has an ARG going to reveal the killer, but they’ve made it too convoluted and weird for anyone to solve. The reveal is happening whether this gets solved or not, so the best case scenario is that they reveal the killer and BHVR later says “hey this is how you should’ve solved our puzzle” which is just… so incredibly lame. Great now I know how to do it after it doesn’t matter anymore.
They’re all complete red herrings and lead to absolutely nothing. Their existence serves exclusively to distract people and waste time which is also really dumb. I don’t think it’s actually doing anything to increase positive attention towards the game and if anything just frustrates people.
This has nothing to do with the chapter but it IS something that will continue until anniversary and potentially reveal some details about the event. Let’s be honest with this one though… who cares? I mean the events are cool, but the chapter reveals are obviously where the excitement is at. Why would we care to go through this time consuming ARG just to learn about some new event mechanic?
I don’t mean this post to just spread negativity, but seriously, I don’t see an outcome here where anything “fun” comes out of this without someone solving it before Friday, and it looks like that isn’t happening. I really think this was a big miscalculation from BHVR and while I don’t think it will have any impact on the game, I think people will look back on this particular puzzle in the future and think “wow that whole thing was really worthless huh?” But what do you all think? Have you enjoyed the mystery specifically from the numbers and the challenge that it provides?