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What if you had the option to force default chassis_


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Poll: Option to force default chassis (115 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you like this option

  1. Yes (49 votes [42.61%])

    Percentage of vote: 42.61%

  2. No (66 votes [57.39%])

    Percentage of vote: 57.39%

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#361 Tomino_sama

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Posted March 17 2013 - 11:34 AM

View PostTimber_Wolf, on March 17 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:

View PostAlastor_Crow, on March 17 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

Lol now we have veteran players calling Hawken Pay-to-Win. :lol:

There's always something to complain about, I suppose.

There's actually a lot of pay to win stuff in hawken right now.
As I've said before, the only thing worse than free players calling a game pay to win, is them being right.
Counter-measures, chassis cosmetics, and, to an extent, the cupcake are all huge, glaring examples of pay to win that put an awful taste in my mouth.

I missed out on Cupcake. However if you look around Microtransactions are in Gaming to stay. Hawken has it right. Haters can call Boosters P2W, but they exist as de facto feature in modern titles. Counter measures are a joke as well. I laugh at anyone who says they are an issue.

If we want a load of grey boxes shooting indistinguishable weapons at other grey boxes on legs, go ahead, strip out and variation or originality, strip away the Skins and anything else that makes this game an artistic achievement.

As long as I don't have to suffer with it in Pub play.


All this is making the eSports scene sound increasingly Stale.
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#362 Tomino_sama

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Posted March 17 2013 - 11:35 AM

View PostAlastor_Crow, on March 17 2013 - 11:33 AM, said:

View PostTimber_Wolf, on March 17 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:

View PostAlastor_Crow, on March 17 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

Lol now we have veteran players calling Hawken Pay-to-Win. :lol:

There's always something to complain about, I suppose.

There's actually a lot of pay to win stuff in hawken right now.
As I've said before, the only thing worse than free players calling a game pay to win, is them being right.
Counter-measures, chassis cosmetics, and, to an extent, the cupcake are all huge, glaring examples of pay to win that put an awful taste in my mouth.

I said I would leave the thread but wow..this. Wait what_ P2W countermeasures_ Are you serious_ I don't even use countermeasures even if I wanted to. A lot of players have more than enough HC to pay for them :blink:

And Cupcake as P2W_ LMFAO. Mine simply sits pretty in the garage and rarely sees the battlefield. Okay..I rest my case. This proves how insanely determined the lot of you are to label Hawken as P2W. Later ;)


^ Agreed!!

it's pathetic - see you later.

Edited by Tomino_sama, March 17 2013 - 11:35 AM.

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Remember any time spent redoing things is time not spent adding new things.

#363 cubicDevourer

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Posted March 17 2013 - 11:48 AM

View PostTomino_sama, on March 17 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

View PostcubicDevourer, on March 17 2013 - 11:07 AM, said:

only to have it turn and blast me with a flak cannon

In your hypothetical scenario, you charge a C class in an A class. from behind too. Well lets assume you did ID the MEch from behidn correctly. We must also assume he was not shooting at anyone. Bearing in mind there is a 180 turn button, you know he will fip on you when he takes fire and unload whatever he has. If you fail to find cover and he nails you thats Pilot Error.

If you charge a C you know he could just sit on you. Stack more HP means the only way is by using the Map cleverly to provide cover enough that you can hit him over and over while he just missed alot.

going back to your scenario, say he flips round and fires the Flak and a Tow. He cannot one shot you. use cover and whittle him down. CQC on C with an A is never a solid plan, unless the location favours your mobility.

Regardless, although a toughie it's not something that you can't deal with.

Rocketeers are even funnier, they sit miles away and give sooo long to dodge behind cover, thy rarely hit me unless I am dogfighting when one rounds a corner behind me.
You are not getting it. I don't care how stupid I act in this hypothetical situation. Maybe I'm a fairly new player! Who knows! I don't care how pro you are. I don't care what tactics you would have used. All I know is that I thought I would be facing against a rocketeer, and then I did not face a rocketeer. That's the point to take from this. If I were Mr. 360killshot, I definitely would have thought this player had an unfair advantage by making me think he was another mech. New players would get annoyed by this. Anyone who has more than 5 brain cells wouldn't fall for it again, but the one time was enough to make the player's experience worse.

Now, the idea that person had (sorry I didn't remember your name :<) to show the mech's class by their name when highlighted would have solved this easily. I would have highlighted the guy, see "brawler" by his name and rethink my decision. That's a smart idea.

Edited by cubicDevourer, March 17 2013 - 11:51 AM.


#364 Timber_Wolf

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Posted March 17 2013 - 12:23 PM

View PostAlastor_Crow, on March 17 2013 - 11:33 AM, said:

View PostTimber_Wolf, on March 17 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:

View PostAlastor_Crow, on March 17 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

Lol now we have veteran players calling Hawken Pay-to-Win. :lol:

There's always something to complain about, I suppose.

There's actually a lot of pay to win stuff in hawken right now.
As I've said before, the only thing worse than free players calling a game pay to win, is them being right.
Counter-measures, chassis cosmetics, and, to an extent, the cupcake are all huge, glaring examples of pay to win that put an awful taste in my mouth.

I said I would leave the thread but wow..this. Wait what_ P2W countermeasures_ Are you serious_ I don't even use countermeasures even if I wanted to. A lot of players have more than enough HC to pay for them :blink:

And Cupcake as P2W_ LMFAO. Mine simply sits pretty in the garage and rarely sees the battlefield. Okay..I rest my case. This proves how insanely determined the lot of you are to label Hawken as P2W. Later ;)

It makes me so sad when you kids don't actually understand what pay to win is.  It's giving players who pay items that don't a non-cosmetic option over everyone else.  Cupcake being a mediocre class doesn't change that.  It's still something you had to pay for that free players can't get, and expecting something gameplay related that you can only pay for, only shows how silly you are.  In the case of countermeasures, they're prohibitively expensive if you weren't using a boost, one use being about the equivalent of a single match's HC.  And the over-heating one is still really good.

