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[Summon3r]

Does Russ not do roadmaps anymore? only one i see was up till Aug.

Is MWO left for dead in anticipation of mw5? only asking as ive recently started playing again in my own anticipation of mw5 news at mechcon.

[Bud Crue]

There is a sort of road map both in terms of FP and balance in the following threads:

https://mwomercs.com...on-aug-20-2018/

https://mwomercs.com...ts-and-roadmap/


Long story short: Paul is promising some sort of QOL and possible enticement/motivation changes to FP sometime after Mechcon, and Chris is promising the usual never ending “balance” changes with the hope that more clan mechs will get flavor quirks and aggressively quirked IS mechs will be nerfed for reasons and some other stuff but I am not going back through to refresh my recollection.

[Stormpaw]

The road ended at a parking lot of mechpacks

[Summon3r]

Bud Crue, on 28 November 2018 - 08:07 AM, said:

There is a sort of road map both in terms of FP and balance in the following threads:

https://mwomercs.com...on-aug-20-2018/

https://mwomercs.com...ts-and-roadmap/


Long story short: Paul is promising some sort of QOL and possible enticement/motivation changes to FP sometime after Mechcon, and Chris is promising the usual never ending “balance” changes with the hope that more clan mechs will get flavor quirks and aggressively quirked IS mechs will be nerfed for reasons and some other stuff but I am not going back through to refresh my recollection.

LOL... so what your saying is nothing has changed at all in the little over a year i took away from MWO. sad. beyond me how some of these people are still working for PGI. same issues over and over since closed beta.

yet the real joke is on me as im back yet again and just spent a few bucks in the store LOL i just keep telling myself im supporting mw5!!

[Nightbird]

new roadmap at mechcon

[MechaBattler]

Yeah, at this point they're saving any news for MechCon.

[Mystere]

MechaBattler, on 28 November 2018 - 03:08 PM, said:

Yeah, at this point they're saving any news for MechCon.

What news? Something of the same significance as this?

Edited by Mystere, 28 November 2018 - 03:47 PM.

[Peter2k]

Summon3r, on 28 November 2018 - 08:58 AM, said:

LOL... so what your saying is nothing has changed at all in the little over a year i took away from MWO. sad. beyond me how some of these people are still working for PGI. same issues over and over since closed beta.

yet the real joke is on me as im back yet again and just spent a few bucks in the store LOL i just keep telling myself im supporting mw5!!

Funny, when I point out how little has actually happened this year some people like to point out how awfully difficult game development is n stuff, same old same old.

Shame on me for getting my hope up 4 months ago when Paul wanted to give some love to FP.
Shouldn't have spent some money back then, should have known it would be another "soon".


And as for Roadmap, well just like the last times, PGI saves up everything they can for months so they have something to announce at MechCon.

Edited by Peter2k, 28 November 2018 - 08:03 PM.

[Imperius]

Peter2k, on 28 November 2018 - 08:02 PM, said:

Funny, when I point out how little has actually happened this year some people like to point out how awfully difficult game development is n stuff, same old same old.

Shame on me for getting my hope up 4 months ago when Paul wanted to give some love to FP.
Shouldn't have spent some money back then, should have known it would be another "soon".


And as for Roadmap, well just like the last times, PGI saves up everything they can for months so they have something to announce at MechCon.

Told ya man... I got banned in that thread and walked away.

[Khobai]

Dont need a roadmap if youre not adding any new content ever

[Vellron2005]

A roadmap before Mechcon? Not gonna happen...

All cool stuff, if any, is held for Mechcon..

[Joshua McEvedy]

Honestly, I don't expect anything major to be announced at MechCon about MWO because I think Russ and company have given up on it and diverted all available resources to MW5. They gambled on Solaris VII to revive the game but it quickly fizzled, and we haven't seen anything substantial since then, except some new mechs, a few "chicken feed" events, and Paul's thread about quick QoL improvements and tweaks which have yet to materialize and may never.

[Kotzi]

I would love some informations about MW5. I mean, i dont like hypes, but PGIs approach of not teasing the game like at all is kinda weird. Or do i have to be on Twitter and Facebook to get some news on the development or the game in general. The MW5 Merc site is kinda lackluster. Release is still 2019 isnt it?

[Bud Crue]

Joshua McEvedy, on 29 November 2018 - 03:15 AM, said:

Honestly, I don't expect anything major to be announced at MechCon about MWO because I think Russ and company have given up on it and diverted all available resources to MW5. They gambled on Solaris VII to revive the game but it quickly fizzled, and we haven't seen anything substantial since then, except some new mechs, a few "chicken feed" events, and Paul's thread about quick QoL improvements and tweaks which have yet to materialize and may never.

Pretty much.

I suspect that the “big” MWO announcement will be as Paul has hinted in the FP thread I cited above. His revamp of a minimal nature will be presented as if it is a major change and a very big deal, even though it won’t/can’t be, at least based on the comments he has made. There will be very little said regarding changes in game play and much hype about changes to rewards and the introduction of some sort of “immersive” mechanism that will make lore based special events more common and that such events will be linked to actual in game progress on the planetary map. Something like that.

There will of course also be at least one new mech announced (likely another PGI original but who knows), and whatever Russ is hinting at regarding the Warhammer IIC (maybe a bonus variant and/or a new clan weapon introduced that will go with it). I expect some minor change to Solaris will also be announced with inordinante fanfare.

That’s about all I expect.

Man, I’d sure like a big surprise like a new map being announced and dropped, but I don’t have much hope, because like you say all the development resources are likely being directed to MW5.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

next BIG THING:

would you like to buy a mechpack?



*and in case of Crusader I'd very much like to - but for christs sake fix FW already. the decline in population is alarming. look back 2 years and at those numbers; then realise it's YOUR fault PGI that we are where we are.

Edited by Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie, 29 November 2018 - 06:03 AM.

[LordNothing]

you dont need a roadmap when you just drive around in circles.

anyway we will be lucky if they announce a release date for mw5, and a mech pack of course.

Edited by LordNothing, 29 November 2018 - 08:27 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

Maybe they'll change the roadmap to a roadpack.