Mechwarrior Online community outrage

[SilkySkyKitten]

@SilkySkyKitten - A bit disturbing that you would be such an avid fan of the current direction the game industry is taking. With big wigs such as EA or Blizzard, Or perhaps we could delve into the hardware aspect of the industry and talk about more recent events with Microshaft's new X Bone just to name a few? I'm finding it hard to believe you prefer being labeled as a money bag with an ID number rather than a valued customer with some measure of intelligence. I suppose you can haz it anyway you like, it's your money.

Where in my post did I say I was an "avid fan of the current direction the game industry is taking", or that I "prefer being labeled as a money bag with an ID number rather than a valued customer with some measure of intelligence", or even anything to that effect? I said nothing of that sort or anything that even hinted at that sort of statement.

I was simply pointing out that this was yet another case of people getting all up in arms over something frivolous and unimportant. If Piranha Games and MechWarrior Online was genuinely scamming you, ala Hammerpoint and The War Z (or, excuse me, "Infestation: Survivor Stories"), via advertising features that the game didn't have and selling it as a complete game when it really wasn't, then yes I'd see where the problem is. But you guys are complaining about the addition of an extra feature that in no way impacts you in any truly negative way at all. Hell, you guys are complaining about the addition of a feature in the first place, something that most people would see as a good thing.

And those screencaps you linked to? Those in no way support the claims you guys are making about the staff explicitly saying that a 3rd-person viewpoint wouldn't be implemented. If anything, they just indicated that the developers were considering whether or not to add it, not them saying it would never ever be added to the game. They aren't lying to you, you guys are making up false information and then making a fuss about said false information!

I'm not someone who would "prefer being labeled as a money bag with an ID number rather than a valued customer with some measure of intelligence." I'm just good at figuring out what's bullshit when I see it, and this ruckus over a silly little insignificant feature added to a game (that's still in beta and thus isn't finished, mind you) is exactly that. Bullshit.

 

[SJXarg]

Did you even read the quotes in the image that was linked? Let me refresh your memory.

Paul Inouye: "We've already stated that this will be a first-person perspective game."

Paul Inouye: "MechWarrior Online is being designed to put you the player in the seat of the pilot. It is 100% first person view only. Being the pilot is one of our key design pillars and 3rd person breaks that pillar on multiple levels as seen in many of the other 3rd Person discussions."

Let me highlight the important parts of that second quote for you.

It is 100% first person view only.
Being the pilot is one of our key design pillars and 3rd person breaks that pillar on multiple levels

How can you claim with a straight face that the screencap doesn't support the claim he's making? The Developers come right out and say that a. there will be NO 3rd person, and b. 3rd person directly breaks one of the PILLARS of the game they're making.

Claiming that a Dev saying that it is NOT what they want, and will BREAK their game, isn't evidence to support the OP's claim makes me question whether or not you are able to actually read.

 

[masticina]

As far as I have seen Third Person View [aka a drone behind your mech] doesn't shows radar, what your friends are up to and so on. In short it really is only useful for battle awareness, that is all! For all the information you need you need to be in first person view anyway.

 

[Insidious]

Did you even read the quotes in the image that was linked? Let me refresh your memory.

Paul Inouye: "We've already stated that this will be a first-person perspective game."

Paul Inouye: "MechWarrior Online is being designed to put you the player in the seat of the pilot. It is 100% first person view only. Being the pilot is one of our key design pillars and 3rd person breaks that pillar on multiple levels as seen in many of the other 3rd Person discussions."

Let me highlight the important parts of that second quote for you.

It is 100% first person view only.
Being the pilot is one of our key design pillars and 3rd person breaks that pillar on multiple levels

How can you claim with a straight face that the screencap doesn't support the claim he's making? The Developers come right out and say that a. there will be NO 3rd person, and b. 3rd person directly breaks one of the PILLARS of the game they're making.

Claiming that a Dev saying that it is NOT what they want, and will BREAK their game, isn't evidence to support the OP's claim makes me question whether or not you are able to actually read.

I for one will have nothing to do with a company that continually contradicts itself, blaming their own coworkers, and citing non-existent data or data that has been promptly removed with no archive or transcript that i can find. "If someone manages to find links to anything these people have referenced please post it"

As history has proven time and again, People who make biased decisions or comments without looking at all the data are either seen as fool's or are forgotten entirely.

The hypocrisy is thick, and stinks of ass.