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Post by Redfiend on Aug 29, 2023 15:24:17 GMT -5
Holy moley does this show how little the developers care for their horribly aggressive monetization. Gearhub will have "chapters" of one time redeemable missions related to progression. They offer less credits and XP than daily missions, no coins. If players do these missions as a priority: They will be launched directly into the T3/T4 meat grinder, where AI ParagonR4(LA8+12, RM8+12, Jav 8+12) and Lancer(R4 Shotgun 8+2, Gauss 4+6/10, RPG 4+6, Pulse4+6) are AI staples, and each AI hangar has at least 2 Legendary/exotic pilots. They will hit that wall with mostly R2 uncommon mechs and weapons. New player retention is spend, do THE OPPOSITE of what the game suggests, or GTFO. Like, holy 「dookie」, I would have preferred they added nothing over seeing these missions.    |
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Post by OU812? on Aug 29, 2023 15:55:38 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Interesting. Not really the most exciting carrot, is it?
Still, it’s matchmaking and the loss of any previous balance MA had that keeps the game from demonstrating its potential.
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Post by Redfiend on Aug 29, 2023 16:05:19 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Interesting. Not really the most exciting carrot, is it? Still, it’s matchmaking and the loss of any previous balance MA had that keeps the game from demonstrating its potential. The beef I'm taking with this cardboard carrot is it's a railroad that will have new players run face first into those balance issues. I'm pretty sure the MM doesn't count the pilot SP on the AI. So if a player queues up with 1k SP INCLUDING PILOTS, the AI queue up with 1k SP hangars WITHOUT factoring pilots in, then having them spawn with randomized pilots and mods for their gear(ofc with better rarity rates than player implant crates). As with the "hilariously slow grind" thread, it seems they're doing everything they can think of to push players into the position where they're going to be pissed off and greeted with 10 pop up sale screens. They're doing the Pixonic "we hear you" ~but we're gonna use that to piss you off and squeeze you for cash~. |
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Post by OU812? on Aug 29, 2023 16:12:33 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Interesting. Not really the most exciting carrot, is it? Still, it’s matchmaking and the loss of any previous balance MA had that keeps the game from demonstrating its potential. The beef I'm taking with this cardboard carrot is it's a railroad that will have new players run face first into those balance issues. I'm pretty sure the MM doesn't count the pilot SP on the AI. So if a player queues up with 1k SP INCLUDING PILOTS, the AI queue up with 1k SP hangars WITHOUT factoring pilots in, then having them spawn with randomized pilots and mods for their gear(ofc with better rarity rates than player implant crates). As with the "hilariously slow grind" thread, it seems they're doing everything they can think of to push players into the position where they're going to be pissed off and greeted with 10 pop up sale screens. They're doing the Pixonic "we hear you" ~but we're gonna use that to piss you off and squeeze you for cash~. Yeah, you make some good points there. Plarium should do more to encourage players to stick around and join the player base, not push them into frustrating MM to encourage spending. Exasperation isn’t just a big word. |
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Post by S1E1 on Aug 29, 2023 18:41:45 GMT -5
My guess is that the soon-to-arrive "Modifiers" mentioned here will be an event worse development. Basically boosters like in War Robots...
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Post by Redfiend on Aug 29, 2023 19:47:36 GMT -5
They're just piling it on at this point.
"What're ya gonna do? Go back to War Robots"
*laughter*
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Post by Koalabear on Aug 30, 2023 7:09:28 GMT -5
Oh no....what if the "Modifiers" are power ups that you walk through on the map??
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Post by Redfiend on Aug 30, 2023 16:14:19 GMT -5
Oh no....what if the "Modifiers" are power ups that you walk through on the map?? No way to monetize that. Even if it were the case, getting pushed around by AI teammates would only get worse. I got body blocked into dying to a mortar volley after the update's "minor AI changes". |
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Post by 079 on Aug 30, 2023 16:16:15 GMT -5
Wow… they are bringing boosters, one of the worst things in War Robots, to Mech Arena. Drones are coming at some point, aren’t they?
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Post by Redfiend on Aug 30, 2023 16:38:03 GMT -5
Wow… they are bringing boosters, one of the worst things in War Robots, to Mech Arena. Drones are coming at some point, aren’t they? Ever since Beta, War Robots's defective whales have come to this game, saying it's better than War Robots, then suggesting, constantly, all of the features that make War Robots a soul-less money pit. Pretty sure the dev team only takes suggestions from Plarium and "things War Robots has done", because literally no one asked for the majority of the things added since it came out of beta except clans, but some random username from somewhere outside of the plarium forum or game discord comes up as a quote for "users" suggesting these things when they do make public statements. "Players complained that early game mechs and late game mechs weren't different enough" is what they used to justify blanket buffs/nerfs by pricetag. You may have truly missed the boat. War Robots being first has truly ruined all games of this type. Their content creators club basically have NDAs that prevent them from releasing information early, so "test server" YT footage rolls out the literal day before a new item releases. |
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Post by BigBear on Sept 6, 2023 9:35:50 GMT -5
Just logged into the game and noticed the Gear Hub has now been fixed for the obtaining weapons and bots,the developers had acknowledged missions were not working as intended and previous items obtained to unlock missions were not getting recognised.
All fixed now and some free extra credits is always welcome.
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Post by S1E1 on Sept 7, 2023 11:59:04 GMT -5
Cleared a lot more tasks but I still didn't get credit for upgrades and accomplishments that I should have. I specifically asked support about those. Guess I have to follow up and see.
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