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[Sylhiri]

   Jason Hughes: Producer
https://community.pl...-hughes-hughes/


These posts are from various threads so I decided to put them into one thread for convenience. Hopefully I will remember to update this from time to time but it may be helpful only until the producer's letter comes out. Yes, I was really bored.


The Cockpit Interview

• Not happy with Sharpshooter burst.

• Producer letter very soon. Doing this list because I can.

• Refocus the social aspects closer to the devs to get better communication, ZamboniChaos.

• Advanced Battalion - Players with the ability to look at builds earlier to test, putting the finishing touches on the system within days, as early as this weekend. Helps provide feedback about balancing, bugs and data to the developers. Debating about giving notes on numbers for the weapons, etc. Small number of testers (maybe around 100). List is being generated already, limited forum conversation tied to different accounts. NDA is unconfirmed. Invites sent by E-mail.

• No flamethrowers.

• "Brand new built from scratch HUD"

• New Cockpits (replacement ones)

• No customization options on HUD, more minimalistic

• Investigating the Lag

• No date on patch, waiting on feedback of test players.

• Party System allows to group together with friends, also party matchmaking.

• Brand new user experience (includes more handholding for new users for things like Garage, Items, where things are located, more communication).

• Clan Support - Intended to come out in the patch unless they think the quality is not up to par. Clan Management in website, has Clan tags like [HWK]. Need to go through the forums to manage clans.

• EXP Overflow - Only be able to do it once the mech is leveled up (to use the extra EXP). Will be a cost (HC or MC unconfirmed)

• New Map - Last Eco (Has Foliage)

• Co-op Bot Training Mode - Destroy waves of bots with friends

• Offline Team Deathmatch with bots

• Brand New built from scratch Training Mode, adds more combat.

• Pilot Progression System, your pilot will level up with addition to your mechs.

• "Elite Skins" - Torso, full new paint job replacements.

• Tuning System - Will replace the current optimization system. Allows greater control of subclasses

• Daily Reward Bonuses

• Brand New UI and Main Menu

• Basic Oculus Rift support, separate from Triplewide Support

• Overhawl mech progression system, more options and rewards including new content.

• Matchmaking System updates, more factors into account. More advanced team balancing.

• Replacement cockpit interior, some animated items inside

• Brand New internal system. More choices (180 in the air). Removes current internals but will try to do right by the players who purchased them.

• New item slot system (less items = more power, more items = less power)

• Revised C-Class turret mode. Boost in turret mode among other things

• (Damn, your too fast Hughes)

• Another Mech. No details (the one that WAS worked on was a B class but this isn't it)

• Spectator not ready yet.

• Taken away the Map in-game (M), not in the new HUD. In the beginning stages of a good feature. On side burner.

• New systems are NOT resetting progress. NO RESETS.

• No tournament support yet.

• Still won't be able to delete mechs from garage this patch (Enjoy your seven techs)

Yes, this is pretty much the next patch ^

Most played mech = CR-T, Second place = Berserker, Most bought = Rocketeer

No plans for another mech pack (like Vanguard).

"Bundles" in the coming months (maybe).

Spoiler

Saturnine, on July 10 2013 - 12:16 PM, said:

In the meantime, back in the US timezones, while there won't be a podcast tonight, there will be a show next week, and we'll have something pretty cool to make up for the no show this week!

Hawken's producer, Jason Hughes will be back, and he'll be there to talk about what is coming in Hawken's future and the features the team has been working on in the time since the Technician was released. It'll be a very cool show, and we'll be learning a lot about what will be coming in Hawken's future, so get hyped!

You can find the Cockpit at this link: (Click)

Finally, you can find Hughes' last appearance on the Cockpit at this link: (Click)

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 07 2013 - 11:26 AM, said:

Well when this patch comes out we are definitely going to need to help from everyone with bugs, feedback and balancing. We are still planning on coming out of beta this year and this update definitely represents a big push towards that! We also won't be focusing on a lot of new features immediately after as I want to put attention on feedback and polish to solidify that base experience before adding to it.

https://community.pl..._20#entry305950

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 06 2013 - 10:34 PM, said:

There isn't any reason why we wouldn't be able to bring HAWKEN to consoles but it's more a matter of bandwidth right now. 100% of the team is spending 110% of their efforts on the PC version we're building so there just aren't any resources available to seriously consider another platform. The hardware is exciting for sure and it's an amazing time for games but a console version just isn't a priority at the moment.

https://community.pl...-hawken-on-ps4/

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 06 2013 - 09:11 AM, said:

APEX Destruction is not coming in the next patch. Sorry.
(Destructible Environments)

https://community.pl...100#entry305526

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 03 2013 - 11:28 PM, said:

We will have new camos coming in the next update for sure but also... something else... something similar but... not quite camos.

https://community.pl...ee/page__st__20

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 03 2013 - 10:40 PM, said:

Hello Everyone

I do love reading all the speculation on what's coming up, I always have.  It's especially interesting considering the lack of information that we've shared so far about what's coming up next.  Yes... I admit it, a lack of information.  Everyone has been extremely patient and what might seem like silence_ It isn't intentional.  We're still here and development on the game is actually stronger and more focused than ever.  We get super busy sometimes during development and we aren't always able to jump on the forums as often as we'd like (I'm just getting home myself from a long day).

We had ZamboniChaos visit the studio a few months ago to see how he'd like becoming a member of the California team and let's put it this way... he's in the final stages of moving his life from Seattle, starting next week with us locally.  We're really excited to have him and you'll see a resurgence of communication as he works with us more directly on a daily basis.  During his move, I've asked him to revisit the rollout plan of how we communicate what's coming up and we will have more information for you next week.  His very first request is a producer letter which I agree would probably go a long way and I'll start working on a draft.  A general overview of what's coming will be discussed, that'll be coming soon!

