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[Threat Doc]

I've heard some great and positive accolades in this thread, PGI, especially from some who have been more negatively outspoken. Keep up the good work, gang.

[Bishop Steiner]

Jeez man another post where you told us nothing we didn't already know a year ago.........

because all our QQers are apparently clairvoyant and such. Nice info updates, which IMO, adds quite a bit of clarity to the earlier announced broad strokes.
Thanks for the communication man!

[DevilCrayon]

"Stakeholders", like many words, is overloaded with multiple meanings that vary with context. In software development it means something different than in, say, finance. Both meanings are correct.

[vectorpirate]

Thanks for the update, Bryan! Will there be any more info on requirements for DX11 before it goes into PT?

M4NTiC0R3X, on 08 October 2013 - 01:43 PM, said:

primary Stakeholders- usually internal stakeholders, are those that engage in economic transactions with the business. (For example stockholders, customers, suppliers, creditors, and employees)

Thanks for clearing that up, facts are always good things to have in a disagreement. Keep the fights on the battlefield, gents.

[bar10jim]

Aristotelis, on 08 October 2013 - 01:37 PM, said:

Crossfire and Sli support please??

Try this: http://mwomercs.com/...63#entry2228463

[MechFrog1]

So staggered UI2.0 Launch, bleeding into next year. Neat... just neat...

Glad we could finally deal with those "were users". Nasty bunch when you're short on silver bullets.

[Voidsinger]

DevilCrayon, on 08 October 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

"Stakeholders", like many words, is overloaded with multiple meanings that vary with context. In software development it means something different than in, say, finance. Both meanings are correct.

Exactly.

I think we need to be told who the stakeholders are that are going to be having input. Development and creative teams are one thing (being internal stakeholders). What worries me is who they will consider as external stakeholders, the supposed community representatives, who may well have conflicts of interest, and may bias things in certain ways.

[Bishop Steiner]

Voidsinger, on 08 October 2013 - 01:53 PM, said:

Exactly.

I think we need to be told who the stakeholders are that are going to be having input. Development and creative teams are one thing (being internal stakeholders). What worries me is who they will consider as external stakeholders, the supposed community representatives, who may well have conflicts of interest, and may bias things in certain ways.

I should be a Stakeholder.

Only way we will EVER get the bleeding Urbanmech.......

[LongJohnSilver]

BillTheTurnip, on 08 October 2013 - 12:48 PM, said:

So the only thing you are doing is putting in more mechs and a new map for October.

LOTS OF PROGRESS BEING MADE HERE GUYS!

Did you even read the post?
They clearly said that public tests for DX11 and elements of UI 2.0 are coming out in October. READ IT FIRST!

[Mighty Spike]

Thx for the update

[Scarlet Tempest]

I approve, Thanks for the update <3

[Macbrea]

I think people are reading too much into the work 'Stake Holder'. It means you, the customer. They asked your opinion and you gave it to them in the following two threads... and about 50 others along the way...

http://mwomercs.com/...ui-20-feedback/

http://mwomercs.com/...ial-discussion/
Do people honestly think a company that is trying to put out a good game isn't going to listen at all to their customer base? You people are way too Jaded. Normally, a company only gives out as much information as they have when it's pretty much done. They are working out final kinks in internal testing for the basic UI. At that point, they can start adding features to the UI as fast as they can program. Agile programming is probably the fastest method out there, that produces reliable code. The fastest is RADD (Rapid Application Disposable Development). This is where they put something into game and let the customer tell them if it works. No testing, just go with it.

They have put out a quality product. They are trying to keep up the product in order to keep being able to put out more product.

[Lord Ikka]

Thank you for actively working with the community and actually giving us some of the plans/parameters for future feature development.

[stjobe]

Horusv2, on 08 October 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

Most of this features are in early development lol. What exactly where you doing the last Year?

Well, for one they rewrote the entire netcode from client-side to server-authoritative (a.k.a. Host State Rewind).
They introduced five new maps and three variants of old maps, along with 14 new 'mechs.
They introduced a new game mode, modules, a new camo and paint system, several performance improvements, and messed around with weapon balance a lot.

But mainly the rewriting the entire game engine bit. That probably took way, way longer than they expected (in no small part because several problems that looked to be in the MWO code - HUD bugs, I'm looking at you - turned out to be deeply buried in the CryEngine code).

Edit: Oh, I forgot: DX11 - the game started out as DX9, and we had a few false starts with DX11 before they decided to upgrade to a later version of CryEngine (which they then rewrote to server-authoritative). I guess they had to do all the DX11 stuff again after that, because we haven't seen a DX11 client again until now.

Edited by stjobe, 08 October 2013 - 02:12 PM.

[MechanicalBlade]

Seems IGP has lessened their grip a bit...Keep it up PGI

[BillTheTurnip]

LongJohnSilver, on 08 October 2013 - 01:56 PM, said:

Did you even read the post?
They clearly said that public tests for DX11 and elements of UI 2.0 are coming out in October. READ IT FIRST!

did you?
"We should be seeing the following features on PT:

• UI 2.0 MechLab
  
• DX 11 + Engine Update"

He says we "SHOULD" be seeing them, he never says we WILL be seeing them, and seeing as how this is pgi I GUARANTEE WE WILL NOT SEE UI 2.0 OR DX 11 THIS MONTH.

[stjobe]

BillTheTurnip, on 08 October 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

did you?
"We should be seeing the following features on PT:

• UI 2.0 MechLab
  
• DX 11 + Engine Update"

He says we "SHOULD" be seeing them, he never says we WILL be seeing them, and seeing as how this is pgi I GUARANTEE WE WILL NOT SEE UI 2.0 OR DX 11 THIS MONTH.

Quoting for posterity, will be interesting to check back on November 1st to see what the Turnip's guarantee is worth.

[Roadbeer]

BillTheTurnip, on 08 October 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

I GUARANTEE WE WILL NOT SEE UI 2.0 OR DX 11 THIS MONTH.

I wish I had opted for the crystal ones... mine are just steel

[Roadbeer]

When the fans are happy... they eat their young.

[MavRCK]

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If you pre-ordered a Phoenix package (excluding Saber package) before October 15th you can expect everything to be delivered into your account during downtime on the 15th. Players who have purchased Overlord or Guardian packages will be able to select and redeem between 2 and 4 cockpit hanging items from the 6 available factions. You will be able to select any combination of hanging items.

These cockpit items give a loyalty bonus to their faction. How do I know what faction I want to support without knowing their benefits?

Can we choose the cockpit items later when factions and their benefits are known and explained in Community Warfare releases??