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[Onstrava]

The only thing I would like to see from the old hawken would be the ambient sound they had back then from explosions and tunnels. Besides that I like this hawken WAY better, I didn't like the tree system because everybody would just go into the same type of trees usually speed and power. This made it where some mechs usually the A types would be OP as hell. Just think of the scout/infiltrator having a x2 speed boost after going into the tree. As the devs said along time ago, they got rid of it because balancing the mechs became a headache. How do you balance a game based around a tree, you can't (WoW) the only "balance" is down at high tier but lower tier players would complain constantly about X mech being OP. The tree system was an experiment for the devs and they saw how bad it would turn out for them when it came to balancing the matches and mech types. Just think of this Brawler having a x2 boost into defence or a pred having a x2 boost into power, yea good luck.

[Arevizz]

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:08 PM, said:

The only thing I would like to see from the old hawken would be the ambient sound they had back then from explosions and tunnels.

Those never were in the game.

[Onstrava]

Arevizz, on August 28 2014 - 02:12 PM, said:

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:08 PM, said:

The only thing I would like to see from the old hawken would be the ambient sound they had back then from explosions and tunnels.

Those never were in the game.

During Alpha, Bazaar map was the best example of it when they had a tunnel though the middle of the map.

[Onstrava]

Doing Closed beta they had the tree system and I believe acouple months after if I'm correct, hard to remember back then though, that was a awhile back.

Edited by Onstrava, August 28 2014 - 02:46 PM.

[EM1O]

Trees until Ascension, I think. Then the 30 units for tuning.
I was happy with that, except I wish they would have just put the units in for everyone to use regardless of level, instead of arbitrarily assigning them as they did.

[Onstrava]

Minus the tree system I wouldn't mind them going back to alpha built though, people had FPS issues back then do to the graphic cards at the time but I'm sure the cards today could handle it, I'll find a vid of what I'm talking about here...sec.

[IronClamp]

So do I....




It's not going to happen though, is it_

[Spliff_Craven]

IronClamp, on August 28 2014 - 04:06 PM, said:

So do I....




It's not going to happen though, is it_

At the moment I don't think anything is going to happen... Months with no dev in sight.. You tell me...

News Flash!

This just in.

Scenes from Hawkens Development Headquarters

Spoiler

At the moment I don't feel much hope.

Film @ 11...

Edited by Spliff_Craven, August 28 2014 - 04:38 PM.

[Beefsweat]

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:19 PM, said:

During Alpha, Bazaar map was the best example of it when they had a tunnel though the middle of the map.

that version of the map was not actually available during public alpha testing and the effect seen in the official dev video is a post-production effect, not in the actual game.

Edited by Beefsweat, August 28 2014 - 04:58 PM.

[IronClamp]

Spliff_Craven, on August 28 2014 - 04:36 PM, said:

Scenes from Hawkens Development Headquarters

Spoiler

Nice, that was from Chernobyl

[Zycon]

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:

Doing Closed beta they had the tree system and I believe acouple months after if I'm correct, hard to remember back then though, that was a awhile back.

Dang, thats the think that's lacking right now. It would actually add meaning to ranking the mech.

[IronClamp]

Zycon, on August 31 2014 - 04:21 PM, said:

add meaning to ranking the mech.

yep, both pilot and mech rank mean nothing to Hawken, other than adding measurement to how long a player's been playing and getting achievements (which also mean nothing in Hawken).

[FateLovely]

I feel like a revamped tree is in the near future.

[Spliff_Craven]

FateLovely, on August 31 2014 - 08:31 PM, said:

I feel like a revamped tree is in the near future.

That I'd love to see...

[WarlordZ]

Zycon, on August 31 2014 - 04:21 PM, said:

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:

Doing Closed beta they had the tree system and I believe acouple months after if I'm correct, hard to remember back then though, that was a awhile back.

Dang, thats the think that's lacking right now. It would actually add meaning to ranking the mech.

Those stats were mostly worthless.  Also, mechs getting stronger with level means that new players get stomped even worse.  Vertical progression is bad.

[I2DI]

WarlordZ, on September 01 2014 - 12:02 AM, said:

*words*

Have to disagree. Combination of items + "worthless stats" was resulting in a good persentage. Example: almost 15%(!) faster TOW reload time. Do i need to even calculate numbers here, or you got the idea of what my dps was_ Also i got around 7% more dmg on SMC so my Assault was ANNIHILATING people. Year and bigger EU tanks + faster movement and doges were no jokes..

Edited by I2DI, September 01 2014 - 01:49 AM.

[IronClamp]

WarlordZ, on September 01 2014 - 12:02 AM, said:

Zycon, on August 31 2014 - 04:21 PM, said:

Onstrava, on August 28 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:

Doing Closed beta they had the tree system and I believe acouple months after if I'm correct, hard to remember back then though, that was a awhile back.

Dang, thats the think that's lacking right now. It would actually add meaning to ranking the mech.

Those stats were mostly worthless.  Also, mechs getting stronger with level means that new players get stomped even worse.  Vertical progression is bad.

Fix_

[comic_sans]

I find it ironic that this thread is being bumped when we can't even get the new hawken.

[shosca]

comic_sans, on September 03 2014 - 05:48 PM, said:

I find it ironic that this thread is being bumped when we can't even get the new hawken.

[Zycon]

shosca, on September 04 2014 - 04:04 AM, said:

comic_sans, on September 03 2014 - 05:48 PM, said:

I find it ironic that this thread is being bumped when we can't even get the new hawken.