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[sokitumi]

Dawnstealer, on 05 September 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

...there isn't another Mechwarrior game out there, is there? So...what? You just hang out here?
It's like a party where all the guests are dead and you're screaming at the cake. Congratulations..

since we're doing absurd analogies and all... maybe this will help illustrate.

PGI- Hey man i heard you like cake? Well i just reinvented the triple dipped better-than-mechs cake. No one's seen a cake like this in 12 years. Yeah i heard it was your favorite. I know, I know... We are awesome for reinventing this recipe.. please (only) praise us like you should. Here take a look in this box, it has our "closed alpha" cake in it.



ME- "Oh.. that looks amazing. Here's some money." *takes a bite.. *sour face

PGI - "No really were still working on it, IT'S A BETA™ CAKE"

12 months later



PGI - "yeah this thing is TOTALLY ready to be reviewed, and it's now the only cake in town, how can we possibly go wrong?"

[KovarD]

Dawnstealer, on 05 September 2013 - 12:27 PM, said:

It's a computer game. A GAME.

For PGI its their job. A JOB.

[k0sh]

I joined recently. I thought that accusations are all wrong when people started pulling of Phoenix pre-order 2-3 patches before. Now I came to this point I'll have to pull out my Phoenix as well. As long as there is no visible changes they will not get any more support from me, including Premium. I don't really care if you say "they need money to continue" 18 months it's being continued from what I see. I'll let them milk newbies now I'm done. My Uncle once told me "don't put money on to something that's not yours" Time to use his advice.


Rant off
Critics on

K0sh

[Sean von Steinike]

jozkhan, on 05 September 2013 - 08:03 AM, said:

That's over 20,000 founders lost then?

That's knee deep in canaries

Don't worry, Founders are apparently not their target demographic.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

"Hey guys we're terrible at communication, we know, we have realized this, we're going to totally do a better job of it in the future."

As usual information is scattered to the 4 winds, and not on the official website

As to having lost 20,000 founders, i wouldn't call that a positive thing, and im pretty certain it's more than that but as usual they are {Scrap} at stats.
They don't include the people who only logged in on patch day, and left again.

Ie: try to only include those that log in more than x times in 30 days...not just once.

Edited by DV McKenna, 05 September 2013 - 02:19 PM.

[Aeolus Drift]

Dawnstealer, on 05 September 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

And yeah: there isn't another Mechwarrior game out there, is there? So...what? You just hang out here?

Technically there is Living Legends, which did just release an installer for those who don't have Crysis. just saying.

[Appogee]

This thread should have been entitled:

LETDOWN ON LAUNCH FROM BRYAN EKMAN


:-)

[Dawnstealer]

Sidekick, on 05 September 2013 - 01:46 PM, said:

I am really sorry, but you have just activated my trap card.

What a brilliant trap card. So you, what? Just drop by to occasionally gloat or make clever posts like the one above? Because that's amazing.

And yes: I'm saying that if you, or anyone, doesn't like this game, they shouldn't play it. If they don't think anything will change, they should leave and play something else like Star Citizen, GTA XVLCCII or whatever it is, or anything else.

Either enough of you guys will leave that PGI will have to change something and you'll get your wish that way, or they won't, will fail, and someone, eventually, will pick up the mantle and try again.

In your condescending response, you never once considered that maybe I followed this game for a while before finally hopping on the train when I felt the game was in a stable place where I wanted actually wanted to play; where I would actually enjoy playing. Where the bugs were being hammered out.

You see, unlike what you apparently did, I looked at it and saw "Beta" and realized that the game was likely to be an error-filled mess while they tweaked things. Perhaps even a political mess as the devs tried desperately to get the game to a working, playable state before their own deadlines.

So no, Sidekick, I'm not completely ignorant to this whole thing, and I have invested in this game in the form of Premium Time, MCs, and the Overlord Package. Just because I didn't jump on day one, doesn't mean I'm some ignorant moron who "wasn't there."

