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[Killing Strangers]

any guesstimate?

[G-LOC]

[G-LOC]

Seriously the Clans are here,

September 3050: http://www.sarna.net...tle_of_Twycross
October 3050 http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wolcott

It is coming...

[Pinselborste]

since PGI has Problems balancing the weapons we have now for a real time game and still insist on using TT stats, the clans will kill the game in 1 or 2 weeks.

[irony1999]

Clans won't come out until they're done with CW... which means 2014 at the earliest.

Since they're going to want to do a big founders-esc presale for them, I expect a big rollout in Spring 2014 earliest, Fall 2014 latest.

[Madok Pryde]

Not soon enough. I want my faction badge nowz!!!!

[Name140704]

I'm going with September 2014 for playable Clans. And that may be too soon.

The Clans, Gameplay Balance, Role Warfare, Netcode Fix, Community Warfare, UI 2.0, and 3pv(lame) are all coming very....

SOON ^TM

[Gremlich Johns]

While I have been saying what irony1999 did above, I would put money on September 2014.

[Hexenhammer]

Pinselborste, on 16 July 2013 - 04:47 PM, said:

since PGI has Problems balancing the weapons we have now for a real time game and still insist on using TT stats, the clans will kill the game in 1 or 2 weeks.

irony1999, on 16 July 2013 - 04:59 PM, said:

Clans won't come out until they're done with CW... which means 2014 at the earliest.

Since they're going to want to do a big founders-esc presale for them, I expect a big rollout in Spring 2014 earliest, Fall 2014 latest.

Whats left to say?
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[Will9761]

I assume that we will see Clan Mechs next year, but if they can make a Clan Package prior to showing the mech chassis akin to Project Phoenix I'd buy it.

Edited by Will9761, 02 August 2013 - 08:22 AM.

[Wildmynx]

According to PGI they are suppose to arrive in Fall/Winter.

Original link:
http://mwomercs.com/...pdated-july-31/

Found in this article on the second page:
http://www.warcry.co...s-After-Release

[Jarl Dane]

Wildmynx, on 01 August 2013 - 07:13 PM, said:

According to PGI they are suppose to arrive in Fall/Winter.

Original link:
http://mwomercs.com/...pdated-july-31/

Found in this article on the second page:
http://www.warcry.co...s-After-Release

Yep,. just like 12v12 was scheduled for the first patch in July.

They probably stopped the Inner Sphere news stuff because they realized their current calendar was completely unrealistic.

[Tuann]

Maybe a tip of the veil would be lifted on the official launch of MWO, september.
If, and i say IF they launch it with a time line reset, then we will have an indication of when to expect the clans.
Currently we are Beta, so its perfectly possible to reset whatever they want with the official launch.

[Tyrnea Smurf]

My suspicion would be don't expect the Clans till 2015. I have noticed with f2p games that annual expansion packs that expand content that you have to buy (as opposed to subscription based where content updates are generally included in the subscription cost fee you pay) are becoming more normal. For MWO if all they really have to sell in this way is the Mechs/features players would want. If my thinking on this is correct then the first phase of this was the Founders Program sold last year. This years phase is the introduction of some of the iconic old school Mechs with the Phoenix Project (yes they are the reseen versions but if your a old school MechWarrior - Hi i'm Tyrnea Smurf MechWarrior 1 class of 1986 - then you want them Shadow Hawks and Battlemasters!). Which would place a paid content program for next year either being more of the unseen/reseen mechs in a package (Phoenix Hawks, Warhammers and Marauders oh my... and yes I know its almost never gonna happen on those because of the copyrights issues with Harmony Gold, but a boy can dream can't he?) or selling the first introduction of the clan mechs/faction goodies. My moneys on the clans not coming along till 2015 until the game is much farther along in features, modes, maps ect.

[Xeno Phalcon]

If they reset the timeline at launch it would be another year before clans became playable, but given how well the 1:1 timeline worked for them before, I would wager they are going to shy away from putting actual dates on things and instead assume us to be in the '3050-3060' era.

[Gremlich Johns]

Tyrnea Smurf, on 02 August 2013 - 05:05 AM, said:

My suspicion would be don't expect the Clans till 2015.

You win, even I am not that pessimistic about the Clan arrival.

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[Jakob Knight]

Given that the Clans are going to be an expansion pack to the actual game, they need to get the regular game into a finished state before they can do anything with the Clans. This both from a balancing and marketing standpoint. Interjecting the Clans before the actual game is rock-solid will throw about the biggest monkey wrench into the game to date, and complicate the job of getting the game fully functional. Similar to throwing on a nitro booster onto a vehicle with its wheels not bolted on.

So, assuming they get CW completely implemented by the end of the year, and all items, mechs, and features already announced to date have been put in place and debugged fully by next Spring, we're likely to see the Clans announced next Spring, with development through the Summer, and a final introduction of the first 4 Clan mechs next Fall/Winter. That's my own guess, and assumes the Devs use common sense and don't ramrod it through in a panic.

Edited by Jakob Knight, 03 August 2013 - 09:15 AM.

[Nutlink]

Founders Pack, June 2012
Project Phoenix, July 2013
Clan Pack, Summer 2014
Tukayyid Pack, Summer 2015

Calling it now.

[Thorn Hallis]

Tyrnea Smurf, on 02 August 2013 - 05:05 AM, said:

My suspicion would be don't expect the Clans till 2015.

Perfect date. Tukayyid is done by then and the real fun can start.

[sj mausgmr]

Just so you guys know, they ditched the 1 to 1 timeline awhile back. It's in a couple of interviews etc, but I don't have them to hand atm.