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[Gas Guzzler]

Prosperity Park, on 20 February 2017 - 08:53 AM, said:

Here are my patch notes:

ProsperityPark continues to have fun playing MechWarrior while others get their jollies by posting insults and pessimism on the forums.

Yeah same, only I get to try out Supernovas as well

[Coolant]

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

[Gas Guzzler]

Coolant, on 20 February 2017 - 09:35 AM, said:

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

That's debatable. Nothing is broken with the current system. So replacing a functional system with a broken system would have been a very poor decision.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Coolant, on 20 February 2017 - 09:35 AM, said:

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

Question(s) - did you test the changes on PTS?
Is so, how many 'mechs do you own and what were your thoughts on the proposed system?
If not, maybe you should have and provided feedback to get it pushed to Live?

[Alistair Winter]

No patch notes before the patch is out, I guess.

[Metus regem]

Alistair Winter, on 20 February 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

No patch notes before the patch is out, I guess.

That's pretty normal for PGI I find...

[Amsro]

Coolant, on 20 February 2017 - 09:35 AM, said:

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

Heh, do you seriously think that the game that was on the PTS server should have went live?

[Mole]

I knew deep down in my soul that PGI was gonna **** up the skill tree. I bloody knew it.

[Alistair Winter]

Mole, on 20 February 2017 - 04:16 PM, said:

I knew deep down in my soul that PGI was gonna **** up the skill tree. I bloody knew it.

I kind of enjoyed talking about the skills that would be applied to any mech in the game under the benefit-of-the-doubt assumption that PGI would probably not let the Timber Wolf have the same exact skill buffs as a Dragon...

... even though we all knew full well that PGI would probably let the Timber Wolf have the same exact same skill buffs as a Dragon.

My reaction when PGI went and nerfed the weak mechs on top of that, just to be safe.

So, you... pre-emptively nerfed basically every underpowered mech in the game?

Edited by Alistair Winter, 20 February 2017 - 04:34 PM.

[Deathlike]

Amsro, on 20 February 2017 - 03:06 PM, said:

Heh, do you seriously think that the game that was on the PTS server should have went live?

Well, if someone wanted that timetable for another exodus to be accelerated... it could always be arranged.

[Weeny Machine]

Coolant, on 20 February 2017 - 09:35 AM, said:

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

Some notorious overperformers like TBWs and KDKs would have gotten the same amount of skill points as even the underperformers...what do you think would have happened? Most likely a Kodigeddon.

Also, what is so often forgotten: heavies and assaults are even now nimble as hell. Add even more agility quirks and tell me how mechs which rely on speed (e.g. light mech class) would have fared. Most likely even much worse than now.

[Clanner Scum]

Coolant, on 20 February 2017 - 09:35 AM, said:

We had the Skill Tree to look forward to....until the normal complaints pushed it back when it didn't need to be.

[Dr Hobo]

Jman5, on 20 February 2017 - 08:55 AM, said:

Man, I wish they would figure out a way to sell dropships in this game. It would be a great money sink and you could introduce all sorts of fun stuff with it in Faction Play and Quickplay.

That implies effort.

And PGIs efforts have been stellar works of great gameplay design and stability these past two years no?

[Raven-kell]

no skill tree this patch? see ya all next month I guess..............(BF1 here I come..for a few more weeks)

[Alistair Winter]

DaveKell, on 20 February 2017 - 11:44 PM, said:

see ya all next month I guess..............

+1