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[KovarD]

Alexandrix, on 11 December 2013 - 12:46 PM, said:

I'm guessing you haven't spent the last *nearly* two years watching PGI poop on one of your favorite childhood IP's huh?

Clans early 2013? Trollollolol nope
CW 90 days after open beta? Trollololol nope
UI 2.0 after at least a year of it being mentioned? Trollololol nope
DX 11 after a year at minimum? Trollololol nope

Glacial development pace? Yep
Terrible community interaction? Yep
Ridiculous {Scrap} running rampant for long periods of time in game? Yep
Repeatedly breaking promises made to core founders? Yep
Dismissing said promises and founders as "their position at the time" or "no longer the target demographic"? Yep
Demeaning players via social media? Yep


Plenty of silly junk to waste MC/money on tho!! Make sure you run out and buy another mech pack!!

With all the money thrown their way,you'd think there would be some sort of positive progress within a years time.

People have plenty of reason to be upset and pessimistic.

but,you know,first world problems and all that.

Don't get me wrong,I really really do hope MWO pulls a rabbit out of it's hat and surprises the hell out of all of us.I really do hope PGI gets it's **** together and gets back on track to make this a truly amazing game;But , I just don't see it happening.

MWO is a shell of a game.Counterstrike in robots.I'm afraid that will be all it ever is.And that sucks.

[Armored Yokai]

it appears to be a loki
http://www.sarna.net...llbringer_(Loki)
look closely at the arms and torso

Edited by Cementblade, 11 December 2013 - 01:10 PM.

[Sephlock]

Lindonius, on 10 December 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:

I'm absolutely sure clans are coming soon. Without clan tech. So they can release another load of packages that they can sell while continuing to promise that CW is still "on it's way". And when the final cash cow of clan packs is done, then it's time for the fat lady's musical number.

Nope, then comes the Steiner-Davion alliance and IS knockoffs of clan tech

Then comes Heavy Lasers and Rotary Autocannons and other advanced tech, and then..

WORD OF BLAKE, with a commemorative additional hero mech:

[Karyudo ds]

...At least they rescuplted the Atlas again after that.

[Bhael Fire]

Morang, on 11 December 2013 - 12:26 PM, said:

Unfortunately, Clans will be "prepared" by PGI to be balanced against IS tech. They explicitly stated that Clan Tech of the 3050 Invasion will not be OP,...

AS IT ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND SHOULD BE, PERIOD!!!

I dreamed to see 5 vs 12 matches (Star vs Company), but unfortunately PGI can't balance by numbers, because their palyerbase is too scarce to complicate matchmaker even more and because they are probably afraid of IS mechs becoming obsolete and Clan Mechs emerging as kinda P2W.

So yes, we are ready, don't get too excited. It's possible that Clan Tech balance will initially be somewhat offset (though not necessary making the Clans more powerful and not other way), but it will more or less settle down eventually.

Yeah, they have made it very clear they are not using the TT stats and values for Clan mechs. But I suspect they intend to keep Clan mechs slightly more powerful — not "cheat mode" powerful — but more powerful in the spirit of the TT rules.

Also, they can absolutely balance matches with player numbers too, though I doubt they will keep the 5-Point Star formations because of how the match interface is designed (unless they change it with UI 2.0) . But even if they do all the balancing acts they can muster up, it won't address the real problem with Clans.

The real problem they will face no matter how balanced they make Clan mechs is the "cool" factor. Many players will still want to pilot Clan mechs, even if they are exactly the same as IS mechs.

They will need to figure out a way to prevent players from ditching the IS en masse.

[Alexandrix]

Bhael Fire, on 11 December 2013 - 04:23 PM, said:

They will need to figure out a way to prevent players from ditching the IS en masse.

Trust me,they won't care when they see all the cash they start raking in with clan mech pack sales.
Inner Sphere who?

[juxstapo]

voting Loki / Hellbringer

[Sybreed]

Wow, reading the 1st page of this thread was entertaining, here's how it looks like from my end:

Niko Snow: - Russ, the forums are still outraged about your lack of progress on CW and UI 2.0, the servers are getting emptier everyday and the game might not survive through 2014

Bryan Eckman: - And 3PV did not increase our player retention as expected

Russ Bullocks:






You've proven him right so far.

[Lindonius]

Xendojo, on 11 December 2013 - 08:23 AM, said:

I wonder what will happen when PGI runs out of cash grabs mech packs to sell...

[Karyudo ds]

Bhael Fire, on 11 December 2013 - 04:23 PM, said:

Also, they can absolutely balance matches with player numbers too...

