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MechWarrior MMO
« on: 31 Oct 2011, 14:39 »
They had me at "PC exclusive".  What do you think about this little number as some fresh soil for RP?

http://mwomercs.com/
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« Reply #1 on: 31 Oct 2011, 15:26 »
I approve of Battletech in all forms. Currently dink around in MWLL and simulated TT from time to time. Do wonder what this'll do to the former though.
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« Reply #2 on: 31 Oct 2011, 15:42 »
Sounds good.

Four is a good number.
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« Reply #3 on: 31 Oct 2011, 15:53 »
I just went to a very happy place.  A happy place with puppies and kittens, and 100 ton mechs equipped with missiles and autocannnons.

Sai will be there, and if I can, will be with the Wolves or Jade Falcons once again.  Who had better have Mad Cats.

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Re: MechWarrior MMO
« Reply #4 on: 31 Oct 2011, 16:24 »
Quote from: Saikoyu on 31 Oct 2011, 15:53
Sai will be there, and if I can, will be with the Wolves or Jade Falcons once again.

No doubt that's one place they'll go with follow-on expansions. 

Looks like things will start off with players taking on the role of mercs working for the five major powers of the Inner Sphere.  With the persistence and parallel timelines (similar to what we have in EVE), we'll get to watch Operation Revival take place in real time...

2012 = 3049
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Re: MechWarrior MMO
« Reply #5 on: 31 Oct 2011, 16:50 »
The clan stuff pretty broke the setting, after that it turned into a spiral of Tech coming out of the woodwork.

I think the last time I checked there was roughly human sized mechs with weapons comparable to the regular mech ones.
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« Reply #6 on: 31 Oct 2011, 16:55 »
I was going to bed, then checked Twitter on the phone and went all "the holiest of fucks". Mechwarrior Online, free-to-play, and sim style. As I somewhat prefer 3025, a shame about picking a later, but I guess it allows more toys to play with. May help with any problems they might have with the Unseen. (I sure hope WHMs and BLRs will be in!)

Luckily, I doubt ProtoMechs and battle armour are going to be in the game. (And no, ProtoMechs are neither human-sized or having weapons compared to real 'Mechs, perhaps except some old lights. Haven't followed the Jihad/Batshit Insane plot and newest things, though, and the Dark Age reboot is hopefully forgotten.)
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Re: MechWarrior MMO
« Reply #7 on: 31 Oct 2011, 17:13 »
FTP? Check.

Mechwarrior? Check.

No game-altering items to be bought with the real money? Check.

Competative conquest mode? CHECKCHECKCHECK.
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Re: MechWarrior MMO
« Reply #8 on: 31 Oct 2011, 17:15 »
So this might have just put me in a fantastically better mood after a shitty day at work.
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« Reply #9 on: 31 Oct 2011, 19:49 »
 :eek:    :D   :cube:
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« Reply #10 on: 31 Oct 2011, 20:05 »
You have my Brutor battleaxe!
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« Reply #11 on: 31 Oct 2011, 22:19 »
It's interesting that they're going to be running the game in real time. I wonder how they're going to handle travel between planets? Slow and Boring are pretty much the hallmarks of interstellar travel in the Battletech universe.
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« Reply #12 on: 01 Nov 2011, 00:02 »
dear master sansha,

all i want to do for MWO is abuse Novacats with 6x ERPPCs and enough heatsinks to stop me from exploding from my own alpha strike.

Although judging by the Inner Sphere tech that won't happen
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« Reply #13 on: 01 Nov 2011, 02:57 »
The travel is actually instantaneous.

It is the downtime when you have to recharge the batteries on the jumpship that makes it slow.
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« Reply #14 on: 01 Nov 2011, 03:15 »
Not to count burning to planets, specially if you don't use pirate points. But I assume we'll just get instant jumps or severely reduced travel time. Of course, having longer campaigns on a single planet would be ideal, so that interstellar travel would be faded kind of into the background. So while you are campaigning, your jumpship recharges (well, the jumpship of the Great House that hired you). And then jump to the next world after the ownership of this one is decided.

http://mwomercs.com/support#faq
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