and zero, on 17 December 2013 - 09:09 PM, said:
Sigh. I was considering patching MWO up to date for the first time in many months. But going through the forums and recent patches...It does not sound like I should even bother.
As I previously discussed with my now pretty much disbanded clan, the only reason PGI is not bankrupt as of like 2 years ago is because of all the battletech fans that have been desperate for a MW game for a decade. If this was just some no franhcise game, or hell, one of the many other franchises besides battletech it would have already failed.
It is astounding that after all this time PGI is still failing so hard at basic game functionality and balance.
Back to other games again it would seem. If only hawken was not a robot skinned COD
Dude, you are on a fookin island, you aren't the target demographic. Piranha is going after this huge market of casual players whose never heard of mechwarrior. Hence the super uber third person view, arm locking and automatic deceleration. You know, all the things that heavilly gimp a new player experience. Imagine all the possible imaginary dollars that Piranha has made by ignoring key game mechanics and investing heavily in 3D artists rather than hiring people to fix their broken heat, broken weapon and targeted damage systems. Seriously, Piranha must rolling in the cash right now by releasing new maps and camo patterns, I mean look at the pent up demand they created by copying Assault and removing bases from it to make skirmish. I mean the shear amount of work invested, at least 20 man hours, was a monumental task for Piranha. Seriously, I don't even think my 6 old niece could could do the game balancer job, now my 7 year old niece, she's a sharp one and I think she would be overqualified to fit the position though.
In short, can't wait for the next iteration of mechwarrior from a different publisher. There is going to be mounds of data available to them on what not to do. The next mechwarrior game is going to be stellar.
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