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I took a six months long break from MWO recently after having played quite a lot of it and because I had the feeling PGI wasn't delivering on its promises. I tried it again now since some of their news e-mails looked interesting (private matches, new Mechs). I have spent quite a bit of money on MWO too, so in the hope that some things can still change to the better and that this is not an endless moneygrab, I wanted to write down my thoughts on the current iteration of the game:


Pros

• MechWarrior license (obviously)
  
• Mechs are cool (obviously, no need to state this...)
  
• Weapon sounds are great on my 5.1 speakers, very atmospheric
  
• Cool music (there should be an option to have it during the whole match even)
  
• Combat can be tactical and thrilling
  
• HPG Manifold - love the muffled vacuum sounds
  
• Mechs look cool in UI 2.0
  
• Achievements with C-Bill rewards
  
• Can sell equipment from one screen now
  
• Warning in Mechlab for missing ammo
  
• Turrets in bases

Cons

Store is confusing (see next items):

• Clicking an advertisement on the store front page opens your web browser instead of showing them in the store
  
• No info on Mechs in the store before buying them (need to go to Mechlab for that, huge oversight IMO)
  
• No filters for sorting in the store

UI 2.0:

• Mechlab still requires you to click a lot if you want to change your loadout (I like the Mech Details screen though)
  
• No info on number of free slots
  
• No list of amount of ammo loaded
  
• Weapon info doesn't show exact range
  
• No "Find Modules" feature yet (only if not equipped I think?)
  
• It feels hard to find a specific Mech too, the filters and sorting system doesn't seem "to be there" yet
  
• Interface generally too slow, lots of loading screens before and after matches, this gets annoying quickly
  
• The amount of lists in UI 2.0 (Mechs, consumables etc.) is hard on the eye and needs getting used to - too many graphics look the same and many elements and fonts have the same size
  
• Scroll speed is too slow (for me at least)
  
• I didn't realize I still had Premium Time available until I clicked the Activate button out of curiosity
  
• Current Selected Mech window should have a Configure button as well

General things:

• Other games get the sense of scale much better, I think MWO is missing vehicles and humans in the maps, IMO this should be high priority for a game like this
  
• Graphics tend to lag sometimes, even though I think my system is decent (i5 3570k, GTX 770, 8 gigs of RAM)
  
• Still no Community Warfare!

Edited by Egomane, 08 May 2014 - 12:50 AM.