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[Moromillas]

By the gods, look at that alpha chin!

10/10 Would bang.

[NocturnalBeast]

Roadbeer, on 31 March 2013 - 05:06 PM, said:

I Disagree

Only a couple hours until I can watch the first episode of season 3!!

[Peiper]

Yoseful Mallad, on 31 March 2013 - 05:20 PM, said:

the funny thing is how House Factions will never get to fight other House Factions. Sure in the lore, MOST of the time a house war was one side pushing on another sides borders and so the border worlds got the most of the fighting to be had. BUT in some cases, there were times that a House would give another House permission to let a sizable force through their territory to get at another House on the other side and or two Houses may even do a joint operation on another House... thus allowing the joint force to set up operations in their sector. I guess we wont get any of this either? And in lore... the southern most Houses like Davion and Marik did send forces UP north to aid Kurita, Steiner and the FRR against the Clans. I guess Liao, Marik and Davion will never get to fight the Clans either?

I don't think he's saying that at all, and if there is a separation of who fights who it will be faction vs. faction and merc vs. merc.

I'm going to guess that the worlds that the mercs fight for will be on the borders, but maybe not the WHOLE border. SOME of the worlds will be left for mercs to control. Perhaps something like the whole of the Skye march, and the Tikinov Commonality with be held via mercs, but that's certainly not all the borders Even then, when you look at the way the planets are garrisoned in books like the '20 Year Update' (FASA 1639) where it lists the disposition of EVERY unit in the inner sphere on the eve of the Clan invasion, mercs are scattered all over the place, and usually not concentrated in any one particular theater.

We will just have to wait and see.... damnit...

Regarding Marik and Liao. No, they really don't fight the clans. The Davions, yes, because they're part of the Federated Commonwealth. Marik and Liao provide logistical support, and Marik, especially, provides new technology and battlemechs becoming the 'arsenal of the inner sphere.' The Great Houses of the inner sphere are at peace during the clan invasion, which leads me to think we won't even be able to TRY to stop the clans. They'll have the clan invasion happen, then we'll have all the factions released to fight each other. Planetary capture will be fully implemented AFTER the Battle of Tukayyid.

Edited by Peiper, 31 March 2013 - 05:36 PM.

[johnyboy420]

no my prob is i pay alot as it is, it like they want everyone too just give them 500+ cash a year.

the only reson world of warcraft dosent have like 50 mil players is cus it still has a 15 bucks a month sub. most people wont even pay that.

you throw 10 dallor sub on mercs/clans and this game goes out the window.

on top of that more then 1/2 of this player base dosent play F2P's they came here cus its BT/MW, go too crazy you may never see alot of these players still playing mechwarrior online

and so what if PGI is hard on cash that dosent mean rob the player base of all it has

i spend tons in hero mechs, paint, cockpit items and mechbays yes that still dosent stop the free players but thos free players might start paying if things are going OK, but there not

and the number one reason this games crashing is the player base is too small right now

Edited by johnyboy420, 31 March 2013 - 05:36 PM.

[Kolonel Matt]

Niko Snow, on 31 March 2013 - 05:12 PM, said:

Had to restart the conversation with fresh blood of more interviews. The last thread derailed significantly to the point that everyone there owes miSs and Viterbi some of their Easter candy. It is still pinned for reference in this discussion if you so please but I'd rather it continue with all the facts available.

I was only trying to say that this interview doesn't conflict with the posted article that caused the uproar. I believe that the big issue that most people had was with the potential monetization of Merc units. No harm was intended by that statement and I do believe that if you check, both myself and many others in the derailed thread were rather on topic and mostly polite. Please direct comments for those that were particularly belligerent at those that were.

[BlueSanta]

I want this game to succeed so bad...

[ChargerIIC]

Sound nice, but he didn't address Russ Bullocks comment that Merc play would require MC. I'm hoping we'll hear on that Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

Glad to hear that CW is still on the table, although I'm curious how big an effect the smaller merc groups will be able to have compared to the ones with 200+ members.

[Tekadept]

Again this doesnt give any answers, it merely gives more questions for me. Why is it that they couldnt do a command post on community warfare, yet happily do this interview, which then mind you Isn't even posted though any of the official channels? Seems like this thread was promoted to try and distract people as it doesnt counter the points in the original thread.

Bryan strikes me as the kind of player who will run off after a jenner the way he keeps looking around in that interview, so easily distracted.. Ok about to engage Alpha awesome. SQUIRRELL!!!!!

I'll wait for an official command post clearly stating what is real and what is not. This interview is "nice" but it doesnt change my opinion "at this time".

Edited by Tekadept, 31 March 2013 - 05:35 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

i just feel that they need to make sue there is some way in the game for the whole community to take on everyone else. Clan players (once introduced and able to be played) should be able to fight other Clans, House Factions and Mercs. Mercs should be able to fight everyone, as well... so should the House Factions be able to fight everyone else.

[Sifright]

Make CW well and free 2 play and the player population numbers will explode in size growing massively.

This has two very important knock on effects.

Elo match making becomes a lot more viable. > Players end up enjoying the game more. > This then has further knock on effects. >More players exist thus more will want to get Paint jobs and camo. > More players want to get hero mechs with unusual hard point locations which still aren't P2Win just pay for uniqueness. >PGI makes more money.

Or they can do

Monetize CW aggressively > Player population stagnates or drops > Game dies.

[Joe Mallad]

Tekadept, on 31 March 2013 - 05:34 PM, said:

Again this doesnt give any answers, it merely gives more questions for me. Why is it that they couldnt do a command post on community warfare, yet happily do this interview, which then mind you Isn't even posted though any of the official channels? Seems like this thread was promoted to try and distract people as it doesnt counter the points in the original thread.

