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[TheBossOfYou]

Kanil, on 12 December 2018 - 09:42 PM, said:

I hope this means we'll see maps that don't support escort more often.

Now we just have to kill Incursion. Then we'll have the ones people want: Murderbowl, Yellow Stain, "Crap, somebody go back", and "50 KPH isn't enough"

[LordNothing]

idk what the big deal is about killing what little variety the game has, and it doesn't have much.

yes we need to consolidate popultions. shotgunning it all over the place was a bad idea. qp, gq, fp, scouting, solaris. the bulk of the modes need to be consolidated into a more robust custom games system. it would need a lobby browser so lobbies currently being hosted can be found. want an 8v8 with a 50 ton cap, join that, want to do conquest with a drop deck and a 2500 cap limit you can do that too, if what you want to play doesnt exist, make your own lobby.

at the bare minimum id keep qp, and fp and custom games. i suppose you could bring solaris on line for a seasonal solaris tourney. or bring scouting on line for specific fp events. add gq tonnage rules and map/mode voting to fp. and put the q back into qp, by getting rid of voting, simplifying the matchmaker and maybe even cutting it back to 8v8.

Edited by LordNothing, 12 December 2018 - 11:59 PM.

[FRAGTAST1C]

You know what? I'm going to put my Hope hat on and tell you all that PGI removed Escort to create something with it based on the suggestions given in the other thread. Maybe the AI will be gone and one of the players will be randomly chosen as a VIP or something. You might ask, "Then why did they remove it?". The answer is that when they do reinject that game mode, it won't be like before and we can get used to it as if it never existed.

Eh? Eh? What do you think? Hope hat ftw.

[Jay Leon Hart]

So remove Skirmish next? You know, the least interesting mode?

[MrMadguy]

Grimmwold, on 12 December 2018 - 11:19 PM, said:

Now we just have to kill Incursion. Then we'll have the ones people want: Murderbowl, Yellow Stain, "Crap, somebody go back", and "50 KPH isn't enough"

Yeah. And then we'll be able to bring all old good maps back. Who plays Caustic Valley today? Nobody. And back then it was relatively good map. Who plays River City today? Forest Colony? All this maps were good and popular back then.

[Darth Hotz]

Not sure what to think of this.

I disliked escort too, but it is not that this game has to much content that you should just remove without even trying to fix it.

Give the defenders the VIP`s waypoints, so they know where he is going. That would have helped this mode a lot, but instead of investing a little work, they rather erase it.

[Nema Nabojiv]

KrazedOmega, on 12 December 2018 - 07:28 PM, said:

-Removed Escort game mode from Quick Play.

Best change of the year!

[Weeny Machine]

KrazedOmega, on 12 December 2018 - 07:28 PM, said:

Greetings MechWarriors,

A Hot-Fix is scheduled to occur tomorrow, December 13th, to address the following fixes:

- Fixed issues with Friend List sorting.
- Fixed issues with the Faction Play queue info, it should now shows the queue numbers properly.
- Corrected the Hatamotochi 'Mech Arm Pitch Speed to the intended value.
- Corrected Hatamotochi HTM-27(S) right torso structure from [35] to [34].
- Corrected Hatamotochi HTM-27(S) right arm structure from [27] to [26].
- Corrected Charger CGR-3K right arm structure from [27] to [26].
- Corrected the Rifleman RFL-8D(L) Hardpoints to intended values.
- Fixed a bug where turning left while stationary in the Charger 'Mech will cause the cockpit to tilt.
- Fixed inconsistencies in LRM flight paths introduced in the Dec. Patch.

Other changes:

-Removed Escort game mode from Quick Play.


The specific time for this hot-fix tomorrow is still TBD will be update on this post once determined.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!

If only Polar HighLRMlands would be put into the same trash bin...

[Timuroslav]

Damn, about time all game modes were variations of skirmish...

Oh wait.... That's not a good thing.
smh* seriously this community sometimes, is why PGI makes bipolar decisions.

MrMadguy, on 13 December 2018 - 01:33 AM, said:

Yeah. And then we'll be able to bring all old good maps back. Who plays Caustic Valley today? Nobody. And back then it was relatively good map. Who plays River City today? Forest Colony? All this maps were good and popular back then.

It's all about dumbing down the game for DPS brawler builds. World of Warships is the same way with Battleships. They will rant and vote down things they don't like because they don't want to take the time to understand them.

They're dumbing down the game seriously.

Edited by Timuroslav, 13 December 2018 - 05:32 AM.

[Weeny Machine]

Timuroslav, on 13 December 2018 - 05:35 AM, said:

Damn, about time all game modes were variations of skirmish...

Oh wait.... That's not a good thing.
smh* seriously this community sometimes, is why PGI makes bipolar decisions.


It's all about dumbing down the game for DPS brawler builds. World of Warships is the same way with Battleships. They will rant and vote down things they don't like because they don't want to take the time to understand them.

They're dumbing down the game seriously.

Mid-range laser vomit is not brawling...there are hardly any brawl builds around.

Edited by Bush Hopper, 13 December 2018 - 05:40 AM.

[Pain G0D]

I would have appreciated an official reason for removing it or if its going to be improved on and then reintroduced ?

[Bombast]

Scout Derek, on 12 December 2018 - 09:16 PM, said:

RIP and "you won't be missed" don't go well together.

We want Escort to rest in peace so it doesn't rise from its grave as a zombie to come back and torture us.

Timuroslav, on 13 December 2018 - 05:35 AM, said:

Damn, about time all game modes were variations of skirmish...

Oh wait.... That's not a good thing.

It's not like Escort was any different. It was just Skirmish, but with poorly placed sensor nodes and a potato VIP who forced fights in weird locations and who's path finding would glitch out if you touched it in the wrong way.

Edited by Bombast, 13 December 2018 - 06:52 AM.

[Anomalocaris]

Thanks PGI, really do appreciate it. Glad you're willing to try new things, but in the future, don't take so long to jettison the mistakes.

[Grus]

But now that its gone, (thank the gods) what are people gonna use to get more vote stacks?

[Bombast]

MrMadguy, on 13 December 2018 - 01:33 AM, said:

Yeah. And then we'll be able to bring all old good maps back. Who plays Caustic Valley today? Nobody. And back then it was relatively good map. Who plays River City today? Forest Colony? All this maps were good and popular back then.

Lets be real: If they get rid of Incursion, we're just going to play HPG, Canyon,and Mining forever.

[- World Eater -]

Grus, on 13 December 2018 - 06:55 AM, said:

But now that its gone, (thank the gods) what are people gonna use to get more vote stacks?

Incursion.

[ObeyTheLion]

Effing finally it was about time. Oh boy.
I would take Incursion ANY time over Escort.
It's strategy focused gameplay is much more appealing than escorting an A.I driven suicide machine.
Goodbye Escort, hopefully they rework you into a more appealing form, or come up with a more interesting gamemode

o7

[Knight Captain Morgan]

As long as we’re getting rid of modes, domination needs to die too.

[- World Eater -]

Andres Gomez, on 13 December 2018 - 08:26 AM, said:

As long as we’re getting rid of modes, domination needs to die too.

Nah.

[Knight Captain Morgan]

- World Eater -, on 13 December 2018 - 08:30 AM, said:

Nah.

How about dropships start all who voted for domination in the circle to start the match

Edited by Andres Gomez, 13 December 2018 - 08:38 AM.