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[HellJumper]

so different views..

some dont have the time to play it anymore due to other commitments but the game is in good shape for them, so i presume if they had the time they would play it more

others have reduced it due to the state its in.. in my view i call it "spice"..the game has lost its spice for now

Joseph Mallan, on 01 April 2015 - 09:19 AM, said:

I played the hell out of this game for 4-6 hours a night for 6-9 months. Then Went PUG to see how Elo worked. Now the game is ... nothing! Walk around kill some folk get nothing for it.

Add to that that I have worked everyday since September last year minus 1 week for X-mas break, and I just don't have gaming in me any more. I play a bit here and there but Why play a game that goes no where?

but you still invest money in it...why would you do that then? i had some hunch for myself that i wont be able to put in more time to the game, so i did not made any purchases since summers

El Bandito, on 01 April 2015 - 09:21 AM, said:

No time for MWO, gotta level up the Heroes of the Storm Babe Squad.

that game works? isnt it too arcady?

[xhrit]

My MWO playtime has time sharply declined since the release of Elite:Dangerous...

[El Bandito]

HellJumper, on 01 April 2015 - 09:24 AM, said:

that game works? isnt it too arcady?

Yeah, currently in closed beta. It is easier to get into than other MOBAs, but no less fun.

[Davers]

I played this game like a second job for over a year. But with changes in my work schedule, and interest in other games, I usually only get in like 2 days of play a week.

[Joseph Mallan]

HellJumper, on 01 April 2015 - 09:24 AM, said:

but you still invest money in it...why would you do that then? i had some hunch for myself that i wont be able to put in more time to the game, so i did not made any purchases since summers

Cause I want the Mechs.

[Kristov Kerensky]

I play less but that's nothing to do with PGI or the game, it's due to real life leaving me without a lot of free time lately.

I still enjoy playing when I get the chance, just don't get that chance very often lately.

And I'm kind of confused about why some people decide not play, the whole 'there's no point' thing. I've yet to play a video game where there really IS a point besides entertainment, especially games with level caps, once you hit them, why continue playing except because it's entertaining?

[mogs01gt]

HellJumper, on 01 April 2015 - 06:49 AM, said:

Hello
this is for people who have been here for more than 6 months. have you reduced your MWO play time? or completely stopped? or increased your playtime of it?
whats the reason?
for me it has been reduced.. kind of a temporary break till more maps come out (even for CW).. and due to hig pings i have started to get after last 2 patches. so my game time is now down to 1 hour or less every day

Reduced to maybe an hour or two a week. Game has become very boring, no end game will do that.

[JaxRiot]

As Ive said in another thread, I read the forums more than play now. But even though I do still play some, I stopped investing money. I let my premium time run out with no intentions of renewing it for now and I even canceled my Clan Wave 3 order.

I do like the game and think it has great potential, but to me it has gone stale. From what I have read, the game has been in almost the exact same state for something like 2 years. Besides some balance/quirk passes and mech packs, the game hasnt changed much outside of some CW stuff.

I do like the game and wish PGI the very best. But I just dont see funding a game thats idea of expansion and content are mech packs.

Cheers

Jax

[Dino Might]

Significantly increased. Game continues to improve, I got a better computer, and it's MECHWARRIOR! What more reason should I need? Although, I'll admit, I'm getting hooked on DCS - I am finding as I grow older I prefer more simulation to arcade. If there was a sim-mode, where you had to worry about balancing a mech, running all the systems, managing things like hydraulic pressure, actuator sensitivity, etc. that would be crazy fun. You'd need the Steel Batallion controller to do something like that. I completely understand why that game will never be made, but I'm here to dream.

[Bobzilla]

I'm playing much less. Just isn't as interesting as it was. Why? Dunno. Things just get stale i guess.

[Metus regem]

Cathy, on 01 April 2015 - 07:44 AM, said:

lol so thats back is it, daughter will love it

Go to Alderran.... Just got my new Agent there.. and I'm not taking an ungreaed HK51 out there. those things spawn at L60 this time...

[Charronn]

Playing a lot less,maybe an hour or so a week.Also spending a lot less too.Still like the game but as said above playing the same mech/maps gets stale.

[Scyther]

Playing more than I have since Open Beta... PGI's recent (say last 4 months) changes have been too much to resist.

