Thunderklaws, on 05 August 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:
Sorry; I signed up like three days ago or so; I dont really know their track record as to the "truth" or rather "what has changed in the design philosophy since we last made that statement"
Except theyre testing it not as a locked feature but as a "press this button to enable it", which suggests their design philosophy may have shifted away from where it was when the OP here was made (hence why I keep suggesting that the OP go edit that out)
Would that suggested editing make the OP's statement less dishonest if they changed their plans and merged the views, doing away with the 1PV queue?
Do you think that there are no screenshots captured of that posting?
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Like its worked in every other MW game (hence those ppl who say "well its historicalloy IN MW so..") and destroyed or took over the multiplayer in all those games too.
The original MW was 1PV only, but I consider the previous versions largely irrelevant except for the lessons that can be learned. 3PV was indeed available in MW4, but it was also possible to select Forced First Person View in the server / lobby. 3PV did NOT take over multiplayer everywhere. The NBT league operated as 1PV only for all league matches and went along fine for years.
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There is a marked difference in the nature of PGI's post back in July 2012.
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/23396-3rd-person-mwo-link-to-this-when-needed/
and the OP of this thread.
http://mwomercs.com/...095-3rd-person/
In the first, there are qualifiers ... "near future" and "very far off in the distance". In the second one we have a very clear, no qualifier, bolded and underlined statement...
- Players will never be forced to use or play against other players using 3rd person.
If PGI goes back on that, there is no way to spin it as anything short of a flat out misrepresentation of the future of the game. The statement was made by them as an absolute, and they need to live by it. If they were not, and are not committed to that, then they should not have made such an absolute statement utilizing the word "
never".
Yes, (before somebody brings it up again), things change in the business world. But business people that are to be trusted know that and remain mindful of that
before making such absolute statements. They could have used qualifiers, but
chose not to. So be it. Talk the talk, then walk the walk...
When this 3PV issue initially got floated out there (Russ B's interview over beers) I decided to stop spending any more money on MWO until I had a reason to believe that they would not totally muck up 1PV only play. When we finally got enough information on how there would be 1PV only (hardcore) play in scheduled Merc matches in Community Warfare... that, combined with the absolute nature of that statement in the OP of this thread convinced me that it could still work out OK, and that they were serious enough about it to warrant spending some more money with them. I have done so... for now. If the 1PV only queue goes away, I seriously doubt that I would continue to do so. I also seriously doubt that I'm the only player with that view on the subject.
3PV advocates, you're getting your 3PV option. Enjoy it. Make suggestions to PGI on how to make it's game play whatever constitutes "awesome!" in your minds. But have the decency to leave the hardcore (1PV only) queue alone and allow PGI to at least stay true to their word on this. PGI has taken enough of a self-inflicted credibility hit already. Making a habit of breaking one's word to customers is not a particularly wise business practice. The internet has a long memory... and screen capture programs.