benomoth wrote: I've been holding onto hope since day one that there would eventually be a link between desktop and mobile, but it looks like that has completely been de-prioritized. My question for you guys is, how are you Steam users feeling? Is anyone else falling behind, disappointing its alliance, etc.? IceIx, will you guys ever throw us Steam users a mobile bone?
IceIX wrote: benomoth wrote: I've been holding onto hope since day one that there would eventually be a link between desktop and mobile, but it looks like that has completely been de-prioritized. My question for you guys is, how are you Steam users feeling? Is anyone else falling behind, disappointing its alliance, etc.? IceIx, will you guys ever throw us Steam users a mobile bone? We actually just had a decently long discussion about that again today. It's not completely deprioritized, just not finalized in any way, shape or form for either the positive or the negative. Only thing you're really missing out on as a pure Steam user is the Facebook rewards sharing which isn't much if you A) Don't have tons of friends playing or Don't game the system with 3 highly active FB friends on a pseudo account.
Jamie Madrox wrote: I need to really take issue with that statement. It's really easy to get a ton of MPQ FB friends through the forums here and groups on FB dedicated to this purpose. I know people that make thousands of ISO per day off of FB shares. Even with my less than 100 friends I made 10k+ in one week (I tracked it for fun). That's a lot of levels especially for newer rosters.
Twysta wrote: Phantron, curious, but do you just disagree with everyone out of principle? Being able to play on the move is an advantage and being a steam player I'd massively welcome being able to also take my game on the road with me if/when need be.
benomoth wrote: I can think of two hours a day where I have access to 3G but not WiFi. My commute (train).
Phantron wrote: Twysta wrote: Phantron, curious, but do you just disagree with everyone out of principle? Being able to play on the move is an advantage and being a steam player I'd massively welcome being able to also take my game on the road with me if/when need be. You must have missed the threads where people say the PC guys have an advantage because the game runs faster on the PC which helps you shave a few precious seconds off every match during the crazy portion of a PvE/PvP event. To do well in this game at the highest level requires a significant time commitment, so being able to play the game casually while on the road hardly matters. I'm not familiar with how running this game on multiple PCs work, but I believe it's perfectly doable. The only advantage I can think of at the high end is that you can hide in a bathroom somewhere for 2 hours with an iPhone and hope nobody noticed while you'd have a hard time doing that with a laptop, but it's not something I'd want to try in the middle of anything important. Just because you can carry your phone with you anywhere doesn't mean you'll suddenly have the uninterrupted 2 hours you need at the end. I suppose that could be the difference of getting some points in on a refresh you'll miss versus none, but a single refresh cycle is 12 hours so you usually can do about the same just playing earlier (but more), versus playing later but less (assuming you're unable to find an extended uninterrupted time for MPQ).
IceIX wrote: We actually just had a decently long discussion about that again today. It's not completely deprioritized, just not finalized in any way, shape or form for either the positive or the negative. Only thing you're really missing out on as a pure Steam user is the Facebook rewards sharing which isn't much if you A) Don't have tons of friends playing or Don't game the system with 3 highly active FB friends on a pseudo account.
Phantron wrote: To do well in this game at the highest level requires a significant time commitment, so being able to play the game casually while on the road hardly matters. I'm not familiar with how running this game on multiple PCs work, but I believe it's perfectly doable. The only advantage I can think of at the high end is that you can hide in a bathroom somewhere for 2 hours with an iPhone and hope nobody noticed while you'd have a hard time doing that with a laptop, but it's not something I'd want to try in the middle of anything important. Just because you can carry your phone with you anywhere doesn't mean you'll suddenly have the uninterrupted 2 hours you need at the end. I suppose that could be the difference of getting some points in on a refresh you'll miss versus none, but a single refresh cycle is 12 hours so you usually can do about the same just playing earlier (but more), versus playing later but less (assuming you're unable to find an extended uninterrupted time for MPQ).
Phantron wrote: benomoth wrote: I can think of two hours a day where I have access to 3G but not WiFi. My commute (train). Sure but unless your commute coincides with when an event is about to end, being to play in those two hours isn't going to put you on some kind of insurmountable disadvantage. For US based citizens, the only way I see that happening is on the west coast for the 9am finishes, unless your train leaves really late.