(In fact the primary thing holding my play time down lately is that several other MMO's I play have also 'upped their game' with tempting additions/changes)

Edited by MadBadger, 01 April 2015 - 10:57 AM.

[Screech]

I have stopped playing MWO too many times to count. Best thing you can do is take occasional breaks. It allows you re-connect with the good parts of the game and keeps you from dwelling on its shortcomings.

[Feetwet]

I only drop with my mates these days. Maybe 3 or 4 hours a week and that group is currently fishing for a new game to play ... maybe Elite.

There are many reasons for this but my declined really started with the addition of 12 man drops. Not the 12 mans themselves but the resulting cbill hit I took at the same time. I lost interest because I couldn't buy what I wanted as quickly as I wanted anymore. So I played less, resulting in even less cbills. A very self perpetuating cycle.

Some other reasons:
1. MM lottery. I have entire nights where I can't lose even if I am derping around. I have some nights where I am killing it and can't win. These massive swings get old.
2. As a filthy casual, CW is an f'n nightmare. Ok I get it, it's hardmode, but it is also the freshest thing added to the game in a very long time. And I can't stand it the way it currently is.
3. Skirmish is TDM, Assault is TDM, Conquest is TDM.
4. Heavies and Assualts everywhere. 5-7 100 tonners per drop. So many assaults on the battlefield makes the lore guy in me weep.

I'm still around and want this game to succedd, but until something massively changes I can't see myself come roaring back.

S

[Burktross]

Meh... grindy grindy is getting hella boring...

[Malckovich]

I have around 15-20 hours a week to spend on games. For the past 8 months most of that has been spent on MWO. I came back from a year+ break from MWO with some of my friends who play about the same amount as I do. We quit because the game was making 0 improvements. Now things are completely different in that regard, with meaningful improvements and additions coming in regularly.

When I took my break I had spend around 80 bucks on this game and viewed it as a waste. I have since spent another 200 and feel I am getting good value out of it.

Burn out and breaks are inevitable. It is always good to play a variety of games. In the mean time I'm looking forward to the next 6 months of this game.

[Deathlike]

When there's no event, there's usually not much to accomplish.

I'm not exactly compelled to play for that reason alone.

[zolop]

I thought I made a reply earlier this today...but whats making me play less and less of MWO

-CW Rewards damage/kills are more versus completing objectives...Shouldn't kills/damage be more rewarded in games like skirmish in the public que instead?
-Invasion mode and its reliance on kill completion instead of the main objective (Destroy Base). They could make it so the defenders have to retreat to a certain location for pick and then count the damage/kills....
-New map designed past month (March) is too much funneling teams of players to travel few paths. Makes battles less interesting and less dynamic. Map size needs to be increase on all the CW maps to allow a greater diversity of strategies.
-Players farming C_Bills from damage dealt/kills versus completing objectives in CW missions. I blame PGI for this as its their mission design for CW, rewarding the most for kills/damage. Been seeing more of this since the last CW event.

Feetwet, on 01 April 2015 - 11:04 AM, said:

Some other reasons:
1. MM lottery. I have entire nights where I can't lose even if I am derping around. I have some nights where I am killing it and can't win. These massive swings get old.
2. As a filthy casual, CW is an f'n nightmare. Ok I get it, it's hardmode, but it is also the freshest thing added to the game in a very long time. And I can't stand it the way it currently is.
3. Skirmish is TDM, Assault is TDM, Conquest is TDM.
4. Heavies and Assualts everywhere. 5-7 100 tonners per drop. So many assaults on the battlefield makes the lore guy in me weep.

I'm still around and want this game to succedd, but until something massively changes I can't see myself come roaring back.

S

Agree

Edited by zolop, 01 April 2015 - 11:19 AM.

[AnimosityMonk]

Playing a lot less. About an hour a day Monday through Friday. Tried CW but didn't much care for it (bad maps, douche clan players, what have you) New maps for pub games would be nice as would be the option for 2-man groups in solo que (so you could actually show someone how to play the game instead of showing them how much it sucks getting curb stomped by 12man teams). The weekend events have become a big turn-off as well. All in all there are plenty of reasons not to play more and a few reason to stop playing altogether.

Even though I have the Urbie and some Wave III mechs coming I don't see myself playing more than I do now.