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[Kerrisis]

Syllogy, on 01 April 2013 - 03:35 PM, said:

Since Bryan had been referring to player-created units as "Merc Units" and in "Phase 1" he says "Let players congregate, form the units, join the factions" Phase 3 "Introduction of Clans and further Story Lines after Launch"

It might just be speculation, but putting "Clans" and "further story lines" together made me immediately think Clan Factions instead of player-based "Clans" (Guilds, units, etc.)

Also, a bunch of information has been dropping that Merc Units will be part of Phase 1.

Fair enough. You're going to be far better informed than I am, so I'm not about to start arguing. =P
I really hope we don't have to wait that long got Clan mechs though...

[Aym]

Everything listed as "April/May" and later should be +1 month. HSR for ballistics is May at the earliest.

[White Bear 84]

Absolutely top post Syllogy! Not sure why your not in there with the community volunteers in the forum!

[Syllogy]

Aym, on 01 April 2013 - 04:01 PM, said:

Everything listed as "April/May" and later should be +1 month. HSR for ballistics is May at the earliest.

According to last week's NGNG Podcast, HSR is supposed to be completed by the end of May.

White Bear 84, on 01 April 2013 - 04:09 PM, said:

Absolutely top post Syllogy! Not sure why your not in there with the community volunteers in the forum!

Probably because I'd be locking up more threads than every other Mod combined

It would go something like this: "I hate PGI cuz this" Orly?! LOCK!

Edited by Syllogy, 01 April 2013 - 05:02 PM.

[Syllogy]

Russ confirmed Hero Highlander for April 2nd with the rest of the Highlanders on the 16th via his Twitter Feed

[Syllogy]

Updated for Patch Notes. Look for big announcement on features coming with the ATD35 Answers and the April Dev Update later this week (or early next week)

Also:

jay35, on 01 April 2013 - 08:49 AM, said:

How do you figure they'd release a hero mech before the chassis has been released?

Also, you left out Hero Mech Recoloring, which should be this patch (was supposed to happen in March but there was a "tiny technical issue" so that should be sorted out by now).

"In March, players will be able to customize their Hero Mech colors!"
Which, when it failed to materialize, was updated to "We delayed it until April. There was a small technical issue to resolve."

There is every reason to expect it to arrive in the next patch. Certainly MORE reason and official word to that feature coming in April than for a Highlander hero mech

How's this for Official?

Garth Erlam, on 02 April 2013 - 08:13 AM, said:

First is our Hero BattleMech Heavy Metal! Yes this 'Mech is pink and does really play music when you get a kill! This is the first time we have released the Hero Mech before the base variants (coming April 16th). Don't let the color stop you from buying it, though, we will eventually add changing Hero 'Mech colors.

[Godswrath]

thanks for this post, I do like to see a nice roadmap

[heimdelight]

Reading the content trackers/Ask the Devs and listening to the interviews really keeps a player informed with what is happening within MechWarrior Online, and the content coming out looks great, but any word on new maps? I love Tourmaline but I'm craving another, even if it's a month or two away!

If anyone has heard anything, point me in the right direction please!

[Syllogy]

3 more maps on the slate: Canyons, Moon Base, and Volcano (not officially named yet)

Should be a new map released next month.

[XtremWarrior]

what was it all about, at first?
everything went dark in my mind after i saw "melee weapon"

[Syllogy]

XtremWarrior, on 03 April 2013 - 07:51 AM, said:

what was it all about, at first?
everything went dark in my mind after i saw "melee weapon"

Some mechs, according to the Lore of the franchise, wielded massive melee weapons.

It's something that hasn't even seen programming yet, but the Devs have said that they would like to do it eventually.

[Syllogy]

Just to share this with people, because I think it's good information that I'd hate to see lost:

Garth Erlam, on 03 April 2013 - 08:14 AM, said:

But we don't ignore the rest, right?

So here's a 'confronting the main issue of the day' as Nicholas Carlyle requested:

Reading through reports of 'HUD issues.' Details given: 'disco ball when i launch', 'I get a black screen when I start.' 'I have latest drivers'.

We do a spam test (basically get 30 computers and constantly log into and out of matches.) - CNR (Cannot Reproduce) after a few hundred attempts. We run stress tests - same computers get into a match spam every weapon possible, end the match, go back in, etc. - CNR. Change settings, run the stress test another few hundred times - CNR.

So while we might have some ideas of what could cause it, if we can't reproduce it, it's pretty tough to fix.

Also, consider that: we use, say, 50 computers. Run a hundred tests on each, that's 500 tests. Within the opening minutes of a patch release we've had thousands of people playing matches. So something we can't get (see above) they might get dozens, hell hundreds of times. The sheer number of possible combinations of hardware, software, etc, means a lot of this testing is trial and error.

Once we get a hold on what is causing this, I'll let you guys know.

Link

[Syllogy]

Updated with information from 2013 April Creative Director Update and from Bryan Ekman's Twitter Feed.

[Deathlike]

Add the ECM command post stuff.

[Syllogy]

Deathlike, on 03 April 2013 - 01:38 PM, said:

Add the ECM command post stuff.

Thanks, got it

Link

[Damon Howe]

Honestly, I don't buy the "you won't have to pay premium to be in a merc unit" shpeal yet, as it was never directly stated (only that Bryan had a lot of interviews and somethings were quoted improperly and they were considering a lot of things; never directly stated as 'No, it's not really happening').

But great work thus far.

[MoonUnitBeta]

Thanks for keeping this so up-to-date.
This is basically my go-to thread now about anything coming up.

[Syllogy]

Added Heatmap link, courtesy of those that Know.

[Gristle]

Still no mention of decals in the OP timeline? I believe this was stated to be included with the introduction of factions.

Edited by Gristle, 04 April 2013 - 09:49 PM.

[DCLXVI]

notta big fan of cockpit items, I wish they had spent that time on this instead... "Ability to Customize Actual Mech Model itself (Alternate Heads, Shoulders, etc.)" we just ask for the wrong things sometimes >