Mostly to address the new players thing and give the game more depth:
1) Tutorial needs to include some kind of video / demo of playing against advanced players and what mechs can do.
2) "Training" Servers
Even if it just says "training" in the server name.
A place where people can give advice and learn in a more "friendly" environment.
Maybe have one of each, DM, TDM, MA, Seige.
At least when players join and one side is getting stomped it is more understandable and we can give advice.
2a) Friendly Fire mode on so we can shoot those that are sky shooters.
Actually keeps me in server instead of RQ.
3) "Campaign" / Story mode.
This is NOT single player mode.
Basically, this would be creating some more objective based maps/game modes, then stringing them together with a narrative - maybe like 3 - 5 levels that run in sequence. Can use some of the game lore - right now Hawken is basically a mech FPS and nothing more, in game doesn't give a sense of the "Hawken" world, only some light mechs running around shooting.
Like co-op mode, except players can join and leave at any time - if a player leaves it is taken over by a bot until another player comes. Can be played single with bots.
Can even cheap out and make unoriginal missions like escort a fat mech of EU to a certain point but tie a story around it. Or like, mechs are on a mech boat and you have to shoot other ships or something.
This would give it the game a bit more depth and could be expandable - like "episodes" in the future (DLC?)
4) Prosk / Sentium / Crion "Monthly" "Campaign"
Special game mode / maps
You join one of those and are restricted to their respective mechs but fight for "territory" or whatever.
Each month one side wins. End of month stats for corporation (kills, damage, objectives gained etc.)
Basically each server would look something like PvSvC or some kind of combination.
When you join, you can only be part of the corporation you signed up for (you can switch once per month).
Gives more of a "community" feel. Doesn't have to be every month, could be weekly, every 3 months, whatever.
Community would have to self divide elite players if they played, would be stupid if all the good players went to Sentium.
Would have to consider mech distribution as well.
All of this would require resources though :(
But some links to advanced level YT videos of Hawken in the actual game would be easy and would help a lot, as would links to Seige tutorials / MA.
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