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[Koniving]

Update! Look at the last page. Had some issues, overcame them, decided to rewrite (or mostly reorder) the Hunchback chassis introduction script. Going to choose the best voice out of several or if there's a few good ones, I may have the chassis introductions done by different people for a bit of diversity. Maybe one to do the chassis basics and lore introductions and another to do the variant-specific details.

Rewrite of the Hunchback introduction is available here.

Thank you all, and I'm sorry for the delays. Been a lot on my plate. Some long standing issues with MWO's balancing are finally getting to me and my awesome triple AC/2 hunchback is now nerfed into the ground. My favorite Hunchback setup is now forced into being a cheese meta without the macros to weaken it while giving it gloriously awesome Dakka. That makes it worthless to me.

Koniving, on 03 July 2013 - 06:25 PM, said:

It would seem the order is thusly decided:
Centurion will follow the Hunchbacks, then the Awesomes, and in an undetermined order the Atlas, Cataphract, and Catapult will be after them. By then I'll know how liked or unliked the series is and may hold up another vote for order.

In the meantime, I'm currently uploading a bunch of videos so if you'd like to take a break from the PPC meta then perhaps the fun in my vids using a plethora of non-PPC weaponry, please check out my recent ones.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Koniving

Oh and btw thank you Zeprome for counting them up for me.

Founders stand tall; though you are gathering dust and you look awful in the mechbay, you still look proud on the battlefield.


The Golden Boy is out. Despite advertised as a brawler, it works much better as an LRM mech.
The rest of the Kintaros are nearly 18 kph faster than the fastest possible Golden Boy. Use them as brawlers instead.

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Heavy Metal looks pretty good, when it isn't pink.


Interesting fact: Trial mechs use Camo Green; purchased mechs use Basic Green as shown below.

Wolfmech, on 03 July 2013 - 06:02 PM, said:

CAT FIGHT

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And for an update: Either I have the voice over by Friday or I find another solution; either way the first Hunchback chassis introduction goes up Saturday (Monday latest).

In the meantime, lo' and behold what greeted me when I first did this patch:

Sparks Murphey, on 01 July 2013 - 04:54 PM, said:

Long story short, much of the Draconis March of the Federated Suns probably has boogeymen stories they scare their kids with of a black and red Jenner murdering innocent people.

I think it found me! Can't wait to try and work on a mixed home animated and MWO-made video of the Jenner terrorizing a city for the Jenner's info and history.
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Koniving's latest Jagermech:

Shot taken by Wolfmech. Build: XL 260 engine, 2 MG, 1 AC/10, 3 AC/2. Feature 1. Feature 2.


(TL;DR. I'm making vids on the lore behind various mechs. Finished Hunchbacks but the voice actress is taking a while to finish with her lines. I want to get started on the next one but can't decide: What mechs do you want to learn the lore of? Vote below by posting which 5 chassis into the thread.)
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Hello everyone, Koniving here. Resident tinkerer of doodads and prattler of help threads spreading videos, screenshots, advice both good and bad and the occasional dispensing of wit.

Not long from now I'll have my own personal forum up special thanks to the Zhizhu Mercenary Corporation which will be a one stop resource on my thoughts, advice given, assorted Koniving builds that I dispense to the public and who knows what else.

To be honest I didn't plan on doing it but every now and then I spread a little link here and there and the guys were "Zomg here now you have your own thread to moderate and store this useful stuff on." Damn it.

But while announcing that such is coming is very important to some and just 'meh' to others, the real reason I'm here is to ask you for help.

But first a preamble: I like mechs. I got 61 of them. Had more but sold a bunch. It often pains me to do so. Over the past 6 months I've been collecting footage of default builds, collecting build information, collecting data, copying Sarna wikis on the different mechs and ultimately jotting down advice given by the players in Zhizhu who excel the most at different mechs to compile a nifty resource base to draw from. I've even set out and recorded lots of footage of groups of mechs zoomed in and with the hud off to be all cinematic.

Why have I done all this? For a mech chassis and variants series that introduces you to the mechs, gives you the lore, the rundown of the variants and their ideal roles, then finally gives you advice from players who can perform amazingly well with them!

