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[Gyranthir]

Good start! Keep us informed and if we can help let us

[Jacob Roamer]

Thank you for the response and your attention to answering our questions.

<Salute>

[EvilMilk]

Paul Inouye, on 12 October 2012 - 05:29 PM, said:

After this big gameplay injection, we will look at the plan for the Clan Invasion.

will we get an Urbanmech IIC?

[F1restarter]

Awesome - thanks for listening to the community!!!

[Glory in the Highest]

Oh, gee, 4 man groups, even temporarily.

Bad idea but at least the pubstars will be happy and stop crying in their Cheerios.

Now what to do with this league and these 32+ teams who were all set to play 8v8s, when a 4 man max is waiting around any given corner...

[Supraluminal]

Thanks Paul, I for one am actually pretty pleased with everything in this update. I really appreciate the control over when we start our Founder's premium time. Matchmaking plans sound good, too.

[Airic Gryphon]

Cabezone, on 12 October 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

So..the premium time is written weird. Does it start ticking down at open beta? It seemed to say that then started talking about a button like we choose when it starts....which is it?

It's both, like he said premium will start ticking at open beta. At some point within open beta (a few days, a week, whatever) a button will appear and premium time is reset/paused. You can then restart it but once you do it can't be stopped.

Edit: changed wording to prevent mis-information.

Edited by Airic Gryphon, 12 October 2012 - 06:16 PM.

[MasterofBlasters]

So... no wipe Tuesday? I can get a Cicada/DHS/FF/Endosteel immediately?

[Katface]

Glad to hear it

10/10

[Supraluminal]

Glory, on 12 October 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Oh, gee, 4 man groups, even temporarily.

Bad idea but at least the pubstars will be happy and stop crying in their Cheerios.

Now what to do with this league and these 32+ teams who were all set to play 8v8s, when a 4 man max is waiting around any given corner...

Oh no, one tournament running during the closed beta might have to go on hiatus for a couple of weeks while a major game feature gets implemented in a way that will make running tournaments like this much easier in the future! PGI how dare youuuuuuu

[Draco Argentum]

Jade Kitsune, on 12 October 2012 - 05:39 PM, said:

Matchmaker stage 1: What? what the hell. I, I'm not even sure where to begin in asking how this was assumed it was a good idea? Especially with Season 1 of the league about to start. There is NO reason to limit the player group in ANY fashion. Premades should be grouped with premades, simple as that. This is NOT a good decision in any way.

Matchmaker stage 2: Attempting to fix the problem with matchmaker 1. Which Matchmaker stage 2 should be matchmaker stage 1 to begin with. Simple as that.

Everthing else is... well, expected.

Probably, but I'll take them at face value when they say soon. A couple weeks to get the UI right and they can have phase two at open beta or a week after. It can't be immeadiate because coding new UI and logic takes time.

Suck it up premades, its for the good of the game.

And don't quote entire long posts.

[Zylo]

Glory, on 12 October 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Oh, gee, 4 man groups, even temporarily.

Bad idea but at least the pubstars will be happy and stop crying in their Cheerios.

Now what to do with this league and these 32+ teams who were all set to play 8v8s, when a 4 man max is waiting around any given corner...

Might be a good time to ask for private team vs team matchmaking. Would be nice to not have to time drops anymore.

[Garth Erlam]

Just to make sure everyone sees this: "This is why we move to Phase 2 VERY soon after Phase 1."

[Corvus Antaka]

Best decision I have seen in two months. Thank you for this intelligent response to our very valid concerns - and for having the courage to push back Open Beta despite the marketing/due date.

[Huge]

Garth Erlam, on 12 October 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

To be clear, we're not talking about months between Phase 1 and 2. It'll be rough, but not an eternal wait.

I'm Curious. When 8v8 premade only match finding is implemented, will it still force mirror weight classes or will any team of 8 go against the first available 8 man team?

[DeathofSelf]

Not happy about the 4 person group limit, but being able to choose when premium time starts makes up for it I think. Thanks for listening and thanks for the update!

[tyrone dunkirk]

Excellent! Seriously looking foward to Comm. Warfare. That's a huge pillar, and it'll really be a driving force of the game. A bit surprised there hasn't been any work on Comm. Warfare already, but... well... you guys have a lot on your plates. Make no mistake, the most recent series of hotfixes have been huge in knocking out lag issues and visual glitches/hinderances. Keep up the great work!

[whatts]

THIS POST IS WIN!!!!

[Koroshimasu]

this is an excellent update thank you for the info and keep up the good work! (matchmaking is a bit off though I often play with 6 friends how will that work ?)

[Arcturious]

This is incredible news, can't wait to see how it pans out but I truly think you have tried to do the best by your players and for that you have my thanks!

Great job and high fives all round.