Bryan strikes me as the kind of player who will run off after a jenner the way he keeps looking around in that interview, so easily distracted.. Ok about to engage Alpha awesome. SQUIRRELL!!!!!

I'll wait for an official command post clearly stating what is real and what is not. This interview is "nice" but it doesnt change my opinion "at this time".

LMAO!! You made me spit my orange juice all over my desk damn it! LOL

[johnyboy420]

Buddahcjcc, on 31 March 2013 - 05:36 PM, said:

again... they reversed that decision. Or the rep[orter misquoted Bryan, it depends on who you want to believe.
https://twitter.com/bryanekman
or
https://twitter.com/chrisgrant

Regardless, theyre not doing the thing where you have to have a sub to be a part of a merc corp



a lot of the direct offenders (such as posting of personal info and personal attacks) were actually the ones defending without logic or reason oddly enough

all i got too say is they better like MAN

[Wintersdark]

Yoseful Mallad, on 31 March 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:

as much as i know ill like this part of the game, i still wish Merc and House factions could also fight each other.

I mean its called COMMUNITY WARFARE right? So again... why is the community split? Yeah Merc units can fight Merc units and its a given that Houses go at it all the time but Merc units do in fact get payed to take on larger House faction so why cant we do it here? I dont get why we the COMMUNITY are being split in this manor. I have friends that are in House factions and id love to be able to fight with them (under their contract) or against them if my Merc unit is contacted to take a world from the House faction they are in. That will never happen under these Merc vs Merc and House vs House only perimeters.

They specifically state in the interview that mercs can fight for house factions; I can't help but think the logical continuation of that thought - keeping in mind this is a short interview, not a carefully worded press release - is that Merc units fighting for a house would indeed be fighting alongside that house.

It makes sense from both a plausibility standpoint and a game design viewpoint.

They need to keep the pool of available players for a given battle as large as possible. So, Merc's fighting for a Davion contract would be fighting alongside Davion pug queuers and Lone Wolf pugs, too. That is supported by past things the devs have said as well.

Merc vs. Merc only sounds ridiculous and extremely unlikely.

[Bishop Steiner]

OK.....

still not sure what to think of the Russ-tastrophe interview, and how it might blend with this...but not gonna lie..... this got my geek going again, just a little bit.

[Redacted]

And if Alex needs some help with knocking out concept art... hey dude.. got a hell of a resume in the fan art section bro!

Edited by Niko Snow, 31 March 2013 - 06:36 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

Wintersdark, on 31 March 2013 - 05:40 PM, said:

They specifically state in the interview that mercs can fight for house factions; I can't help but think the logical continuation of that thought - keeping in mind this is a short interview, not a carefully worded press release - is that Merc units fighting for a house would indeed be fighting alongside that house.

It makes sense from both a plausibility standpoint and a game design viewpoint.

They need to keep the pool of available players for a given battle as large as possible. So, Merc's fighting for a Davion contract would be fighting alongside Davion pug queuers and Lone Wolf pugs, too. That is supported by past things the devs have said as well.

Merc vs. Merc only sounds ridiculous and extremely unlikely.

i soooooooo hope you are right bud. I mean that would make more sense but im worried about this as well. The Devs REALLY need to just clarify 100% who can do what and fight who and HOW.

[Wintersdark]

DeadlyNerd, on 31 March 2013 - 04:38 PM, said:

So basically CW will be like OGame. A bunch of numbers and a big map. Lovely.
The backbone of the game will still be the ever lacking combat.
We'll continue to fight on random maps, only in CW there'll be a few extra numbers on the EOR screen.

How can you be excited about that?

Of course it's a bunch of numbers and a big map. What else did you expect from an "empire management" level? That's all the Big Picture ever is in warfare.

The combat, though? I love the combat. It's why I'm here. I have tons of fun in big stompy robots blowing up other big stompy robots.

But with Community Warfare, I'll be able to have tons of fun in big stompy robots, blowing up big stompy robots of the opposing factions/to conquer worlds/to earn my pay/whatever, and there will be results from that.

They also state in the interview that successfully holding worlds grants passive bonuses to your faction/corp; including such things as XP bonuses, mech availablity, technology (Is this how they'll introduce Clan tech?). I'd assume that would also include c-bill bonuses and such too.

Yeah, I'm quite excited about that.

[Bishop Steiner]

dunno, but this way explains some of the tenants of CW... and for those who were not listening... i do believe when he mentioned PHASE 3, I heard the word "CLANS"........

[Joe Mallad]

hey PGI... I'm no Mech artist or game designer but i can write great stories and or back ground info like history and what not... looking for a writer? look me up lol

Edited by Yoseful Mallad, 31 March 2013 - 05:49 PM.

[hammerreborn]

Bishop Steiner, on 31 March 2013 - 05:41 PM, said:

OK.....

still not sure what to think of the Russ-tastrophe interview, and how it might blend with this...but not gonna lie..... this got my geek going again, just a little bit.

[Redacted]

And if Alex needs some help with knocking out concept art... hey dude.. got a hell of a resume in the fan art section bro!

From both the girls, Bryan, and Russ's actions during their respective interviews there's clearly some sort of video playing to their right (our left)

[Wintersdark]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 31 March 2013 - 04:50 PM, said:

So what, a thread gets to 125 pages it gets closed and a new one starts?

...This is a thread about an entirely different interview. My thoughts about the other are posted in the other thread, and belong there entirely, not here.