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[Victor Morson]

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Since Open Beta launched, we have added 100s of new features

That means more than 200, at least, guys! In the spirit of launch day, I've decided to open this thread and count every feature that has been added since open beta. Everyone feel free to chime in!

I'll start, complete with a simple * rating system for added fun.

1: Consumables Added - Gameplay - ***
2: Cool Shot 9 by 9 - Gameplay - *****
3: Airstrikes - Gameplay - *
4: Artillery - Gameplay - *
5: UAV - Gameplay - *****
6: Trebuchet - Mech - ****
7: Quickdraw - Mech - ****
8: Kintaro - Mech - *
9: Highlander - Mech - *****
10: Victor - Mech - ****
11: Tourmaline Desert - Map - *****
12: Terra Therma - Map - *
13: Alpine - Map - ***
14: River City - Map - **
15: Forest Colony Snow - Map - ****
16: New Gauss Mechanic - Gameplay - *****
17: Jump Jet Shake Mechanic - Gameplay - ****
18: Ghost Heat - Gameplay - *
19: 3PV - Gameplay - *
20: 12 Man Drops - Gameplay - ****
21: Functioning HSR - Networking - *****
22: Dynamic Missile Ports in mechlab for most 'mechs - Mech/Gameplay - ****
23: 33 New Cockpit Items including pre-existing mech model statues - Art Team - ***
23A: Feel free to consider the final result +33 but it's just plain silly to call each model a "feature."
24: Seismic Sensor - Gameplay - *** <Would have liked to seen weight impact range>
25: Stats Page - Web Site? - **
26: Testing Grounds - Gameplay - * <Broken weapon balance>
27: Changing Hero 'Mech Colors - Mech - ***
28: 3x Custom Skins - Mech - ****
29: 7x Custom Patterns - Mech - ****
30: Mouse Settings in Options - Gameplay - ** <Still no slowdown on zoom option? You NEED a special mouse to have long range combat in MW:O!>
31: The Command Map - Gameplay - ** - Very unfinished
31A: Additional Command Map Lances
32: Movement Tutorial - ** - Locked in 3rd person, with no knowledge of a radar. Tutorial!
33: Adding new functionality (skins) to Founder's mechs - ****
34: The Orion - Mech - ****

So what am I forgetting? I have a long way to go to get to even 100 but surely the announcement mail wouldn't say so otherwise. Let's get to 200 at least and prove it right, eh? Remember, we're counting things after open beta as stated!

What other new features* have been added to the game?

* Bug fixes or "finally taking 5 minutes to edit an XML to fix preexisting things" are not new features. That's also why balance changes aren't on this list. I'd argue "adding a sound effect" barely qualifies, but I suppose you should feel free to submit it. Let's see what's changed since Open Beta, shalt we?

Edited by Victor Morson, 20 September 2013 - 03:02 AM.

[Victor Morson]

Anyone?

[Darwins Dog]

[Victor Morson]

Naw man, you got me all wrong! I'm trying to see what all the hundreds of features they've added since open beta are!

[Vammatar]

you have to count each cockpit item individually

[Morgana]

You're going to have to edit your OP to add what everyone can add to the list.

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Add each Hero, and list each new color that came with them. Also Champion mechs.

Double XP for first winning match for each mech per day.

Seismic Sensor

Heck, a Stats page!!

Testing Grounds

The ability to change colors on Hero Mechs.

Custom skins: Franken (+3 colors), Cobra (+3}, Tarten {+3}, Bucaneer (+3)

Patterns: Tiger, Mountain Line, Vagabond, Digital, Fractal, Sherman, Virus

Lots of Option Menu additions:
Brightness Slider
Gamma Slider
Damage Glow check box
Throttle Decay
Arm Lock

Mouse Settings into options

BattleGrid Command Console

That'll keep you busy for mmmm 20 minutes?

Edited by Morgana, 19 September 2013 - 01:52 PM.

[Victor Morson]

Morgana, on 19 September 2013 - 01:27 PM, said:

You're going to have to edit your OP to add what everyone can add to the list.

Usually how this kind of thread plays out is the next poster starts out with a number starting where the last poster left off, but I can do that. I don't think it'll take very long.

Morgana, on 19 September 2013 - 01:27 PM, said:

Add each Hero, and list each new color that came with them. Also Champion mechs. - Invalid; I'm not counting each variant as a feature and Heroes are just a pay variant.

Double XP for first winning match for each mech per day. - Added

Seismic Sensor - Added

Heck, a Stats page!! - Was in Beta

Testing Grounds - Added but guilty about it (It's broken)

The ability to change colors on Hero Mechs. - Added

Custom skins: Franken (+3 colors), Cobra (+3}, Tarten {+3}, Bucaneer (+3) - You really want to count every single skin as a feature?

Patterns: Tiger, Mountain Line, Vagabond, Digital, Fractal, Sherman, Virus - Same?

Lots of Option Menu additions:
Brightness Slider - Added
Gamma Slider - Added
Damage Glow check box - Added
Throttle Decay - Added
Arm Lock - Added (Even if it hurts the game)

Mouse Settings into options - Added

BattleGrid Command Console - Added

That'll keep you busy for mmmm 20 3 minutes?

[Victor Morson]

Up to 31 now. Only 69 to go before we get to the first 100.

[Tekadept]

Camo change to the founders mechs?
"Tutorial"?

Edited by Tekadept, 19 September 2013 - 11:56 PM.

[The Echo Inside]

Hmm, I tend to consider features to be distinct mechanics and categories, but, this seems fair.

Whatever the intent of the post, I'd actually love to see this completed. If my disappointment with the game/PGI is just a personal perception problem (based on my focus on certain things), it would be a great way to correct that.

So, thanks for putting the time/effort into this (whatever the outcome).

[Victor Morson]

Tekadept, on 19 September 2013 - 11:55 PM, said:

Camo change to the founders mechs?
"Tutorial"?

Updated. We're up to 33.

Only 67 more to go to the first 100.

[Caswallon]

Valient effort Victor. However if "hundreds of features" had indeed been added any company would have already had a list of them surely?
AND
would have made that list available in or around launch to "prove" what they have done. I am not mocking your efforts or the principle here btw. But if we who play the game are struggling to think of features with a target of 200+ it is clear what PGI thinks of as a feature and what actual players do are wildly different.

I agree with your premise that "balance" changes ARE NOT FEATURES any more than adding oil to your cars engine is a "Luxury", if you fail to do it then the engine eventually breaks down....

Anyway back to topic. I had to leave off typing this for a while so maybe these are out of date but has anyone mentioned the Orion yet? Or Phoenix/Saber for that matter and their bonus skins and paints and cockpit items...? Those have to add a few to the list yes?

[Mike Forst]

* Mike Forst making lots of posts

[Tekadept]

178 posts makes me question how much you truly like to post?

[Ter Ushaka]

Mike Forst, on 20 September 2013 - 07:08 AM, said:

* Mike Forst making lots of posts

Feature

[Trev Firestorm]

See, the problem is you aren't doing PGI math where 2+2=4 but 2.0+2.0=4^x+37-24/x where x is the natural log of the number of doritos you've eaten in the past 3 hours. So every color, camo, mech variant, consumable variant etc. is included in their 100s.

[Mike Forst]

Tekadept, on 20 September 2013 - 08:16 AM, said:

178 posts makes me question how much you truly like to post?

Posts down here don't count towards the post count under your name. They do count in profiles though.

[Telemetry]

You guys are really working hard to come up with even 100 features. I think this might be folly.

[Mike Forst]

I'm not working hard on your list at all.

[Ter Ushaka]

That brings us to 35.