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Development Update: 12/28/2013

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#1 [HWK]HUGHES

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Posted December 28 2013 - 06:41 PM

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Greetings Everyone!

We hope everyone had a great holiday week! It was a little quieter around the studio than usual as some team members took some much needed time off to spend with their families. In true studio tradition we also did a small white elephant gift exchange on Friday the 20th with some rather entertaining results. Just in case you aren't familiar with the practice, everyone brings a wrapped gift and places it on a table (in this case a ping pong table). Everyone then draw numbers to determine the order and when it's your turn, you unwrap a present or steal one from another person (there is a 3 steal limit on an item of course). Me? I ended up with $15 in lottery tickets that gave me $7!

Next week of course is the week of the New Year and we won't be in the office on Wednesday. January 1st typically is a day of all-day breakfast and football for the fiance and me. I can't wait. We hope everyone continues to have a great holiday season and stays safe. Remember, don't just wish for a great 2014, MAKE IT SO! Anything is possible.

Speaking of a new year, it's been a little over a year since the game entered open beta and we couldn't be more grateful for the support. Not everyone may agree with all the decisions being made but that's exactly why we're in beta. We're trying different things and while we aren't quite ready to consider HAWKEN a finished game, we are getting close and as we've mentioned, it's something we're targeting for Q1 of 2014.

A couple of posts went up yesterday, one about the friends list and the other about an upcoming change to XP/HC boosts so please remember to check those out. There was a corruption in the friends database and the team is working on its repair. We are also changing the boosts to be a lower price and to give a slightly less boost amount. On January 7th we'll be temporarily disabling the purchasing of boosts to help ensure that any active ones have a change to expire at the full 2x before we enable them once again at the lower rate. We'll have more specifics available in the coming weeks.

For those of you curious about what's coming next, right now we are planning on a minor update in January and a major update in February. We aren't ready to talk specifics yet, but February will be a very big month for the game. So for now, please remember to file a support ticket if you're encountering any issues, enjoy the last of the holidays and we'll see you next week!

Thanks Everyone. Happy New Year!



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#2 The_Silencer

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Posted December 28 2013 - 07:07 PM

Happy New Year and keep up the good work! :)

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Posted December 28 2013 - 07:35 PM

happy new year!
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Posted December 28 2013 - 08:15 PM

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Not everyone may agree with all the decisions being made but that's exactly why we're in beta.

There's the "BETA" card being played again...

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Posted December 28 2013 - 08:32 PM

Happy New Year and thanks for the update!

I won't comment about someone bitter at a producer of a game in beta status for mentioning that it's in beta status in a 'development update'!!

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Posted December 28 2013 - 08:49 PM

View Post[HWK]HUGHES, on December 28 2013 - 06:41 PM, said:

January 1st typically is a day of all-day breakfast and football for the finance and me. I can't wait.

You sound pretty excited. I'm sure your finance is pretty excited too. Breakfast does tend to be cheaper than dinner, that's for sure. Very satisfying for the finance.

Football though... Just don't go placing any bets your finance cannot handle...

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Posted December 28 2013 - 08:52 PM

View PostSpliff_Craven, on December 28 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

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Not everyone may agree with all the decisions being made but that's exactly why we're in beta.

There's the "BETA" card being played again...

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#8 Wasabi_Wei

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Posted December 28 2013 - 08:52 PM

I like the sound of two smaller updates on a short timeline.
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#9 Rocky1822

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Posted December 28 2013 - 09:34 PM

Wish you all a Happy new year! :D
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Posted December 28 2013 - 09:52 PM

View PostSpliff_Craven, on December 28 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

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Not everyone may agree with all the decisions being made but that's exactly why we're in beta.

There's the "BETA" card being played again...

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#11 Qibing

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Posted December 28 2013 - 10:26 PM

Sounds like we won't get ourselves a Firefighter as a New year present :(

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Posted December 28 2013 - 10:38 PM

Looking forward for the new year...
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btw I love playing -smiley mustached face-

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Posted December 29 2013 - 12:39 AM

Happy new year , Buon anno , shuvo notun borso :wub: :D :ph34r:

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Posted December 29 2013 - 03:23 AM

tl;dr anyone? it's really hard for me(my engrish) to grab the sense  of Hughes post

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Posted December 29 2013 - 03:47 AM

Happy New Year to all of you at Adhesive and Meteor and thank you for the widdle update :D

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Posted December 29 2013 - 07:32 AM

View PostKer4u, on December 29 2013 - 03:23 AM, said:

tl;dr anyone? it's really hard for me(my engrish) to grab the sense  of Hughes post

They've had a good Christmas and are still enjoying some time off with the New Year approaching. Minor update planned for January with a major update February. They're not ready to give details yet on February's update but it will be a big month for Hawken. The team is still targeting Q1 2014 for the full release of Hawken as well. Oh and on January 7th the purchase of HC/EXP boosters will be suspended for a month to allow everyone to use their boosters before the new rates and prices take effect.

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Posted December 29 2013 - 08:24 AM

View PostSpliff_Craven, on December 28 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

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Not everyone may agree with all the decisions being made but that's exactly why we're in beta.

There's the "BETA" card being played again...
lol got'em good.

beta means nothing if you don't learn from your mistake.

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Posted December 29 2013 - 08:54 AM

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tl;dr anyone? it's really hard for me(my engrish) to grab the sense  of Hughes post
i use my "bad english" to translate this post for you:
we don't have any gift on new year =D

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Posted December 29 2013 - 09:38 AM

Happy New Year! Hopefully, there's a campaign mode in the horizon to flesh out any existing backstory of the game, as well as to shake up the HAWKEN experience a bit.
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Posted December 29 2013 - 11:48 AM

I say Hawken should be targeted for late Q2, because that's when summer vacation starts.





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