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[omega5 9er]

[Pertaining to the trailer released today 2/28/12]
Reactor: Online
Sensors: Online
Weapons: Online
All System: Online..... (My reaction:) Wait......... what?!


All systems are not ONLINE!
THEY ARE NOMINAL! hahaha. I have grown to love my mech startup and grown acustom to "Nominal."
Please replace Online with Nominal, for nostalgia reasons.

Edited by omega5-9er, 28 February 2012 - 04:03 PM.

[Hayden]

Agreed. Was expecting nominal, instead got Online...

[DeM0nFiRe]

Haha, I am thinking the same thing. That startup sequence was an important part of my childhood!

[Spooky]

Indeed, that last 'online' is rather weird

[Dirk Le Daring]

I like the new sequence, systems online is fine with me.

There IS a hula girl there

[Anthill]

All I know is IF they don't change it, they better make good use of that word somewhere.

And yes, let us give grace for the presence of the Hula Girl. They really do love us, don't they?

Edited by Anthill, 28 February 2012 - 04:26 PM.

[Technoviking]

CPU Voice saying "Nominal" is available at the MWO Store for $1.99.


Until then, your lower class Computer program is merely Online.

[omega5 9er]

Aegis Kleais™, on 28 February 2012 - 04:18 PM, said:

Nominal it (should) be.

You basically get a list of subsystems and whether they are online or offline. Once that is listed, it would then list which subsystems were not operational. If they were all green, "All systems nominal." was the last thing Betty would tell you.

If a subsystem wasn't operational, you might get.

Reactor online.
Sensors online.
Weapons online.
Radar malfunctioning.
Communications malfunctioning.

Betty is supposed to keep you up to date on your system statuses as they go offline (operational, but not available), online (operational and available) or malfunctioning (not operational and not available).

Of course, malfunctioning could be anything from the system not being available at all, to it acting very wonky or being unresponsive. A malfunctioning weapons system may not fire at all, fire on its own, or be highly prone to jamming/misfires.

Thank you for the straight run-down, and I hope that all systems that are taken into effect in the game will have a voice-update on their status.
But, Nominal has a nostalgic feeling for the initial boot-up, at least.

Edited by omega5-9er, 28 February 2012 - 04:25 PM.

[Anthill]

Aegis Kleais™, on 28 February 2012 - 04:18 PM, said:

If a subsystem wasn't operational, you might get.

Reactor online.
Sensors online.
Weapons online.
Radar malfunctioning.
Communications malfunctioning.

Betty is supposed to keep you up to date on your system statuses as they go offline (operational, but not available), online (operational and available) or malfunctioning (not operational and not available).

Of course, malfunctioning could be anything from the system not being available at all, to it acting very wonky or being unresponsive. A malfunctioning weapons system may not fire at all, fire on its own, or be highly prone to jamming/misfires.

In interviews, the Dev's stated that if one's Mech is destroyed in a battle it is possible to enter the next battle without repairing it fully. It would be great to have "Battlemech Betty" do as you've suggested in those situations.

Reactor online.
Sensors malfunctioning.
Weapons malfunctioning.
Hula Girl malfunctioning.
Radar malfunctioning.
Communications malfunctioning.
Battlemech Betty Voice Pak malufRgogogEjonline-online-onlineSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINAL.

[omega5 9er]

Anthill, on 28 February 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

In interviews, the Dev's stated that if one's Mech is destroyed in a battle it is possible to enter the next battle without repairing it fully. It would be great to have "Battlemech Betty" do as you've suggested in those situations.

Reactor online.
Sensors malfunctioning.
Weapons malfunctioning.
Hula Girl malfunctioning.
Radar malfunctioning.
Communications malfunctioning.
Battlemech Betty Voice Pak malufRgogogEjonline-online-onlineSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINALSYSTEMSNOMINAL.

Your......... sentence.....it, it........ went out of the box...... o_O
Is the world about to implode?

[Cur]

Nomnomnomnomnom


god someone make a new meme here i think we have potential

[omega5 9er]

Cur, on 28 February 2012 - 04:28 PM, said:

Nomnomnomnomnom


god someone make a new meme here i think we have potential

All Systems Are NomNomNomNomNominal *Timberwolf eating a Cookie*

[Sesambrot]

I gotta say, I'm kinda impressed how important such a "minor" detail can be, although I have to admit that my first reaction was pretty much the same. This shouldn't really be that big of a deal, however I feel that it actually is nontheless.

[Paul Inouye]

DANGIT!!! I knew we forgot something!!!!

Spoiler

AIR CONDITIONING ONLINE!

[Hayden]

Paul Inouye, on 28 February 2012 - 04:36 PM, said:

DANGIT!!! I knew we forgot something!!!!

Spoiler

AIR CONDITIONING ONLINE!

Not that we'd notice the difference...

[Technoviking]

Well, while part of our childhood, who says it can't be different?

DCS:

Reactor: Serving the Coordinator.
Sensors: Serving the Coordinator.
Weapons:.... SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!!!
Not all systems are nominal!

Steiner:

Reactor: Uber
Sensors: Uber
Weapons: Achtung! Error!
Not all systems are nominal!

Etc...

Edited by Technoviking, 28 February 2012 - 04:42 PM.

[Prosperity Park]

"Bass-Boost ONLINE"


UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-UHN-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis-UHN-tis...

Sorry, I'm high on Mechstacy™

Edited by Prosperity Park, 28 February 2012 - 04:48 PM.

[Listless Nomad]

All systems online sounds redundant and jarring. Please make it nominal. We know all systems are online- you just told us that. Tell us there are all working as well please.


Plus it sounds better

[Anthill]

Hayden, on 28 February 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

Not that we'd notice the difference...

That is a failure on the entire communities part. I mean, Mechwarriors are usually scantily clad for a reason...speaking of which, this does bring about interesting questions concerning our in game Mech pilot avatars...if this game will have them, of course.

[Semyon Drakon]

I know it's a long shot but I always loved how a mech had a startup sequence that included a code sequence to unlock a mechs weapons systems. It would be cool to have you go through the powerup sequence get to weapons and have the mech say.

"Input access code." and have you have to either type it on or speak it before the system unlocks. It's a fluff thing but would allow a huge amount of simple fun just through the inclusion of that tiny bit a realism.

Also the Betty warnings when things go completely pear shaped "warning reactor breach, eject eject eject..." and such.

"Ammunition explosion detected..." That one might get cut off mid sentance though lol

Semyon