40 replies to this topic

[Abisha]

oke been playing MWO for a while now but now i don't play much reason.
their is none.

i have 500.000 XP's with all my mechs i own and i don't see any progress towards becoming better so lost interested playing. guess this go's for a lot of people already left.

[CDLord HHGD]

Can I have your stuffs?

[Abisha]

cdlord, on 11 December 2015 - 07:02 AM, said:

Can I have your stuffs?

only have a stalker and flamer given by Pgi......

[CDLord HHGD]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:06 AM, said:

only have a stalker and flamer given by Pgi......

Hey, free is free. I'm not picky.

[TheCharlatan]

Try joining a group?
Try using a different mech/build/weapon system that you never tried?
Try CW?
Try playing something else and come back later off?

There is only so much you can do with a game. It can't last forever.

[Lily from animove]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:00 AM, said:

oke been playing MWO for a while now but now i don't play much reason.
their is none.

i have 500.000 XP's with all my mechs i own and i don't see any progress towards becoming better so lost interested playing. guess this go's for a lot of people already left.

take a break. Too many gamers dedicate anythign for a single game and then feel either bored out or burned out. This often happens because they invets a large sum of money into them and then they feel like "losing" this all if they don't play it.

Play something else, come back later play a few rounds and it will feel like more fun again.

[FrontGuard]

dude... you are missing a major part of the game.
Its owning and customizing YOUR mechs
..like a car collection
You modify the loadouts and weapons and take pride and identify with Your Mechs
Thats a major part of the fun man.
...give it a go, buy and build a Mech to Your personality and take m out.

[Appogee]

The "ing". You must keep play for the "ing".

[sycocys]

Joining a unit or groups changes the game up quite a bit - find a group you really enjoy and it makes the bad parts of the game pretty meaningless because those players end up being the replayability factor.

[Abisha]

Appogee, on 11 December 2015 - 07:12 AM, said:

The "ing". You must keep play for the "ing".

the what?.

if only Pgi add crazy XP eating skills to specialism in mechs like 300.000 for 5% better cooling or something
that will likely attracts my interest.

Edited by Abisha, 11 December 2015 - 07:16 AM.

[l33tworks]

FrontGuard, on 11 December 2015 - 07:10 AM, said:

...give it a go, buy and build a Mech to Your personality and take m out.

They killed mech personality with ghost heat. My personality is 6ppc stalkers. 12er peep direwolves.

The more they do this the more All mechs are the same with difference skins. I honestly never had a problem with troll buildsthe 6 ppc stalker. It was hilaroious and awesome and even with no ghost heat was always troll.

[Johny Rocket]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:14 AM, said:

the what?.

if only Pgi add crazy XP eating skills to specialism in mechs like 300.000 for 5% better cooling or something
that will likely attracts my interest.

Wrong way of approaching it. Its not what PGI can do for you but what you can do for PGI. That said, still the best Stompy Robits game around, you'll be back.

[CDLord HHGD]

l33tworks, on 11 December 2015 - 07:20 AM, said:

They killed mech personality with ghost heat. My personality is 6ppc stalkers. 12er peep direwolves.

The more they do this the more All mechs are the same with difference skins. I honestly never had a problem with troll buildsthe 6 ppc stalker. It was hilaroious and awesome and even with no ghost heat was always troll.

This is why I support GH at least until they find a better way to counter builds like this. Troll indeed.

[PyckenZot]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:00 AM, said:

oke been playing MWO for a while now but now i don't play much reason.
their is none.

i have 500.000 XP's with all my mechs i own and i don't see any progress towards becoming better so lost interested playing. guess this go's for a lot of people already left.

Your reasoning is wrong. It is a game, there is not reason to play MWO besides wanting to fill your spare time doing so. If you need to ask for a reason to play, you may be playing the wrong game.

I have been active in this game since closed beta. Building mechs, trying mechs, rebuilding mechs, posting those that work and discussing those that don't, talking to online friends over TS, discussing with those friends over TS, making posters for the unit, playing competitive drops for the unit, etc, etx, and so on.

I enjoy every single activity listed. Thus I continue performing them. Once I stop getting enjoyment out of them I will stop. Plain and simple. Why did you open this thread actually?

Edited by PyckenZot, 11 December 2015 - 07:30 AM.

[l33tworks]

cdlord, on 11 December 2015 - 07:21 AM, said:

This is why I support GH at least until they find a better way to counter builds like this. Troll indeed.