I've suggested this many times. Beyond Eternal Crusade's F2P option though I can't think of it being done in the games I've played. It gets more complex to balance 1 mech to say 1.2 mech(s) I suppose but it is part of the universe that the Clans were smaller and more effective. I just don't see 12v12 against Clans to make much sense.

[Raghnall]

Looks like an archer mech complete with the antennae in the center?

[Blurry]

Like I said New Clan package for sale Before anything else is released.

Like they say about a sucker.......

Forget balance, forget balanced matches, forget about content...........

we have shiny!

Please bring the fun back and the $$ will take care of itself.

Edited by Blurry, 12 December 2013 - 04:30 AM.

[Blurry]

X3kutor, on 10 December 2013 - 11:44 PM, said:

Foo to all doubters and naysayers.

Patience is a virtue. Negative people need other hobbies in the meantime to keep them occupied.
Watched pot doesn't something something.

People will look back on this in 2 years and will not believe the negativity of this community. Why PGI develop anything for self-righteous, pompous, down-talking, green-grass-believing, know-it-all opinionated pessimists I will never know.

I sometimes think I would enjoy reading interesting forum topics more if all the negative-Nancys ACTUALLY left instead of threatening too.

I'm stoked and get excited every patch day to see what new content has come out.
If any game mechanics change, I adapt to suit them.
If content isn't released that is promised, I act like an adult and wait patiently since there is a viable reason it wasn't.

When something like THIS is even hinted at, it puts me at the edge of my seat. I look forward to meeting clanner-scum on the battlefield!

And this is why we cant have nice things - ROI or even Scams

[Blurry]

IqfishLP, on 11 December 2013 - 09:37 AM, said:

Guys, its official.

whoops my behind - they are getting spanked everywhere and need new positive stuff - well looks like this is turning into another slap.

[Effectz]

Blurry, on 12 December 2013 - 04:28 AM, said:

Like I said New Clan package for sale Before anything else is released.

Don't forget about Clan Reinforcement Package.

[Roland]

Clan mechs are not going to save this game.
You can add as many new mechs as you want, but as long as you have the same stale gameplay with no community warfare and an active restriction that prevents people from playing with their friends, then this game will continue to hemmorage players.

[Sabazial]

Roland, on 12 December 2013 - 06:39 AM, said:

Clan mechs are not going to save this game.
You can add as many new mechs as you want, but as long as you have the same stale gameplay with no community warfare and an active restriction that prevents people from playing with their friends, then this game will continue to hemmorage players.

Until people stop throwing money at them, this will continue. Then they will either pull their finger out and start making serious progress or pull the plug.

[Hellcat420]

X3kutor, on 10 December 2013 - 11:44 PM, said:

Foo to all doubters and naysayers.

Patience is a virtue. Negative people need other hobbies in the meantime to keep them occupied.
Watched pot doesn't something something.

People will look back on this in 2 years and will not believe the negativity of this community. Why PGI develop anything for self-righteous, pompous, down-talking, green-grass-believing, know-it-all opinionated pessimists I will never know.

I sometimes think I would enjoy reading interesting forum topics more if all the negative-Nancys ACTUALLY left instead of threatening too.

I'm stoked and get excited every patch day to see what new content has come out.
If any game mechanics change, I adapt to suit them.
If content isn't released that is promised, I act like an adult and wait patiently since there is a viable reason it wasn't.

When something like THIS is even hinted at, it puts me at the edge of my seat. I look forward to meeting clanner-scum on the battlefield!

people like you are the reason the game industry has turned to ****. but keep throwing money at people for making half-assed games, cause they will get better "soon".

[Darkcloud]

juxstapo, on 11 December 2013 - 05:22 PM, said:

voting Loki / Hellbringer

Nope, it's a Catapult standing behind a Marauder, nothing to see there.
Also, is it just me or is a lot of the periphery suffering from HPG blackouts lately?

[Riptor]

So... they havent even finalized clan tech conceptualy.. but you guys really believe that the clans are right around the corner?

No wonder they can **** in our faces and claim it rains.

You guys would eat up anything they serve no mater how disgusting aslong as you get your ******** clan fix it seems.

Newsflash: THAT SHADOW MEANS NOTHING

We have seen UI 2.0 in preview videos and allready had it on the test servers a month ago.. AND ITS STILL NOT HERE.

And you honestly belief because of a picture of bigfoots shadow that suddenly we will have clans in the next couple of months?

Jesus christ.. no wonder IGP gets away with screwing their customers over so much when part of their customers eagerly pulls down their own pants and supplies the lube!