Posted 14 December 2013 - 05:14 AM
there was a thread a few days ago where a photo showing the shadow of what looked like a Timberwolf was clearly visible. One of the MODS piped up and said. "OOOPS Our Bad, we really need to control things better, I won't close this thread. yadda yadda yadda." Anyways I feel that this might be PGI saying darnit... the Genie is out of the bottle, might as well let the rest of it go now.
Think about it, you can't even buy this stuff as a gift for others, believe me my wife looked to see if she could buy me some game time and give it to me for Christmas but the only way she could do that would have been just to hand me some money and let me buy the stuff for myself. Garth, Brian, GUYS... You completely missed the boat on this one, your marketing team has no vision and no thought process and is even doing things that make it impossible for people who want to spend money and help you out to actually do that. (gift game time cards and Gift MC Cards that can be bought and gifted without having to create an account with the game. You missed this one big time)
NOW, just before Christmas you come out with this highly over priced, no information, not all that inspiring, Clan package that has been so poorly handled that it's actually going to hurt your game more than get people pumped up for it. IF this is your idea of a Christmas sale then you are truely infected with the VANCOUVER Mindset where EVERYTHING is way over priced and everyone WANTS TO PAY IT because it's what you do in Vancouver. Here's a reality check for you. My house that I bought in Nova Scotia for $177,900 a few years ago would sell for $700,000+ on the Vancouver market today. You are living in a bubble, perhaps it's time to let the people in Montreal take over the Marketing aspects of the game because you guys out there have lost sight of reality.
Sandpit is right on the money, no info, cloak and dagger approach, sky high prices, previous promises still not fulfilled, In Game features of VERY HIGH IMPORTANCE still not implemented... It doesn't matter that delivery is still 6 months away, with it being Christmas time now this is coming across as a suspicious event and one that makes more than just a few of us a little uneasy.
I see you have stepped up your "We're Hiring" advertisement, please add MARKETING DIRECTOR to that list because you sure as hell need one along with a PR director.
I said it in one of my very first posts back in April 2012 once I had gotten into the invite only closed beta, you should have set this game up at the start of the first succession war (2781, all star league tech still in play) or just after the end of the third succession war post 3025. Yes copy right bla bla... with all the concept art that the fans have done you could have easily swallowed your pride and had perfectly acceptable mechs up and running.
From where I sit, this is your last kick at the cat, at least for me PGI, if this one goes the way of the founders pack you might be ok but if it goes the way of Phoenix/CW/UI 2.0/Direct X-11/Game Modes, you're sunk and I will act like a rat once that is clear and leave the ship.