I'm not expecting much of this, honestly. Most likely will end up with a silent middle finger but oh well, have to ask anyway. Let's start with a preface.
Devs, can we get a streamer who knows the game? Not the Battletech universe (tho it would be a bonus) but the Battletech tactic game. I understand the first choices you made with Cohh and Bombadil. Imho, Cohh was more of a showman and Bombadil knew a lot about the BT setting but not the gameplay features. Sort of like balance between pure fun and info, so the auditory could pick their favorite.
To me, the fresh streamers are somewhere in-between these two. Problem is - they start with around 0 knowledge of the game mechanics and learn (or not so much) as they progress through the mission. Just as the first ones. While it's not bad by itself, I would like to see a more advanced approach with someone who played the beta. Am I too ballsy to assume that I'm not alone in this?
Well, I may want whatever but how this concerns devs/publishers? BT's lacking tutorial is the main reason. So far, I didn't see any use of more advanced tactics like defense posture. Tactics aside, often streamers don't know/want to learn mechanics behind their armament and skills. They try to pick ideas from the chat and learn from beta testers. And this is counter-productive if some players will try to search for the info on the release date.
Which brings us to a simple question - why don't you get a beta-backer streamer in the mix to provide in-depth info about the game? This step will turn the learning scheme the other way around. Players would learn from streamers directly, not from chat/youtube comments.
Why could this be a good thing for devs/publishers? Let me draw an analogy with Crusader Kings 2. I'm not a big fan of global strategies but it was free and I decided to give it a go. Well, the built-in tutorial made it almost unplayable without looking for more info on youtube. There, I found a channel and sat down for a dozen of tutorial videos. After this, I could at least start playing CK2. Going through comment section for info instead of just watching the vids would be much harder and tedious task.
Did I manage to pass the idea across? Hope so. Would be great if you considered it. Well, you'll probably have a list of potential candidates but I want to ask for a specific guy. Anaro Sunfire. Why? He has a great deal of experience in pvp and overall tactics/mechanics part of BT and a huge pack of betav2 videos. This guy tries to talk about what's going on the field in his voice commentary like mistakes, advantages, disadvantages, etc. A great source for learning.
In fact, after watching half of his BT collection, I emailed him about asking devs for a copy. He answered that he already contacted devs about this and hopes for the best. Well, why not? His channel size is not that big but come on, an announcement and topic here -> subscribers will skyrocket. Like it was with SideStrafer. And providing a different view of the gameplay elements will be beneficial for the auditory.
Devs, can we get a streamer who knows the game? Not the Battletech universe (tho it would be a bonus) but the Battletech tactic game. I understand the first choices you made with Cohh and Bombadil. Imho, Cohh was more of a showman and Bombadil knew a lot about the BT setting but not the gameplay features. Sort of like balance between pure fun and info, so the auditory could pick their favorite.
To me, the fresh streamers are somewhere in-between these two. Problem is - they start with around 0 knowledge of the game mechanics and learn (or not so much) as they progress through the mission. Just as the first ones. While it's not bad by itself, I would like to see a more advanced approach with someone who played the beta. Am I too ballsy to assume that I'm not alone in this?
Well, I may want whatever but how this concerns devs/publishers? BT's lacking tutorial is the main reason. So far, I didn't see any use of more advanced tactics like defense posture. Tactics aside, often streamers don't know/want to learn mechanics behind their armament and skills. They try to pick ideas from the chat and learn from beta testers. And this is counter-productive if some players will try to search for the info on the release date.
Which brings us to a simple question - why don't you get a beta-backer streamer in the mix to provide in-depth info about the game? This step will turn the learning scheme the other way around. Players would learn from streamers directly, not from chat/youtube comments.
Why could this be a good thing for devs/publishers? Let me draw an analogy with Crusader Kings 2. I'm not a big fan of global strategies but it was free and I decided to give it a go. Well, the built-in tutorial made it almost unplayable without looking for more info on youtube. There, I found a channel and sat down for a dozen of tutorial videos. After this, I could at least start playing CK2. Going through comment section for info instead of just watching the vids would be much harder and tedious task.
Did I manage to pass the idea across? Hope so. Would be great if you considered it. Well, you'll probably have a list of potential candidates but I want to ask for a specific guy. Anaro Sunfire. Why? He has a great deal of experience in pvp and overall tactics/mechanics part of BT and a huge pack of betav2 videos. This guy tries to talk about what's going on the field in his voice commentary like mistakes, advantages, disadvantages, etc. A great source for learning.
In fact, after watching half of his BT collection, I emailed him about asking devs for a copy. He answered that he already contacted devs about this and hopes for the best. Well, why not? His channel size is not that big but come on, an announcement and topic here -> subscribers will skyrocket. Like it was with SideStrafer. And providing a different view of the gameplay elements will be beneficial for the auditory.
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