But, today, I'm focusing on something constructive, albeit a little blunt.
Faction Play is dying.
Nobody plays it anymore, and it's due to a simple lack of content, and too many public events. PGI said that they will not add anything to Faction Play until the population increases, but the population will not increase unless they actually DO SOMETHING to make Faction Play more engaging. No, that doesn't mean add more mechs, because that's nothing more than a 2 week thrill until we're bored with the mech, or decided that it sucks. After that, the game gets boring again, people leave, and we're back to the 25% of the population we've had before.
Some people may argue that the game is fun with only quick plays, or that they're content with it. But that will not be the case as many people who live for faction play come to the same conclusion that I have, and leave. Then, who will there be to play quick drops against. Do you really want to play a game where there is so few players that you fight the same group over and over again?
But, this can be traced to another fault as well. Public events. With every time there is a quick play event, it strips more away from Faction play, and it forces more players to leave. I'm not saying abolish them entirely, but rather alternate. Quick event, Faction event and so on.
PGI, I am not asking for miracles. If you run short on ideas, look to the feature suggestions for once. If this is too hard of a task to improve faction play, then please just say so. Say you are only going to do quick plays, and many of us who are waiting for the game to get better can move on with our lives.
PGI, I have stayed with this game because of my love for battletech. But no longer will I let it blind me from what you are doing wrong. At times I feel that this game is holding me off, waiting for battletech the game, or star citizen.
I am aware of the fact that in openly calling out PGI, I will attract some negative attention. I may be insulted by some of their lackeys, or a dev pretending to be a lackey, or a dev who is brave enough to stand up and show himself. Or PGI may just edit the forums and move my post to the bottom, or delete it entirely.
Edited by tiyos1017, 24 September 2016 - 09:28 PM.