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[SiorAlpin Wolf]

i have been playing this game now for several months, i was sold on the idea of mechwarrior being a free to play game...awesome i thought. But now im kinda scratching my head wondering why the game has not progressed and why there are still countless bugs that are irritating and turning potential customers away.

Yes i know it's still in beta testing, but when you start losing money in a founders mech you have to ask yourself is it broken, i have suggested this game to many of my friends who have actually installed and played for a week or so, but im sad to say that all of them think it's not worth the installation space on their hard drives. I asked why and these were the responses:-

"It takes too long to build up any sort of money to do things with"
"They are asking for too much real money"
"Is it supposed to be a pay to win game?"
"I played for 2 hrs a day for 5 days and only just scrapped together 1.5 mill c-bills"
"Graphics are good, but still too many bugs for an open beta game"
"The net coding is broke and its very unbalanced"

That's just some of the comments, and these are remarks from people who write programme modules free-lance and I.T technicians, i felt awful because i thought the game showed promise, i suppose the concept of the game is a good one and one that has potential to go along way but in its current form and in its current stage of development it looks and feels as though it's imploding in on itself.

I'm seriously thinking of getting a re-fund and find something better to chill out to because as it stands i just get seriously frustrated by the constant crashing to desktop, ridiculous and excessive screen shake when struck by streams of LRM's and Streaks, Hud bugs that are just too numerous to list here, losing money whilst in a founders mech, taking more than 3 hrs of playing (in pug grps) to get just 1 mill c-bills. Coming across 8 man pre-mades whilst pugging just isnt funny for the players on the recieving end of it.

PGI your losing more potential customers by the hour, you really need to start delivering something that people can sink their teeth into or this game just wont make it past open beta or be a lucrative as you hoped for, i think it will only be the die hard mech fans that will defend the game but realistically they have wet feet by walking in de-nile.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

I doubt they'll refund you at this point, but feel free to try. This game is obviously going to flop now and they've already turned it into a cash crop before even getting it out of its beta. Tons of stuff isn't being fixed, assuming it's even being looked at. Instead we're getting fancy cockpit stuff, overpriced paint edits, and hero variants.(Premium content they previously said they wouldn't create) Merry Christmas!

Edited by Bluten, 13 December 2012 - 03:21 PM.

[neviu]

Crying and ranting isnt gonne help.
Lets just hope the worst bug get fixed out,
Ime enyoing myself even whit the bugs,
Thats all what counts,
The base is a good start just gotta give it time,

[Paul Inouye]

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

[LaserAngel]

I want the 18th to arrive sooner.

[SiorAlpin Wolf]

Ty Paul that is encouraging news, im sure there will be alot of smiling faces .....tnx again for the response

[QuantumButler]

Paul Inouye, on 13 December 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

Thank the lord!

Seriously, I know I and many others in Kong are very negative at times, but I honestly am excited to see the game improve.

We will see what next patch brings.

[Shahadet]

Paul Inouye, on 13 December 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

Don't bother Paul - you have better things to do with your time. There will always be whiners and cryers. Bluten in particular is very humorous: Heaven forfend that a BUSINESS dare try to (*gasp*) make money, while offering a FREE TO PLAY game. Because of course those little ornaments and paint jobs took 1 programmer all of (maybe) a half day to code up and put into the game. Clearly, the fact that you have offered these things, during the holidays, means that PGI has given up and is just cashing in before the bottom falls out. CLEARLY.

This doesn't mean I don't think things can be better - but I'm willing to hang in there and see what happens, and in the meantime I'm having fun driving a mech and making new friends.

[Pygar]

SiorAlpin Wolf, on 13 December 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

i have been playing this game now for several months, i was sold on the idea of mechwarrior being a free to play game...awesome i thought. But now im kinda scratching my head wondering why the game has not progressed and why there are still countless bugs that are irritating and turning potential customers away.

Paul Inouye, on 13 December 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

Be patient dood. Myself, I avoided playing for the last few months because I knew there would be many growing pains in beta. If nothing else, just take a break and come back when you hear about new big things like next weeks patch.

And save talk of the game dying out until it actually happens... I'll bet you 5 bucks there's still people playing MW4 right now (there still were several months ago, if they aren't now it's because they are all here on MWO instead), despite all of it's balance issues, and MW4 came out over a decade ago.

Edited by Pygar, 13 December 2012 - 03:50 PM.

[neviu]

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Edited by Niko Snow, 14 December 2012 - 02:57 AM.
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[OmegaWraith]

While I definitely understand where you're coming from in your comments, I'm still baffled on how you're losing money in your founders mechs. I can pretty easily make around 1 million c-bills/hr in my founders catapult just doing pug drops.

[anonymous175]

that's what happens when you don't buy from the bakery fresh in the morning.

dip it in some warm sweetmilk. that'll tide you over.