While the information is based primarily on Sarna and/or other sources, I rewrite all the details to sound as if they are part of a briefing and have a tough, mature woman as your instructor / commanding officer giving you threat analysis briefings, details, pointing out strengths and weaknesses to each mech, each variant, for that genuine Battletech experience that I hope will keep people coming back for more.

I've already done the Komiyaba Type VIII (script at link, it's better known as the Hunchback) and your "instructor" is preparing to record her speech to deliver that. However since she is delayed, we finally come down to why we're here:

I got so much data and such stored that I can work on absolutely any mech to write video scripts for and quite frankly I can't decide. Help me decide on an order to concentrate on for the next 5 or so mechs?

So below I would like you to name any Chassis such as the Hunchback which is already done. Please do not list Variants (e.g. HBK-4G). They don't matter as I'll do all variants with the chassis so only name the Chassis you want to see following the lore introduction of the Hunchback.

Rules:

• I'll be selecting the 5 most frequently said mechs in a week or two, counting "one" per name and only counting the first one you mention.
  
• You're free to change which one you mention at any time (by editing your post) but on the day I go to do my count it'll be announced and any changes dated after will not be counted.
  
• Niko and Garth are not eligible to vote because I'm mean. Just kidding. But yeah, yeah, Garth I got you down for a Cicada chassis introduction.

Garth is coming for you.


Screenshot by Lordred.

Ideas and such are welcome, too.

Btw, thank you for reading this wall and for your time.

Edited by Koniving, 09 August 2013 - 04:00 PM.

[Barghest Whelp]

First the Cataphract! It has a nice backstory to it. Then do the Orio... oh wait. Yeah, never mind. Do the Awesome after the Phract.

[Davoke]

I'd really love to see something on the Atlas. It seems kinda' cliche, but it's a really big part of IS stuff, and being an IS pilot, I love it. Aside from the fact that it would just be great to hear a briefing on how badly you'll need your brown pants if you get caught alone in a tight space with one.

[Koniving]

Barghest Whelp, on 23 June 2013 - 06:25 PM, said:

First the Cataphract! It has a nice backstory to it. Then do the Orio... oh wait. Yeah, never mind. Do the Awesome after the Phract.

I'm gonna be choosing based on how many say which, of course.

I can write it up for the Orion but I can't tell ya jack or do the video until it's out for footage and we've had some experience with it. So it's better if I wait, yeah.

Btw.

Awesomes are awesome. (9M's 3 mechs down the line. Shot's a little old too.)

Speaking of which I once got this video of 6 spiders completely annihilating an entire team of heavies, mediums and assaults with a stationary rotating camera (was killed but managed to hide the UI so I just kept recording while these guys jumped on the assaults and blasted them to scrap), which'll of course get used for the spiders when I get to them.

Davoke, on 23 June 2013 - 06:25 PM, said:

I'd really love to see something on the Atlas. It seems kinda' cliche, but it's a really big part of IS stuff, and being an IS pilot, I love it. Aside from the fact that it would just be great to hear a briefing on how badly you'll need your brown pants if you get caught alone in a tight space with one.

Can try it. She's a mean sounding woman so I'm hoping that she can get you to brown them for real. Check out the prelude on that script link if you like. I'm hoping she'll be a great character.

(Still need to get the Atlas DDC).

As said above though I'll be going by how many say which mech more often than the others.

I think over the next week or so I'll go through and count how many say this mech or that mech, and go with the top 5 to establish the 5 mechs that follow the Hunchback in the series.

God knows I can use some space (6 hard drives and I've got a little more than 2 terrabytes of video consumed in this) by getting a headstart on this.

Edited by Koniving, 23 June 2013 - 07:07 PM.

[Davoke]

And then maybe the Raven. Since House Liao did something right for once.

[Modo44]

I hope you have some Dragon-bowling videos for the Dragon introduction.

[aniviron]

Awesome!

[Koniving]

Modo44, on 23 June 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

I hope you have some Dragon-bowling videos for the Dragon introduction.

I don't, but I can either fish some or wait just long enough for collisions to return. Probably the second as it would then be accurate to the new knockdown system. But I do have this. An Atlas performing a Lariat (clothesline, running punch) to a Hunchback from MWO's closed beta.