You were. And now you're a jaded mess who likes to condescend to people on a message board for a game you profess not to play anymore. Why should I at all care what you have to say?

[Snuglninja]

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? No CW???????????????????????????? 3 PV???????????????????WTF is PGI making the game they said they were or is this war z all over?

[Roadbeer]

Snuglninja, on 05 September 2013 - 02:50 PM, said:

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? No CW???????????????????????????? 3 PV???????????????????WTF is PGI making the game they said they were or is this war z all over?

Awesome, you've used all the question marks that the interwebs is allotted on a daily basis. Now thanks to you and sequestration cuts, I have to use exclamation points and tildes... hope your happy ~ (<question mark COULD have gone there)

[Snuglninja]

I had nothing to do since I quit mwo so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roadbeer]

Snuglninja, on 05 September 2013 - 03:00 PM, said:

I had nothing to do since I quit mwo so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Annoying use of punctuation AND a quitter that still posts. You're just a trolls feedbag aren't you ~ (<another perfect spot for the depleted question mark)

[Snuglninja]

yes and you are a douche
but funny

[Monky]

Appogee, on 05 September 2013 - 12:24 PM, said:

I'm sure they know exactly what the data means. They are just trying to spin it to look better than it is.

If they knew what it meant, they would move with urgency to reverse the trend. Instead we get 3PV and ghostheat.

[Novakaine]

This ship is heading to port.

[Roadbeer]

Awesome, because, you know... less than 2 weeks from launch, there isn't any pressure to create a finished product... or at the very least... pretend to.

[Zolaz]

Well, you can tell where PGI's priorities are if the only thing new at launch is the Cash Store.

[Wolfways]

Dawnstealer, on 05 September 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

Care enough to talk about how horrible the game is, how horrible PGI is, how they were lied to, how this game will fail, how anyone who disagrees with them is clearly ignorant? That kind of caring? That's a special kind of caring, right there.

Also quoting one sentence out of a multi-paragraph point is a phenomenal way to make a point. Well done.

And yeah: there isn't another Mechwarrior game out there, is there? So...what? You just hang out here?

It's like a party where all the guests are dead and you're screaming at the cake. Congratulations.

What do you expect them to talk about? How great the game is?
And i only quoted your last line because there was no need to quote the rest as that line was the gist of your post. If you get bored you'll move on.

[HeavyRain]

Zolaz, on 05 September 2013 - 03:25 PM, said:

Well, you can tell where PGI's priorities are if the only thing new at launch is the Cash Store.

Well, why not?
They have proven to themselves that all they have to do is show a drawing from a famous mech and people **** their pants and go "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"
I am willing to bet 2 ERPPCs and a Jenner-K that they could leave the game in the state that it's in and introduce 4 Clan Mechs for the low, low price of $120 (omg, with FREE mechbays and a Clan Medallion!) and people would throw money at them...again.

[GalaxyBluestar]

well this confirms things for a lot of us. since janurary so many of us said, "CW will make or break this game" and for months people making threads about it were deleted. so now we know, there will be no CW and there's no telling when there'll be anything of it. phase 1 by christmas perhaps since the loyaty points are being coupled with phonix stuff and that's when people will recieve those packages.

still without CW game is broken.

and never mind the 50% founders playing {scrap} how about we're nearly a year into open beta ie: anyone can come and play, yet PGI still have something like under half a mil so active players or at least an number too embarressing that it might be misconstrude to show the online player count. after nearly a year's time for gathering players, afraid to show the online player count is what scares me for a failed game. maybe that's why they went 3pv and coolshot and champions to replace trials with cadet bonuses etc. this is one desperate company who can't build and fix stuff quick enough {zoom gets fixed, took a year to do it} and are gagging for new players as old ones get fed up with glacial dissapointment and move on.

Edited by GalaxyBluestar, 05 September 2013 - 05:22 PM.