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[Bishop Steiner]

Nathan Foxbane, on 13 May 2014 - 08:42 PM, said:

Not saying it is right, but to play the Devil's advocate. Look at the last time they asked for a 'Mech idea submission on these forums for the first Champion 'Mech. They were swamped, not only going through duplicate builds, but also filtering out the troll builds. NGNG is a smaller community that takes these kinds of things seriously so it is much easier for PGI to look through five pages of mostly decent submissions and pick out the one which appeals to them most or be buried in 50+ pages of duplicate builds, meta min/max, troll builds, and arguments to find a couple good ones out of the mix. I think they just went for the path of least resistance this time. Again, not arguing if it was right or wrong of them to do, but instead looking at the decision from a logical perspective.

Fine. Dandy. Let NGNG do the grunt work.

But where was it even announced, an linked on these Forums? Heck I didn't even know there WERE those "contests" til we got the IV-4.

I shouldn't have to check NGNG to figure out what the heck is going on HERE:

[Strum Wealh]

Bishop Steiner, on 13 May 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

Fine. Dandy. Let NGNG do the grunt work.

But where was it even announced, an linked on these Forums? Heck I didn't even know there WERE those "contests" til we got the IV-4.

I shouldn't have to check NGNG to figure out what the heck is going on HERE:

At least one thread was posted in MWO GenDis the day after that the two submission threads went up on NGNG.
There may have been more threads on the subject, but that's the one I happen to remember.

[ssm]

Strum Wealh, on 14 May 2014 - 02:44 AM, said:

At least one thread was posted in MWO GenDis the day after that the two submission threads went up on NGNG.
There may have been more threads on the subject, but that's the one I happen to remember.

I remember another one, kinda more "official", posted by one of the NGNG guys.

(don't have time to search for it, though)

[FireSlade]

Strum Wealh, on 14 May 2014 - 02:44 AM, said:

At least one thread was posted in MWO GenDis the day after that the two submission threads went up on NGNG.
There may have been more threads on the subject, but that's the one I happen to remember.

ssm, on 14 May 2014 - 03:12 AM, said:

I remember another one, kinda more "official", posted by one of the NGNG guys.

(don't have time to search for it, though)

The problem that I had with the whole situation is that there were no announcements made by PGI. It would have taken someone 5 minutes to post something on the Innersphere news, MWO facebook, and MWO twitter about NGNG hosting a build ideas on their forums. Instead some players and someone from NGNG posts about it in areas that we may or may not see.

My theory about what is going on, is that after the **** hit the fan last year and the beginning of this year that PGI is afraid to post anything on the forum for fear of the backlash/trolls/pissed off fans.

[Bishop Steiner]

Strum Wealh, on 14 May 2014 - 02:44 AM, said:

At least one thread was posted in MWO GenDis the day after that the two submission threads went up on NGNG.
There may have been more threads on the subject, but that's the one I happen to remember.

awesome,... and so for a post about an "official PGI wants" it was highlighted, pinned and announced by PGI too, right?




OH.

[Odanan]

So, where is the Vlog #4? We need to know more info about the Clan tech and the release schedule for the Clan mechs...

[FupDup]

Odanan, on 15 May 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

So, where is the Vlog #4? We need to know more info about the Clan tech and the release schedule for the Clan mechs...

Don't worry, we'll probably get to find that out roughly a week or so after the Clans are released.

[Wieland]

Odanan, on 15 May 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

So, where is the Vlog #4? We need to know more info about the Clan tech and the release schedule for the Clan mechs...

VLOGs usually are outdated when they finally air.


Only 4.5 weeks to go and still lots of open questions, they really like to stay secretive about everything.

The information part about community relations they havent figured out yet.

Edited by Wieland, 15 May 2014 - 08:23 AM.

[Odanan]

Wieland, on 15 May 2014 - 07:52 AM, said:

VLOGs usually are outdated when they finally air.

Yeah, I forgot that.

Maybe I will have to start following the Twitter and the NGNG to keep updated...

[Wieland]

Odanan, on 15 May 2014 - 08:41 AM, said:

Yeah, I forgot that.

Maybe I will have to start following the Twitter and the NGNG to keep updated...

Yep, those 2 are the best sources for info about that game.

[JudgeDeathCZ]

Odanan, on 15 May 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

So, where is the Vlog #4? We need to know more info about the Clan tech and the release schedule for the Clan mechs...

vlog #4 will be out in July with info for June...

[Onmyoudo]

Wieland, on 15 May 2014 - 08:56 AM, said:

Yep, those 2 are the best sources for info about that game.

And still often outdated. Best you can hope for is that Russ is feeling generous enough to let slip something - in less than 140 characters.

[J0anna]

If PGI were ever to release a Hero Joanna Mad Dog (which was her signature mech) I would immediately buy it (especially if it came with a hanging pair of spiked gloves in the cockpit). As it is June 17th can't come fast enough for me.

[Odanan]

Finally: (the gods devs heard our prayers)


(let me check if the OP info is accurate)

[Alaskan Nobody]

Interesting that they shuffled the release dates from the per-order.... order

Ignore this - read the calendar wrong.

Edited by Shar Wolf, 16 May 2014 - 01:47 PM.

[Odanan]

Hmmm there is an error in the release schedule: the October Week 2 mech should be the Puma/Adder.

[Bishop Steiner]

Shar Wolf, on 16 May 2014 - 01:42 PM, said:

Interesting that they shuffled the release dates from the per-order.... order

Did they? Looks like the same order as the packs to me

[Alaskan Nobody]

Bishop Steiner, on 16 May 2014 - 01:45 PM, said:

Did they? Looks like the same order as the packs to me

Pack order: Kitfox, Nova, Summoner....
Release: Kitfox Summoner, Nova....
edit: NVM, was reading the chart wrong >.<

Edited by Shar Wolf, 16 May 2014 - 01:46 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Shar Wolf, on 16 May 2014 - 01:46 PM, said:

Pack order: Kitfox, Nova, Summoner....
Release: Kitfox Summoner, Nova....
edit: NVM, was reading the chart wrong &gt;.&lt;

? Week 2 July, kitfox, week 4, nova, summoner in August....?

[Alaskan Nobody]

Bishop Steiner, on 16 May 2014 - 01:48 PM, said:

? Week 2 July, kitfox, week 4, nova, summoner in August....?

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