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[[HWK]HUGHES]

Hello Everyone!

A happy July to you and we hope it's treating you well so far! We're doing fairly well here on our end, still working away and while we aren't treating this as a full Development Update we did want to keep you in the loop on the latest.

Everyone is waiting for news on what's coming for HAWKEN but we still aren't in a position to discuss the details just yet. There will probably be some questions relating to why we aren't just mentioning what people are working on but I assure you we aren't in a place to discuss any information publicly. We know everyone is waiting for updates on the bigger picture, so it's going to take just a little while longer before there is information to share with everyone. It'll more than likely be in the next full Development Update but it's just not something possible to promise at this time.

As mentioned, we just wanted to keep everyone in the loop even if there was nothing solid to announce. We thank you for checking in and we'll see you online!

[Badb0y]

ok

[Hijinks_The_Turtle]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 14 2014 - 04:28 PM, said:

*snip*

Thanks Hughes.  I get the feeling you guys are up to something big.  Make sure not to overwork yourselves and turn those super ultra hughes updates into smaller bytes.  Oh god, the puns I've made, the puns I've had.

Edited by Hijinks_The_Turtle, July 14 2014 - 04:37 PM.

[SatelliteJack]

Dis.
I liek dis.

[Aregon]

Not gonna sound like an fuzzy bunny, but you didn`t really tell us anything. It`s the same "We`re doing stuff" post, just shorter and with less content.

[Infyrno]

Just a suggestion, make smaller updates more frequenty so players don't get bored.  We wait seemingly forever for the update, it comes out, we have a buttload of fun for a week or 2 with the new things, then it mellows in and we're waiting again.  Now you think, less content=less new-update-enjoyment-feeling things.  No.  If you add a mech, people will have fun for weeks.  You add a mech and a map, people will have fun for equal time.  You add a map.  Same thing. (Maybe that's just me I don't know)

Thanks for posting this though, i understand you're all hard at work making the update.  Please don't interpret this negatively

[SamEureka]

Under-sell, over-deliver_! Here's hoping...

[DerMax]

Whatever is coming is probably going to change the game drastically, because it will have been around three months with no full-fledged game updates when the thing is rolled out.

[KejiGoto]

Aregon, on July 14 2014 - 04:42 PM, said:

Not gonna sound like an fuzzy bunny, but you didn`t really tell us anything. It`s the same "We`re doing stuff" post, just shorter and with less content.

Actually Hughes did tell us stuff. He's acknowledging that there really is much to discuss at the time but letting us know that we're not forgotten and the forums aren't being ignored. He's also telling us things are coming for Hawken and we'll probably hear about it in the next big development update which should happen sooner rather than later. And finally Hughes is letting us know that the back end work is still being done and not complete yet but it is nearing completion.

Taking the time to actually read something and not just look for the "what's new!" aspect of a post goes a long ways.

[The_Silencer]

Thanks for the update.

[KejiGoto]

DerMax, on July 14 2014 - 04:46 PM, said:

Whatever is coming is probably going to change the game drastically, because it will have been around three months with no full-fledged game updates when the thing is rolled out.

Chances are Hawken won't change drastically. The development team has stated before the current build of Hawken is what they want to use moving forward and from a gameplay standpoint we're not going to see a massive overhaul like we did going into Ascension. Where before we went a long time without any major updates because Ascension was being built this time around it has more to do with the back end work that is being done which is probably keeping the team from actually implementing anything.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a new map, mech, and perhaps a game mode (Siege 2.0_) be what the team comes back with once this back end work has been completed.

[Sylhiri]

All I noticed was a lack of smiley faces.

[Barbie_in_a_Mech]

My guess is that they are about to make a contract with a wonderful company like Funcom or EA and solve all the F2P funding issues that way.
It will work well, like it did for Bloodline Champions over there (you may notice the last news was from one year ago.)

I don't see what could refrain them from sharing details other than negotiating a contract with another company.

[[HWK]HUGHES]

Sylhiri, on July 14 2014 - 04:50 PM, said:

All I noticed was a lack of smiley faces.

[EM1O]

Here comes the crystal balling, just like at the bowling alley...
Really fat nasty armor
Capless turning
Hotter'n hell superglue Hellfires
A Vampire Tech that even Dracula would run giggling and screaming from.
A Class-A G2 mech that would even make a Scout's butt pucker up
Realistic adjustments to the Grind, and Pricing
Mystically perfect team auto-balancing
Ball caps, T shirts, Leggo toys, HWK bling
Massive amounts of free MC just for being Here.
Actually documenting AJK being wrong

Did I miss anything_

Heh. Christmas in July, anyone_


Uh Oh. I just realized: this sounds a lot like pre-Ascension. Imma gonna get flammed......

Edited by EM1O, July 14 2014 - 05:07 PM.

[Odra]

And people called me crazy when I posted this on the last update thread.

Odra, on June 29 2014 - 03:50 PM, said:

The next update will discuss the previous updates and how the current update on the update reflects on those updates and vaguely discuss what they would like the next update to be but will simply say to "stay tuned for a soon-to-come update on actual content updates", but will not actually include any content/patch updates until a later update.

[Sylhiri]

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 14 2014 - 04:54 PM, said:

Sylhiri, on July 14 2014 - 04:50 PM, said:

All I noticed was a lack of smiley faces.

That'll do, Hughes. That'll do.

[Ker4u]

KejiGoto, on July 14 2014 - 04:48 PM, said:

I wouldn't be surprised to see a new map, mech, and perhaps a game mode (Siege 2.0_) be what the team comes back with once this back end work has been completed.

then i really don't understand this secrecy, if it will be just a standard content

[UncleBlitz]

thanks for taking time to post us some "news"....np for me....as far as i can still playing each night....muhahahaha

[Dawn_of_Ash]

I think this was great even if they was no solid content to be posted. As was suggested above, I think you should do it more often even if there is nothing solid to post.