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1. First and foremost, the NDA Reloaded had to sign for 505 to publish meant we had to be in the dark for a year. Reloaded started off great, with the appearance of transparency, but quickly had to switch gears to be on the quiet side, which kind of killed any momentum they had going after the initial buyout news.

 

2. The consoles are getting the new update first. For a game that started off on PC, they should focus on their existing player base before venturing off to console land.

 

3. There seems to be a bunch of sweeping changes that could once again alter the very fabric of the Hawken Continuum. It could be cool, it could be lame, but for the guys who have either been playing or lurking around for years, it sucks to not know what is going on.

 

What I would like to see is some kind of Beta access for long time players. I myself haven't played in months really, I've just been lurking to see when/if anything interesting would come out of the buyout. It would just to be nice to see the direction Reloaded is taking the game, even if we don't get to have much input. I don't think its a good idea to use feedback only from the current community, but from a mix of old and new players and the devs. 

 

On a side note, I bought into that Pioneer program from last year, I got the mouse in the unopened box and everything. I feel a little bit swindled on having a dedicated server a year ago when you guys are just now re-re-releasing the game. It would be nice for the Pioneer group to get another month or 2 of free server after the new version drops, I would like to use it to see if any of my friends would be interested in the new and improved Hawken.

 

Oh, and the obligatory "I've been around here for a long time" skin wouldn't hurt either.


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I'm expecting a release within a month from now. Summer officially starts June 20th, and assuming everything new they've stated is true; an early summer release should just be on the horizon. 



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Don't see why you would feel swindled on the pioneer program when you already got more server time than you paid for.
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1. First and foremost, the NDA Reloaded had to sign for 505 to publish meant we had to be in the dark for a year. Reloaded started off great, with the appearance of transparency, but quickly had to switch gears to be on the quiet side, which kind of killed any momentum they had going after the initial buyout news.

 

2. The consoles are getting the new update first. For a game that started off on PC, they should focus on their existing player base before venturing off to console land.

 

3. There seems to be a bunch of sweeping changes that could once again alter the very fabric of the Hawken Continuum. It could be cool, it could be lame, but for the guys who have either been playing or lurking around for years, it sucks to not know what is going on.

 

What I would like to see is some kind of Beta access for long time players. I myself haven't played in months really, I've just been lurking to see when/if anything interesting would come out of the buyout. It would just to be nice to see the direction Reloaded is taking the game, even if we don't get to have much input. I don't think its a good idea to use feedback only from the current community, but from a mix of old and new players and the devs. 

 

On a side note, I bought into that Pioneer program from last year, I got the mouse in the unopened box and everything. I feel a little bit swindled on having a dedicated server a year ago when you guys are just now re-re-releasing the game. It would be nice for the Pioneer group to get another month or 2 of free server after the new version drops, I would like to use it to see if any of my friends would be interested in the new and improved Hawken.

 

Oh, and the obligatory "I've been around here for a long time" skin wouldn't hurt either.

 

  1. Cool. Where's our fuzzing content.
  2. They can keep it, at this rate.
  3. Agreed, even if what changes we can see already look ill-considered at best.
  4. Re: community feedback - B3AR on a Vanguard.
  5. The Pioneer program is over and we were supposed to get charged for servers as of February or March. For reasons not shared with us, we have not.


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some of have been with the game for more than five years, we deserve some sort of recognition. and those who stuck around through this last year of silence should be recognised as well. 


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some of have been with the game for more than five years, we deserve some sort of recognition. and those who stuck around through this last year of silence should be recognised as well. 

 

I don't want recognition.  I don't want a forum badge.  I don't want a little plaque that says "I survived both Great Silences" 

 

I want open communication between developers and the existing community in regards to balance changes and game direction.  I understand that none of this is mandatory, as the game is owned and operated by Reloaded Games and published by 505 Games, which I would assume have some significant sway in regards to game direction.  It would, though, be a nice touch and public declaration that Hawken devs and community communicate and interact at a semi-regular level and that both sides are happy, and that includes current players, not just future players in a market that is untapped and holds potential for greatness, or failure.  They would do well to secure the die hard playerbase and make sure that they're happy.

 

That doesn't mean that RLD is at our beck and call merely out of respect for the time we put into the game.  It means that in some situations, RLD would consult players that have demonstrated extensive knowledge and skill about the game, including weapons, movement mechanics, items/internals, and hold a good reputation among the community, and these consultations would revolve around some game development decisions in terms of direction.  We do not, and should not make or influence all the decisions.  That seems unreasonable.  But to at least talk about it?  C'mon RLD.


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My main gripe about the Pioneer servers is that Reloaded didn't do much, if any marketing for the game after we got the servers so we didn't get a bump in player base to play on said servers. Its not a huge deal, just throwing 2 cents out there.



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I don't want recognition.  I don't want a forum badge.  I don't want a little plaque that says "I survived both Great Silences" 

 

I want open communication between developers and the existing community in regards to balance changes and game direction.  I understand that none of this is mandatory, as the game is owned and operated by Reloaded Games and published by 505 Games, which I would assume have some significant sway in regards to game direction.  It would, though, be a nice touch and public declaration that Hawken devs and community communicate and interact at a semi-regular level and that both sides are happy, and that includes current players, not just future players in a market that is untapped and holds potential for greatness, or failure.  They would do well to secure the die hard playerbase and make sure that they're happy.

 

That doesn't mean that RLD is at our beck and call merely out of respect for the time we put into the game.  It means that in some situations, RLD would consult players that have demonstrated extensive knowledge and skill about the game, including weapons, movement mechanics, items/internals, and hold a good reputation among the community, and these consultations would revolve around some game development decisions in terms of direction.  We do not, and should not make or influence all the decisions.  That seems unreasonable.  But to at least talk about it?  C'mon RLD.

 

this whole thing is one big shitwhow anyway, but some of the best games have taken much imute from the playerbase. and there is even a game that is making all its dev decisions based on community input. 

 


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I don't want recognition.  I don't want a forum badge.  I don't want a little plaque that says "I survived both Great Silences" 

 

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