How’re you doing, Ghosts & Hunters? 👋
Another week of MGH Early Access is in the books so we wanted to check in with you all! Let’s hop right in and check out what’s been going on behind the scenes.
REGULAR PATCHES
Since our last blog post, we’ve put out two patches. We go through the feedback all of you fantastic people so kindly provide for us on our official Discord server, as well as the Steam forums & our social channels, and work on fixes and/or new additions to the game.
Here’s a quick run-through of some of the biggest things we’ve been fixing up and/or adjusting since the last patch.
Matchmaking
We have deployed a number of matchmaking adjustments in the most recent patch, and we’re already seeing some promising data showing more fair matches being made. These might result in slightly longer wait times, but so far it seems to be working better.
We will continue to make adjustments as feedback and data comes in. Thank you for all the feedback and ongoing discussions!
Changes to the Generator
The Generator is where Hunters can change their loadout during a match. We’ve seen the feedback and understand the frustration of having a coordinated group of ghosts targeting the generator right from the get-go, and leaving your team vulnerable for the remainder of the match. This is why we’ve decided to make the Generator invulnerable for the first 10 seconds after a match starts. Eventually, we’ll be incorporating salt circle visual effects around the generator to better illustrate this.
If you’re keen on checking out all the details, you can check the full patch notes HERE.
If you missed patch #2’s patch notes, you can check them HERE.
POLL RESULTS & NEW POLL
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you what kind of content you would like to see us add to the game next. Almost 900 of you answered the poll, so we want to thank you all for participating - it really means a lot to us! Out of the options (see below), maps was the clear winner with over 46% of all voters choosing said option.
Game modes and gear/abilities were neck and neck with a bit over 25% and 22% of the answers respectively.
Your answers really help us as we move forward and plan our first update. While we can’t reveal just what we’ve got in store quite yet, we think you’ll like it! That being said, it’s also important to manage expectations - maps take a great deal of time, work, and deep consideration. So, while we definitely intend to add more maps, it’s important to keep in mind that these take more time than any other content, so they may not always come as fast as you might hope.
We’d love to hear more from you so we put together a second poll! We’re still keeping things fast and easy to answer, so worry not. This time we’d like to hear a little more about your map and prop preferences. You can answer the questions here:
NEW DISCORD CHANNEL
You might’ve noticed that we’ve put together a new Discord channel for you all. The point of #update-suggestions is quite self-explanatory, it’s for you to make suggestions for our upcoming updates (not patches). Updates are (generally speaking) much larger than patches and, in addition to bug fixes, they’ll contain new MGH game content.
Please note that the #update-suggestions channel differs from #game-feedback. We’ll prompt you to give us suggestions about specific subjects and hope to receive these suggestions during the decision-making period.
In keeping with the theme of our survey, this time around we would love to hear specifically about MAPS! What’s your dream MGH map? Let us know your best, craziest concepts, and vote on the ones others suggest. We can’t wait to read through all of your ideas!
WELCOME TO MY CRIB 😏
The team has been hard at work behind the scenes. In addition to fixing known issues and tackling the bugs you’ve reported (thank you! 🙏) we’ve been putting together something spooky that we think you will really like. It’s spooky season at MGH HQ year-round, after all. 👻
As we work on the upcoming update, we’ve also been putting together an Early Access roadmap so you can get a clearer picture of what we’ve got planned. We’ll have more news to share with you soon!
LET’S CHAT!
As a quick reminder, we’d like to let you know that if you’d like to give us feedback, report a pesky bug, chat about MGH, or find a group to play with, we have a very active Discord full of lovely folks, where you can do all that.
In addition to our Discord, we also have a fantastic community over on Twitter, and we often post updates and other fun stuff there. We’re also not opposed to retweeting a juicy meme when we see one!
Our Steam page is the right place to go if you want to find the latest patch notes or chat about the game in our Community Hub. It also has a great place for sharing screenshots and fan art!
See you on the hunt, Ghosts & Hunters! 👻
Tinny
Community Manager