In part it's based on a lot of missed promises from PGI and some notable failures in both communication and delivery of in-game content. In part I think it stems from inevitable conflict between the "old-school" tabletop players who wanted almost a PC simulator, the MW2/3/4 players who have massive nostalgia for those games, and the newer players who just want to stomp around in robots with fricking lasers in their heads! There seemed to be a massive amount of negativity generated by them and it has taken a couple of years for PGI (I believe the similarity in name is coincidental) to recover from that. I started playing just over a year ago and even then picked up on a lot of legacy stuff from the times of the previous company involved with the game (IGP?). I believe a lot of the hate is based on the past. I'm not in any way meaning to flame bait or troll with this topic I'm just genuinely curious why this game seems to court such a bad reputation. Why does this game get so much hate outside of its fanbase? Is it just because it's free to play? Because even though I have some problems with its business model (mainly concerning the pricing of cosmetic items), this game seems to have a much better F2P model than most others I've seen. It ultimately doesn't affect me, but it's still something I find a bit jarring. A lot of people around the internet have shared fond memories of playing the older Mechwarrior games when they were kids, but the minute Mechwarrior: Online is brought up, they instantly turn bitter and have nothing but bad things to say about this game and how it ruined the franchise. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this question (or if this question is even appropriate to ask in this forum period), but I'm just asking as a new player who's jumping into Mechwarrior for the first time.
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