Alan Davion, on 29 April 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:
If that's the case, HBS wouldn't need to wait until later. As soon as PGI gets the concept and 3D models done, they get them sent off to HBS.
Now, don't take this the wrong way, but that whole "Our Turn Now" comment comes off just as greedy as what you say below about Cathy greedily wanting the Crusader, Wasp and Stinger. Can we all try and keep this civil?
In the space of time the Sphere has gotten the Marauder, the Warhammer, the Rifleman, the Archer, and the Cyclops, the Clans have gotten the Kodiak and the Viper. 5 to 2. What I'm saying is not "f*** off forever gimme my s***", I'm saying "perhaps the Clans and Clan players can get another chassis on the clock before we tell them to all go p!ss off a cliff for three months so we can release more Unseen?"
If that's greedy...well, then I'm greedy.
Alan Davion, on 29 April 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:
This might just be me, but I would say, logically speaking, people are hoping all the 3025 specific mechs get into HBS' game so they can finally jump ship from this disaster of Titanic proportions. See what I did there?
No matter what PGI does, someone, somwhere is going to get pissed off, and until PGI finally knuckles down and stops letting themselves be cowed by whoever screams the loudest, MWO will continue to sink into the icy waters with a gigantic wound in its belly.
And quite frankly, I'm one of them. The sooner HBS' game is done, the sooner I can rid myself of this cesspool that is MWO.
In other words, Piranha doesn't need to care about you, and in fact would likely be better off not doing so. Given that you've stated outright that you dislike this game and will be abandoning it just as soon as your preferred alternative becomes available. Why should they try and cater to your desires when doing so will not help them retain you? if you're a lost cause, then better to cut the loss and move on, hm?
Alan Davion, on 29 April 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:
Unless this supposed power draw system does a superb job of curtailing the atrocious alpha-strike mentality that's infected the game. Even then there's still a lot of crap that needs serious fixing if MWO is going to survive.
Debatable. Not everyone needs this game to be Starcraft, Minecraft, the Sims, Civilization, and all previous MechWarrior games combined, all at once, to feel they've gotten their money's worth. is there work to be done? There always is. But the game has survived for going on five years now. I imagine it'll keep on surviving just fine, even after HBS gets their game out, because MWO is not HBS' BattleTech and HBS BattleTech is not MWO. Some people will play one, some people will play the other, and a lot of people will play both.
Alan Davion, on 29 April 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:
Sooner or later it won't really matter what mech is up for sale though, no one will buy them if the core game continues to wallow in filth. And at that point PGI might as well just close up shop if all they do is try to distract people with a new mech every month rather than actually try to fix their game.
As I just got done saying, no matter what is announced, be it mech or game mechanic, someone, somewhere, is going to get their panties all in a twist over it.
What needs to be fixed? 'Atrocious alpha-strike mentality'? 'Balance'? 'Fun'? There is no fixing these things because everybody has a different, usually incompatible idea of what they are. If you hate new 'Mech introductions, don't buy them. If you hate MWO, don't play. But really, man...there isn't a game company in the world that could do to MWO what The Playerbase, as a collective, caustic, unpleasant whole, wants Piranha to do to MWO.
Alan Davion, on 29 April 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:
And whether it's PGI knuckling down and telling people "This is the way it is", and causing people to get even more pissed off and ultimately leave... Or people finally just pull the collective trees out of their collective arses, and calm the F*** down, nothing is ever going to really get better around here.
I would actually be delighted if Russ and Piranha stiffened their spines, put their feet down, and told the playerbase that
we are players,
they are developers, and they will do their job while we do ours. Any time they do anything like that though, they get screeched at for Not Listening To Their Players. After the hell that was 2013, they're too twitchy with regards to player rebellions, and it's cost them in diluted focus and various half-measures that were aborted because too many idiots whined.
That said, they seem to be getting
slightly better over time, and at this point I can pretty easily stand to spend money only when I figure they've done something right. So that's what I do. And currently? I figure the right thing, insofar as 'Mech packs go, is to give the Clans one or two more options to look forward to before/during the push to Get All 3025 'Mechs in So Salty Bittervets Can Jump Ship.
If they do that, I'll see about wallet treats. If they don't, other people will see about wallet treats. I simply feel like maybe it's the Clan side's turn to fund the game for a little bit, hm?
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