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[Khobai]

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Insulting PGI in a thread where you are asking for something from them is probably not the wisest course of action.

why they dont read the forums anyway

[Mechwarrior9194373]

if you guys are saying that they can't have FFA in MWO because of code/engine limitations then I can see where they will implement it. I think if there will be ever an FFA , that would happen in MW5.

[sycocys]

If they were smart they'd change MW5 into a sandbox multiplayer game with Battletech assets and open it up to modding.

Those games like Ark, Forest, Conan Exiles are making a killing on what essentially amounts to referral fees for server space rentals while keeping their development costs way under what it'd take to actually make anything resembling a completed game. Once I saw how those companies were actually making their money to sustain their studios/salaries I actually wondered how it was that PGI wasn't one of the first ones aboard that train.

[C E Dwyer]

Dogstar, on 10 March 2018 - 10:43 AM, said:

The thing is that that's just an excuse for laziness, the real trouble is that they either _won't_ make those changes because it would be difficult, that they _can't_ make those changes because they simply don't have any skilled developers in their team, or that the guys in charge are obstinate and don't listen to customers.

To say that something like FFA is impossible to code in software is BS of the biggest order.

Name a PvP game where free for all is a thing ?

I certainly cannot think of one, neither have I played one, where there is a free for all system, that does not require team killing.

Before anyone starts calling me a white knight, I haven't logged into this game more than 10 times since christmas, and have only played enough matches to pick up a few 'dekkels' because I'm waiting on next months patch before I decide to uninstal, or start playing properly again.

However, some of the accusations around here thrown in P.G.I's direction are getting pathetic, and totally unreasonable.


P.G.I it can be arguably said to have less than optimal staff, though with the levels of unemployment or retraining, in software personnel I find this a bit difficult to completely attribute, maybe the top ones don't want to move to Canada ??

I do find the direction this game is heading questionable, hence why I've not spent money on this since November.

To question the logic, and methodology, of the people in charge, is valid, but you call the entire staff, lazy is crossing a line.

[w4ldO]

Cathy, on 12 March 2018 - 06:28 AM, said:

Name a PvP game where free for all is a thing ?

I certainly cannot think of one, neither have I played one, where there is a free for all system, that does not require team killing.

you must be new to gaming......

bomber man
007 golden eye
super smash bros.
quake series
half-life series
unreal series
doom series
painkiller

any other arena fps ever released

many games had an FFA deathmatch component before the incarnation of Team Fortress, Rocket Arena and Counterstrike. (respectively their clones)

Edited by w4ldO, 12 March 2018 - 07:38 AM.

[Humpday]

FFA!!! PLEASE!!
It'll be dominated by light pilots, but still!!!

Its 2018, FFA is the "in thing". Only think is, they'd need to double the size and elevation of maps.
And you can't really bring in the circle of doom(PUBG), so you'd have to have some sort of common objective to all be fighting over.

Would be pretty fun, though again, ligh mechs and lasors would dominate due to extended length of engagements.

[Mystere]

Cathy, on 12 March 2018 - 06:28 AM, said:

Name a PvP game where free for all is a thing ?

Here you go. It's got orders of magnitude more concurrent players than MWO.

[Humpday]

Cathy, on 12 March 2018 - 06:28 AM, said:

Name a PvP game where free for all is a thing ?

PUBG, Fornite, H1Z1

MWO only has like ~2k(possibly 3-4k, accounting for steam stats + standalone client, and thats being very generous) active players at any given point in time. Where as PUBG is in the millions

MWO is a total joke TBH.

Edited by Humpday, 12 March 2018 - 10:59 AM.

[JRcam4643]

Yeah I would like to see the old fashion craziness but I guess 1v1 and 2v2 is all we are getting.

[VaudeVillain]

If PGI did do a FFA, they would need to turn sensors off so it would be harder for people to tag team with their buddies.