Once the Clans hit, I will likely force myself to take a break from MWO until all the dust settles. I'll probably play for a few days after the Clan launch to reaffirm what I've seen from the tests, but if the results are similar, I will not be in-game for a while until PGI brings things back into balance again.
Clan mechs aren't nearly as OP as I was afraid they could have been. However, they still easily trump their IS counterparts with ease. I've heard the argument that games might still be balanced, because there should be close to equal numbers of clan mechs on each side, so it all balanced out. This might be true in many cases, but they have still divided the player community into two groups; the haves and the have-nots. And the have-nots get to be the second line, the B Team, the reserves. Their equipment simply can't compete with the Clan tech.
I feel PGI is aware of this and will strive to fix this and return balance to the
So, I will be playing June 17th and maybe even the remainder of that week. However, if the balance feels too out of whack between IS and Clan, I'll probably just take a hiatus until things balance out a bit, or until I can buy some of the Clan mechs I want with C-Bills.
I'm curious if any of you are planning to do something similar? It feels like a large number of people pre-ordered a Clan pack in some form or another.