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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAWKEN!

 

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What a journey it’s been for us. Four years ago on this day, Hawken for PC was launched. The game’s been through a lot. Hawken has changed hands on multiple occasions, through several developers and publishers, and has a ton of history behind it. Communities have grown, friendships have been built, and coolest of all, the game somehow survived even after all it’s been through.

Hawken was first announced to be ‘still alive’ and acquired by Reloaded on March 14, 2015 - a time when most thought the game was no more. Players were thrilled to see some changes to Hawken for PC, around the same time, the initial talks of Hawken for modern consoles was talked about and researched some time after.

We’re planning on some really cool stuff for 2017 in Hawken. Yes, I know that meme has been beaten to death, and ‘2017 Will Be a Really Good Year for Hawken’™ but we honestly think that the stuff we are putting together will restore some confidence to the PC playerbase and improve the health of all platforms in general.

There will be mainly retention-focused updates - things that will make you want to play Hawken more, instead of tossing it to the wayside. We will also be putting in additional polish to the new player experience, more internals, new Mechs, new primary weapon options, new cosmetics, and more. And eventually - the PC relaunch will happen with all of the goodies from consoles. Pretty cool, right?

Oh - one thing we are rolling out soon:

Matchmaking Range Adjustments, but with a MMR high/low-end cutoff.

You will be able to join servers that are x (number to be determined per platform) or higher MMR regardless of your individual matchmaking rating. We feel as though this adjustment will improve the experience for all players in Hawken as the playerbase is not big enough to support huge MMR differentials at this time. Please note that this will apply to the server browser and matchmaking queue, though you may encounter some issues joining servers that are below the cutoff through the server browser. This matchmaking update will be going live on XB1/PS4/PC and will simply ‘just happen’. So if you notice you can join more games, that’s why!

Lastly, we have some more cosmetics coming in the following weeks - be on the lookout for the return of the Chinese New Year cosmetics on PC, and be on the lookout for more holiday cheer coming your way to consoles very soon.

Until next time,
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Edited by CZeroFive, 12 December 2016 - 05:12 PM.

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Excuse me but would it be possible to raise the level cap

Most posts i make are taken from members of a large hawken community called krimson's cutthroat commandos o7

i'm a JOBS pilot who takes the souls of brave scouts
 
i play sharpshooter and vytro at long range because point blank is long range right?

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Also would it be possible to give the "vytro" a new primary


Most posts i make are taken from members of a large hawken community called krimson's cutthroat commandos o7

i'm a JOBS pilot who takes the souls of brave scouts
 
i play sharpshooter and vytro at long range because point blank is long range right?

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Excuse me but would it be possible to raise the level cap

 

Not currently on our agenda. Although we could add more levels, it's not in the pipeline.

 

 

Also would it be possible to give the "vytro" a new primary

 

We're planning on adding more primaries over time. We don't want to add the wrong primary to the wrong Mech balance-wise and regret our decision, so we do extensive playtesting before we add these weapons.


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Thanks for answering my seemingly unending torrent of questions 


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Most posts i make are taken from members of a large hawken community called krimson's cutthroat commandos o7

i'm a JOBS pilot who takes the souls of brave scouts
 
i play sharpshooter and vytro at long range because point blank is long range right?

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The charge cannon for the vytro has a strange bug where if you fire at a cluster of enemys the damage is done then it chains to nearby enemys showing the shock affect and giving a hit marker but no damage is done to the other mechs where as visually it looks like it should


Edited by (PS4)frostdragon2013, 27 December 2016 - 06:45 PM.

Most posts i make are taken from members of a large hawken community called krimson's cutthroat commandos o7

i'm a JOBS pilot who takes the souls of brave scouts
 
i play sharpshooter and vytro at long range because point blank is long range right?

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Not currently on our agenda. Although we could add more levels, it's not in the pipeline.

 

 

We're planning on adding more primaries over time. We don't want to add the wrong primary to the wrong Mech balance-wise and regret our decision, so we do extensive playtesting before we add these weapons.

 

Now THAT is what I like to see. You guys know what's up.






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