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[Xmith]

DaZur, on 03 September 2014 - 11:10 AM, said:

While I agree PGI does not and quite honestly has never properly read the pulse of it's player base... They are garnering their decision-tree logic from somewhere. Absolutely... they seem to pull stuff from their arse but I assure you they derived it from somewhere / someone. That said, we can argue all day over the reliability and self-serving inferences drawn from them but at the end of the day.

In short... PGI is listening to the intelligentsia and not the player base. whether we like it or agree with their conclusions... They are listening to someone in regards to what direction to take MW:O.


I sorry but that is a pile of butt hurt drivel... It's a simple case of buyers remorse. Absolutely, Founders packages pale in contrast to later package deals... But that's the nature of the beast. Hindsight is the word of the day... Any early adopter has felt the pang of realizing at a later date they could have got a better deal and it nothing new, be it MW:O, the latest smart phone or that pair of new underwear in your drawer that still has that flipping annoying tag sewn into the waistband.

The pulse you are refering to is from this forum. Which I might add is a very small pulse compared to the rest of the player base.

PGI is doing exactly what is required to grow the player base and make a bunch of cash at the same time.

[Black Ivan]

I have up hope on PGI after the Clan packs.

[Kyrie]

Black Ivan, on 04 September 2014 - 12:28 AM, said:

I have up hope on PGI after the Clan packs.

Well ... I want to agree with you, but I have a feeling there is a real incentive now to get CW out the door. And its the best kind of incentive there is: revenues.

Clan Pack is likely to be the single greatest sale in MWO's history. It is hard to imagine them repeating this success (what else can they add that would be as new and revolutionary?).

At this point, the next big way to milk the player-base for revenues is to offer a CW system that stimulates the craving for MC in various complicated ways that we cannot yet fathom. :-). Ironically enough, I am starting to believe some form of CW might come simply because there is no "clan pack" type revenue stream to be visualized.... other than CW. Sure, we'll get a Clan Reinforcement pack with Loyalty Points or what not, but its not going to be nearly as drop-dead-sexy as the numbers from the One True Sale.

[Cataclysm315]

Maybe they are just absolutely polishing the crap out of the features, or maybe they underestimated the work load? I like the amount of changes in the past year and a half, maybe production could be a little faster but atleast the quality of the patches is usually always spot on.
Thats my 2 cents anyway (or pence, i am english).

[Black Ivan]

I wished there would be a good CW implemented. If the thing PGI is now setting up will be anything less then superb the outcry will be very great,since they collected ridicouless high amounts with Clans, Phoenix Packages and regular sales.

[Cataclysm315]

Black Ivan, on 04 September 2014 - 01:18 AM, said:

I wished there would be a good CW implemented. If the thing PGI is now setting up will be anything less then superb the outcry will be very great,since they collected ridicouless high amounts with Clans, Phoenix Packages and regular sales.

Yeah, definitely. I stand by PGI, but if they release anything that isnt damn near perfect I think they will lose a lot of players.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Community Warfare be good haha.

3rd party leagues will develop better systems I guarantee you.

[Black Ivan]

That is what I fear. I heard of MBO.

[Egomane]

So... enough developer bashing!

Closing thread!