51 replies to this topic

[ZealotTheFallen]

They have accomplished the demise of Mech Warrior, the time to search for matches is now climbing, meaning population is dying once more. They only ones in CW{FW} our the old die hards trying to leech blood out of whatever shows up. PGI wants this game to end, but not faster then their Next Project is completed. We are just funding MECH 5 and if all thier other games are any example of the game play, then we have years of waiting for a longtime and disappointment thank you

[Skipmagnet]

Or maybe all the teens and college-aged types that were playing this game went back to school over the past week.

The sky doesn't have to be falling, you know.

[Monkey Lover]

1 bucket was the worst idea ever.

If we didnt have the population then redesign the game mode. Don't just put everyone into one group until they leave too.

Edited by Monkey Lover, 11 January 2017 - 10:52 AM.

[Rogue Jedi]

ZealotTheFallen, on 11 January 2017 - 09:25 AM, said:

They have accomplished the demise of Mech Warrior,

people have been saying this since 2012, and MWO is still here.

[Metus regem]

Look, if you have such a negitive attitude towards MWO, why do you keep playing and posting?

[Aiden Skye]

For a game that's been dying since beta...sure is taking its sweet time to kick it.

[Natural Predator]

Man i had some great games last night.

[Bjorn Coston]

I always find it funny that so many people talk about how the game is dead and that PGI killed it. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot that they could do to make the game better and at times it seems like they're actively trying to make it worse. But that being said....a lot of people still play the game. For all the doom and gloom in the forums MWO is still kicking.

[MechaBattler]

If anything PGI revived interest in MechWarrior in general. But that's not the point. They're not trying to kill the game. They're just not good at working with the code they have and their ideas to be minimal in what they change.

It's really too early to tell if they're sidelining development on MWO. We are getting new skill system. They usually pump out a revamp or new thing maybe twice a year. So if we don't get any decent revamp or new feature, then we might be able to say that MWO development has been sidelined.

[justcallme A S H]

Ragnar Baron Leiningen, on 11 January 2017 - 11:58 AM, said:

Man i had some great games last night.

I didn't have one. Even solo dropping, it was just a steamroll (with grouped players on the other side too)... Why?

Because so many IS PUGs with XL Assaults with LURMageddon enabled. They just sit there, giving you a stare-down yet are dead in 3 seconds. I killed a LRM Marauder last night with a single LPL (he was fresh), because he just stood still trying to missile me to death. Terrible.

This is the real issue with FP 4.1 - The quality of population has become abysmal. I'm all for more players, but it's not QP, you can't just sit in a corner and lob missiles and think it's going to be effective (given it's not in QP either)...

Plus the eternal QP maps for 2-3 hours in some cycles is driving people insane because that is not what FP is about.


Veterans want Invasion - and will slow down playing because of it
PUGs wanna stop being rolled - and will slow down playing because of it

A double edge sword, where no-one wins.

Edited by justcallme A S H, 11 January 2017 - 01:38 PM.

[AnTi90d]

justcallme A S H, on 11 January 2017 - 01:35 PM, said:

Veterans want Invasion - and will slow down playing because of it
PUGs wanna stop being rolled - and will slow down playing because of it

A double edge sword, where no-one wins.

I yield, unto you, my daily allotment of Agrees. I must now Disagree with everyone else until the 'morrow.

(Also, I called it and said this would happen, months ago.)

[BLOOD WOLF]

After arguing with some trolls who strawmanned me for who knows how long. I gotta recharge my argument power.

This thread looked like a winner.

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 11 January 2017 - 02:05 PM.

[justcallme A S H]

AnTi90d, on 11 January 2017 - 01:51 PM, said:

I yield, unto you, my daily allotment of Agrees. I must now Disagree with everyone else until the 'morrow.

(Also, I called it and said this would happen, months ago.)

lol. *aww shucks*

I just call it how I see it. And while 4.1 is good population wise (well, it was while everyone was on Xmas break) - the REAL telling will be the next 6 weeks for population. I bet Russ won't be tweeting about the percentage decline though. Better to tout the stats during the holiday period, looks better.

[Mustang]

PGI wants this game to end, but not faster then their Next Project is completed. We are just funding MECH 5
what is this Mech 5 you speak of ??

[BLOOD WOLF]

Mustang, on 11 January 2017 - 03:10 PM, said:

PGI wants this game to end, but not faster then their Next Project is completed. We are just funding MECH 5
what is this Mech 5 you speak of ??

the next series in the MW5 franchise. Some trolls are just in agony becuase their least favorite company is going to be making the next line of mechwarrior game

[Starbomber109]

You know zealot, I was feeling down myself a little while ago. Then I calmed down, took a break, drank some tea, and came back to the game.

PGI doesn't have the power to kill (or...really grow for that matter) this game. The only people that can do that are us, the community. So far, the community has been accepting of the new Faction Play. I for one, enjoy it....but I would change one thing, make it easier to select spawn points

[AnimeFreak40K]

...that... that doesn't make any sense by even the most remote sense of the term and it defies any and all logic on top of that.

Why would a company invest a stupid amount of time, money and energy into acquiring a license for a product whose original owner couldn't care less about (and was quite willing to let it collect dust until the heat-death of the universe) only to spend more time, money and energy to develop and deploy a product based on this license with not only no expectation of return but also the express purpose of destroying it?

Seriously, that is by far one of the stupidest things I have read today... and I've read some really REALLY stupid stuff today. If PGI was interested in destroying the franchise, they would have been far better off never picking it up from Microsoft in the first place.

[deathlord]

Just smile and nod guys, Zealot is off his meds again.

[BLOOD WOLF]

deathlord, on 11 January 2017 - 08:07 PM, said:

Just smile and nod guys, Zealot is off his meds again.

tons of zealots still left, I suppose.

[nehebkau]

Monkey Lover, on 11 January 2017 - 10:51 AM, said:

1 bucket was the worst idea ever.

If we didnt have the population then redesign the game mode. Don't just put everyone into one group until they leave too.

Honestly,
I am not liking the 1-bucket system -- you get no sense that you are making progress towards a goal. We just have to accept that this is PGIs game to wreck or improve however they want to and, it is up to us to get what enjoyment we can from whatever they give us....

So, grab a PARTYBACK!!!!, install lights, lava-lamp and disco ball, give it a crazy paint job and go have some fun.

Edited by nehebkau, 11 January 2017 - 08:33 PM.