Almond Brown, on 02 January 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:
Anyone who think that some supposed Solo only queue will solve whatever they see as an issue with MWO is simply missing the point.
You know, it's funny. I feel the same way about CW. I fear a lot of people think there's going to be some radical dynamic shift once we get CW, and they are setting themselves up for disappointment. "I want the matches to matter," they say. Aside from dropping with players sporting matching livery, what will change? There will be a map with 24 mechs on it. They'll play conquest, assault, or skirmish.
Sure, their will be an IS map and the borders will fluctuate and a few worlds will be exchanged. But PGI has made it pretty clear that none of the factions is ever going to be wiped out. There will always be a FRR and a Capellan Confederacy. No one ever really loses, and no one ever really wins.
I'm okay with that; I've read enough canon to know that that's pretty much the point of the Battletech universe. It is a dystopian vision of warfare: unending, pointless, and ultimately self-destructive. As far as I'm concerned, as a soldier fighting in this ugly future, CW could be going on right now (if I ignore the mish-mash of little banners beside my PUG mates call signs!) One battle after another after another. After a while, all the worlds you fight on start to look the same (or at least like the same six
).
I hope there are enough people out there who understand this, but I have my doubts and it scares me. I think there are too many players around here who think that CW means that if you win every battle against the Federated Suns you are going to "win" and wipe Davion off the map. That's not the way it will work. New players will always be able to choose Davion colors; it follows that there will always be a Federated Suns for them to fight for. No matter how well you play, your performance will not lead to some ultimate victory beyond the battlefield you just dropped into... just like now.
Then there are the people who think CW is going to be... who knows? I keep hearing people screaming for it, but I'm never quite sure what they think CW will really change. They'll still be lining up on the same maps against the same mechs, often against the same players driving them, and with the same game-modes defining the victory conditions.
This is not to say there shouldn't be CW. I'm looking forward to it as much as the next guy. A lot of the ideas PGI has shared of late seem really interesting and awarding special skin unlocks and whatnot will be something more interesting to chase than a KDR.
That said, I hope everyone understands that they are still going to be spending their time in MWO doing exactly what they're doing right now. This is the game.
Finally, a word on SC. When is that supposed to come out? (I understand they've already blown past a deadline or two... sound familiar?) In any event, I can't wait for all the people who are saying they're going to leave for SC to do so. You'll be their problem, then, and the rest of us won't have to put up with you anymore. When you find yourself trolling the same negative sh*t over there, I hope you realize how much of the problem isn't the devs... it's you and your unrealistic expectations.
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