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There was, he shifted the focus of that answer to it being mainly players' ISP issues. (I instantly recalled to when I worked tech support doing the same exact "It's your ISP's fault" game). Which, in a lot of cases it probably actually is. But I think that if issues are reported across the board, by hundreds of users of the same servers, well...what does basic troubleshooting tell us?

I believe Josh did remark that there was one router in their setup that was removed. I'm sorry, I don't recall more of that part of the discussion. I'll edit if anything comes to me.


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I watched it. Let me just say, move over Dan Rather! Merl asked good questions, yet I agree, Josh's answers were a bit nebulous. What I got from it:

 

server and match-balancing issues are a priority. Many new players lose 3 out of 4 matches in the early stages, they want that to change. That is no way to retain new players. They want to close that giant kill gap between new players and veterans.

 

From that and some other things I heard, I inferred that things like TOW nerf and sustain weapon nerfs are not going to happen. If anything, the opposite. They need the noobs to be able to win games, or most of them are just not gonna stick around to learn. On one hand I personally think these weapons don't need a buff but I agree, catering to the 1%ers is not a recipe for building a large following of new players.

 

we might see some new content like a map or mech in like 4-5 months.

 

He said he doesn't want to just keep releasing camos and parts because that's just obvious money grubbing.

 

They do have plans to bring on new developers at some point, hopefully soon, to do maps and promotion...and some other stuff

 

Josh liked the idea of players being able to create their own paint-jobs and emblems.

 

(I wondered how he plans to deal with the sea of cox and swastikas that are sure to pop up)

 

the Investors are more worried about having and keeping a sizable player base before putting money into "ramping up" (ad campaigns, hiring people etc)

 

LAN option is not going to happen, ever. The design of the game just won't allow for it. 

 

The Technician/Incinerator interaction is going to get toned down a bit. Probably a heat absorption nerf.

 

I know there was much more, I was doing work at the same time in the background. It seemed as though, while Reloaded is quite active in doing work on the game, the things we really want, like new content, are going to have to wait for the technical stuff to get finished first. Don't look for any radical changes to weapon balancing or adding/removing mechs or items any time soon.

 

*Froths at the mouth*


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It wasn't this one i suppose ? Any idea when it's going to be uploaded ?

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Joshtastic!


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Any discussion re: the elevated and unstable pings we've been seeing on Central?

Yes and long story short we don't know. 


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The video will not be uploaded as it was not recorded:( There will be another one soon friends:)


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That interview LaurenEmilyposted is very good, I'm watching it now. A lot of the same questions and answers. 

 

If Scott Ian did video game interviews! haha

 

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Also you get a glimpse of a mini-josh at around 1:50  :teehee:


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That interview LaurenEmilyposted is very good, I'm watching it now. A lot of the same questions and answers. 

 

If Scott Ian did video game interviews! haha

 

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Also you get a glimpse of a mini-josh at around 1:50  :teehee:

Yeah i watched that and it's pretty interesting. Also i had no idea this ever happened, did anyone see any announcement or such ?

Randomly found while searching for merl's one..


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Also I had no idea this ever happened, did anyone see any announcement or such ?

 
It was posted on Twitter and took place on Tuesday morning (for us in Europe) It sounds like MarkeeDragon has some sort of contract with Reloaded to promote and stream the game. Good interview, I enjoyed it.

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It was posted on Twitter and took place on Tuesday morning (for us in Europe) It sounds like MarkeeDragon has some sort of contract with Reloaded to promote and stream the game. Good interview, I enjoyed it.

Yeah I saw that Pastorius. Agree, it was a good interview. And it does indeed look like DragonMarkee may have a inside hook. Hmmm :D


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 There will be another one soon friends:)

Casually prod josh into addressing my hawken map overview.



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Nothing happening with XP/HC gain + costs and C costs?


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