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[TKSax]

Mcgral18, on 30 September 2016 - 05:53 AM, said:

I guess we should ask what type of content we're getting from MechCon
Better not be another Mechpack, even if it's a Light Mechpack

You know they are going announce new mechs at mechcon that is given... i hope it will not be the only thing...

[Mole]

I don't think there would be nearly as much outcry if it wasn't for all this "cloaks and daggers" crap that PGI pulls every time there is an update incoming. I see no reason Russ couldn't have just told us exactly what it was instead of teasing us like that. That kind of misleading teaser speech is why everyone is so upset. I don't understand why PGI feels like they need to keep practically everything they are doing "TOP SECRET!!!" Unless they are doing that because they don't want people to realize that their company is a sinking ship until it's too late to get a lifeboat.

Edited by Mole, 30 September 2016 - 07:33 AM.

[Novakaine]

Bigger announcements huh?
Wanna buy..........
Super Heavy Battlemechs!

[Felicitatem Parco]

Russ was technically correct...

[Davegt27]

who is this Russ you speak of?

[LordKnightFandragon]

BLOOD WOLF, on 29 September 2016 - 07:34 PM, said:

smoking gun right there. I guess mechs aren't content according to russ

Ummmm....if they arent content, what are they? filler? Just more **** to sell?

Didnt they say they were making an announcement about PVE at MechCon?

Edited by LordKnightFandragon, 30 September 2016 - 10:24 AM.

[jonfett]

Novakaine, on 30 September 2016 - 09:36 AM, said:

Bigger announcements huh?
Wanna buy..........
Super Heavy Battlemechs!

That actually looks like it would be a great team-based mech. You've got a cockpit for the driver/pilot way up-front and downlow, the viewports for the gunnery officer higher up in the mid-section, and then the commander cupola way up top for calling out targets and directions. I want one.

Edited by jonfett, 30 September 2016 - 10:39 AM.

[Appogee]

Vellron2005, on 30 September 2016 - 02:24 AM, said:

This game has many many things that need fixing, FW being the biggest one. But how is PGI supposed to do that?

They need money and man-hours to do that, and hey, for PGI, money comes - from mech packs.

True. But they've been taking our money for what, 4 years now...? And some of us have spent quite a bit.

When do we finally get the game we thought we were supporting them to develop?

I appreciate that it takes time to build a quality game. But it seems like development has not only overall slowed, but an awful lot of PGI's time and attention goes to developing things that most of us don't care that much about. E-sports is the current prime example.

I think the point is: I - and I think many others - stopped buying a Mech Pack a month blindly hoping that one day the underlying game would become interesting enough for use to use our extensive Mechs collections.

PGI needs to to give priority - or at least equal attention - to fixing important end-game content like Faction Play, instead of just churning out YAMP.

Edited by Appogee, 30 September 2016 - 11:05 AM.

[A Shoddy Rental Mech]

dervishx5, on 29 September 2016 - 04:38 PM, said:

Well as long as Russ is content then I guess I'm content too.

I haven't logged into the game in 3 days and my level of content has risen.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Appogee, on 30 September 2016 - 11:03 AM, said:

I appreciate that it takes time to build a quality game. But it seems like development has not only overall slowed, but an awful lot of PGI's time and attention goes to developing things that most of us don't care that much about. E-sports is the current prime example.

Except their "attempt" at developing or putting attention towards E-sports like all other things ends up half-assed and a pointless attempt to placate a fraction of the player base.

[C E Dwyer]

Andi Nagasia, on 29 September 2016 - 07:00 PM, said:

well ive been wanting more OmniMech Variants to help Fill out some Mechs,
we kinda got that, and they are all Hero Mechs, so we Kinda got that too,

so we got:
1) OmniMechs ClanWave1-2 Heros= which people have been asking for for months,
2) New OmniMech Variants= which again people have been asking for for months,

i think its move People disappointed that it wasnt something bigger,
rather than out right something PGI worked on that no one wanted,

I guess the clue was in the not new Chasis comment, people have, wanted hero clans for a while.

