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[Bulletsponge0]

Nightbird, on 07 December 2018 - 01:19 PM, said:

Per Paul at mechcon, MM update is not on the table

of course not, PGi has reached the limit of what they are capable of

[Zibmo]

Renegade Commander Shepard, on 06 December 2018 - 09:29 PM, said:

Hi Piranha team. I would like to focus on some points that are making the game become somewhat weird in quick play. I see there are many new players coming to try it. There are channels from youtube and streamers that help to spread etc. That's nice. The more players the better. The problem is when the match starts. More precisely at the time when teams are created. I play since 2013 and at that time, even when my team suffered a loss, it was a lot of fun most of the time. The teams were balanced, there was competition. Today, before writing this message, I played several matchs. In all of them, on my team, most of the players were recruits, I say that when I watch them play. They are still lost, learning the maps, getting used to the mechs. Result: our team being destroyed in a short time. We managed to get two or three mechs from the enemy and that's all. There is no fun in this and many novices will uninstall the game. It's not good for us gamers, and not for you developers. I don’t know why this is happening. If groups of veterans are able to cheat something and get together or if it is a poor choice of the game itself. If there are people being smart and coming into a group, you have to be smarter than them and change that. Sorry for the errors in the text, I'm Brazilian and I'm still learning English. Greetings and keep up the great work.

in game, Renegade Commander Shepard

I think the problem is that this game relies on external sources for any kind of social aspects. There isn't a good channel to ask questions in, make friends, etc. Even the "friend" button doesn't allow you to make any kind of comment. I get friend requests from people I don't even remember grouping up with. And twice I've been "friended" by people whose only entertainment, it seems, is giving other players sh1t. So now, I rarely accept. And, with the lack of chat, whisper, party etc. I can't even ask them a question, nor them me.

This game has some problems, but game play is the least of them. The main problems, in my opinion, are the lack of social tools (there's no regulating factor, for one) and the playerbase. If you never get to know people, it's easy to forget that the guy you're salty with may be a great person who played badly.