So, the latest rage on the forums......is a serious matter
Posted: 01 Apr 2013, 08:28
That we need to pay attention to......
So the bad month of March continues for PGI, 1st the P2Win consumables thing, then the whole 3rdPV thing, and now.....this steaming pile of dung. Someone needs to get fired at the PGI PR office, like soon.
OK, for those not reading the MWO forums much here is the basic run down:
Consumables. Started out as a P2Win (golden ammo) thing with coolant flush. 1st, flushes were something they said they would not do, then they did and you had to pay MC for them, well initially it was MC for a good one and cbills for a crappy one. Thus P2W. After the shite-storm on the forums they kept the flushes but made it so you could cbill 2 of them to equal the MC version......the whole thing left a bad taste (like radiator coolant) in peoples mouth. On the way is golden arty/air strikes either this next patch or the one following.
3rd person view. This was a huge issue in like Nov. when they asked for the players opinion on the matter......it didnt go well. Then after the storm of consumables subsided, they drop the we are going to implement some form of 3PV because twitch kiddies and cysis Xbox players cant drive big stompy robots without 3PV. They sited some statistics about it but what a lot of people took away (and still are) is that the core group of MW fans, BT lovers etc.....isnt the demographic they are looking for, even though we were the ones who ponied up the cash for all the founders packages (which IGP the publisher....took from MWO to use on 2 other crappy F2P games). This 3PV topic is at about 60 pages now and climbing.....again not a good day for who ever is running MWO marketing dept.
Then on Friday, this article dropped after the PAX east convo.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/29/416053 ... nd-faction
Now it starts off great, CW is coming in May, 12v12 in the next few patches, some good stuff. Then pay attention to where they talk about factions and merc corps (player teams....i.e. like us). To do anything other than endless map grinding (like we have now) players wishing to actually do something to effect the map will have to pay MC AND have a premium account. Today, we get a message.....its a holiday in Canada, nobody can respond to this latest shit storm.......un-fracking-believable
Hell, I thought STO was a great game ruined by its DEVs, thats tame compared to what/where MWO is going.
Thats my 2 cbills worth....
So the bad month of March continues for PGI, 1st the P2Win consumables thing, then the whole 3rdPV thing, and now.....this steaming pile of dung. Someone needs to get fired at the PGI PR office, like soon.
OK, for those not reading the MWO forums much here is the basic run down:
Consumables. Started out as a P2Win (golden ammo) thing with coolant flush. 1st, flushes were something they said they would not do, then they did and you had to pay MC for them, well initially it was MC for a good one and cbills for a crappy one. Thus P2W. After the shite-storm on the forums they kept the flushes but made it so you could cbill 2 of them to equal the MC version......the whole thing left a bad taste (like radiator coolant) in peoples mouth. On the way is golden arty/air strikes either this next patch or the one following.
3rd person view. This was a huge issue in like Nov. when they asked for the players opinion on the matter......it didnt go well. Then after the storm of consumables subsided, they drop the we are going to implement some form of 3PV because twitch kiddies and cysis Xbox players cant drive big stompy robots without 3PV. They sited some statistics about it but what a lot of people took away (and still are) is that the core group of MW fans, BT lovers etc.....isnt the demographic they are looking for, even though we were the ones who ponied up the cash for all the founders packages (which IGP the publisher....took from MWO to use on 2 other crappy F2P games). This 3PV topic is at about 60 pages now and climbing.....again not a good day for who ever is running MWO marketing dept.
Then on Friday, this article dropped after the PAX east convo.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/29/416053 ... nd-faction
Now it starts off great, CW is coming in May, 12v12 in the next few patches, some good stuff. Then pay attention to where they talk about factions and merc corps (player teams....i.e. like us). To do anything other than endless map grinding (like we have now) players wishing to actually do something to effect the map will have to pay MC AND have a premium account. Today, we get a message.....its a holiday in Canada, nobody can respond to this latest shit storm.......un-fracking-believable
Hell, I thought STO was a great game ruined by its DEVs, thats tame compared to what/where MWO is going.
Thats my 2 cbills worth....