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I was going to post this tomorrow (this) morning but I need closure after the unholy fuzzshow that was tonight.

 

As a large portion of us seem to be in agreement that the recent announcements by Reloaded do nothing to answer PC players' woes, and this is sure to cause Some Discontent, I feel like it bears reminding folks that we, as a community, exist apart from Reloaded. Even if things go utterly south for this platform, there are those of us who will keep the flame alight. Hawken has long since ceased to be a F2P game for many of us and has become a tight-knit group of die-hards, vets, haters, and casuals. Sometimes we're given to in-fighting, sometimes we're accepting of new players, and sometimes we're utter taint-licking jackamaholes.

 

But we remain. Barring sweeping gameplay changes, we aren't tied to updates. We aren't the game. We're the community, for better or for worse. We remain:

 

Trentik Defense Militia.

 

Kobalt Defense Regiment.

 

The Hawken Collective.

 

Critical Assist.

 

Arrows of Hungarians.

 

The TeamSpeak.

 

LGBTQ Hawken.

 

Sentinels of Death.

 

TANG.

 

Omni.

 

Swaghettyou know what i'm not even gonna try.

 

That utter fuzzheap some people laughingly refer to as the Steam "forums."

 

The Proving Grounds.

 

We have been here since before Reloaded, and though I can't speak for everyone listed above, I can speak for a lot of us.

 

We are, for better or for worse, the community.

 

We'll be here until the servers go down.

 

So hail the scrubs.

 

Hail the milges. 

 

Hail the devs that built this game and yes, hail the devs that bought it.

 

But above all, hail yourselves, remember yourselves, and remember the excellent times you've had with those bonds you've made.

 

We'll be here until the servers go down. 

 

I'll see you on the battlefield, pilots.

 

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there is an LGBTQ hawken group?    huh, i guess there really is a place for everyone here.


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I reminds me something...

 

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Yes, we are a family!  :yes:


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You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day

Crap.

 

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I'll be here when the morning comes

 

Fuzz their minds up with my guns

 

For I'm the best that you will see,

 

I'm the Hawken Mechanized Infantry.


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Did I say Call Me Ishmael?

 

You should call me Luna.


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Amen.


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Leaves out Axe-Attack *single tear*

 

 

Also....wtf is everyone complaining about? The game is getting a massive update and facelift and PC is getting the update after they get things squared away on console.... 

 

I for one am super excited that Hawken is not going to die in development purgatory. I am also happy that people outside of the tight knit Hawken community seem generally excited that Hawken is coming to console. The fact that any PC Hawken players think anything about this news is bad, given the last 2 years, is baffling. 


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I reminds me something...

U reminds me something......

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its Brosie the Riveter...

 

 

...Now I want a Sexy B class mech with pecs/abs and protruding 'mid chassis' called the Riveter.

 

 

lol


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Leaves out Axe-Attack *single tear*

 

 

Also....wtf is everyone complaining about? The game is getting a massive update and facelift and PC is getting the update after they get things squared away on console.... 

 

I for one am super excited that Hawken is not going to die in development purgatory. I am also happy that people outside of the tight knit Hawken community seem generally excited that Hawken is coming to console. The fact that any PC Hawken players think anything about this news is bad, given the last 2 years, is baffling. 

 

1) I remade this post at 3am after the forums kicked me off during what I assume was the website upgrade.

2) Where the fuzz is the Axe Attack page because I spent at least two whole minutes looking for it.



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RIP B Team

 
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
 
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Also....wtf is everyone complaining about? The game is getting a massive update and facelift and PC is getting the update after they get things squared away on console.... 

 

I for one am super excited that Hawken is not going to die in development purgatory. I am also happy that people outside of the tight knit Hawken community seem generally excited that Hawken is coming to console. The fact that any PC Hawken players think anything about this news is bad, given the last 2 years, is baffling. 

 

I think people are just miffed about the lack of dev comms and were disappointed that the PC version was not the immediate focus of all the super secret work going on behind the scenes. 

 

Basically the older child isn't getting the attention they want, the new baby is being dawdled over and there is some jealousy/whining about it. 


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I'm pumped AF Counterlogicman. Mostly I'm hoping this will lead to TPG Season 4.


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the pc community is being disenfranchised. we have been ignored for so long, and with this new patch we feel like we are being abandoned again.


