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[Artur Valour]

DustySkunk, on 05 August 2014 - 11:26 AM, said:

I agree with you that progress has been made, Fade. I had exagerated in my earlier post. However I would argue that the examples you are giving are features that should have been there. Reconnect is one (which is primarily caused by server connection issues). However, jump jets and fall damage should never had made it out of closed beta. Clan tweaks are a balance issue, and do not constitute feature creation. Module slots... are questionable. That is a whole other thread right there though.

The house example I gave is imperfect, but it does do a good job of explaining how I feel. I have contributed a significant amount of money into this game. Far more than is fiscally responsible for me at times(rent may have been a week or two late one or twice to accomodate my need for premium time lol). I'm not saying this makes me special, but it does mean I am invested both emotionally and financially in this game.

In regard to the map example: no I don't need a play by play, but *something* would be nice. Wouldn't it be great if you could pull up a thread on the forum and see:

Map Name: Jungle Hell
Terrain: 100%
Asset Creation: 80%
Asset Placement: 25%
ETA: 6 months
Click here for screenshots of development progress

I'm not saying this is the ideal model, but wouldn't require much and it would show us where they think they are as well as some of the progress they have made. It would be much better than "We're working on stuff" which is all they will tell us now.

The point is, it has been a long time. A very long time. I would like to see transparency or features. Either would make me happy

This is a great idea... Just show us some of the progress that is being made... keep us interested and loyal to the game, tempt us with what is to come. It wouldn't take much to make this happen... and they could do it for all sorts of features, not just maps.

[Morang]

Why not Spider Hero? Even despite Spider has received proper weapon display in this patch - usually that was done to chassis of previous Hero mechs! The last remaining pre-Phoenix mech w/o Hero variant.


PS Smurphy displays stats for Anansi Spider Hero variant, probably leaked from game files. 1b+1e on each arm, 1m in CT and twin AMS in side torsi. Mobility caps at 6 JJ and 270 engine. No ECM. Looks somewhat P2W... it brings Spider closer to ranks of overt combat lights instead of support/harrasser.

Edited by Morang, 05 August 2014 - 11:50 AM.

[Threat Doc]

For those wondering at the patch size, I wonder if the better portion of the patch concerns stuff that needs to be in the game to support Unit Creation on the 19th?

LakeDaemon, on 05 August 2014 - 10:54 AM, said:

Sometimes less important content is completed before recent bugs get fixed.

Yes, sometimes content that was supposed to come after other content comes out first, instead, and completely turns the game, and this community on its ear. My earnest hope is that PGI has some sort of explanation, or some amazing outcome, for why they're doing things the way they are this past couple of weeks.

[DustySkunk]

JennerCrusher, on 05 August 2014 - 11:41 AM, said:

You killed my inner child. You're a cold-hearted monster...

I'm sorry... I feel like I kicked a puppy I'll try not be a monster from here on out

Kay Wolf, on 05 August 2014 - 11:42 AM, said:

For those wondering at the patch size, I wonder if the better portion of the patch concerns stuff that needs to be in the game to support Unit Creation on the 19th?

Yes, sometimes content that was supposed to come after other content comes out first, instead, and completely turns the game, and this community on its ear. My earnest hope is that PGI has some sort of explanation, or some amazing outcome, for why they're doing things the way they are this past couple of weeks.

Oh I so hope this is the case!

[valt901]

We need some new bobble heads. Or maybe a reissue of some old ones like the top hat urban mech. The store is looking rather bare and flags and and stuff like that are lame.

[M3 SABLE]

Artur Valour, on 05 August 2014 - 11:38 AM, said:

This is a great idea... Just show us some of the progress that is being made... keep us interested and loyal to the game, tempt us with what is to come. It wouldn't take much to make this happen... and they could do it for all sorts of features, not just maps.

http://www.mwomercs.com/theplan

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DustySkunk, on 05 August 2014 - 11:26 AM, said:

I agree with you that progress has been made, Fade. I had exagerated in my earlier post. However I would argue that the examples you are giving are features that should have been there. Reconnect is one (which is primarily caused by server connection issues). However, jump jets and fall damage should never had made it out of closed beta. Clan tweaks are a balance issue, and do not constitute feature creation. Module slots... are questionable. That is a whole other thread right there though.

