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-In game chat- As a player I'd rather have the kill log and chat be separate from each other. Too many times chat is overpowered and removed quickly from sight due to the kill log bumping it off screen.
-Text- Kind of tying in with chat. There are too many areas of the game (mainly garage) where text is very difficult to read. Whether due to an undesireable color, very small print, or both. And, again, the chat in game is fine for the very first line but then gets bumped to smaller text making it hard to read.
-Different loadouts between deaths- I'm not sure how much of this is a decision by design, but I'd like to be able to tinker with my optimizations between deaths. I don't see this as being too farfetched seeing that you can already change mechs between deaths. But now you can no longer buy 2 of the same mech so having a backup loadout of a mech doesn't fly. Perhaps even have some sort of save option for different specs that you can change in between matches/deaths.
-New/fresh games- I'd like to see an option in matchmaking to join a new game. Not one that's already in progress, fully understanding that I might have to wait for more players.
-More skin options- On top of having just flat out more skin options, I'd like to see the ability to fully color everything including weapons and perhaps even changing the color of my T.O.W. rocket's exhaust trail.
-Different optimization trees for each class/mech- First off I'm OK with what is implemented currently, but it would be nice to see the talent tree optimization tweaked to better suit each class, or maybe even each mech specifically. Not just a blanket tree for the entire game. There would contain talents that only a "C" class could get or even more specifically, only an Assault class can obtain.
-Lower time between matches- The new added honors/podium placements is great, but if we could speed up the downtime between games that'd be wonderful.
-Titan- Titan seems to be suffering from the same thing pre-change Sahara was suffering from when it comes to TDM gameplay specifically, and perhaps other modes as well. From a competitve standpoint, it feels like you need to stay on the highest tier level to maintain an edge which then usually just bottles around the AA missile launcher. There's lower level "passages" on either side that a coordinated team could use to help break this gameplay, but it's too time consuming to use and, again, you'd be giving up the high ground advantage just to access them. Perhaps adding some (2 perhaps) "catwalks" on the upper tier to bridge that level might change things up some. Having 3 lanes instead of the current one. Although I'm not sure that's enough.
-Environmental Conditions- In the upcoming months I'd like to see maps with environmental conditions. Balancing might be a nightmare, but hot/cold maps where heat gains change could be fun. Another condition could be low/high gravity.
-New weapon types- I'm not sure how fleshed out the Hawken universe is so I'm not sure this would fit, but I wouldn't mind seeing energy weapons at some point. Particle cannons, lasers, that sort of thing. But definitely no melee weapons!
That about sums up what I have currently, I'll continue to take notes and edit this post as needed. Thanks again for the opportunity to test the game as I've been keeping close watch on it for too long a time now. I join the ranks of those that are super excited for release.
P.S. Bring back old siege mode!!
Edited by Fex, November 25 2012 - 11:54 PM.
