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[MustrumRidcully]

The first person we should be able to trust balancing the game should be Paul.

We probably generally do not anymore. That saddens me. I wonder how much of the problems MW:O suffers from is because PGI does not dare to backtrack major decisions made in the past? I mean, i can understand it we've spend basically a year or more with some of those decisions and worked a lot around it. But sometimes you still have to backtrack stuff. It's not easy, I know how this is from the software perspective.

Two years ago, we revamped a fundamental core aspect of our software. It requires a lot of dedication and work. But I dare say it was worth the effort. There is so much we can finally do now that was very difficult to implement before.

[Rasc4l]

I remember these nicknames making pretty solid arguments, I would endorse them:

Homeless Bill

Victor Morson

MustrumRidcully

and DarkJaguar based on this single post I know from him:

http://mwomercs.com/...-balancing-mwo/

[xenoglyph]

Ralgas, on 13 July 2013 - 01:19 AM, said:

Once again, it's giving us an informed choice based off whats going on, as the issue with lights relates to a hit detection bug that they don't have a time frame on fixing simply making the choice will lead to griping either way.

Repeating yourself doesn't make your point any more valid. You seem to think that the players know more about balance than Paul and are better suited to make the decision. Unfortunately you're probably right. I was only saying that it shouldn't be that way.

It doesn't matter that there will be griping either way, there's still only one mathematically correct answer to the question. Balance isn't about feelings; it's about hard, cold numbers. Paul should be the best prepared to answer that question correctly.

Edited by xenoglyph, 15 July 2013 - 10:53 PM.

[Sir Roland MXIII]

Eh guess I haven't paid enough attention, then again I try to stay away from General and Suggestions. No vote from me, I have no idea who's who so therefore cannot and will not vote. I will however pay more attention to that in the future.

xenoglyph, on 15 July 2013 - 10:47 PM, said:

Repeating yourself doesn't make your point any more valid. You seem to think that the players know more about balance than Paul and are better suited to make the decision. Unfortunately you're probably right. I was only saying that it shouldn't be that way.

It doesn't matter that there will be griping either way, there's still only one mathematically correct answer to the question. Balance isn't about feelings; it's about hard, cold numbers. Paul should be the best prepared to answer that question correctly.

Paul's not the only one at PGI with a brain like a bag full of cats, either. From the way they act, the top 3 at PGI seem to be completely confused at finding themselves having been painted into a corner, much less why they're holding a used paintbrush in each hand.

Edited by Sir Roland MXIII, 15 July 2013 - 11:51 PM.

[PanzerMagier]

which is why I've taken the time to send IGP a letter of how much of a threat PGI's leading devs pose to their wallets.

If you're going to ignore your community, you might as well ignore the fact they are willing to spend money.

[Sir Roland MXIII]

PanzerMagier, on 18 July 2013 - 02:33 PM, said:

which is why I've taken the time to send IGP a letter of how much of a threat PGI's leading devs pose to their wallets.

If you're going to ignore your community, you might as well ignore the fact they are willing to spend money.

Hell, I've messaged Garth about my closed wallet directly, told them what and why etc and how they could change that. Doubt anything will come of it but we'll see.

[PanzerMagier]

No no, sending garth won't help jack snitz. You need to send to IGP. The guys who fund MWO the guys who pay a precious amount of investment. Once they feel threatened, Your publishers will start protecting you from your self. Or at least if that doesn't happen, MWO will turn out to be half baked, dropped like a squid and I imagine the entire crowd just flocking over to LL.

[GaussDragon]

I'll throw me vote to Victor and PEEF since I'm most ideologically aligned with them.

Victor Morson, on 12 July 2013 - 11:09 PM, said:

I anti-nominate PHt. He holds TT in such insanely high regard he won't even admit the balance problems within that game.

This.

[Chavette]

I vote fubdub because our trolls play together really well. I just wish he would recognize me in game, but hes probably crunk half the time anyway.

[PanzerMagier]

Rasc4l, on 15 July 2013 - 04:53 AM, said:

I remember these nicknames making pretty solid arguments, I would endorse them:

Homeless Bill

Victor Morson

MustrumRidcully

and DarkJaguar based on this single post I know from him:

http://mwomercs.com/...-balancing-mwo/

With a little more reading, I'd agree with this post. Those are good votes.

I can't vote for peef, anyone who's foolish enough to believe that an inaccurate value (elo) can be effectively used in a team based game and should be displayed so that one can wag his e-peen around use it to assess whether a person's opinion matter is on a new level of a delusional state. What's more peef is always the first to come cry on the forums when lights are no longer incredibly overpowered.

Edited by PanzerMagier, 22 July 2013 - 04:42 AM.

[Steve Varayis]

Needs moar civility

[PanzerMagier]

Steve Varayis, on 25 July 2013 - 02:16 AM, said:

Needs moar civility

Then certain people shouldn't even post here.

[Liberator]

Homeless Bill

Most of what he say sounds solid.

[PanzerMagier]

Liberator, on 27 July 2013 - 01:36 PM, said:

Homeless Bill

Most of what he say sounds solid.

This man read and understands the title.

[CyclonerM]

Homeless Bill. His solution was interesting, viable and i really liked the idea..

[Blue Footed Booby]

Just wanna point out that the highest level players typically do most of their discussing with other high level players in the private boards for whatever organized group they're a part of. The next most common place for real design insight will be sites like Mittani's blog, which has hosted a load of great articles from PoptartsNinja, tank boy ken, etc.

If people from the official forums were to pick other people from the official forums, the results would most likely be much the same as if you picked the most talented musician via number of facebook likes--a measure of overall popularity, demographics of the venue doing the voting, and nothing else.

[Renaissance]

Steve Varayis, he knows what he's talking about and keeps things fresh.

[PanzerMagier]

Renaissance, on 10 August 2013 - 02:12 AM, said:

Steve Varayis, he knows what he's talking about and keeps things fresh.

God no, next think you know, we get a "fresh" patch where if you alpha strike more than 2 ppcs it gives you a "fresh" warning that your mech is not "fresh enough"...