I think the angst lays in the fact, it's nothing major, and the comment on twitter, while neither deceitful, or misleading intentionally, clearly demonstrates what the customers think is a big deal and what Russ thinks is a big deal.

Sadly, there is a rather wide gap, and doesn't really encourage medium and long term supporters, to continue supporting

[RestosIII]

The best part is that I don't think Russ understands WHY we're frustrated with him. I think he truly believes this is stuff we should be excited about and thanking them for.



The worst part? I still want to give them money so I can have the 2016 loyalty rewards. Even after all this garbage. I might need to take a break from the game at this rate.

[Hunka Junk]

Go ahead and spend some dough for the loyalty awards.

This may be the last round of them given that this just-wait-till-mechcon strategy is going to come down to this outfit needing to unveil something absolutely astonishing or else hop a rocket straight down the tubes.

Given that something astonishing will almost certainly be half-finished (which it will considering they don't play test themselves), nobody is going to wait for more amazing unfinished crap to get finished.

By this time next year, this forum may be a ghost town.

[Mole]

RestosIII, on 30 September 2016 - 12:14 PM, said:

The best part is that I don't think Russ understands WHY we're frustrated with him. I think he truly believes this is stuff we should be excited about and thanking them for.



The worst part? I still want to give them money so I can have the 2016 loyalty rewards. Even after all this garbage. I might need to take a break from the game at this rate.

I don't think Russ comprehends people and things that happen around him. As a wise man once said, he is on an island.

[RestosIII]

Mole, on 30 September 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

I don't think Russ comprehends people and things that happen around him. As a wise man once said, he is on an island.

At this point, he's more than just on an island. He's used dark magicks to make his island fly above us mere plebians.

[Clownwarlord]

NEW PGI AND MWO RULE:

When ever Russ says there is to be an announcement, or new content. It is about buying mechs with cash. #WantToBuyAMech

[Jables McBarty]

0111101, on 29 September 2016 - 04:03 PM, said:

Technically these are not new chassis. Technically.

No technicalities about it folks....he was "correct" in all the senses of the word.

Moonlight Grimoire, on 29 September 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

I had hoped we were going to get like... Ammo Switching, or picking which slot a weapon goes in, or something... meaningful. Clan Hero mechs isn't something "new to MWO" we have Clan heroes already with the Viper. So... I guess now they can add Clan Mastery Packs?

I don't know, I expected nothing and was let down, kind of impressive.

How is this expecting nothing?

TKSax, on 29 September 2016 - 04:52 PM, said:

Being Technical like this is a good way to piss off people. Its is just poor move from a PR Statement. Personally, I don't care I learned long ago not to have any expectations when it comes to PGI, it saves on the disappointment

rember Russ does not think mechs are content...

I read this as referring to "Mech Sales" like the Heavy Mech Sale 35% off that just finished.

Not to be confused with designing, releasing, and selling new 'mech packs.

[FupDup]

Novakaine, on 30 September 2016 - 09:36 AM, said:

Bigger announcements huh?
Wanna buy..........
Super Heavy Battlemechs!

PGI would probably charge more for that thing than they did for Gold mechs. *shudder*

[Ace Selin]

Jables McBarty, on 30 September 2016 - 01:50 PM, said:

Not to be confused with designing, releasing, and selling new 'mech packs.

Which is the only content i have come to expect from PGI.

[Kargush]

Doesn't matter what Russ does, the community is going to ***** and whine, whine and *****, because it wasn't 100% what absolutely everyone wanted.

New game mode? Spawns are bad, win conditions aren't unique enough, still just descends into "kill everyone."

New map? Spawns are bad, geometry is bad, there is too much cover, there isn't enough cover, why aren't there base defences or destructable terrain?

Revamped CW? Spawns are bad, win conditions are crap, maps aren't big enough, maps are too big, maps favour one side over the other.

Free pizza for everyone? I'm vegan, I'm on a diet, I don't like cheese, why can't I have pepperoni, why wasn't it from my favourite pizza place down the street?