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[Sylhiri]

[HWK]sarchasm, on February 22 2013 - 12:17 PM, said:

Hi guys, just to give some vague answers to some vague questions. The new map is approximately symmetrical and currently supports Missile Assault (and DM/TDM obviously). It doesn't support Siege at the moment but we want to and are prototyping some ways to support it in the new style of this map.

Make different versions. I don't think it's possible to balance the same map for four different modes.

[Marconius]

Ugh no, not a server browser... I like having nice, autobalanced games with the match finder. Now everyone is just gonna pick servers manually and it's just gonna be imbalanced matches all over the place. :/ Which will probably wreck the gameplay stats too, so even those of us who stick with the match finder (assuming that isn't removed) will not get proper matches.

Just leave the server browser out. Why is that even necessary_ Or why is it any good_

[Azrael39]

This is great news.  Now that you know that the community would rather you split the patches to remain on your Mech a Month promise schedule you might want to put that into your plan in the future.  In this case if you had released the new mech on time people would have been happy.  Then you could have saved the new map and other goodies for the next months patch.

If I was Producer i'd really think about his methodology of work release in the future.

[KaszaWspraju]

[HWK]sarchasm, on February 22 2013 - 12:17 PM, said:

Hi guys, just to give some vague answers to some vague questions. The new map is approximately symmetrical and currently supports Missile Assault (and DM/TDM obviously). It doesn't support Siege at the moment but we want to and are prototyping some ways to support it in the new style of this map.

Cool, next months playing two maps!

Edited by KaszaWspraju, February 22 2013 - 01:11 PM.

[tahrox]

Was about fuzzy bunny time server browser happened, I was thinking even mechwarrior AKA "no server browser, ever" would get it first.

[Beemann]

KaszaWspraju, on February 22 2013 - 01:09 PM, said:

Cool, next months playing two maps!

Honestly I'm surprised the monotony of siege itself hasn't driven you away if two maps bothers you

[CaliberMengsk]

O-o I didn't read through the 5 pages of posts, but am I the only one that doesn't get the part where they want to test it more_ I can understand wanting to put out a good product and all, but isn't that why it's in beta_ For us to test it_ Isn't that the point of us being here now, instead of in 6 months when it's 100% "finished" (free to play is never really finished though, is it).

I'm not just saying this cause I want new content (which, new map and server browsers are great to know that they are coming), but why have a game in "beta" if you aren't expecting people the test the stuff out until it's 99.9% polished. Kind of defeats the purpose.

[KaszaWspraju]

Beemann, on February 22 2013 - 02:08 PM, said:

Honestly I'm surprised the monotony of siege itself hasn't driven you away if two maps bothers you

Since playing in a team that knows what to do, everybody knows what, where, when, how, and has one goal - to win the game, and it translates over their personal k / d, is in my opinion, more satisfying for the players because together something accomplished, and the  stage stupid running for frags I have already behind - about 17 years behind.
So I am saddened that the next map is not  prepared for the mode most oriented for players cooperation, and you can see that this mode will have at least a map.

Edited by KaszaWspraju, February 22 2013 - 02:29 PM.

[SS396]

tahrox, on February 22 2013 - 01:56 PM, said:

Was about fuzzy bunny time server browser happened, I was thinking even mechwarrior AKA "no server browser, ever" would get it first.

Well, had you been around in alpha or the first parts of the closed betas, you would of seen and used the server browser, they removed it for a very valid reason.  To force players to use matchmaking instead.  Think about it, how can you test and adjust something if nobody is using it_

[Akrium]

Scapes, on February 22 2013 - 11:21 AM, said:

Sylhiri, on February 22 2013 - 10:53 AM, said:

Not even a small hint at what class the new mech is going to be Scapes_

Well... I can guarantee it'll take your enemies by surprise.

Did no one catch this reference_ Specially brave sir robin the brave.

haha

[Pastorius]

I cant wait for this... Hawken rocks! I havent even thought about Crysis 3 yet

[Gree]

But I wanted the patch for the next weekend...
This patch better be amazing.

[Dread_Lord_Pitr]

PlagueDoctor, on February 21 2013 - 01:27 PM, said:

Why not split the mech, cosmetics, and browser from the map and balance tweaks, and release two patches_

I'd rather they REALLY take the time to test everything in this patch and have at least 90% of it functioning as intended, while taking a few extra weeks, rather than have a repeat of what happened with the last 2 patches...

[PlagueDoctor]

I don't know why people are both still 'liking' that post and responding to it. I got a quick response from Scapes that answered my question >_>

[grree]

awesome!!!

[The_Silencer]

Gree, on February 23 2013 - 04:10 AM, said:

But I wanted the patch for the next weekend...
This patch better be amazing.

Yes, Sir!!

[Dackstrus]

Can you guys give Hobo some accurate patch notes_

D:

[hawkenus]

Will these crashes during transition phases like respawning and loading maps be fixed with this update_

[c0mad0r]

I like the idea of having separate servers dedicated to match making and another set of servers dedicated to the server browser... like the ones the new map will be hosted on.

This would give people the ability to choose between match making OR direct connect "PUG" matches.

[Elix]

c0mad0r, on February 24 2013 - 01:37 PM, said:

I like the idea of having separate servers dedicated to match making and another set of servers dedicated to the server browser... like the ones the new map will be hosted on.

This would give people the ability to choose between match making OR direct connect "PUG" matches.

I'm pretty sure that's ultimately the idea.

Ranked matchmaking without the ability to join on friends (so it's truly ranked), and then separately private servers and casual/PUG servers in the browser. I'm not a dev, mind you, so I could be wrong.