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[AchingNoodle]

I like the new mini map. It is a strategic map. Now we actually have to use the compass in the HUD. It helps make the game more of a strategic simulation, less of a first person shooter.

Edited by AchingNoodle, 21 June 2016 - 04:42 PM.

[Madithamonsta]

The mini map is too much map for the space it is in. You can barely see whats going on. It would be much better if you could scale it on the fly like the battlegrid. Also should rotate with your mech's legs and give you an FOV indicator like it used to. The battlegrid works perfectly though.

[Ultimatum Ar]

The new minimap is the worst thing Ive seen in a patch... I suppose that the only reason for this new minimap is to force us to use the Battle grid... It would be better to remove the minimap at all.
The new mini map should have zoom, rotation and better grid.

[Fraz Haznik]

knowing what's going on on the other side of the map is pointless - who cares what's going on outside weapons range?

this has GOT TO GO

[Big MO]

I was just in a game where someone was saying that they heard the new mini-map is being rolled back with a hot-fix but did not know when. Anyone heard any more info?

[fudog]

Big MO, on 21 June 2016 - 04:51 PM, said:

I was just in a game where someone was saying that they heard the new mini-map is being rolled back with a hot-fix but did not know when. Anyone heard any more info?

https://twitter.com/...382201710108674

[Icebergdx]

Russ, way to screw us out of the last 2 days of the Summer Solstice event.

Brilliant plan.

If you are such a WoT guy, like you said in the town hall video as part of your justification for doing this idiot change, do us a favor, go work for WoT, because THIS AIN'T WoT. IF WE WANTED TO PLAY FREAKING WoT, WE WOULD BE OVER THERE DOING JUST THAT, NOT PLAYING BIG STOMPY 31ST CENTURY MECHS!!!!

Don't believe he admitted to being a WoT guy? Go watch the Townhall meeting, at Time 33:30 - 35:00 area, he says it. And then the rest of his explanation was total crap after that, especially the "They will have to live with it for a month" comment. You know Russ, you are starting to remind me of the community rep that got sh#$canned before you started in. Losing touch with the community and going off on your own little deals.

Edited by Icebergdx, 21 June 2016 - 04:56 PM.

[Ultimatum Ar]

The old minimap was perfect, maybe new icons where needed but the only thing really needed to the old one was zoom in and zoom out feature for better game play.

[Icebergdx]

fudog, on 21 June 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

https://twitter.com/...382201710108674

Russ has to Twitter it because he does not have the sack to come in the forums and actually address the masses that he has p!$$ed off.

AchingNoodle, on 21 June 2016 - 04:41 PM, said:

I like the new mini map. It is a strategic map. Now we actually have to use the compass in the HUD. It helps make the game more of a strategic simulation, less of a first person shooter.

Really? Let me give you a little clue, it is a cooperative FIRST PERSON SHOOTER WHERE YOU ARE DRIVING A MECH INSTEAD OF WALKING GENIUS. Go flush out your neuro helmet, you need a cleaning.

[Karl the Plumber]

of all the things to "fix" and all the things that everyone wanted to Armchair General about in the forums...did anyone ever have a complaint about the detail/information/viewsize in the old minimap?

[fudog]

Icebergdx, on 21 June 2016 - 05:00 PM, said:

Russ has to Twitter it because he does not have the sack to come in the forums and actually address the masses that he has p!$$ed off.

I do find the use of Twitter & Reddit as major engagement points as a sort of snub to the community-at-the-place-where-things-happen.

Probably not intentional, but it's definitely a cognitive schism of some sort.

[Fraz Haznik]

Russ Bullock should step down - does he even Mechwarrior?

who is responsible for quality control over there?

ever heard of a thing called "play testing"?

Edited by Fraz Haznik, 21 June 2016 - 05:11 PM.

[northpow]

Fraz Haznik, on 21 June 2016 - 05:10 PM, said:

Russ Bullock should step down - does he even Mechwarrior?

who is responsible for quality control over there?

ever heard of a thing called "play testing"?

This is an aggressive post so I hate to agree with it, but I have to say that if they were actually players themselves, they would never have let this through.

In fairness, most of their time is spent on *improving* the game rather than *playing* it, and that is fair. If I worked on developing a game all day I wouldn't want to play it at night.

But they ***really*** need beta testers of actual players for big changes like this. It's a win-win.

[StuffYouFear]

Go back to the old mini map, or give us a option to use it

[Vlaktor]

I'm doing my best not to curse as I am so disappointed by the new minimap so I'll just say this. How to fix this has already been posted over and over and over in this thread. Please do so quickly PGI!

[JonDoeIowa]

This new mini map is disorienting. The way it is now is making me dizzy and I can't figure my direction. The way the map was before moving and rotating with my mech was perfect. Please put it back to the way it was or even put in a check box and let each player decide between this mega mini map or the old way. Keep the new icons and the no direction info I can live with that but give me back everything else.

[Fraz Haznik]

From Russ Bullock via twitter (not enough balls to show his face on the official forums):
Looking like hotfix may even be tomorrow around 5pm - that is the aim. Nice changes all will enjoy - official post sometime tomorrow

..and when is your resignation letter scheduled? Where do i send my resume?

[Deodorized]

almost 8000 matches and probably my first post...

Yeah, the mini map sucks that much.

completely useless.

[Joshua McEvedy]

The new minimap is useless. Roll back to the old one.

'nuff said.

[AfterBurn914]

This new minimap is Gawd awful. You can't tell which way is which on this thing. Please at least give us the option to use the old style, if not going back to the old one completely.