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Anyway, back on track. Do you guys feel that our devs enjoy their own game? Is their heart in it?
Judging from the recent hunt the devs i have to say i was impressed by most of our devs.
-Russ put some thought in to how he would play (cautious and defensive/strategic) and had a build that reflected that.
-Paul had a weird Cat build that i would usually mock, but he sure looked like he was having fun.
-Garth was his usual weirdo self (i always wondered why theres an invert axis option for mouse controls, because imo no one in their right mind would use that and now i know thats true
). But we all know he loves his speed and his medium lasers and his builds/mech choices reflected that.-Bryan...well here is where things took a turn. I dont mean to bash on anyone, and Bryan if you are reading this i hope you dont take offense. But to me your gameplay did not really reflect any enjoyment. First of all, i almost started shouting advice at the screen when you were fitting the hunchie 4sp. Ammo in the center torso? 5 medium pulse with almost no heat sinks? Free unused slots/tonage? I'm one of those people that enjoys fiddling with fittings and to me its half the fun (maybe even more
), and your mechlab handling was painful to watch. But ok, lets say ur just not a mechlab kind of guy. You like to get in to the action and start blasting away at enemy mechs right away, right? Well no...it didnt really look like that either. You went in to the game and just started with a sporadic gameplay style one would expect from a completely new player taking his first steps in a mech. And since you are not new, that sort of translates in to not really caring. And then when you died you did not check how your team was doing, you did not check who on your team was still alive or how they were playing or comment on any of it, you just left the match in a very methodical and distanced way.I know you are a busy guy and dont really have much free time to play but neither do some of your players that still enjoy your game. And im not saying anything stupid like you are a bad person for not enjoying MWO, because from what ive seen in videos and heard in podcasts you are a decent guy. But do you actually enjoy the game? Is your heart (and not just hard work and time) in it?
I know we cant really expect or demand that developers put their heart in to the games they are developing, but we all know that its a key ingredient in making games truly great, and i for one really do hope that our devs are one of those people and that MWO will be one of those games.
