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[MN03]

Ah ****, no LRM changes. I guess it's PPC stalker for the next month. I can sell my LRMs and use the C-bills on something more useful ^^

[Pyrrho]

For those confused: 60 second timer starts at beginning of match. For those who don't comprehend, this means you can't launch an Air Strike or Artillery Strike for 1 minute after the start of a round. After a team-mate launches either strike a NEW 10-second cool-down timer begins. The real problem will be with coordinated efforts of blanketing escape routes and retreat lines to funnel the enemy into positions which are advantageous for the strikers. Which, excitingly, isn't a problem at all but rather a well played tactic.

[Nicholas Carlyle]

Tarrasque, on 02 April 2013 - 10:04 AM, said:

So your point was that an unbalanced mechanic wherein a pilot could easily see the movements of and shoot at mechs over 1000 km away being nerfed is bad?

Why don't we just have 1000km zoom in the game then? Night vision wasn't meant to make map sizes pointless.

No [REDACTED]. It's great, it's fine, it's amazing.

But why did we spend time making NEW versions of vision modes for ONE map that no one likes?

Just turn off thermal vision and remove it.

And why is that the biggest thing in this crappy patch?

Edited by Dakkath, 02 April 2013 - 12:03 PM.
Insults / Ad Hominem

[Dasein]

Interesting anyway, just hope that artillery and air strikes wont be to op

[Solis Obscuri]

armyof1, on 02 April 2013 - 09:45 AM, said:

Ah the artillery/airstrike spamming is finally here, I'm glad I leveled up most of the mechs that really needed it before this.

TBH, if you can't walk 25m in 4s, you really need to repair the hip actuators on your Urbie.

[Godswrath]

Nicholas Carlyle, on 02 April 2013 - 10:06 AM, said:

No [REDACTED]. It's great, it's fine, it's amazing.

But why did we spend time making NEW versions of vision modes for ONE map that no one likes?

Just turn off thermal vision and remove it.

And why is that the biggest thing in this crappy patch?

you just went from upset to a straight up [REDACTED] in 2.5 seconds....

Edited by Dakkath, 02 April 2013 - 12:00 PM.
quote cleanup

[agenttbc]

Anyone else get the feeling that people will rage no matter what the devs do? They'll rage if something sucks. They'll rage if something is mediocre. They'll rage if something is awesome. They'll just rage.

[l4Dl]

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Trial BattleMechs:
- Raven RVN-4X
- Centurion CN9-A
- Dragon DRG-5N
- Awesome AWS-8Q

Compared to the previous set, new players are going to have a really, really, really hard time with these mechs.
Seems a bit unfair to be honest when others have full blown mechs stored away.

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Don't let the color stop you from buying it, though, we will eventually add changing Hero 'Mech colors.

The colours are fine, its the price.

And, no fixes to the game breaking HUD bugs?

[Yiazmat]

FupDup, on 02 April 2013 - 09:43 AM, said:

What I'm wondering is this: will there be any notification of an inbound artillery strike for the people in the target area? If not, it would be seriously obnoxious. It would also remove one of the light mech's main roles of capping the base, thereby encouraging more people to drive Fatlases.

It requires LOS. Chill. If they're too far out to even SEE cap, you're fine.

[Godswrath]

l4Dl, on 02 April 2013 - 10:09 AM, said:

Compared to the previous set, new players are going to have a really, really, really hard time with these mechs.
Seems a bit unfair to be honest when others have full blown mechs stored away.



The colours are fine, its the price.

And, no fixes to the game breaking HUD bugs?

I rather agree with you there...although not unplayable, its annoying as hell! the hud bugs that is...

[Eternal Hunter]

Atleast airstrikes\arty will finally get rid of some of the camping, and\or snipers that stand still - no more happy camping

But yeah, underwhelming patch when it comes to bugfixes. Too much new content / MC *bleeeep*'ing

Also, the bloody HUD bugs are killing me at times.
(Well, killing team mates to be precise, since i can't at times see who's friendly or not)

Edited by Eternal Hunter, 02 April 2013 - 10:13 AM.

[Yokaiko]

Yiazmat, on 02 April 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

It requires LOS. Chill. If they're too far out to even SEE cap, you're fine.

So how about BAP carrying ravens that can lock from 1000m out?

[Tarrasque]

Nicholas Carlyle, on 02 April 2013 - 10:06 AM, said:

No [REDACTED]. It's great, it's fine, it's amazing.

But why did we spend time making NEW versions of vision modes for ONE map that no one likes?

Just turn off thermal vision and remove it.

And why is that the biggest thing in this crappy patch?

I'd respond intelligently, but obviously that's lost on you.

Hope your week goes better after this major letdown!

Edited by Dakkath, 02 April 2013 - 12:00 PM.
quote cleanup.

[William Knight]

Cautious thumbs up.

[Featherwood]

-:

• No ECM overhaul
  
• No missile damage revamp
  
• No NARC revamp
  
• No collisions (no DFA)

+:

• Thermal vision revamp
  
• Night vision revamp
  
• Performance tuning

±:

• Airstrike
  
• Artillery strike

And rest trinkets are under rating.

Summary: tactical situation will drastically change, revamped vision modes will make sniping harder, at least it looks so at first approach. Airstrikes and Artillery strikes... well, we will see. BUT still no ECM fix, there is still no fix for ECM, damn it.

[New Breed]

As much as I'd love to have the highlander hero mech.. the left side is just too screwed up. At least we all know what to aim for now, take out the left side and it's borderline useless.

I think at this point I'll save the MC I have left for clan mechs in the future.

The only thing that would get me to spend the MC at this point is a ballistic atlas hero mech.

[Tickdoff Tank]

I truly do not understand why anyone would refrain from purchasing a mech simply because of the base color, especially knowing that we will get the ability to change colors at a later date.

I understand that you don't like the color (I am not crazy about it myself) but IMO, the color of the mech is a non issue. To each their own.

[bloodnor]

there can be only ONE

damn HIGHLANDER CLIP LINK WONT WORK damn you firefox Y U NO WORK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWH_seUNRo

Edited by bloodnor, 02 April 2013 - 10:19 AM.

[Nicholas Carlyle]

Tarrasque, on 02 April 2013 - 10:12 AM, said:

I'd respond intelligently, but obviously that's lost on you.

Hope your week goes better after this major letdown!

Bleh, I read fine. Just get tired of typing something multiple times. I know you aren't a dumbass. I apologize.

This game is a real major let down though.

[ryoma]

Why did they skip quirks?

Mechs that don't have them

Jenner
Raven
Dragon
HBK
Com
Catapult (what they did last patch doesn't count. I want real quirks not a homogenous blanket nerf)
Cicada
Cataphracts
Atlas
Stalkers

Assuming new mechs already have quirks.