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[Council13]

So I started playing in September as soon as the game went "live" and off of Beta. While I have enjoyed myself and admittedly even contributed a small amount of real $$ to the effort, I have to admit that after 6 or so weeks of playing, the majority of my enjoyment and enthusiasm is fueled by nostalgia and the simple fact that I've sorely missed playing anything Mechwarrior-like for 10 or so years. The thirst for something new in thie genre made me ignore much of the shortcomings innitially. But now as much of the "new, shiny" feeling is subsiding, severe boredom is setting in.

The Mechwarrior/Battletech universe is so rich, and full of design options... yet after all this developement, and what, a year or so of public beta - we basically have a reasonable number of mechs, about 12 maps, and a whole 2 battle types? That is really, really sad. Further more, my dissapointment is also riddled with a bit of concern. Quite a bit of missed deadlines, broken promises, and evidence on multiple occasions of "test rollouts" resulting in really poor results. That all just doesn't bode well. Yet Piranah has no qualms asking up to $80 for purchases that provide not much more than a few nicely painted mechs, extra bays, and useless cockpit ornamentation. That is A LOT of money, for very, very little.

I hope this is all just a learning experience, and one that the dev's are actively learning from and will show signs of improvement going forward. I really, really want this title to become something..but I can't shake the feeling that it must at least make a statement soon. In the state that things are in currently, there is so little to keep people paying attention, not to mention paying actual $$, that boredom and dissinterest will drive so many people away that when actual content is added, it'll be far to late.

Edited by Council13, 13 November 2013 - 01:05 AM.

[Anjian]

Same here. Same here.

[Loc Nar]

Don't worry, you're in good company at least, we all expected more... but if you started playing in Sept, why post with a fresh alt? It makes it makes it look like you're sockpuppeting, even though there are legit things to complain about.

[dal10]

least it is slightly less broken than when it started.