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[Huntsman]

Personally I want them to rush FASTER. In addition to the clan mechs, I want RACs, heavy lasers, the ATMs, and frankly some IS mechs that I actually like such as the Bushwacker.

Pre-clan invasion is just warm-up stuff with sub-par tech just to give the devs time to get the ball rolling on what most folks are excited about.

My hope is that by 2014 we'll have a 10 year time acceleration to put us in line to get alot of the stronger tech.

[S3dition]

Eric darkstar Marr, on 10 March 2013 - 08:21 AM, said:

You know they do not have to release anything "soon" or otherwise.

WE will not be able to play clan mechs any time soon either deal with it quit crying about stupid things and move on please.

They may around March 20-22nd have a ISN or a ComStar about the clans beginning their invasion but really what in your right minds even makes you think the clans will be playable soon with the invasion here and now?

Since lore is being followed and since CW is not in yet we are IS people only deal with that thought for now and understand that IS doesn't get clan tech for a couple years from now and even then it is very limited.

Will we get clan mechs? YES they have stated so.
Will we get them right now without even phase 1 of CW? (magic 8 ball says) HA HA HA, NO!!!

I know common sense is one of the most lacking things in society so much so it needs to be renamed uncommon/rare sense because a lot of people lack a quarter of a individual thought anymore.

Nobody is crying, it's a discussion. Your bullying/antagonizing posts are not helping in any way, so please take it down a notch.

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1st you wont be able to pilot any clan mech or use any clan tech befor 2015
2nd CW will release in November/December this year
3th beta tag will be remove in January/February 2014
4th the only thing you will be able to do is join a PGI/IPG faction house that they will control or join a merc corp.
5th we will be able to fight for planet control and gain a % of c-bill according to the number of planet controled by specific faction/house
6th Merc corp. will fill out the missing space of house/faction battle
7th clan are the enemy

8th if clan become playable then it will be IS vs clan and the clan will beat evrey one until comguard(PGIIGP) stop them
IT'S going to be a CLAN domination allover with the IS getting there *** kick for years to come

Source? I haven't seen anything official about how the Clan invasion/equipment will work yet.

Also, just because we don't see any mechs during the initial invasion doesn't mean the timeline will be upset. It's fully possible that we will just read about it until clan tech becomes more widespread in the lore.

[QuantumButler]

Because someone in PGI's marketing department thought it'd be a good idea at the time and they didn't realize how long developing a game like MWO actually would take, but they're too stubborn to admit it was a bad idea and ditch it now.

[Bishop Steiner]

LauLiao, on 09 March 2013 - 04:07 PM, said:

Since this mech was just a lesser MadCat, would that make it Grumpy Cat?

i prefer "MiffedKitten" myself.

[Dauphni]

What I really love about the 1:1 timeline synch, is how well it fits. If you lay the calendars for 2013 and 3050 side by side, they are virtually identical. Even the moving holidays like Easter match up. Of course, if it turns out to be completely unworkable to keep the timeline going as it is, so be it, but we'd be losing a subtle but awesome element of the game.

[S3dition]

Uite Dauphni, on 10 March 2013 - 10:49 AM, said:

What I really love about the 1:1 timeline synch, is how well it fits. If you lay the calendars for 2013 and 3050 side by side, they are virtually identical. Even the moving holidays like Easter match up. Of course, if it turns out to be completely unworkable to keep the timeline going as it is, so be it, but we'd be losing a subtle but awesome element of the game.

And ultimately it's really nothing more than flavoring. It doesn't effect gameplay in any real way, since mechs and equipment can really be added whenever the developers wish, in any order they wish.

