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[The Trice]

Time is out , no July CDU , and the directors aren't giving a **** ..... Do they even see this posts ?

Edited by The Trice, 15 July 2013 - 05:31 PM.

[Wintersdark]

NamesAreStupid, on 12 July 2013 - 06:22 PM, said:

Bioware is not what it used to be.

*points at EA* That's why.

It's a terrible, terrible thing. Bioware's pre-EA games were all in my favourite games of all time.

[Deathlike]

Remember the days where the monthy dev updates were cool?

Maybe it would've contained a surprise...

http://mwomercs.com/...evs-36-answers/

AtD #36 said:

PaladinXIII: Will there be a Medium mech build contest soon?
A: We plan to do at least one contest per quarter. Next up – Assaults.

Note: The Heavy mech build contest was in March IIRC.

But... there's no affirmation or confirmation... so I'm sure it's kinda like this:

Same AtD #36 post said:

carl Kerensky: How soon will we see Direct X 11 implementation? Would it be possible to see some screenshots on the visual improvements?
A: It’s almost done and in final QA testing. No screenshots available. DX11 isn’t a huge graphical improvement out of the box. Most of the bells and whistles require us to invest time in adding new features to the engine.

Of course, this was said 3 months ago.

[Bad Andy]

post july update now



OR THE CAT GET ITZ

[Devil Fox]

Bad Andy, on 15 July 2013 - 11:31 PM, said:

post july update now



OR THE CAT GET ITZ

Wait, why are we giving the kitty a gun?!

[The Trice]

Kill the cat!

[101011]

This is getting absurd. Could someone from PGI at least make a post explaining why there is no CDU for this month?

[Belorion]

I don't think we are getting it... nor will we get an explanation as why. This is reminiscent of the great mech announcement blackout.

[MoonUnitBeta]

Just let the guys work. Whatever was in the update we saw already, and it wasn’t anything new they haven’t talked about before. Let them work on more meaningful things instead of catering to our burning desires to horde information for our own selfish gain. It doesn’t really help them out much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s neat to be included, but it’s really not necessary when compared to keeping the company running fluently to complete deadlines before launch.

[Sybreed]

MoonUnitBeta, on 18 July 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

Just let the guys work. Whatever was in the update we saw already, and it wasn’t anything new they haven’t talked about before. Let them work on more meaningful things instead of catering to our burning desires to horde information for our own selfish gain. It doesn’t really help them out much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s neat to be included, but it’s really not necessary when compared to keeping the company running fluently to complete deadlines before launch.

that's the thing, I think Bryan has been on vacations for almost a month now, judging by his and Russ' post about him being in Vegas.

[Padic]

Sybreed, on 18 July 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

that's the thing, I think Bryan has been on vacations for almost a month now, judging by his and Russ' post about him being in Vegas.

I haven't noticed him taking a vacation in the past year. Could have a lot of time-off saved up.

The only frustrating thing to me is that the update that got skipped was right when the "J" months were back-to-back.

For the sake of my sanity, after 50+ pages of this, can we please stop bumping this thread?

Is there a way I can request a mod to lock it?

[Belorion]

Sybreed, on 18 July 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

that's the thing, I think Bryan has been on vacations for almost a month now, judging by his and Russ' post about him being in Vegas.

Whats going to happen in Mechwarrior stays in Vegas?

*I think they got the saying wrong*

[Amsro]

I thought one person might take the bait!

[Tragos]

It is hard to believe though, that they have exactly one guy who is responsible for those announcements - and he suddenly disappeared without a trace.

I mean...a short "sorry, no CDU this month due to ...." wouldn't kill them, would it? (I hope not) If you want your CDU - just move to Germany! It is the major political party here

Edited by Tragos, 19 July 2013 - 04:26 AM.

[Shiro Matsumoto]

Tragos, on 19 July 2013 - 04:24 AM, said:

It is hard to believe though, that they have exactly one guy who is responsible for those announcements - and he suddenly disappeared without a trace.

I mean...a short "sorry, no CDU this month due to ...." wouldn't kill them, would it? (I hope not) If you want your CDU - just move to Germany! It is the major political party here

Actually theres a growing fraction that do not want a CDU in Germany.. in MWO, we want

[Aesthir]

I don't think we're getting Creative Director Updates anymore for this reason: they don't want to be held accountable for any feature being implemented by the September launch. Did you read the Ask the Devs 42? The #1 question was "Please, give us some idea what the game will be like at launch." and they were jumpier and more evasive than a suspected murder at the victim's funeral.

If they start releasing more CDU's, people might get very upset when the game at launch looks EXACTLY LIKE IT DOES NOW. There's not going to be any community warfare beyond a reputation grind system. The game is just going to be more of the same: 1 game mode (sorry devs, Assault isn't a game mode, it's the absence of a game mode) and a new map released every few months in an attempt to lure people back to their latest sale, the sales having replaced the traditional notion of patches.The game should be renamed "Mechwarrior PvP Skirmish".

When September 17 rolls around, the big reveal for the launch is going to be the UI 2.0. A slick, shiny graphical overlay that may make some things a bit easier, but isn't anything more than a new coat of paint.

Look, I'm a big fan of Mechwarrior. Not quite so big as the people holding a first edition tabletop rulebook over their head and screaming "Bow before your LORD!", but I like the franchise. It's kept me coming back long past the point where I would have shelved any other game. But there is a question that should be asked, and game developers should not be allowed off the hook until they've answered satisfactiorily:

"What is there to DO in your game?"

[The Trice]

Sybreed, on 18 July 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

that's the thing, I think Bryan has been on vacations for almost a month now, judging by his and Russ' post about him being in Vegas.

They have to spent the millions they gain , and best way to spend it , is a nice vacation to Vegas

[Steadfast]

To me it seems that they are beeing nonprofessionell and are just stubborn.
Not even, as mentioned before, a heads up like "sorry, we won't do it this( ... or ever again) month.". I would think it nice that the company cares enough for its customers that they keep them informed about stuff.
I ask myself why, whats bad with communication nowadays. Seriously, it P.... me off to no end that companies today seem to think its better to sit one out than to give even the most basic information.
Whatever. not that anybody cares as it seems.

[Chemie]

I think the point is that there is no update because there are no plans. Balance and MAYBE UI2 between now and launch. No new features so nothing to post.

[BlackDrakon]

How can this be? PGI is avoiding the community now? wth?? 22 days and still no July update....

I guess I´m not preordering the damn Phoenix program...