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[Nutlink]

This is the most entertainment I've had from MWO in months. Thanks Niko!

[CHH Badkarma]

If pgi had half as much passion as is showing in this thread, mwo would have been epic along time ago

[Phros]

This debacle has almost finally given me a return on my founders investment in the entertainment of watching everyone turn their backs on PGI. I wonder if Niko has kept the truth of the r/mwo takeover from the higher ups.

Thanks for killing my interest in videogames with all your lies.

FOX2 FOX2 FOX2

Edited by Phros, 10 September 2014 - 03:44 PM.

[ThisMachineKillsFascists]

NARCoMAN, on 10 September 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

So you're saying they'll ban people?

no

[Sign]

Snake Eyes2, on 10 September 2014 - 03:38 PM, said:

One more gold tag to add to the list. C'mon PGI, this is like Ocean Marketing all over again.

HAHA Ocean Marketing!

Man you just made my day

[Phros]

I phone posted and Autocorrect ruined it. Not even going to apologise for the double post.

[Jacmac]

This thread is hotter than a Laredo parking lot!

[prtN_spz]

*God Mode Activated* didn't worked out well for ya now, ROFLMAO. Muahahahahah. *Evil*
P.S. those who know will understand LOL

Edited by Proton, 10 September 2014 - 03:47 PM.

[Gwaihir]

GaussDragon, on 10 September 2014 - 03:30 PM, said:

Believe me, I don't want to see a return to the ALL SNIPING ALL THE TIME meta, but there are better ways than jump jet shake.

Like balancing sniper weapons the same way sniper weapons are balanced in every single other game not based on tabletop numbers ever?

PERISH THE THOUGHT!

[Talsha]

Quote

Hey MechFans!

You may have heard the amusing news that we have been shadow-banned from Reddit...

I am sorry but this news is neither amusing nor to be taken light hearted.
The correct PR response would have been to take responsibility.
Trying to shift the blame or downplaying the role of PGI in this mess was not an adequate communication strategy.
This current episode in the heated crisis of trust between the company and its playerbase will spill into the sectors news cycle.
Loosing access to reddit by breaking the platforms TOS is a major black mark on the company.
If this situation is not handled very carefully it will further tarnish PGIs reputation.
At this point my suggestion is to hire a good PR consultancy and treat the situation as earnest as it is.
PGI is in an communication crisis and should treat it like that.

Just my few pennies.

I still like the game and want to believe against all rationality...

[Bongfu]

I am at a lost for words right now. From the post about moderating now only this, but cracking down on negativity on other outlets to Niko getting PGI banned from reddit. How can a company think this is a good move? I mean, Bryan! Look at his bloody signature. Niko has done more to harm the community here than PGI's lack of open communication.

I don't see how PGI will recover from this. Even if Niko is fired and Bryan gives us a real apology, PGI is doomed. I don't want it to be, I desperately wanted a Mechwarrior game. However, it seems PGI will not be the company to deliver on a long awaited title. You can't even get this game out of beta before you jump ship to another cash grab project.

Do you not realize how the internet even works? For every good thing you do, no one tells anyone about it. However, if you mess up or do something insanely stupid, EVERYONE hears about it. I work in the restaurant industry, it is the same principle. Except, in my industry you will literally collapse overnight if you piss off even one well connected customer.

You should have hired a community manager who actually had a good reputation, but none of those probably wanted to work for you. Face the reality that this won't blow over. You have dug a whole through the Earth and out the other side. Now you are in free fall.

Heed my advice - listen to your community for once. Get rid of Niko, shut down the other game, and finish MWO! If you would just actually deliver on your promises instead of pushing them back every month, maybe people wouldn't be so pissed off.

Where is my founder love? Huh? Give people stuff for buying both clan packs, but you won't support the people who set up the foundation? No wonder most founders don't play this game anymore. You decided to crap on them along with the majority of the Battletech community.

[GaussDragon]

Gwaihir, on 10 September 2014 - 03:46 PM, said:

Like balancing sniper weapons the same way sniper weapons are balanced in every single other game not based on tabletop numbers ever?

PERISH THE THOUGHT!

January - March 2013... when sniping and brawling had parity. I realized in retrospect that this state of balance was entirely by accident. Balance can't be tolerated, so the SRMs got nerfed to death and the sniper meta... well, the rest is history.

[CSPshala]

Gwaihir, on 10 September 2014 - 03:46 PM, said:

Like balancing sniper weapons the same way sniper weapons are balanced in every single other game not based on tabletop numbers ever?

PERISH THE THOUGHT!

So you're gonna sit here and tell me that DPS of a long range pinpoint weapon should be lower than less accurate mid/close range weapons' DPS?

BURN THE WITCH!! HERETIC!

[IllCaesar]

Jacmac, on 10 September 2014 - 03:44 PM, said:

This thread is hotter than a Laredo parking lot!

There's more gold here than in Fort Knox.

I probably would've been a founder myself, had it been possible for me to do so at the time. Maybe that makes me lucky.

Edited by MarsAtlas, 10 September 2014 - 03:50 PM.

[Garandos]

Talsha, on 10 September 2014 - 03:47 PM, said:

I still like the game and want to believe against all rationality...

deep in our hearts we all want, if we are fully honest, if we would not care anymore, we would not post.

[John80sk]

lol?

[CSPshala]

Garandos, on 10 September 2014 - 03:49 PM, said:

we would not post.

When Goons care, we: Never Not Post™

[Alex Wolfe]

Just popping it to say it's nice seeing you all again guys. Good ol' community warfare right here.

[X1Viper]

Another absentee Elite Founder here, logging back in after almost a year to laugh my ass off at PGI and this terrible trainwreck of a game. I once had hope that the mechwarrior franchise would be revitalized with the respect and care it deserved, but now I count the days until PGI totally implodes and gives up.

Get wrecked Niko. You lose. You get nothing. Good day sir.

Edited by X1Viper, 10 September 2014 - 03:52 PM.

[Tichy]

Add another Founder.

This situation is a whole new level of a (not entirely unexpected) PR-desaster.