The house example I gave is imperfect, but it does do a good job of explaining how I feel. I have contributed a significant amount of money into this game. Far more than is fiscally responsible for me at times(rent may have been a week or two late one or twice to accomodate my need for premium time lol). I'm not saying this makes me special, but it does mean I am invested both emotionally and financially in this game.

In regard to the map example: no I don't need a play by play, but *something* would be nice. Wouldn't it be great if you could pull up a thread on the forum and see:

Map Name: Jungle Hell
Terrain: 100%
Asset Creation: 80%
Asset Placement: 25%
ETA: 6 months
Click here for screenshots of development progress

I'm not saying this is the ideal model, but wouldn't require much and it would show us where they think they are as well as some of the progress they have made. It would be much better than "We're working on stuff" which is all they will tell us now.

The point is, it has been a long time. A very long time. I would like to see transparency or features. Either would make me happy

http://www.mwomercs.com/theplan

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[DustySkunk]

Unikron, on 05 August 2014 - 11:48 AM, said:

http://www.mwomercs.com/theplan

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You just blew my mind.

I had no idea this existed. Would love to see a touch more detail in the subcategories but this is great. Is it updated often?

Edited by DustySkunk, 05 August 2014 - 11:54 AM.

[dangerzone]

Kabum, on 05 August 2014 - 11:06 AM, said:

--------------------------Health Alert----------------------------

Too much bitching is not good for your health.
Stop wishing and start enjoying what you have.

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Best PSA I've ever seen!

[M3 SABLE]

DustySkunk, on 05 August 2014 - 11:52 AM, said:

You just blew my mind.

I had no idea this existed. Would love to see a touch more detail in the subcategories but this is great. Is it updated often?

eeh.. kinda

[Tiamat of the Sea]

The Plan seems to be under consistent updates as new work is done. Not sure how frequent, but it's certainly frequent enough that I can't catch it lagging behind anything.

[Bilbo]

Quickdraw Crobat, on 05 August 2014 - 11:56 AM, said:

The Plan seems to be under consistent updates as new work is done. Not sure how frequent, but it's certainly frequent enough that I can't catch it lagging behind anything.

It's updated once monthly.

[Threat Doc]

DustySkunk, on 05 August 2014 - 11:52 AM, said:

Is it updated often?

I've been keeping, roughly, month-to-month tabs on the numbers, so I can keep my MechWarrior's updated, and there are usually a few changes amongst all of the categories. Being the eager beaver I am, the numbers don't remotely move quickly enough, hehe, but I understand why that is, too, hehe.

Fade Akira said:

Thats fair mate and if you feel that way then not spending any money is the best way anyone can protest. I hear you.

Fade, I don't know what happened to your posts, but I can't find them in this thread, for some reason. Anyway, this is an answer posting from email.

If PGI would make this game the way it makes sense, and believe me when I tell you I share the "sensible" sentiments of MANY of the players on these forums, so it's not just MY common sense, then PGI would have money I can't afford to spend. That's how much I want to love this game, how much I WANT to support MWO through PGI; however, they're not doing that, so I have to hold onto what I have to hold onto.

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I personally like the changes they made, the JJ's, the fall damage, and the module slots. Like any new feature, there is sometimes a need to tweak things, which they already said they are.

I love many of the things they've done with this game, as well, but the module slots system they introduced last week is just not right, it's not what they said they were going to do, and there is nothing I can conceive of in this tiny little rocket surgeon brain of mine about role warfare being implemented properly through the module slot system they have, now.

