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[Bishop Steiner]

MeiSooHaityu, on 08 June 2016 - 06:48 AM, said:

Hey, PGI doesn't make it easy to want to be neutral, fair, or heck even reasonable at times. Can't fault people for being frustrated and wanting to voice it (including myself), but I do think there is a bit too much straight up salt.

as long as I keep calling em Reddiots, I'm pretty sure I'm safe from gaining fans there.

As for PGI....here's the thing the "Black Knights" have never understood... you get more flies with honey than vinegar.

Yeah, I'm often not happy with the state of MWO. But all that acting like an entitled dbag all the time accomplishes...is to ensure they don't listen to you. But, if you are selective, if you give credit when and where it is due

When a person has 500 posts, and 499 of them are negative, whiny QQ, how likely is a new whine thread to actually move the needle? Conversely, when you have 40,000 posts, and 39,501 of them are helpful, fun, "thanks for the toys PGI", or even simple "Hey here's and idea"..... then those 499 posts where you do let it fly, are far far far mor elikely to cause people to take notice.

Even on here, I've see "oh snap, when Bishop is no longer white knighting.... it's the apocalypse!".

I may not have been able to cause the wholesale changes I would have liked, but folks like me have had a hand in finally getting things like the rescale pushed through, etc.

Of course the Black Knights simply look at it and go "well MY AGENDA was not addressed, so 100% fail! PGI!!!!", but for the 98% or whatever who are neither White or Black Knights, any little victory counts.

Kin3ticX, on 08 June 2016 - 07:06 AM, said:

Its probably a combination of things. The steam launch lost momentum really fast. Then there was a large phase 3 patch that is overall a total failure which overshadows anything good about it. Throw in a botched town hall and big hiccups with the 100k tournament.

and other stuff. (also more like 2-3 botched TH)

[Gas Guzzler]

No mech announcement today? I guess they are throwing in the towel...

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:07 AM, said:

No mech announcement today? I guess they are throwing in the towel...

it is only 10am there, they haven't even poured their coffee yet.

[Gas Guzzler]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 June 2016 - 09:16 AM, said:

it is only 10am there, they haven't even poured their coffee yet.

Typically they put the page up at around 10 am on the first Wednesday of the month. Technically last Wednesday was but it was the first so I figured they would put it off until today, but it looks like no cigar...

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:22 AM, said:

Typically they put the page up at around 10 am on the first Wednesday of the month. Technically last Wednesday was but it was the first so I figured they would put it off until today, but it looks like no cigar...

with nothing even announced last week, I wasn't honestly expecting a stealth Mech.... though hey..ECM mechs!! Always need more of them, right!

And no, I'm not bitter or salty. Just tired.

[WarHippy]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:07 AM, said:

No mech announcement today? I guess they are throwing in the towel...

Was there supposed to be one?

[Gas Guzzler]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 June 2016 - 09:25 AM, said:

with nothing even announced last week, I wasn't honestly expecting a stealth Mech.... though hey..ECM mechs!! Always need more of them, right!

And no, I'm not bitter or salty. Just tired.

Yeah, I guess they can announce one at the end of this month and still meet the October patch release date (one month after the Night Gyr), since the Night Gyr was pushed out 1 month, announcing one at the start of July would still give them the 3 month lead time that they have been baselining.

I don't know why I care that much, I might not even buy, I just want some more MechPorn to get excited about.

WarHippy, on 08 June 2016 - 09:29 AM, said:

Was there supposed to be one?

Typically first week of the month we have been getting one. I didn't think the lack of townhall meant no mech. The Cyclops didn't get its own TownHall.

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 08 June 2016 - 09:32 AM.

[Karl Streiger]

Well there was one every two months since the MAD maybe the sells of the last didn't go well so they preparing a 4 Mech package again.

And you really have to scrape the barrel to find some shite light and Medium Mechs so that they can buy heavy and assault packages only.

Well at least i'm Lucky no Mech no money

Edited by Karl Streiger, 08 June 2016 - 09:34 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:31 AM, said:

Yeah, I guess they can announce one at the end of this month and still meet the October patch release date (one month after the Night Gyr), since the Night Gyr was pushed out 1 month, announcing one at the start of July would still give them the 3 month lead time that they have been baselining.

I don't know why I care that much, I might not even buy, I just want some more MechPorn to get excited about.



Typically first week of the month we have been getting one. I didn't think the lack of townhall meant no mech. The Cyclops didn't get its own TownHall.

Oh, I'm with you, I just want a sign of life, any sign. I'm not even asking for them to give a sign they actually give a damn, just that some psycho gunman hasn't gone postal in their offices or something.

I mean..... it's awfully hard when you appear to give more of a damn about their game than they do.

[Gas Guzzler]

Karl Streiger, on 08 June 2016 - 09:33 AM, said:

Well there was one every two months since the MAD maybe the sells of the last didn't go well so they preparing a 4 Mech package again.