[Novakaine]

Sorry all you Clanker hopefuls no timeline here.
Cmon it's BETA.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

we;re not. they scrapped it to work on the game once people started pointing out that the clans were coming

Novakaine, on 10 March 2013 - 11:05 AM, said:

Sorry all you Clanker hopefuls no timeline here.
Cmon it's BETA.

also, once they introduced angel like ecm, the timeline went foom anyways

[Davers]

Just because the Clans are invading doesn't mean they need to be a playable faction yet. They will be news stories and stuff, but players won't be interacting with them. Which is a shame for the FRR since they will get to watch their territory shrink, but be able to do nothing about it.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Davers, on 10 March 2013 - 05:32 PM, said:

Just because the Clans are invading doesn't mean they need to be a playable faction yet. They will be news stories and stuff, but players won't be interacting with them. Which is a shame for the FRR since they will get to watch their territory shrink, but be able to do nothing about it.

well given that the devs have already said theyre putting everything off it may be moot

[TungstenWall]

But bu bu BUT the TV show characters get ClanTech into IS mechs in less than a week!

[Davers]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 10 March 2013 - 05:35 PM, said:

well given that the devs have already said theyre putting everything off it may be moot

Did they? I was unaware of that.

[Side Step]

When Clans invade, someone will be piloting those mechs. Just because IS don't get the tech yet, doesn't mean there won't be Clan vs IS battles, does it?

It makes more sense to me as well to freeze the timeline so IS can be more fleshed out before the invasion. Once it start, we should be allowed to fight for either side, Clan or IS, as Clan or IS mechwarriors respectively.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Davers, on 10 March 2013 - 05:41 PM, said:

Did they? I was unaware of that.

Ill try and find it but I cant remember WHERE they said it but I HAVE read it

[Davers]

Side Step, on 10 March 2013 - 05:43 PM, said:

When Clans invade, someone will be piloting those mechs. Just because IS don't get the tech yet, doesn't mean there won't be Clan vs IS battles, does it?

It makes more sense to me as well to freeze the timeline so IS can be more fleshed out before the invasion. Once it start, we should be allowed to fight for either side, Clan or IS, as Clan or IS mechwarriors respectively.

Well, we won't really be playing the 'invasion'. More like afterwards. What would happen if we played the invasion, and the Clans lost and got kicked out of the IS?

[Lukoi Banacek]

1:1 timeline doesn't mean we'll see the Clans ourselves outside of HPG stories etc, nor does it mean we'll get Clan tech or Mechs, so I don't see why you'd sweat it to begin with OP.

[Side Step]

Davers, on 10 March 2013 - 05:48 PM, said:

Well, we won't really be playing the 'invasion'. More like afterwards. What would happen if we played the invasion, and the Clans lost and got kicked out of the IS?

Well, I'm just assuming the Clan didn't win every single engagement.

Anyway, assuming what you are saying is the way they're gonna go. How are they going to going to convey the fact that Clan is attacking, and the following transition from IS to Clan tech? Just stories on the forum? Seems kind of backwards to have a game's story be told mostly out of the game and not on the battle field where it actually took place.

Edited by Side Step, 10 March 2013 - 05:53 PM.

[Davers]

Side Step, on 10 March 2013 - 05:52 PM, said:

Well, I'm just assuming the Clan didn't win every single engagement.

Anyway, assuming what you are saying is the way they're gonna go. How are they going to going to convey the fact that Clan is attacking, and the following transition from IS to Clan tech? Just stories on the forum? Seems kind of backwards to have a game's story be told mostly out of the game and not on the battle field where it actually took place.

I know. People really wanted to be able to interact with the lore and famous battles. But the Devs have said they are sticking to canon and you can't have the Clans win at Tukayyid if that's the case. I feel we will be fighting battles over unimportant border worlds while hearing about the events in ISN newscasts.

[Side Step]

Davers, on 10 March 2013 - 05:57 PM, said:

I know. People really wanted to be able to interact with the lore and famous battles. But the Devs have said they are sticking to canon and you can't have the Clans win at Tukayyid if that's the case. I feel we will be fighting battles over unimportant border worlds while hearing about the events in ISN newscasts.

I see. That clears up a whole lot, and makes 1:1 timeline possible I guess. I bit disappointing though.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Davers, on 10 March 2013 - 05:57 PM, said:

I know. People really wanted to be able to interact with the lore and famous battles. But the Devs have said they are sticking to canon and you can't have the Clans win at Tukayyid if that's the case. I feel we will be fighting battles over unimportant border worlds while hearing about the events in ISN newscasts.

and theyve said we cant fight in storyline battles on storyline worlds so yeah wtf is the point of CW again?