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#1 riktigninja

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Posted February 02 2013 - 07:22 AM

its like there are never more than  3-5 players online in any region .. now its 4.18pm in europe
and the uk server only have 3 players..
This game died before it even came out of beta?

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Posted February 02 2013 - 07:31 AM

The Sun is out. People have money as Payday was yesterday for many. It's a Saturday So people are in town etc. It was Snowing recently so poeple will want to get out and do stuff socially.

Also I play from 6pm - 5am on All regions and there are always games running, normally all full.

Balderdash to your Figures.
Screenshots or it didn't happen lol

If it's the middle of the day in the week or any day between 2am and 6am (for a given region) you will find less players.


USE THE ALL REGIONS BUTTON :D
you can still win with High ping rofl

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Posted February 02 2013 - 07:37 AM

This whole socialising thing is killing the community.
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Posted February 02 2013 - 08:07 AM

on filter select ALL, that is all

btw i blame Scouts and Reapers
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Posted February 02 2013 - 09:13 AM

I bet you'll have a lot better chances if you try after dinner.
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Posted February 02 2013 - 09:34 AM

The active player base does appear to be pretty small at the moment. Finding games on Asia servers is nigh impossible at times, and depending on when you're logged in the same goes for most other countries.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 09:34 AM

The problem with All Regions is you end up with massively large ping times, so you get killed easily. I too am noticing a lack of players since I started a few months ago. Maybe if the CR-T's are nerfed a bit, people might stick around more ?
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Posted February 02 2013 - 09:55 AM

Game is great. But really it needs more customization, and when I say more, I mean 30 weapon choices, 30 different parts for each section of the mech.

As for the activity, it seems fine.
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Posted February 02 2013 - 09:56 AM

View PostSpirtikus, on February 02 2013 - 09:55 AM, said:

Game is great. But really it needs more customization, and when I say more, I mean 30 weapon choices, 30 different parts for each section of the mech.
Come back in a year or two, because that's going to take some time.

Edit: I don't actually mean "quit Hawken, go away", mind you.

Edited by Elix, February 02 2013 - 09:56 AM.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:28 AM

I've been getting moderately full servers most of the time. Also, on the topic of socializing, I saw this little gem today, probably intended as an insult from a sore loser -
"does any1 here have social lives here I mean this guy has a lv 21 scout"
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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:38 AM

View PostKai_Kitamura, on February 02 2013 - 10:28 AM, said:

Also, on the topic of socializing, I saw this little gem today, probably intended as an insult from a sore loser -
"does any1 here have social lives here I mean this guy has a lv 21 scout"

LOL
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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:41 AM

View PostDarkIcarus, on February 02 2013 - 09:34 AM, said:

Maybe if the CR-T's are nerfed a bit, people might stick around more ?

dear god, no. If the CR-T is nerfed, than the enormous amount of new players who already believe every mech is better would just grow. That could only hurt the community.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:44 AM

The community is small because most people don't quite know what Hawken is. It's too slow and strategic for the CoD and Battlefield players, and it's too fast and shooter-y for the mech sims fans. It's smack dab in the middle of two different playstyles, and I'd wager that most people who give it a try end up getting a bad first impression because of it. The FPS fans aren't able to bunny hop and circle strafe their way to victory like they're accustomed, so they get frustrated and leave. And the MechWarrior fans get destroyed by someone dodging all their shots, which is something they aren't accustomed to, write it off as a twitch shooter and go back to MWO.

It also doesn't help that the game has a steep learning curve, and the matchmaking system routinely throws teams of rookies up against full teams of veteran players, which leads to new players getting dominated and easily frustrated by these seemingly invulnerable opponents.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:45 AM

If the CR-T gets nerfed, people will scream P2W because now you have to buy other mechs if you don't want to be in the Nerfbot that everyone's forced to grind in until they can afford a new mech/pay2win.

Seriously. This was actually one of the devs' intentions when making Fred be a good all-rounder.
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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:46 AM

One period of one day being slow or near empty of players doesn't make it a dead game... More often than not I have trouble getting into matches with friends because they're full. There's always a lot of players online when I play and I play nearly every day.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:50 AM

View PostKeiichi81, on February 02 2013 - 10:44 AM, said:

The FPS fans aren't able to bunny hop and circle strafe their way to victory like they're accustomed, so they get frustrated and leave.

I don't really know what you're talking about. I see people using those tactics all the time. I circle and half-circle strafe around people all the time. If you know how to do it well it's plenty effective.

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Posted February 02 2013 - 10:53 AM

View Postriktigninja, on February 02 2013 - 07:22 AM, said:

its like there are never more than  3-5 players online in any region .. now its 4.18pm in europe
and the uk server only have 3 players..
This game died before it even came out of beta?

As far as I can tell there's probably an active community of around 3 thousand, it's just that people are split between different servers, different game modes, and varying times of day to play. To be honest, I've never had trouble finding full games during the many prime time hours (though it may be different outside the US servers).

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Posted February 02 2013 - 11:11 AM

I blame the lack of maps and poor matchmaking. Seriously, the maps are getting too routine.
I also have been seeing a lot of hacking lately. I hope Meteor is aggressive about protecting the gameplay.

They need to get clan support up and set up an option in matchmaking for a minimum number of players so I do not go to on to a game que with only 4 players.

Edited by Thermite, February 02 2013 - 11:14 AM.


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Posted February 02 2013 - 11:22 AM

View PostThermite, on February 02 2013 - 11:11 AM, said:

I blame the lack of maps and poor matchmaking. Seriously, the maps are getting too routine.
I also have been seeing a lot of hacking lately. I hope Meteor is aggressive about protecting the gameplay.
A new map is on the way soon. And, hacking, or just skilled play? Because if it's obvious hacking, I sure hope you've been filing support tickets and naming names and attaching screenshots. (Don't name names in the forums, though.)

View PostThermite, on February 02 2013 - 11:11 AM, said:

They need to get clan support up and set up an option in matchmaking for a minimum number of players so I do not go to on to a game que with only 4 players.
Matchmaking is a WIP, clan support is slated for a future patch along with the server browser, better social features, and private servers.
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Posted February 02 2013 - 11:36 AM

View PostTomino_sama, on February 02 2013 - 07:31 AM, said:

The Sun is out. People have money as Payday was yesterday for many. It's a Saturday So people are in town etc. It was Snowing recently so poeple will want to get out and do stuff socially.

Also I play from 6pm - 5am on All regions and there are always games running, normally all full.

Balderdash to your Figures.
Screenshots or it didn't happen lol

If it's the middle of the day in the week or any day between 2am and 6am (for a given region) you will find less players.


USE THE ALL REGIONS BUTTON :D
you can still win with High ping rofl

I can't really function in this game after 150 ping let alone the 200+ I get on servers outside the US.




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