And you really have to scrape the barrel to find some shite light and Medium Mechs so that they can buy heavy and assault packages only.

Well at least i'm Lucky no Mech no money

Its been one mech a month since the Marauder, except for missing one month (no mech released in April), but as of now, we have a mech dropping every month until September (Phoenix Hawk, Viper, Cyclops, Night Gyr)

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:39 AM, said:

Its been one mech a month since the Marauder, except for missing one month (no mech released in April), but as of now, we have a mech dropping every month until September (Phoenix Hawk, Viper, Cyclops, Night Gyr)

yeah and at least they informed us when there wasn't going to be one.

[Bud Crue]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 June 2016 - 09:38 AM, said:

I mean..... it's awfully hard when you appear to give more of a damn about their game than they do.

And that right there is the core problem with how PGI views us and how we view them.

We are allowed to give a damn about their game if that means buying a mech pack, but beyond that I think they would prefer it if we would keep the rest of our opinions to ourselves.

[WarHippy]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:31 AM, said:

Yeah, I guess they can announce one at the end of this month and still meet the October patch release date (one month after the Night Gyr), since the Night Gyr was pushed out 1 month, announcing one at the start of July would still give them the 3 month lead time that they have been baselining.

I don't know why I care that much, I might not even buy, I just want some more MechPorn to get excited about.



Typically first week of the month we have been getting one. I didn't think the lack of townhall meant no mech. The Cyclops didn't get its own TownHall.

Hmm... I'm going to go all optimistic for a moment and assume the silence we have been experiencing and the lack of mech announcement is because they have something big in the works like a time jump with four new mechs each for the IS and Clan. As well as some other big announcement with regard to maps and/or CW. Maybe they are adding melee so we get the Hatchetman and Axman, or maybe they are just holding off on the announcement to coincide with something yet to be announced with the Battletech game.

Now back to being pessimistic and assuming the lack of mech and communication is because they are preparing to cut and run with whatever money they can.

[Navid A1]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 09:31 AM, said:

Yeah, I guess they can announce one at the end of this month and still meet the October patch release date (one month after the Night Gyr), since the Night Gyr was pushed out 1 month, announcing one at the start of July would still give them the 3 month lead time that they have been baselining.

I don't know why I care that much, I might not even buy, I just want some more MechPorn to get excited about.



Typically first week of the month we have been getting one. I didn't think the lack of townhall meant no mech. The Cyclops didn't get its own TownHall.

Yes they said there would be one medium and one heavy clan Omni mech but i'm not seeing the reason why they're expected to go live today.
Cyclops was hinted in the town hall btw.

[WarHippy]

Navid A1, on 08 June 2016 - 09:47 AM, said:

Yes they said there would be one medium and one heavy clan Omni mech but i'm not seeing the reason why they're expected to go live today.
Cyclops was hinted in the town hall btw.

Nobody was expecting something to go live today only a new mech announcment. As for the Cyclops being hinted at I don't know what you mean as we already know we are getting that mech and when.

[R O C K E T]

Well, I just emailed support to cancel my Night Gyr and Viper Ultimate Packs and was refunded the $140 in under 8 minutes by GMPatience.

I wasn't asked why. I guess they don't care, so I feel kinda justified in my actions.

If the miracle happens and something is announced thats going to change things big time I'll re-order, I couldn't really care less about the early adopter bribes rewards.

No more money from this Whale.

[Bishop Steiner]

Mr Pool, on 08 June 2016 - 10:12 AM, said:

Well, I just emailed support to cancel my Night Gyr and Viper Ultimate Packs and was refunded the $140 in under 8 minutes by GMPatience.

I wasn't asked why. I guess they don't care, so I feel kinda justified in my actions.

If the miracle happens and something is announced thats going to change things big time I'll re-order, I couldn't really care less about the early adopter bribes rewards.

No more money from this Whale.

Yeah, Customer Service has usually been pretty sterling as a dept. Customer Service from anyone outside that dept, less so, but I guess that's why they don't work in Customer Service?

[R O C K E T]

I dunno about you Bishop, It all makes me feel kinda sad how this last four(?) years have worked out..

I don't begrudge the money I have spent, I have enjoyed my time with the game, and I'll be back like a shot if they get their act together.

I just hoped for more than this..

[Gas Guzzler]

Navid A1, on 08 June 2016 - 09:47 AM, said:

Yes they said there would be one medium and one heavy clan Omni mech but i'm not seeing the reason why they're expected to go live today.
Cyclops was hinted in the town hall btw.

Because they have been announcing mechs every month on Wednesday. Its called a pattern...

An IS mech was hinted at, just like as you just said another medium and heavy omnimech were also hinted at as coming, its not that great of leap to think the first Wednesday pattern (yes I know that technically this isn't the first Wednesday, as June 1st was the first Wednesday, but typically PGI moves things to the next week when its the 1st of the month) would continue.

[Green Mamba]

You guys keep this up and we will lose our GENERAL DISCUSSION forums again