Game Release Delay Opinions

With the game set to release on Sept, 17 2013, 11 days from now, and there are still so many issues with the game mechanics and bugs/glitches, I was wanting to know how many of yall believe that this date is actually going to be pushed back. I know if i was in charge I would take the Blizzard approach and not release it until its ready.

Or is the game in a ready enough state to release it as is?

 

To be fair, the next patch could be a huge monster...I mean we could have like cats shooting laser beams or something... our minds could be blown!
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buuuuuuuut... i dont think so.

 

I realise that I'm not really in a position to comment on this, but from past occurrences releasing something before its completely finished is never good. Just look at Windows Vista. That was so flawed that even people like me who haven't ever used Vista know its naff, purely from the sheer number of complaints I've heard. I mean, you wouldn't try to market a new car that wasn't completely screwed together, would you? More over, who would buy a brand new car that wasn't built properly. I know that this probably isn't the best example, but it can't be far off. If they are wanting to maintain a strong online following, PGI should delay the release date until the game is 100% ready. We've been waiting since Mechwarrior 4:Mercenaries, back in 2002, for a new Mechwarrior game (OK, now I feel old). Another month or two isn't going to put many people off, especially if they know that in the end they're going to get a polished product that actually works.

 

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I'd say, delay the OR date!!!

There are still so many things to fix & balance & implement (e.g. Tutorial) that PGI MUST finish, before getting bad Press Reviews at Release!!! Bad Critics & then upcoming Shitstorms will destroy the image of the game and scare away old players & potential new players. Without enough players (= Cash) PGI cannot drive the development forward, and then one day must stop the project. Do we / PGI really want this?? I dont think so.

Release, when PGI have the huge Patch with plenty of new stuff, to give us a completely new level of gameplay quality/experience, so that most of us can say - WOW, its not perfect, but optimized in a well-rounded manner to have fair.balanced competitive game events.

Blagg

 

What? They are removing the big B-E-T-A letters from the front page and that'll be a launch feature

 

YEPP! Its just that simple.. The Devs will maybe have some Party for themselves and we Players well, should party ourselves as well, that we finally, finally can complain without getting the "It's only a Beta" Excuse anymore. YEAAAAAHHHH!

 

Wait, so...

*looks down at clipboard for a sec*

No CW at launch...

*makes a check mark on board*

No UI 2.0 at launch...

*makes a check on board again*

...

...no DX11 at launch...

*sighs, makes check mark again*

...no... collision..?

*marks again*

...no goddamn clans invasion?!

*throws clipboard on the ground*

Just what the hell is being launched?

 

From Bryan Eckman himself a la Ask the Devs #46

You are getting your milestone.

 

Seems like the only thing confirmed right now is the launch of the standard Orion variants. I'd be happy if they even just dropped one of those two new maps (Island Metropolis or Asteroid base) but that's even unlikely (based on Eckman's comments in the recent NGNG podcasts). Sucks spending all that time waiting for launch and this is the paltry sum of all that waiting. Still, though, Eckman says UI 2.0 and CW will be here first week of October, or, pending cataclysmic acts of nature, the end of October.

They're also considering a timeline reset to make the dates match up with the clan invasion. I'd be all for that. Just wish we had some more clarity as to how they plan to implement clans vs. successor states... 2 stars vs. 3 lances? Or separate servers for clan vs. clan and SS vs. SS? But then how would the invasion even work? Aargh, too many questions. Just give us SOMETHING!

 

It's true though. I mean, if you look at games like Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Chivalry and such, launch wasn't actually a big deal. Hell, I wasn't even aware that Chivalry was out of open beta until I checked.

 

What are you talking about? My Cats all shoot laserbeams!

Apart from the A1 but hey, nobody's perfect

 

To me, one of the most alluring aspects of a MW-based game with a persistant state universe is, well, the ability to interact with such a large and dynamic gaming plane.

Without that interaction (aka CW in a galaxy where we're doing shit), the game is fucking pointless and has no endgame. And if someone responds that 'this is endgame' then I think I already won a long time ago.

Fuck a milestone.

 

Now if the cats are NOT shooting laser beams in the next patch or something, I will be surprised. I mean, most cats have Energy Hardpoints...

now MAD CATS shooting Laser!! That would be GREAT!

 

I can say, without reservation, that I agree with you. I am here solely on the promise that Community Warfare is coming and that there will be a "big picture". If I wanted a FPS I would load up my kids Xbox (its his, really) and play Black Ops or something like that. If CW comes and fails then frankly I will look at other options and come back only when I want some shits and giggles.

I have also instituted a spending freeze on MWO until such time as I see progress. I still have a fair bit of MC in the bank and am spending it wisely (re: waiting for Firebrand to go on sale for 30% off or Mech Bays to go on sale) but there will be no new infusion of cash until then. Unlike a lot of people, who haven't purchased one red cent of fuck all, but have made demands on the devs, I have already given enough between various purchases to justify my "support of the IP".

 

Actually once vista had been out for a few months most of its crucial flaws were fixed, and it turned out to be a fantastic OS, sadly it was always tainted by its status at release.

Not that I don't agree with the sentiments in this thread, maybe they have something up their sleeves?

 

Vista is still crappy and badly made in many aspacts. 7 seems to be doing better. Point: Someone is selling a Beta product as a released version and use the customers as bug finders.

Right now MWO seems to be doing that. I can see many people going for the "NEW" game called MWO and get loads of bad feedback.