Edited by Koniving, 24 June 2013 - 05:13 AM.

[scJazz]

Even though I don't use them and am allergic to Assaults in general... Atlas.

Definitely something the community could use.

[GTV Zeratul]

I'll have to go with the 'Phract, loving my 4 Llas 1X!

[CasedIn]

Please please please the Awesome chassis!

[Koniving]

Oh wow. A first timer o.o; Not every day someone posts for the first time to vote for something.

For you:

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Awesome city action.


Picture in picture Awesome action.


Split-screen Awesome action.

Edited by Koniving, 24 June 2013 - 03:16 PM.

[CmdrPoopyPants]

I like my Jeager too much not to know more about it

[Koniving]

Stalking Stalker is stalking the votes.

Shot from Lordred. (I'm the Centurion.)

Edited by Koniving, 24 June 2013 - 04:45 PM.

[Koniving]

*Bumps.*

Doing Garth proud.
Went through a number of matches with the X-5 prototype to the HartfordCo Industries Hartford 300 chassis (monikered Cicada).
I must say I looked rather good, too.

X-5s and the multiple paintjobs = Koniving.
Screens = Lordred.
Link provided above. Enjoy!

Speaking of which, all of the hero mechs will also have their lore introductions along with this series; they'll come up in the sequential "variant" videos following the introduction to the chassis with as much detail as possible.

For miniscule examples:

• the Muromets derives its name from a Russian Knight. It's piloted by Grigori Kovalenko of the Capellan Confederation (House Liao). His lore is purely exclusive to MWO.
  
• The Heavy Metal is piloted by a mercenary unit leader named Rhonda Snord.
  
• The Pretty Baby is piloted by one Danielle Peterson (? Seems to be said this is official but damn is it hard to prove) of Chisholm's Raiders. Danielle's looks are supposed to be at odds with her Awesome yet fitting with her Awesome's name (likely for the linking of Awesome and Pretty Baby to describe her as the pilot).
  
• The Death's Knell as in MWO is a modified Commando 2-D (supposedly of a silver color) piloted by Captain Bono Duganmare of the 22nd Skye Rangers. No pilot pics sadly.

[Koniving]

I...dooded it. I got me a Phoenix pack.

I feel dirty because though I tried to buy it with paypal, it took the money out of my bank account and overdrafted me.

Ah well needed an excuse to go close that account anyway.

Btw. *Bump.*

Edited by Koniving, 25 June 2013 - 02:55 PM.

[CmdrPoopyPants]

I was thinking about a pack.. but I'm guessing the premium time is "set all your days" or nothing (or, "set your 90" and "set your 30").. and I don't really want to burn it all in one lump. I'd rather the ability to use 1 day at a time. Until I can run 1 day at a time, I'm not spending real money on something that will have wastage.

[Koniving]

CmdrPoopyPants, on 26 June 2013 - 04:58 PM, said:

I was thinking about a pack.. but I'm guessing the premium time is "set all your days" or nothing (or, "set your 90" and "set your 30").. and I don't really want to burn it all in one lump. I'd rather the ability to use 1 day at a time. Until I can run 1 day at a time, I'm not spending real money on something that will have wastage.

Well, 4 "hero-ish" mechs with 8 additional mechs and 12 mechbays, plus the premium and such is pretty worth while. Trust me, with everything I bought (nearly 500 dollars worth), this is the cheapest thing I've seen yet. And I usually try to buy everything at their cheapest (with the exception of the heroes I bought them all right away like a fool). The 30 days would start with the next patch they do.

The 90 day you can choose when. But yes I agree it does suck that you can't pause it. My last 6 days were lost because I literally sprung a leak in my liquid coolant for the processor. But nothing says you have to start it either. There's some that still have their founder's premium time sitting and waiting on them.

Edited by Koniving, 26 June 2013 - 05:49 PM.

[7 Nation Army]

I vote for awesome, if that doesn't work, then centurion!

[ZeProme]

Centurion for me please. Then afterwards, the Catapults especially the difference between the rockets and K2 (Heard K2 was Kurito's or something like that)