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[Imperius]

TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

[Monky]

Snerk

Hey maybe PGI should invest in a mechassault game mode maybe they'll make a lot of money.

We could have no heat unlimited ammo, armor repair kits, respawns, all the traditional COD stuff. Maybe standing behind cover we can initiate a repair mode and then we'll be just like Hawken

Hint Hint. The game you want already exists. www.playhawken.com

Edited by Monky, 24 August 2013 - 08:56 PM.

[MischiefSC]

Don't mock. This might be the future. In for a penny, in for a pound. A more casual arcade environment absolutely will draw in more players.

[Tincan Nightmare]

So love the hate for TT by armored core type gamers who just want to punch buttons and blow stuff up (almost like a monkey playing MechAssault). Why don't you go to another game based off an existing franchise and tell them they need to just drop it all and give you everything you want, see how well that works. I mean Jedi should be carrying mini-guns, not using lightsabers, and starships in Star Trek Online should come with nukes. I mean, who wants to work within the framework of an IP after getting the rights to it, that's just ludicrous.

[Monky]

MischiefSC, on 24 August 2013 - 09:35 PM, said:

Don't mock. This might be the future. In for a penny, in for a pound. A more casual arcade environment absolutely will draw in more players.

Believe me I've already reached that realisation and you know what if there's money to be made developed as a seperate game mode by all means go for it PGI. Triple your team, develop mechassault online, market it, and preserve a hardcore mode.

This is what games like warthunder have done and it works. They have normal, historical, and real battle (their integrated/land/air/sea mode). Further they are adding it in so you can get items like tanks or ships rather than just planes - analogous to land units air units and maybe naval units other than mechs in MWO. If it works, fine by me - just leave me the mode I'm here to play.

[GumbyC2C]

Imperius, on 24 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

This is why we can't have nice things.
This is how BF2 devolved into BF3.
This is how CoD devolved into CoD4.
This is how Tribes 2 devolved into Tribes: Vengeance.
This is how we get from here to Idiocracy.
Is the world just full of monkeys that want to press buttons and make virtual things explode on a screen? I would like to believe it is not and that people want games that require teamwork, skill, cunning, and provide a great tactical experience. I know that is the kind of gameplay experience that I want in any military themed game. The pattern would suggest I am in a shrinking minority. I am not suggesting that MWO is currently offering that BTW. But I know that what the OP describes is definitely not that.

[Angel of Annihilation]

Imperius, on 24 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

Then tell me what is the point of even using an established IP is they aren't going to stick with it?

Honestly, there wouldn't be a game without the TT Battletech IP behind it. Battletech Fans have funded and supported this game. Robowars Online wouldn't have even been a footnote.

[PEEFsmash]

Imperius, on 24 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

Good post.

[General Taskeen]

I'm pretty sure its the Devs who are adhering to 'TT things' or their interpretation of them in the game. Some things work and some just don't when interpreted.

[Royalewithcheese]

The "timeline" thing IMO did reveal itself to be pretty hilariously over-ambitious in retrospect. However, this is probably a good thing, because I keep trying to imagine how the folks who brought us Ghost Heat: The Magnum Opus would attempt to balance all the OP fascist test tube baby stuff.

[Novakaine]

Go play your xbox you the type that has ground this game into dust.
I sure you can find an old copy of mech assualt somewhere.
And when it falls flat on it's face don't be surprised.

[Franchi]

Novakaine, on 24 August 2013 - 11:01 PM, said:

Go play your xbox you the type that has ground this game into dust.
I sure you can find an old copy of mech assualt somewhere.
And when it falls flat on it's face don't be surprised.

I bought a used copy of mechasault a while back for $2.50 at game stop Its a fun game when smashing things is all you care about.

I recommend the op buys it and leaves this game alone, I'm not against getting rid of the ,at this point laughable, time line but this game could be so much more than mechassault could ever hope to be.

Edited by Franchi, 24 August 2013 - 11:14 PM.

[TOGSolid]

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I want FPS MechAssault

[El Bandito]

Imperius, on 24 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

Another guy to add to my 'Ignore" list.

