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Are you ready for the March patch of MWO? Or at least come to terms?

00:00 - 00:05 Boss gets these tweets: "Russ, please keep iterating on skill trees"

00:05 - 00:07 Players begged, "more affordable and navigable"

00:07 - 00:10 Second PTS, we made some changes; a few

00:11 - 00:16 Players were getting anxious about a new PTS, so we made the announcement ASAP

00:17 - 00:21 "Thanks, everyone: we'll see you when this goes live March 21"

00:21 - 00:24 Just two

00:29 - 00:31 Just two

00:31 - 00:34 "You have thirteen days to plan the next 6 months of your life"

00:38 - 00:40 Just two

00:41 - 00:47 On the official forums and Reddit subs, you've got players doing group hugs like they're at a memorial service

00:47 - 00:50 We had guys typing up 1,000-word posts

00:50 - 00:56 These carefully written suggestions and design alternatives

00:58 - 00:59 All we wanted to know was

00:59 - 01:01 How far players can be pushed

01:04 - 01:06 We figure they'll skill up enough 'Mechs

01:06 - 01:08 To just say, "F*ck it," and keep going

01:13 - 01:14 Just two

01:14 - 01:16 I guess they thought we'd fine-tune it

01:16 - 01:20 "Skill trees will be central to MWO"

01:21 - 01:27 It's also the only way to play, so grab some MC with your 'Mech Pack

01:35 - 01:36 There's so much hexcrawling

01:36 - 01:39 Steam will add us to its "adventure game" category

01:41 - 01:44 But seriously, this is a new beginning.

01:44 - 01:47 Fresh game modes, faction play stuff

01:47 - 01:49 And you level up 'Mechs

01:50 - 01:53 Like it's the first time again

01:54 - 01:56 Log in

01:56 - 01:58 Remember where the hell you were

01:58 - 02:02 Or just start chipping away anywhere

02:05 - 02:07 Just two

02:10 - 02:11 Ener —

02:11 - 02:13 Energy dr —

02:15 - 02:17 Energy draw died after four or five

02:17 - 02:20 They probably thought they could get at least three out of this

02:21 - 02:28 The real sleeper here is when it truly dawns on people what 91 times 100, 200 or 300 is like

02:29 - 02:30 A lot?

02:30 - 02:32 Like the distance to the moon in footsteps

02:36 - 02:39 Time to play will go "poof"

02:40 - 02:42 Why not just play an MMO?

02:50 - 02:55 Matchup of the century: desire to play vs. resentment

02:56 - 02:58 Aren't you worried they'll be angry?

02:58 - 03:04 We've got new tech coming up, which means layers of frustration related to gameplay instead

03:04 - 03:09 They'll get jacked by heavy Gauss and use skill trees like Zen gardens

03:09 - 03:11 It'll be very placid and serene

03:16 - 03:20 "How 'bout a 'Mech Pack?"

03:23 - 03:26 No longer the tackiest thing about MWO