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[Novakaine]

Roadbeer you should run for President.
The polls are detecting a 14 point shift in you direction.
Heck I'd even vote for ya.

[Roadbeer]

I'm perfectly happy being the K Town baker.

Though, if nominated, I'd probably run on the "Evil Premade" ticket.

[Eboli]

My heart fell out of the game a number of months ago due to a number of issues - similar to a lot of other Founders Players.

I will very infrequently pop in for a game or two to see how things are going but quickly leave as my heart is no longer in it and content does not change much at all.

I really hope that the game will improve but I do not think the future bodes well for the game and would not be shocked if a closing down annoucement gets published or something better - the game gets bought out by another publisher (please not EA) who injects new money and game content into it.

Cheers!
Eboli.

[dal10]

Roadbeer, on 17 November 2013 - 05:47 PM, said:

I'm perfectly happy being the K Town baker.

Though, if nominated, I'd probably run on the "Evil Premade" ticket.

but i thought you were on the side of premades not being evil...

[Roadbeer]

dal10, on 17 November 2013 - 05:53 PM, said:

but i thought you were on the side of premades not being evil...

Well, in reality Premades are NOT evil. But this is the interwebz where facts and opinions are interchangeable, so while the FACT is that premades are not evil, it is the opinion of some that they are.

It is THAT demographic I'll be pandering to.

That is, IF I get the nomination.

Edited by Roadbeer, 17 November 2013 - 05:58 PM.

[Artgathan]

The game is starting to drag for me. The lack of any real new content is starting to grate on my nerves. A few of the more pressing issues in my opinion are the sizing issues in the game (mechs being too large / small for their weight) and the fact that different chassis / variants are pointless. The CN9-D and TBT-7K are essentially the same mech. The WVR-6R will obsolete the CN9-A. The BLR-1G is a better AWS-8Q. The JR7-K is a better RVN-2X. Unlimited customization means that the only thing that matters are what hardpoints a mech has, and those come in limited combinations. There's no 'character' to different mechs / variants.

This is further exacerbated by current weapon balance issues (and the fact that SRMs are useless due to poor hit detection and LRMs are extremely situational, making mechs with missile hardpoints a liability).

We've been playing the same two game modes for a long time. They're ok, but they always play out the same ways in PUGs, making them tactically uninteresting. We're also missing Information Warfare. We have a very rudimentary version, but it's extremely unsatisfying and binary. We have no "class" warfare or "role specialization" either - the pilot / skill tree is a joke. There's no choices to be made. (For a more interesting pilot tree, consider the one in Hawken - you have several different categories that can be improved to different levels, but you don't have enough 'skill points' to improve each category to the highest level).

Players have been pining for things that also won't change anything. Tonnage limits don't mean medium mechs will be better - they just mean that more people will have to use them. DX11 is like putting lipstick on a horse: it doesn't make it a better cow. UI2.0 is a long overdue feature that makes the game easier to navigate, but doesn't actually add anything to gameplay.

I'm divided on the impact CW will have. Yes, it could make the game more interesting for players in Merc Corps (for faction players / lone wolves the game will be unchanged), but it won't change the fundamental play of the game.

[Corvus Antaka]

in right before page 10?

[Roadbeer]

It's good to have goals

[dal10]

Roadbeer, on 17 November 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

Well, in reality Premades are NOT evil. But this is the interwebz where facts and opinions are interchangeable, so while the FACT is that premades are not evil, it is the opinion of some that they are.

It is THAT demographic I'll be pandering to.

That is, IF I get the nomination.

fair enough

[Mister Blastman]

Roadbeer, on 17 November 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

Nope, you don't get to do that. You don't get to say he has valid points just addressed them poorly. That's coddling the petulant. Worst thing that ever happened was making it illegal to discipline your children for poor behavior. When a point is made intelligently, I'll respond in kind. Until then, I'll be here to mock childish behavior for what it really is.

You are a waste of air.



Much?

If you were half as smart as your post count, then you would have read plenty of my concise, pointed and descriptive posts of what is and is not wrong. I will not bemuse or cosset you with any of them. Good day, sir.

[Roadbeer]

Mister Blastman, on 17 November 2013 - 06:55 PM, said:

You are a waste of air.

If you were half as smart as your post count, then you would have read plenty of my concise, pointed and descriptive posts of what is and is not wrong.

Not buying it, you shouldn't sell it.

[dal10]

i am going to stick with roadbeer here. K-town arguably has some of the best threads on the forums and it is a place littered with the exiled and burned posts of flamewars past.

[Roadbeer]

dal10, on 17 November 2013 - 07:00 PM, said:

i am going to stick with roadbeer here. K-town arguably has some of the best threads on the forums and it is a place littered with the exiled and burned posts of flamewars past.

As an amateur curator of K Town, I am privy to much rampant neckbeardery that many posters somehow forget they were part of and hopes doesn't see the light of day.

Not to mention, many bad threads become good there because they are free from the normal restrictions of polite General Discussionism, and conversation can be argued without the infection of mouth-breathers polluting the topic.

Edited by Roadbeer, 17 November 2013 - 07:06 PM.

[Mister Blastman]

Roadbeer, on 17 November 2013 - 06:58 PM, said:

Not buying it, you shouldn't sell it.

[Roadbeer]

Mister Blastman, on 17 November 2013 - 07:07 PM, said:

That reminds me, I should shut off my irrigation system before it gets below freezing.

[Mister Blastman]

Roadbeer, on 17 November 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

That reminds me, I should shut off my irrigation system before it gets below freezing.

[Roadbeer]

Mister Blastman, on 17 November 2013 - 07:14 PM, said:

Oh, and check for dead-falls in my tree.

I take it back Blastman, you ARE quite helpfull.

[GalaxyBluestar]

^^^^^

now that is hijacking/derailing OP

Edited by GalaxyBluestar, 17 November 2013 - 07:17 PM.

[Roadbeer]

Soon

[dal10]

i'm game. lets redeem this thread.