[The Cheese]

Tincan Nightmare, on 24 August 2013 - 09:37 PM, said:

So love the hate for TT by armored core type gamers who just want to punch buttons and blow stuff up (almost like a monkey playing MechAssault).

I also hate things that other people like.

[ConstantA]

Dear Imperius.

You're completely right. Right now there's an overabundance of mech simulation games, while arcade shooters are nowhere to be found.

{takes an anti-schizophrenia pill}

Wait... wait... oh my...
You should take your medication too, it seems.

[Imperius]

GumbyC2C, on 24 August 2013 - 09:57 PM, said:

This is why we can't have nice things.
This is how BF2 devolved into BF3.
This is how CoD devolved into CoD4.
This is how Tribes 2 devolved into Tribes: Vengeance.
This is how we get from here to Idiocracy.
Is the world just full of monkeys that want to press buttons and make virtual things explode on a screen? I would like to believe it is not and that people want games that require teamwork, skill, cunning, and provide a great tactical experience. I know that is the kind of gameplay experience that I want in any military themed game. The pattern would suggest I am in a shrinking minority. I am not suggesting that MWO is currently offering that BTW. But I know that what the OP describes is definitely not that.

Funny you knock it but it had more team based **** than this COD mech edition.

It had Destruction
Team Destruction (still don't have here pathetic)
CTF
Base Defense/attack
Clan Wars (yup that was there)
Heat limitations
Alpha Strikes
Game was more solid than this may ever be. I would still play it if you could play Xbox games online anymore. Now it's just Xbox 360 games.

Only thing MA, and MA2 didn't have that I wanted 1st Person View

MWO has
... Help me out here I'm kinda lost... Bad hit detection... Stagnant maps.... Oh and TT guys.

Well while you roll the dice on your computer desk to let you know if you can shoot me or aim at the ground. I'll gladly pound your face in with my mech. I love Battletech I'm not old enough for TT but I play video games not board games. I'm the target audience not you. Sure we are both fans. But I don't have the time or the patience to see this game get bashed by any more TT guys. If you want TT go play that new browser based TT by IGP. Oh and GLHF.

And the Real Time timeline is a bad idea, and already not followed. Guardian ECM is clan tech

[BeezleBug]

Funny how you blame the "TTguys" for everything,If u want a FPS titel what are you doing here? Play Hawken or some of the shooters out there. you go founder to get a FPS titel??!!...really....how this works out for you
It seems you like games like COD, so play one of the many games out there which all looks the same.
PGI can´t just dropp all the Mechs in the game, this wouldn't work @ all, and they know that.
Your "idea" is pretty awful and wouldn´t work @ so many lvl´s.
I tell you one thing that i know for sure The gaming world does not need another FPS Shooter!

Edited by BeezleBug, 25 August 2013 - 04:54 AM.

[ConstantA]

Dear Imperius.

You don't get what 'setting' is, right? This is not about TT. It's about inner setting complexity, rules, that define what is acceptable and what is not. We want Mechwarrior simulation based in Mechwarrior universe. Not Gundam, Evangelion, Macross, Teggen Toppa Gurenn Lagann. We want Inner Sphere, Clans, Comstar, Great Houses, lostech. We want timeline. We want minor details that together create that great setting we all love.
We want it, because it's valuable to us, we treat it like a piece of art. Yes, we are {Noble MechWarriors} (filtered f.a.n.b.o.y.s). We have passion.

And you have none.

Edited by ConstantA, 25 August 2013 - 05:14 AM.

[Khobai]

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TT people will cry and continue to drag this game in the dirt with this that's not cannon ****. It's getting old, real old. Move on and go back to TT and you're little mod games. I want FPS MechAssault and I'm not afraid to say that. PGI would do better to get rid of this timeline {Scrap} and give us all the mechs so we can pick and choose, add diversity, and get the game balanced. There will be no single player so as far as I'm concerned get rid of this timeline {Scrap} thanks.

Fortunately you are in the minority.