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[Nightbird]

After reading the quarterly update plans for MWO this year, how do you guys feel?

https://mwomercs.com...ost__p__6370104


Here's my thoughts in an image.

[FupDup]

I'm neither glass half empty nor half full, more like glass tipped over.

[Willard Phule]

I sorta pictured the glass as more of a white porcelain affair with a handle and a seat.

[-Mean Machine Angel-]

Dog drank all the water then pissed in the glass till overflowing.

[Elizander]

It is all very minimal and nothing is certain. Even if they say more resources will be available in the latter half of the year, that doesn't really mean anything.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if they get a few more quality of life updates to the game, but honestly that's quite a stretch already. If they somehow manage to fix spawn points so that Charlie lance isn't always killed by a wolfpack in some maps and modes then that's already something for this year.

I'll be frank, my impression is that MWO is still low priority in the big picture. The MWO "team" might make it sound like it's a big deal to them, but it still isn't a big deal to PGI as a whole.

• I do not expect them to properly update and fill out the Wiki by the end of the year (or ever).
  
• Opening up the Discord has nothing to do with MWO. It's Discord.
  
• I expect VLOGs to lessen over time and not have much solid information that hasn't already been mentioned.
  
• The roadmap will most likely be 70% wishful thinking or just bare bones if they want to meet their targets.

Now let's see... from everything that was listed, if they fix spawn points and release some Steam packs, I'll consider my expectations for MWO in 2021 exceeded.

This isn't me simply being negative or snark about it. You don't just leave the game running on fumes for this long and expect people to suddenly be onboard with the idea that lots of good changes are coming out of the blue. Their wording is also careful so that they have an 'out' later in the year if things don't work out and they can just say 'We didn't get the resources we needed' and close the year with that.

If you don't want to be severely disappointed or angry by the end of this year then I suggest you temper your expectations accordingly. Feel free to give your suggestions and constructive feedback, but don't expect miracles.

[LhommeX]

What do you mean???

The glass IS full!!!

[Vlad Ward]

If nothing else it was transparent. Maybe a little too transparent for MWO's community, but that's the internet for you.

Given that development on the game had been shuttered years ago, it's more than I was expecting.

I think there's a lot of potential for improvements to the core experience that won't require engineering resources or too much designer bandwidth. It'll just take some creativity.

Edited by Vlad Ward, 17 January 2021 - 07:14 PM.

[Hunka Junk]

I'm beyond caring.

Just kind of tired of hearing how pretend excited Daeron is about all of this pretend progress. Matt Newman doesn't do that.

I'm more interested in what EG7 thinks, but it will probably take a year to find out.

[Bistrorider]

Ready for the worst.

Have hope for the best.

Glass is always empty, after all water doesn't exists.

[Elizander]

All you really need to do is compare the points they brought up in the Command Chair discussion threads for 2021 and what they are saying they might be able to do if all the stars and planets align so they can get blessed with some developer time.

[Bowelhacker]

Still a fair bit of work PGI has to do to make me feel like I should listen to and trust them.

[B0oN]

The glass is a lie .

And to quote Mr. Bowelhacker :

Still a fair bit of work PGI has to do to make me feel like I should listen to and trust them.

Edited by B0oN, 20 January 2021 - 01:56 AM.

[Antares102]

It's very minimalistic just so that people have something to talk about, nothing more.
Of all the things announced and promised I expect only 20% to be actually realized.

Also reaping of super low hanging fruit like "propose a new variant".
New variants sounds like a good idea but only if they bring something new and fill a niche.
For example clan is missing a mech that can reasonably fit 4xLBX10 and is not a 100t mech.
Or IS is missing a mech with something like 12 energy slots to fit 12x (ER) ML.
If they bring new variants that just trades one slot for another it wont make a difference.

Personally, I hope for another MWO in like 10 years or so.
I dont expect anything remarkable from this MWO and PGI anymore.

TL:DR
I am a "the glass is an illusion" type of guy when it comes to PGI.

Edited by Antares102, 20 January 2021 - 05:38 AM.

[Nightbird]

It is as many people thought, a way to boost pop with expectations to ensure the company sale goes smoothly by end of January.

[VonBruinwald]

Hunka Junk, on 18 January 2021 - 01:07 PM, said:

I'm more interested in what EG7 thinks, but it will probably take a year to find out.

They have a twitter: https://twitter.com/enadglobal7

Just saying...

[Nightbird]

LOL They purchased the company that owns Planetside 2

[East Indy]

My optimistic take is that Daeron read and thoughtfully considered all the player input he could, went to HQ and got turned away with half a dozen low-impact bullet points stretched over a calendar year.

[The pessimistic optimist]

Hopeful but wait and see so a little indifferent

[The pessimistic optimist]

Nightbird, on 17 January 2021 - 04:10 PM, said:

After reading the quarterly update plans for MWO this year, how do you guys feel?

https://mwomercs.com...ost__p__6370104


Here's my thoughts in an image.

The full glass is too small needs to be bigger

[Elizander]

Nightbird, on 21 January 2021 - 09:38 AM, said:

LOL They purchased the company that owns Planetside 2

There is a company that purchased all the dead MMOs and runs them all under their product umbrella.