[deadendoregon]

keep up the good work devs. and smoosh some bugs.

[PANZERBUNNY]

Play a game for several months. Buy founders. Use that for a few months. Have the balls to ask for a refund.

I hope they charge your card by accident for something else and you don't notice.

[Onyx Rain]

SiorAlpin Wolf, on 13 December 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

i have been playing this game now for several months, i was sold on the idea of mechwarrior being a free to play game...awesome i thought. But now im kinda scratching my head wondering why the game has not progressed and why there are still countless bugs that are irritating and turning potential customers away.

Yes i know it's still in beta testing, but when you start losing money in a founders mech you have to ask yourself is it broken, i have suggested this game to many of my friends who have actually installed and played for a week or so, but im sad to say that all of them think it's not worth the installation space on their hard drives. I asked why and these were the responses:-

"It takes too long to build up any sort of money to do things with"
"They are asking for too much real money"
"Is it supposed to be a pay to win game?"
"I played for 2 hrs a day for 5 days and only just scrapped together 1.5 mill c-bills"
"Graphics are good, but still too many bugs for an open beta game"
"The net coding is broke and its very unbalanced"

That's just some of the comments, and these are remarks from people who write programme modules free-lance and I.T technicians, i felt awful because i thought the game showed promise, i suppose the concept of the game is a good one and one that has potential to go along way but in its current form and in its current stage of development it looks and feels as though it's imploding in on itself.

I'm seriously thinking of getting a re-fund and find something better to chill out to because as it stands i just get seriously frustrated by the constant crashing to desktop, ridiculous and excessive screen shake when struck by streams of LRM's and Streaks, Hud bugs that are just too numerous to list here, losing money whilst in a founders mech, taking more than 3 hrs of playing (in pug grps) to get just 1 mill c-bills. Coming across 8 man pre-mades whilst pugging just isnt funny for the players on the recieving end of it.

PGI your losing more potential customers by the hour, you really need to start delivering something that people can sink their teeth into or this game just wont make it past open beta or be a lucrative as you hoped for, i think it will only be the die hard mech fans that will defend the game but realistically they have wet feet by walking in de-nile.

I can see why your friends would feel that way about most of that stuff, especially if they aren't big Mw fans....but I don't get them feeling the game overall is unbalanced, nor is it p2w, but I don't consider speeding up the grind P2W, maybe they do...which is wrong IMO

I suppose if they are referring to trial mechs being dropped against custom mechs, then yes in that respect is is unbalanced, but I think that is being fixed soon.

[jakucha]

Just because you have a founders mech should never mean you get to c-bill farm without effort.

[Nonsense]

SiorAlpin Wolf, on 13 December 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

"It takes too long to build up any sort of money to do things with"
"They are asking for too much real money"
"Is it supposed to be a pay to win game?"
"I played for 2 hrs a day for 5 days and only just scrapped together 1.5 mill c-bills"
"Graphics are good, but still too many bugs for an open beta game"
"The net coding is broke and its very unbalanced"

1. Impatient
2. Broke? (the game is free, though...fancy that!)
3. Uninformed
4. How many matches did he play in the 2 hours a day? Did he lose every game?
5. Wait a month and play again
6. Wait a month and play again

[PurpleNinja]

Paul Inouye, on 13 December 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

That's good to hear, thanks.

At current state, this game is for Battletech/Mechwarrior fans only, so it's not a good idea to invite friends yet.

[PurpleNinja]

SiorAlpin Wolf, on 13 December 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

"It takes too long to build up any sort of money to do things with"
"They are asking for too much real money"
"Is it supposed to be a pay to win game?"
"I played for 2 hrs a day for 5 days and only just scrapped together 1.5 mill c-bills"
"Graphics are good, but still too many bugs for an open beta game"
"The net coding is broke and its very unbalanced"

Nonsense, on 14 December 2012 - 08:56 AM, said:

1. Impatient
2. Broke? (the game is free, though...fancy that!)
3. Uninformed
4. How many matches did he play in the 2 hours a day? Did he lose every game?
5. Wait a month and play again
6. Wait a month and play again

1. Nope, there are a lot of other games out there where you gain levels or unlock things on daily basis, video games have changed.
2. Nope, the prices here are way above average, only Mech bays have a fair price.
3. Maybe not to win, but to have fun with the game. Pay or fight a hundred matches.
4. It doesn't matter, if playing trials were fun, everyone will be dropping in then, it's painful.
5. Agreed, MWO has bugs, but which game doesn't?
6. I'm waiting lights to assume their roles since they removed collisions.

[Vernius Ix]

Paul Inouye, on 13 December 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

While I can't dump what's coming up with the next patch... I will tell you that it is huge and addresses a lot of what you're saying.

You are lying.

Edited by Vernius Ix, 14 December 2012 - 09:16 AM.