Also, I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why it's so important other pilots see how you look, and why that matters.  Especially if it affects the enemy pilot.
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Posted March 17 2013 - 12:31 PM

It may be demoralizing for some to be killed by a Fred chassis wearing pink heart underwear.

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Posted March 17 2013 - 02:29 PM

Maybe, everyone needs to just embrace this as one of the few ways the Devs make a buck, and embrace that looks can be deceiving in this game and learn to judge mechs by what they fire and not what they look like, instead of parking the wah-mbulance on the forums and playing the hypothetical back and forth "IT'NOT FAIR P2W" "Daddy, he tricked me!" game. Worse case scenario, yeah, you mistake that scout for a reaper once, but then you figure it out and move on.

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Posted March 17 2013 - 03:59 PM

View PostTimber_Wolf, on March 17 2013 - 12:23 PM, said:

It makes me so sad when you kids don't actually understand what pay to win is.

It's giving players who pay items that don't a non-cosmetic option over everyone else.  

LOL
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Remember any time spent redoing things is time not spent adding new things.

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Posted March 17 2013 - 04:43 PM

View PostTomino_sama, on March 17 2013 - 08:22 AM, said:

The above is a valid definition of Pay to Win. I did not coin that definition first - I abbreviated yours
Here's the thing though. You've been arguing from a different definition of P2W. If we observe the way you've used it in context, you have implied P2W to mean an overwhelming advantage.

That differs from what I've been describing, which is a small advantage gained only through a pay-barrier that does not guarantee a win.

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You and Beemann are actively pushing for this, despite lack of support. You are a popular Character here so instead of campaigning like you have been, calling everyone else ignorant etc. So that is how it is a popularity contest. In other words, despite the popularity you enjoy, everyone didn't automatically vote your way. You seem upset that so many of us in this thread do not agree, yet you fight back relentlessly.
I could give you credit for sticking to your Guns, but you are coming off Stubborn now.
1. 40+ people = Lack of support_
2. I have called people ignorant, because by definition, they have been acting as such. Pointing out that they're being silly because they're relying on logical fallacies does not mean I'm trying to win a popularity contest. If I were trying to win a popularity contest, I wouldn't act in such an abrasive manner.

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Also. Where did you answer any points_ You dismissed them as irrelevant or told people to go get educated first_
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You make the claim that I just dismiss them, but that's not true. Hell, even look at the alternate proposals. In most cases, I don't outright say they wouldn't work. I just point out reasons why they wouldn't work as well or flaws in them.

As for the “Educate yourself” comment. That was justified.
You made the claim that screenshots I took were low quality and pixelated. You completely and totally ignored the FACT that they were taken at 1920x1080 resolution on Ultra/Ultra settings and were not altered or resized beyond cropping and blurring of names.

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Feel free to Prove your Theory first. I came in here and asked you to provide proof. All you did was the minimum and a very unsafe test too. You must know about the fairness of experiments_ well yours did not meet that definition. Nice attempt at propaganda to suit your theory though.

1. Look at the poll. 47 people have voted in favor, which means that it’s highly likely they agree that the issue exists.
2. People who are against this proposal have admitted it’s a valid concept.
3. Look through the thread and notice how many people purposefully use this because it does work.
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Just because you continously ignore these FACTS, does not make them invalid.

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In the end I actually provide Live Video from gameplay illustrating the Pointlessness of identifying mechs Visually
Your test is nothing more than you joining a public match and setting up no controls at all. What’s your method of testing_ How do you analyze the results_ What’s the process you use to test_
All your video demonstrated is that you don’t understand the circumstances of when it’s an issue, that you have no clue how to do proper testing, and that you charge in blindly without considering the consequences of doing so. The fact that you also used a Mayhem server to “test” makes it even more ridiculous. An experimental gametype that is extremely chaotic is hardly the place to hold a test.

Please don’t accuse me of “unsafe” testing methods when your idea of testing is a huge farce.

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You say I missed the point becasue "it starts before any rounds are fired"

USE TAB THEN - IT'S SO EASY
The “just use tab” concept has been addressed several times already. Please go back and reread the thread.
Rather than just repeating yourself, how about you try to actually address the counter arguments.

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To be honest AJK you are just patronising everyone here that doesn't agree with you, it's beyond belief. Why should everyone automatically agree with you_
They shouldn’t. I would be extremely disappointed if everyone did automatically agree with me.
People who are reasonable about this, are getting reasonable replies from me. However, I’m not giving people who reply and argue with logical fallacies and insults the same treatment.

Tomino_Sama said:

"I say if you are fooled by this mechanic , then you are easily fooled and need to adapt to the mechanic"

"it's pathetic - see you later."

The constant ad hominems and insults are extremely unproductive, and you have completely ignored when people have addressed your counter arguments, and repeat what you say without bothering to address them. If you're wondering why I don't treat you with respect, it's because you're doing nothing to deserve it.

Edited by AsianJoyKiller, March 17 2013 - 04:56 PM.

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 03 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

AJK is right

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Posted March 17 2013 - 07:09 PM

I'm ok with this. I probably wouldn't turn it on, but IMO skins make someone stand out more as an individual. It's easier to be known as "That guy in a rocketeer with the gift wrap paint job" rather than "that guy in the rocketeer that looks like a brawler." As long as skins can't be turned off, we should be ok.

Also, does anyone else believe hepten parts were created just to show off your skins_
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Posted March 17 2013 - 07:56 PM

Due to constant derailment and trolling on this thread, it is now...


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