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[Kintaro Matosi]

much love to all the people starting things, but..

has MWO said they'll allow some of the names you guys are picking?? I can't see canon companies like the GDL, ELH, or any of the Clans be allowed as guild names.

[metro]

well you picked two of the wrong clans to base your question on....prepare to be boarded! LOL

Grey Death Legion is canon...as is Eridani Light Horse

Edited by metro, 02 November 2011 - 09:53 AM.

[ELHImp]

If ELH will not be allowed, we will take one of ELH's regiments, it's simple

[Perfecto Oviedo]

I think he meant "since they actually exist in the canon universe, will they be allowed for player Merc Corps." (correct me if I'm wrong, Kintaro)

I don't see the logic in having an ELH guild or a GDL guild if those organizations are already in the universe, either to be released at start up or when the appropriate timeline events happen.

Love you all, Clanners, but there are clans already (which will be made apparent since the game starts in 3049, along with the Invasion), so I don't think you would be able to name your guilds in this game after specific clans

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If ELH will not be allowed, we will take one of ELH's regiments, it's simple

^a good work-around

Edited by perfecto oviedo, 02 November 2011 - 10:07 AM.

[Kintaro Matosi]

perfecto oviedo, on 02 November 2011 - 10:03 AM, said:

I think he meant "since they actually exist in the canon universe, will they be allowed for player Merc Corps." (correct me if I'm wrong, Kintaro)

nope. exactly what I meant.

[metro]

if the devs made plans for a Grey death legion and or a Ghost bear CLan , just for example....

Then I am sure anyone who wants to start,participate or be in that Clan will work it out.

We have "YET" to find out the mechanics behind this game.

Edited by metro, 02 November 2011 - 11:01 AM.

[Starkiller]

Well as far as the reasoning for people wanting to take cannon units, some of us have been running those units with former FASA backing from Genie/AOL/Gamestorm since the early 90s and beyond, why would we not still want to run our units now in the next incarnation of battltech?

[Beaker]

As Team Banzai we've been around for ~10 years now, so of course we'd like to keep that in-game if possible!

[PropWash]

Team Banzai might be an exception as it is an IP belonging to someone else.

[Kintaro Matosi]

ok, I'm not saying there's anything WRONG with you guys wanting to, but I don't think you'd want to see 30 different versions of "Wulf's Drraaggoonn's" out there. (name deliberately misspelled to show what people might do.)

in any MMO, there's gonna be some need for people in charge to limit things. I just want to know from the Devs what they're going to allow and what they're not gonna allow.

if they allow the big names to exist? sure, I might wanna get in on being in one of the "official" companies... if not? I have a couple of names that are near and dear to me within my time playing Battletech... and if I can create them, a win for me.

I've been playing MMO's for about 8 years now. watched them rise and fall. I know what's expected, I just wanna see Piranha's "ground rules".

[Beaker]

propwash, on 02 November 2011 - 11:38 AM, said:

Team Banzai might be an exception as it is an IP belonging to someone else.

They get various mentions in most of the source books, field manuals, and technical readouts (Hatchetman anyone?).

[Devil Man]

elh_imp, on 02 November 2011 - 10:03 AM, said:

If ELH will not be allowed, we will take one of ELH's regiments, it's simple

This.

If Northwind Highlanders isn't permitted, we'll probably do something like 2nd Kearny Highlanders, or Stirling's Fusiliers, whatever (Regiments within NWH). Part of the fun of playing MechWarrior online in games like NetMech DOS/95 and MW3 was taking on the roles of the legendary merc units, Houses and Clans. It's also part of the reason we use callsigns and not character names.

[CoffiNail]

I will be Clan Ghost Bear... no exceptions.

[Marauder3D]

We of the clans will endure, no matter the barriers placed in our way!

[metro]

CoffiNail, on 02 November 2011 - 12:46 PM, said:

I will be Clan Ghost Bear... no exceptions.

tsk tsk Coffi!

I was gonna offer you a Capellan Commander seat!

[Irontygr]

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page

The link above will put this whole conversation to rest. If you see an acronym you don't reconize look it up.

[CoffiNail]

metro, on 02 November 2011 - 03:00 PM, said:

tsk tsk Coffi!

I was gonna offer you a Capellan Commander seat!

LOL A I recently just read the very interesting history part of the sourcebook (but too short sadly) from the 80s Liao book.

[Starkiller]

Irontygr, on 02 November 2011 - 03:31 PM, said:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page

The link above will put this whole conversation to rest. If you see an acronym you don't reconize look it up.

No idea what linking Sarnanet has to do with this conversation at all, I saw no dev information on there. Sarnanet has no more say here than mektech or any other site.

[Irontygr]

Every clan ever thought up is in that link, in a searchable form.

[empath]

Irontygr, on 03 November 2011 - 03:55 PM, said:

Every clan ever thought up is in that link, in a searchable form.

BUT, as stated, the reference material there doesn't relate to the discussion as THERE IS NO CONSENSUS or official announcement on whether 'canon' units will be permitted as player-owned guilds - just because something someone submits here DOES 'exist' in the BattleTech milieu doesn't mean ANYTHING until Piranha takes a position on the issue.

It might be that they're planning on a complete departure from established canon and pulling an 'parallel universe' trick like J.J. Abrams did with Roddenberry's IP (which has me suddenly curious about the possibilities therein)...

...or it might be that they're going to stick slavishly with the canon storyline and simply rule that any player-created Mercenary Corps that matches an existing unit or organization within the storyline cannot be allowed.

Or they might take a route somewhere between those two opposing stances.

But do you know what the KEY point here is? The fact that all three options I mentioned above use the FUTURE TENSE. Piranha hasn't set any rules about this yet, so we can only speculate on what will or won't be allowed, and express our opinions on where WE would like to see this line drawn.

THAT is what Starkiller was talking about.