There were some big changes we wanted to make for the game but it became a matter of timing.  Work on some of these changes started before we even released our Facility update in a separate development stream so as to not break our primary stream.  After Facility was released we started merging those changes which meant no going back in a variety of ways.  You'll understand why that is when you see more information but we've spent months of work on this update.  It's taking a little longer than we originally intended, sometimes that's how development goes but that's partially why we now have ZamboniChaos... so he can be even more efficient at speaking with all of you and keeping you updated.

Until we speak about specifics, just know that we are working on a mix of features and content.  The next update will not have a focus on a new mech or a new map as we've done in the past.  I can't wait until you see what's coming.  It's our biggest update yet, by a pretty significant margin and we'll need your help to make it as strong as possible.  I'll be on the forums on an even more regular basis as we now roll into communicating specifics.  We can't thank you enough for your interest and passion!

What do YOU think we've been working on_

https://community.pl...vs/page__st__40

[HWK]HUGHES, on June 25 2013 - 06:32 PM, said:

Hello lovely thread... I made a similar post a little while ago and I'll put some of what I said here:
We absolutely admit that we've been a tad on the quiet side but there are reasons for that and we aren't intentionally avoiding people by any means. Time just seems to fly by. Where does the time go_ Right now we have lots of people working really really hard at the studio on our next update and it's a big one. It's not like previous ones where we introduce a new map... or a new mech... some balance tweaks... It has some big changes and new big pieces of functionality that everyone's been desiring.

I will be working to try and tease some details over the next week or so... hang in there. We're taking a bit longer than we usually do because of the scope of this change. We are NOT intending to have these large gaps in updates after this one, but some of these changes are big improvements that we needed the time to get done. Sometimes to create... you must first destroy and that meant actually breaking our primary development stream resulting in a limitation of what we could patch without taking significant resources away from new development.

We'll have more information ASAP. Thanks everyone!

https://community.pl...ch/page__st__20

Edited by Sylhiri, July 17 2013 - 07:27 PM.

[TheVulong]

Thanks, Sylhiri.

[Drenchkat]

Good stuff!!

[The_Silencer]

You've had a good idea with this, Sylhiri.

[Shokaloop]

Thanks for the post! Having not been on the forums for a while this pretty much brought be right up to date.

Edited by Shokaloop, July 07 2013 - 01:11 PM.

[Call_Me_Ishmael]

Thanks, Syl.  Made my day brighter

[[HWK]HUGHES]

Thanks as well, that was pretty cool of you to do! Wait... is it weird for me to post on The Hughes News thread_ Isn't that 'universe collapsing in on itself' kinds of nonsense_

[ShadowWarg]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 07 2013 - 01:52 PM, said:

Thanks as well, that was pretty cool of you to do! Wait... is it weird for me to post on The Hughes News thread_ Isn't that 'universe collapsing in on itself' kinds of nonsense_

O NO, WE ARE ALL GOING TO PERISH IN A GIANT EXPLOSION OR WHITE BUNNIES!

Joking aside, I think you should just claim this thread and post here from now on. YOUR OWN PERSONAL NEW FEED THREAD!

[h0B0]

GJ, i've been wanting to do this for a while, but given that i don't know how active i will be from now on i refrained.

+1

[HotDog]

Good one..

+1

Brings all the News in one place ^^

[Xacius]

Ops system incoming.

[hendman]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 07 2013 - 01:52 PM, said:

Thanks as well, that was pretty cool of you to do! Wait... is it weird for me to post on The Hughes News thread_ Isn't that 'universe collapsing in on itself' kinds of nonsense_

Should be ok as long as you actually post some news

[KyRoS]

Excited to see what's coming up soon. Very interesting. Hope they make changes to the fluidity of the game myself. Thanks for posting this. I have been playing other stuff as I waited for new information.

[Leonhardt]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 07 2013 - 01:52 PM, said:

Thanks as well, that was pretty cool of you to do! Wait... is it weird for me to post on The Hughes News thread_ Isn't that 'universe collapsing in on itself' kinds of nonsense_

As long as Sylhiri continues to add whatever you say to the OP an infinite loop will open up. Of course this all hinges on him doing that which means the fate of the world is in his hands... WE ARE ALL DOOMED!

[havoc5]

Forums could use a dev tracker.

[LONEDEADWOLF]

TY for the post Syl.     I havent been playing much waiting for the next patch. so points for this.    +1

[ShadowGTR]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 07 2013 - 01:52 PM, said:

Thanks as well, that was pretty cool of you to do! Wait... is it weird for me to post on The Hughes News thread_ Isn't that 'universe collapsing in on itself' kinds of nonsense_

Great scott! Hughes posting news in his own news thread_! The consequences of that could be disastrous! I foresee two possibilities.

1) Hughes could post some late breaking news in here, some people would go into shock and simply pass out.
2) The event could create a time paradox, the results of which could create a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum, and DESTROY the entire universe!

Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own forum!


And just in case you aren't sure where this reference came from...

Spoiler

[DESMO]

ShadowGTR, on July 07 2013 - 09:30 PM, said:

...
2) The event could create a time paradox, the results of which could create a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum, and DESTROY the entire universe!...

Come now, we have watched enough Star Trek by now that we know the space-time continuum is made of sterner stuff, and that unraveling the space-time continuum will NOT destroy the universe; it would merely spawn a theatrical remake of an alternate universe.

[GodsHolyMember]

Hughes posting on a thread about Hughes posting about Hughes posting =

[The_Silencer]

Just as side note:
I really enjoyed the CockPit Podcast in which Jason Hughes was so kind to participate in. Thanks, Sir.