109 replies to this topic

[Bowelhacker]

Jesus there are so many ******* whingers on here.

Having said that, FIX THE ****** SUPPLY CACHE REWARDS.

[Sigmar Sich]

Nothing about CW / FP ?
Very well, next log-in in three month..

[Thrudvangar]

Metachanic, on 07 June 2018 - 02:14 PM, said:

Keen to see the new round of 3060 tech updates, but I sincerely hope they do not affect the Battlemaster in the same way as the Banshee. The Battlemaster is the thin red line giving IS a chance at the long-range trading game versus clans in Faction Play, and if its mounts wind up lower, it'll be a very tough spot with no real replacements available.

Take a Thunderbolt....Rifleman etc.. IS has plenty (energy)/ range quirked mechs with high torso mounts...

Edited by Thrudvangar, 17 June 2018 - 09:35 PM.

[Tina Benoit]

An update has been added today on the Roadmap post announcement:

InnerSphereNews, on 07 June 2018 - 11:10 AM, said:

[Updated info on Weapon Retrofits] (Edited on June 27th)
With the retrofits released in June, we changed the weapon hardpoint textures on the Shadow Hawk to unpaintable gunmetal instead of matching them to the ‘Mech’s various camo pattern textures. We made this choice to keep consistency with all the other current and new ‘Mechs’ weapon textures being designed this way: as unpaintable gunmetal.





However, after reviewing community feedback on the June retrofits, we will be changing the Shadow Hawk’s weapon textures to look as close as possible to the camo painted weapon hardpoints it previously had.  





In order for the Texture Artists to repaint textures on each weapon for the Shadow Hawk and/or other possible retrofit adjustments from the feedback, the list of ‘Mech Weapon Retrofits in July and August will currently remain undetermined until Patch Notes are released.





Here’s an insider look of the Texture Artist’s work on Weapon Retrofits:





While old weapon hardpoints are removed, new weapon hardpoints take place where every piece must be textured, assigned a material, and then painted with every camo pattern that the ‘Mech supports with approximately over 25-30 patterns per ‘Mech,





‘Mech hardpoints consist of many different weapons where each is painted to match seamlessly to the ‘Mech’s surrounding camo pattern and materials.





For example in the image below, the Dragon ‘Mech’s weapon retrofitted hardpoints in the front center torso, side torso and arms, you can see the red pieces which represent the geometry that change depending on the equipped loadouts, while the white geometry represents the ‘Mech body.













Looking at the second image below of our CURRENT non-retrofitted Dragon Hero ‘Mech, the pattern would be significantly modified if the retrofitted version above each hardpoint piece of geometry was not re-painted exactly like the original with the pattern on the front. This is where some ‘Mechs can take significantly more time than others to replicate its’ original appearance and details with the number of red geometry pieces to re-paint.

[Marius Evander]

So still nothing about Faction Play

[Requiemking]

I'm just concerned about the state of the inter-weightclass balance. Sure, I'm excited for the Vulcan(I preordered the Collectors pack after all), but with Lights as a weightclass in an abysmal state(which they have been since June 2016), I can't help but be concerned that the Vulcan will become yet another "better Light than the Lights" mech. That, plus the continued dominance of the Heavy weightclass is contributing quite massively to the current balance issues.

[IllCaesar]

Please adjust the Hunchback retrofits. The unique look the chassis had is now. On the 4G, 4H, and Grid Iron it actually looks worse than years ago before you gave the ballistic hunches their unique appearance when mounting autocannons. Changing the head-mounted energy weapon mount to a standard one instead of keeping the special one they had was very disappointing as well.

Edited by IllCaesar, 01 July 2018 - 06:00 PM.

[Appogee]

Please improve FP.

I couldn't care less less about your constant trivial tweaking of textures and geometry. Cosmetics make zero difference when the entire end-game of MWO continues to be so shallow.

FP needs logistics, careers and meaningful goals ... just as it was described in your Powerpoint charts all those years ago.

Edited by Appogee, 01 July 2018 - 09:05 PM.

[Alreech]

Appogee, on 01 July 2018 - 06:25 PM, said:

FP needs logistics, careers and meaningful goals ... just as it was described in your Powerpoint charts all those years ago.

FP needs first players... and most players prefer Quickplay because the long waiting times in Faction Play.

Without radical reduction of the number of queues that split the playerbase and improved tools for teamwork - in quickplay and faction play - logistics and careers don't change anything...

Speaking about tools for teamwork:
Create a VOIP Channel if a player creates a group. Players that joint that group also join the VOIP Channel.
Move the whole channel to the Team Channel when the group join a Server.
(MWO use Teamspeak as VOIP Solution, and Teamspeak support movement of sub channels.)

12 vs 12 is also a mess, add a 13th player as commander with acces to the Battlegrid & Specator Mode.

[Tukayyid]

Love the idea of the 13th player/commander.

[shameless]

no new mech announcement today? shocking..

[Appogee]

Alreech, on 02 July 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

FP needs first players...

If the mode was fixed there'd be more players.

Chicken and egg situation.

[TheFallOfTheReaper]

So.......nothing about factionplay? wonderful, back to endless farming free mc from events, and wondering when mw5 will stop being the end all and be all, and youll get back to actual content........not mechpacks......and certainly not mechs that have been queued for injection since openbeta.

[Archbishop Six]

Improve !

Faction !

Play !

Whats so hard to talk to us?

[Bishop Six]

Archbishop Six, on 03 July 2018 - 01:35 AM, said:

Improve !

Faction !

Play !

Whats so hard to talk to us?

You are absolutely right Archbishop!

[Jay Leon Hart]

Archbishop Six, on 03 July 2018 - 01:35 AM, said:

Bishop Six, on 03 July 2018 - 01:36 AM, said:

Come on now

[TWLT S]

Faction Play and improving nearly all existing gamemodes!

I m happy not to see to much Bolt ons. They are ridiculous.

[MovinTarget]

I really wish there was an easy path to faction play. It seems like they'll catch heat regardless of how they try to fix it... it illuminates one of the core issues with immersive multiplayer gameplay with this many variables; no matter how hard you try, humans are gonna screw it up one way or another and the rest with complain that what it is in reality is nothing like it was in their heads...

[Bishop Six]

Jay Leon Hart, on 03 July 2018 - 09:13 AM, said:

Come on now

If PGI refuses to talk with me, i talk to myself. Like mummy said i can do what i want.

[Nathan White]

Archbishop Six, on 03 July 2018 - 01:35 AM, said:

Improve !

Faction !

Play !

Whats so hard to talk to us?

Faction play? I'm never played in this mode. Is it interesting, Bishop?