Yea cos its not like we have fast clan mechs that could vomit 70+pts of pinpoint damage in the game now.

the 6ppc stalker was mega fun. I feel sorry for you if you didn't enjoy it. Some of my best memories are of 2013 MWO 6ppc stalker and ac 40 cat.

Back when the game was more pure.

Ghost heat is like diluting a good whiskey with water.

Edited by l33tworks, 11 December 2015 - 07:37 AM.

[Sigmar Sich]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:00 AM, said:

oke been playing MWO for a while now but now i don't play much reason.
their is none.

In such type of games you have to entertain yourself most of the time.
Try to roleplay a little, choose your favorite faction, play only on mechs related to this faction (plus maybe read few BT books, watch the Animated Series). Dont go for meta, use maximum diversity for your loadouts. And play for fun, not goal. Because such games do not have it.
And hopefully, sometime in future CW will be more entertaining, with lore units and other promised stuff. And you will be ready for it.
At least this is what keeps me playing.

[Mawai]

Abisha, on 11 December 2015 - 07:00 AM, said:

oke been playing MWO for a while now but now i don't play much reason.
their is none.

i have 500.000 XP's with all my mechs i own and i don't see any progress towards becoming better so lost interested playing. guess this go's for a lot of people already left.

Yep it is true.

If you like playing the 10 minute "instant action" of the quick play queue then you will stick around over the longer term even if you don't play that much just because you like the game.

If you like lore and factions then you will likely stick around for group drops in CW (assuming they are fun and assuming PGI ever offers some sort of reward and meaning to the units/PUGs doing the work).

However, MWO has fundamentally missed the boat since closed beta on mechanisms for longer term player retention. The game gets boring ... PGI revenues are directly linked to how long players remain interested and the value they see in acquiring new and different mechs and leveling them up. Lots of folks posted about this issue in closed beta but it was all pretty much ignored. Every time there is an influx of new players the issue comes up again ... and is further ignored ... though PGI did eventually introduce CW ... but that can't be the only mechanism of generating match to match interest because only a fraction of the player base actually cares about CW at all.

Anyway, there are several suggested "pillars" or game mechanics to increase match to match interest and thus player retention.

1) CW
2) Competitive ladders ... this could include Solaris game modes
3) Revised and meaningful XP system that allows customization of XP quirks on a chassis by chassis basis ... just look at the perks/quirks/skill trees from ANY MMO out there ... PGIs is probably the most pitiful, useless and boring.
4) PVE

Good luck PGI .. the base game has come a long way but you are still missing the boat on the revenue drivers from longer term player retention.

[GRiPSViGiL]

OP is absolutely correct. Without a persistent macro part of the game there is very little reason to play the same game from what is seemingly open beta. The game plays the same as it ever did with little change. I know people think there has been change but more mechs and a moving meta target is not change nor is it content. CW is just as shallow and hollow as quick matches the only difference is it wastes more of your time. Mechs are redundant and with the main difference being weight but primarily run the same weapons to be effective. Quirks have ruined any player choice in builds unless you want to run gimped. Skill tree is pointless now...at least before it had value even though it was poorly done. The mech combat is good but not to sustain a good population. There needs to be an engaging aspect to keep people hooked. If CW was done properly and given all the features it should have then the game would be where it needs to be. A good mech combat game with a hook.

Edit - Mawai says it much better than me...I am just a bitter salty excuse for a player.

Edited by GRiPSViGiL, 11 December 2015 - 07:51 AM.

[CDLord HHGD]

l33tworks, on 11 December 2015 - 07:36 AM, said:

Yea cos its not like we have fast clan mechs that could vomit 70+pts of pinpoint damage in the game now.

the 6ppc stalker was mega fun. I feel sorry for you if you didn't enjoy it. Some of my best memories are of 2013 MWO 6ppc stalker and ac 40 cat.

Back when the game was more pure.

Ghost heat is like diluting a good whiskey with water.

Oh, I dislike those Clan builds too. I'm sure you had fun, but I got little enjoyment out of either end of a 6PPC insta-gib. I'm sure very few of your opponents were overjoyed either.

[Red Legs Greaves]

I often feel like the OP, this game is the same thing everyday. Same maps, same scenarios, and a lot of the time same people. Like others have stated I usually take a lot of breaks, even if it's just for a day or two. I have a lot of good friends in my unit that I look forward to playing with but even they can't keep my interest up enough sometimes. PGI has really done nothing to the core game since CW came out and they continue to ignore the main problem with this game, that there is nothing to do after you get all the mechs you want. You can tweek the mechs all you want but it doesn't matter when there is nothing new to do.