Pretty much everything they've done has been a half-baked scheme.
BATTLETECH HYPER ASSAULT GAUSS FULL
If they were smart they'd use it as an excuse for a full redo of all the dumb decisions they've made over the years under the magic hand wave of "new and refined tech" but it's PGI so looooooooooooooooooool. The timeline advancement really does sound like a last ditch hail mary before shuttering any real development though. Hell, replacing Russ and Paul with a cat and just dumping a bag of treats on the keyboard while leaving Visual Studio open would result in a more intelligently designed game. We might actually see some balance if they swap to a skeleton crew and somebody else gets in charge of editing the spreadsheet. Then let things coast into the grave with a skeleton crew that's just keeping the lights on and playing around with numbers in the weapon balance XML sheets until they can finish transitioning into their next project. Push out a few fan favorite mechs from the sphere and clans (such as the Fafnir) that previously weren't accessible due to timeline constraints.įinally kill the game by pushing out one final mechpack, the "Celestial" pack and reworking the faction warfare conflict into a three-way fight by introducing the Word of Blake.
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Just flip the clock way forward to grab access to as many shiny toys as possible to build hype and draw back the sort of players who like to experiment with the new options. I wouldn't be surprised if they really pushed the timeline forward as part of a final milking operation before pushing towards spinning the game down into retirement. Here's everything from what sarna calls the Civil War era I'd really love it if they'd develop a way to switch ammo types for weapons, that'd make IS ACs and SRMs way more valuable/versatile as weapons platforms.
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There's some other stuff in there like melee weapons that I just didn't bother with because they'll never be introduced.