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[Alistair Winter]

aniviron, on 25 August 2015 - 04:50 PM, said:

I just wish they'd release their tools. If we had a framework or SDK, I'd be elbows-deep in it, making a singleplayer campaign.

That is, of course, assuming the AI is any good. Time to wait and see. The promise is exciting, it will depend on the execution.

It's not a bad thing to wait until after the Steam release. The number of people playing PVP will drop when PVE is available. If we actually had extra player-made content, even more players would be playing PVE.

[CDLord HHGD]

PSR is going to be viewable!!!

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New Home Screen - similar to the new work that has taken place in the Mechlab and Mech Select we have redesigned the home screen to finally give proper expected information such as your pilot name and Pilot Skill Rating. Overall the screen will take on new meaning of useful information and beauty, important to both new and existing player's experiences.

[Shade 03]

Hey
Will you quit stalling and implement useful changes to CW before the community creates their own star maps and leagues and doesn't need you to do it anymoooorrr.............oh I think I see.
Too much work and too little reward, so you stall until someone else does the work?
That can't be it. That's idiotic.
What company ignores their customers when they ask for something?
What if I went into a restaurant and asked for something on the menu, and they kept putting things in front of me that I didn't ask for and charging for them. Why would I stay at that restaurant?

I wouldn't.

My unit has seen a 90% reduction in its regulars.
The server I play on has seen an 80-90% reduction in its regulars.
What are you guys doing?
You are ignoring your customers.
You are ignoring your diehards and they are migrating elsewhere.
These are the guys who would probably cut out a kidney if it was the price for a killer mech.
I simply do not understand your approach.
A company that caters to its customers will grow.
A company that doesn't must find new customers to lead around with promises of future stuff while selling them mech packs and milking them until they too get fed up.
Since the latter is an extremely fu$&headed move, I must conclude that you simply lack manpower to do what you need to do.
If this is the case, hire some talent and crank out a CW with meaning.
People will come back.

I guarantee it.

[Kiiyor]

cdlord, on 25 August 2015 - 05:19 PM, said:

PSR is going to be viewable!!!

I was just scrolling through seeing if anyone else had picked up on that little nugget

I daresay it will still be opt-in, based solely on the results of that poll.

And yes, before you reply, my beloved throngs of negative nancies, I know PGI has ignored polls before!

[Mystere]

Class matching, Elo, 3/3/3/3, PSR. I think the colossal amount of time wasted on finding the "perfect" matchmaker could have been better spent on the vast amount of items broken and missing from the game.

The problem was never the matchmaker. The problem was people refusing to look in front of the mirror and admitting the obvious.

[CDLord HHGD]

Kiiyor, on 25 August 2015 - 05:28 PM, said:

I was just scrolling through seeing if anyone else had picked up on that little nugget

I daresay it will still be opt-in, based solely on the results of that poll.

And yes, before you reply, my beloved throngs of negative nancies, I know PGI has ignored polls before!

Opt in or just on your screen so the only way others will know is if you screenshot and share.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

cdlord, on 25 August 2015 - 05:19 PM, said:

PSR is going to be viewable!!!

to everyone or just you?

[CDLord HHGD]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 25 August 2015 - 05:44 PM, said:

to everyone or just you?

cdlord, on 25 August 2015 - 05:30 PM, said:

Opt in or just on your screen so the only way others will know is if you screenshot and share.

My guess ^^

Edited by cdlord, 25 August 2015 - 05:51 PM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Mystere, on 25 August 2015 - 05:30 PM, said:

The problem was never the matchmaker. The problem was people refusing to look in front of the mirror and admitting the obvious.

You mean PGI admitting that the matchmaker is broken. I agree

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Kiiyor, on 25 August 2015 - 05:28 PM, said:

And yes, before you reply, my beloved throngs of negative nancies, I know PGI has ignored polls before!

no they "accidentally" broke them. In the exact same way

[Viges]

new game modes/CW work?

[TwentyOne]

El Bandito, on 25 August 2015 - 04:58 PM, said:

And I will be there, laughing at them. Buying mechs solely due to quirks, lol.

No, you will be piloting your OP timber god with 2PPC like always....

[Fiona Marshe]

My little nugget of information:

Mech Balancing: SENSORS!

Hopefully this means a ground-up rebuild, which includes: variable detectability (instead of 800m), complete rebuild of ECM (removal of total stealth) and other useful ROLE WARFARE advantages.

[El Bandito]

TwentyOne, on 25 August 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

No, you will be piloting your OP timber god with 2PPC like always....

Aww you poor little boy. Tell the judge where the bad Timbie had pierced you with its CERPPCs.

[ManDaisy]

Collision! I don't want steam to breed a new generation of crouch humpers ... especially when the servers get laggy from an actual influx of players!

[Karl Marlow]

Been away for about 3 months. Checked in to see if anything has changed. Saw a new roadmap. Got so bored reading it I fell asleep.

So 10/10 would use as sleep aid again.

[BarHaid]

Fiona Marshe, on 25 August 2015 - 06:30 PM, said:

My little nugget of information:

Mech Balancing: SENSORS!

Hopefully this means a ground-up rebuild, which includes: variable detectability (instead of 800m), complete rebuild of ECM (removal of total stealth) and other useful ROLE WARFARE advantages.

This, oh yes! My very first thought was OSTSCOUT!!! What could possibly make this viable? Sensors that target multiple mechs and transmit mech data to lance-mates so they don't have to wait for their own computers to boot up.


Okay, technically my first thought was for my Spiders, but then I expanded.

[Summon3r]

interested in the new balance/quirk pass, with the 4 aspects they are taking into account i really hope future Summoner balancing is more exciting then machine gun and ams quirks.

also PVE will peak my interest A LOT, hopefully it will be co-op

[Javenri]

Kiiyor, on 25 August 2015 - 05:28 PM, said:

I was just scrolling through seeing if anyone else had picked up on that little nugget

I daresay it will still be opt-in, based solely on the results of that poll.

And yes, before you reply, my beloved throngs of negative nancies, I know PGI has ignored polls before!

Russ' post refers to PSR viewing in the Home screen section. Home screen is viewable only by the player. If they decide to publicly viewable (opt-in or otherwise) it will be on another part of the game UI (my guess is an equivelant to leaderboards or an indicator on the match start-up screen).

[Kilo 40]

feedback? for what? a new mech and a change to a game mode that no one plays?

from the march roadmap "We are also progressing well on a new 4v4 Community Warfare mode, a new MWO tutorial and the decal system."

so what happened to 4v4 and decals? what about the dropship assault new game mode? weren't we supposed to get that in august? now it's not even mentioned in the september roadmap.


I'm far from one of those people who harp about everything PGI does and how they ruined battletech forever, or whatever. But it really feels like they are slipping back into some old bad habits. namely, promising things then failing to address why they haven't delivered, and just a general lack of communication altogether. I mean come on, is a new mech and no PSR in CW really a "road map". thats a damn tweet, not a patch.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the changes to ECM. no word on that either.

Edited by Kilo 40, 25 August 2015 - 09:05 PM.