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There are things im not over the moon about. I really want new maps, and a new game mode would be brilliant. I even made a thread about wanting new maps a few months ago, so i'm not always positive. Most of all i want CW. Obviously they don't hold back content on purpose, there are reasons they haven't delivered some of the things they said. Probably that complete abortion of UI changes they had to make at the beginning of the year, and they said as much themselves.

Yes, there are things they've not delivered that they said they would, and many of those things are yet to come, I understand, but could they at least give us an explanation for why they failed to go with the awesome ideas they had in Dev Blog #4 to this murderous onslaught of arty and air caused a dual-slot consumables system that is horribly unnecessary, and takes away from my ability to run my 'Mechs with the 'Mech modules I want to have on them, which are not nearly as destructive as the dual-slot system?

I'm pretty sure we'll never see that, and it breaks my heart that we will not.

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I definitely don't cheerlead for PGI, i just read infantile comments and it makes me wonder who the **** thinks it benefits anyone. No one thinks its cool, really they don't.

Look, I'm not saying that cheer leading, or w hite k nighting is a bad thing, because you're always going to have naysayers and ignorant asses on these forums who do nothing but bad-will, and you're always going to have their opposite. However, for my part, today's patch, and last Tuesday's patch, have severely, and I mean SEVERELY harmed PGIs credibility for continuing the development of this game.

I have a few of the MechWarrior's I game with normally telling me they're getting ready to go away to do something else, because of the dissatisfying things that PGI have done. I think it's not wrong for dissatisfied players, who've likely put hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of hours into this game, and/or have spent anywhere from dozens to hundreds of dollars each, and then get crap like last Tuesday and today, to complain about it. Now, I've always been a proponent of 'if you were dumb enough to pay for it, you need to live with it', and that goes for me, as well, but today the logic of that is squeaking, and it's about to break open.

[StevieRayVaughan]

No chance to log on yet, can anyone please tell me if this patch reset all my weapons groups on all my Mechs back to default again, so I don't drop in a match with nonsense on my display?

Thanks.

[dangerzone]

Unikron, on 05 August 2014 - 11:53 AM, said:

eeh.. kinda

It gets updated usually once every other week. Although last week CW was at like 56% and now it's 71% so that's always good

[StevieRayVaughan]

"Hi sir, I'll be your server this evening. I see you pre-paid for your meal, so let me give you the most recent 10 minute update on it's progress!"

Drink 100%
Salad 65%
Entree 45%
Dessert 10%

"I'll return in 10 more minutes with more numbers on a 3 X 5 card."

[BLOOD WOLF]

TARGET DESTROYED!!!!!'


now all we need is "proceed to nav point alpha"

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 05 August 2014 - 12:20 PM.

[Lumanil]

Still no new maps ?

[Besterino]

There should a feature that any time someone's bitchin' in the forums, a sound file is played at the bitchin' poster's pc of bitchin' betty pretty much bitchin' back.

And don't tell me [startswithBandendswithitches butwasredactedbythefilter] that such bitchin' wouldn't bring a smile on your face. I mean, it would on mine.

One can dream.

Edited by Besterino, 05 August 2014 - 12:39 PM.

[Simbacca]

I noticed that there are now red "webs" on the front torsos on all my Spider mechs, is there anyway to get rid of that red colour since it detracts from my selected camo patterns (and their said colours)?

[Zephonarch II]

Alright! 2 recent posts have been answered! Finally!

InnerSphereNews, on 05 August 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

Greetings MechWarriors,
Our weapon visual customization rollout has reached the Spider this week, with changes to weapons made on the Mech now being well visually represented on the Mech.

This is great because my Spider will look intimidating now. This is not great because now my sniper build can now be seen from a distance.

InnerSphereNews, on 05 August 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

• When a targeted enemy has been destroyed, Bitching Betty will announce "Target Destroyed"

This is why I wait to play the game with a 20kb/s download speed!