Competitive gaming is absolutely shitty because human beings. I do not blame him
Which is what exactly?That's definitely better than what DE is doing in Warframe.
I have no sympathy for anyone who uses the term "eSports" with a straight face. Fuck you, Firefall!
They added the dueling system which consists of one person one-shotting the other due to ridiculous power levels of weapons.Which is what exactly?That's definitely better than what DE is doing in Warframe.
Every publisher thinks they can have the WoW killer (even though it's clear the only thing that can kill WoW by this point is Hegh'bat).Seems like they were trying to create a F2P Borderlands MMO and failed. The PvE looked somewhat interesting but I never saw enough content to keep it viable. A lot like uh Global Agenda. I have no idea why a studio would try to make an MMO today. The market is glutted.
So in a nut shell the game is garbage and it would be at minimum another three years before they get their head out of their own asses and make the game actually fun.
http://www.gamefront.com/breaking-red-5-board-votes-out-founder-mark-kern/The board of directors of Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has voted to remove co-founder Mark Kern from his role as chief executive officer, according to an email sent to Red 5 employees and obtained by Game Front.
According to the email sent by Vice President of Development James Macauley, the board voted to remove Kern as CEO “effectively immediately,” as well as from his position on the board. Kern will “no longer have any authority to act for or on behalf of Red 5 Studios.”
In the email, Macauley assures employees that he and other management staff at the company “will continue to be here to serve and support each of you,” but also acknowledges that “this is a major change for our company,” without going into further detail about what might change at the studio.
Red 5 has not officially announced Kern’s removal from the positions.
The email, provided by a source close to the situation, is included below:
“My fellow Red 5ers,
“Today, the Red 5 Studios Board of Directors met and after deliberation have decided that Mark Kern will no longer be the Chief Executive Officer or on the Board of Red 5 Studios. Effective immediately Mark will no longer have any authority to act for or on behalf of Red 5 Studios.
“As one of the founders of Red 5 Studios and our leader for many, many years, we owe Mark a great deal of appreciation for all that he has done to help build this company and to set the vision for an incredible new game. I am personally grateful for my relationship with Mark and the many years I have worked with him.
“This is a major change to our company. Your managers and I will set to work to cover any and all areas that Mark was directly handling and we are continuing to solidify the plan for 2014. I assure you that we are and will continue to be here to serve and support each of you.
“We will be holding a team meeting to discuss this topic at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow but I wanted to make sure you were officially informed of this significant change to your company.
“Please grab me or any of the managers at any time or give us a call if you would like to discuss in private.
“Please refrain from discussing this topic outside the company.
Sincerely,
James”
Kern was the last of Red 5′s four founders with the company, all of whom formerly worked at Blizzard Entertainment on its MMO, World of Warcraft. Kern rose to the position of CEO in 2009. During his time as CEO, the company announced its massively multiplayer online game Firefall, and it was revealed in 2010 that Chinese publisher The9 had acquired a majority stake in the company. Around that time, Red 5 was hit with layoffs that cut its roster of employees down to about 30 from 65.
Further layoffs occurred in September as Red 5 said it was restructuring ahead of Firefall’s launch. At that time, Red 5 laid off some 10 percent of its staff.
Game Front is reaching out to Red 5 for comment on the situation, and this story will be updated as it develops.
I don't even know how they pay their bills/employees.
dunno bout guilds (other than you have to in pretty much every mmorpg out there), but perma lgvs and gliders can be normally gotten by f2p players plus you can buy the real money currency for ingame currency.Sort of looks appealing from a Borderplands perspective but I've heard it's a pain in the ass to get into, you have to join annoying as guilds or clans to get anywhere and you need to spend money for convenient travel.
it's very easy to get into because it's a simple shooter with jetpacks (meaning you hardly ever die), and you don't need to spend anything to travel, because:This has been on Steam a couple of days now. Sort of looks appealing from a Borderplands perspective but I've heard it's a pain in the ass to get into, you have to join annoying as guilds or clans to get anywhere and you need to spend money for convenient travel.