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the pc community is being disenfranchised. we have been ignored for so long, and with this new patch we feel like we are being abandoned again.

 

Provided Reloaded makes good on past claims/promises and their PR person(s) doesn't go MIA again, I'm sure all will be "forgiven" by the Hawken faithful.  Only thing right now that would have me worried would be that there has so far been zero impact on the player count that I can see, at least for now.  



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the pc community is being disenfranchised

 

Okay, this has gotten into ridiculous territory. What power, right, or privilege is Reloaded depriving us of?

 

Playing Hawken entitles us to nothing. Like just about everyone, I want more communication from Reloaded. I want more PC-updates released yesterday. I want laggy servers to not be laggy, I want my sound effects improved, I want maps to not be full of invisible walls, I want cheaters to be addressed, I want matchmaker to work better, I want spectator mode to be improved, I want it all.

 

But no amount of time that I've invested in Hawken, or any amount of MC I've purchased, entitles me to any power, right, or privilege regarding any aspect of how Reloaded operates its business. We're not shareholders. We deserve nothing. No paying customer anywhere deserves anything beyond what the business is legally obligated to provide them. Yes, some businesses go above and beyond the bare legal minimum of what they have to provide, but that doesn't mean that the bar has been magically raised for all businesses, and now all paying customers everywhere suddenly deserve or are entitled to more. We play this game out of free choice, and Reloaded is bound to us in absolutely no way - just as we aren't bound to them.

 

We all have opinions of how Reloaded should do things. Reloaded should talk to us more because it shows that they care about us, and that might give them more business. Reloaded should release an update for PC-Hawken so that more players come back and they get more business. Reloaded should do all sorts of things because clearly it's in Reloaded's best interests, and that happens to align with our interests.

 

But ay dios mio, keep your feet planted in reality and realize that you're not doing yourself any favors if you begin to act like we're actually owed a damn thing.


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Hail Hydra


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Provided Reloaded makes good on past claims/promises and their PR person(s) doesn't go MIA again

 

You're kidding, right? Reloaded doesn't have a PR person.

 

TPG, hell, any given clan leader, has done more for the community than our community manager for the entire year. I've done more outreach today than Reloaded has done all year.


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the pc community is being disenfranchised. we have been ignored for so long, and with this new patch we feel like we are being abandoned again.

 

 

and with this new patch we feel like we are being abandoned again.

 

 

and with this new patch.

 

 

new patch

 

I think we should focus on this.  There is a new patch coming.  (Soon™)



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You're kidding, right? Reloaded doesn't have a PR person.

 

TPG, hell, any given clan leader, has done more for the community than our community manager for the entire year. I've done more outreach today than Reloaded has done all year.

 

Well since they don't even have to pay you I guess it's working in their favor, lol.



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You're kidding, right? Reloaded doesn't have a PR person.

 

TPG, hell, any given clan leader, has done more for the community than our community manager for the entire year. I've done more outreach today than Reloaded has done all year.

 

Case in fuzzing point. Of all the subreddits to post in, of all the threads to respond to, this is what you choose?

 

 

Well since they don't even have to pay you I guess it's working in their favor, lol.

 

Don't fuzzing remind me. Actually, no. You couldn't pay me to work for this company at this point. 


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Leaves out Axe-Attack *single tear*

 

 

Also....wtf is everyone complaining about? The game is getting a massive update and facelift and PC is getting the update after they get things squared away on console.... 

 

I for one am super excited that Hawken is not going to die in development purgatory. I am also happy that people outside of the tight knit Hawken community seem generally excited that Hawken is coming to console. The fact that any PC Hawken players think anything about this news is bad, given the last 2 years, is baffling. 

 

I've made the mistake of getting my hopes up before. I'm not going to get excited until we actually have something tangible.

 

In other words,

 

Cool.

 

Where's our fuzzing content.


 

Edited by (TDM)crockrocket, 15 June 2016 - 01:36 PM.

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We are its players. What a game will become if it doesn't have any player?

 

Or maybe RLD wants to get rid of scrubs from ADH-age, and find some of its own followers, WELL, GOOD LUCK ON THAT.


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I'm curious as to what is being said and if there is a lot of talk on the Xbox 1 and PS4 forums about Hawken coming to their town   :blink:


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