One last thing though, Reloaded, did you not actually see this reaction coming?
That concerns me a lot. A real lot. A while back, during the #freepoopslinger event, a certain someone came onto IRC and spoke to the notion of "What more do you want us to do?" when confronted with our desire for communication. The general attitude was that you were aware of what you were doing.
You don't make these sorts of announcements going "I hope everyone reacts real poorly to this!" but you might have known that would happen if it didn't take three whole days of consistent reporting inappropriate images on the forums for them to get taken down. You might have known people would be pretty annoyed at your presentation of this update if you checked in a few times a day.
You asked, that day, if we wanted you to hold our hand. But with this, the thing is, I don't think we're the ones that need our hand held.
Shape up. This is your job. Many of us are dissatisfied with how things are being handled, and we aren't playing or participating or paying because we're disappointed. We understand - better than you do - that we can't have everything we want. We understand - better than you do - that this game has financial issues and playerbase issues.
Do you see this picture?
This is going to be a running joke. Do you know why? If you were on the forums at all or trying to participate in and understand the discussions on the game and balance, you'd get it. The seeker is hands down the least popular weapon in this community. People use it, but no one likes it. It's also a pitiful DPS sustained projectile weapon on an A class. YOU DON'T PUT LOW DPS SUSTAINED WEAPONS ON LIGHT MECHS, AND IF YOU DO, YOU MAKE THEM GODDAMN HITSCAN, BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. And to top it all off, we're now logging into a website that proclaims that this is what we've always wanted. On Xbox to boot! COME ON.
Edit: WAIT, WAIT, fuzzy bunnyNG WAIT. I'M JUST NOTICING THAT THE LEFT HAND WEAPON ISN'T A NEW THING THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE - IT'S A WHOLE NEW MOTHERfuzzy bunnyNG SEEKER. WHAT THE ACTUAL fuzzy bunny. ARE YOU SERIOUS? ARE YOU SERIOUSLY fuzzy bunnyNG SERIOUS? HAVE YOU EVEN PLAYED THIS GAME???????
It's just so incredibly frustrating to see developers shoot themselves in the foot time and time again on a game that has produced tens of thousands of posts regarding what the fuzzy bunny is going on in the game only to have the developers never check any of that feedback at all and just do their own damn thing.
Maybe I'll regret this post in the morning. Maybe I'll be wrong. Hey. Hopefully. But seriously, pay attention to the people who are playing your games. It's just kind of beyond the pale that you chose this course of action combined with this method of announcing it.
Edited by ticklemyiguana, 13 June 2016 - 09:23 PM.