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[MarauderBronze]

I couldn't find it around the Forums, so I've taken the time to write up a summary of the Release Party video so you don't have to sit through all 28 minutes like I did. First, here's the video.
http://www.youtube.c...d&v=k-J5_FNBYns

Here is the Summary:
(I don't know about you guys, but I'm really excited....)

Player types:
Lone Wolf (New/Unassociated Players)
Loyalist (House Faction Players)
Unit Life (Merc Unit Players)

Contracts:
Contracts to include player created contracts
Can place bounties on players' heads
Contracts grant prestige in the faction/unit

Loyalty
Loyalty Points unlocks access to content
Content includes skins/patterns/visual content
Loyalty points will grant chance to be a part of canon units(see below)
Also count towards ranks
Loyalty will be performance based like Cbill/XP Rewards
Loyalty boosters included in Project Phoenix

Faction Unit Structure
Dev created/organized
Membership in NPC Faction can be earned
Exclusive content in official units
Honorary status if player leaves
Linked to achievements and loyalty
(Wolf's Dragoon mentioned, unlocked through membership in all factions?)

Merc Unit Structure
Player created/org
Player created ranks/lances/companies/etc
Membership by invite
Earn rewards by group
Can manipulate privileges in Unit (Who can bid on contracts, issue orders, etc)
Can set taxes as a group (Have to fund the war)
Own common assets (Dropships! Bases! Can upgrade on controlled planets)

Faction Unit Combat
Will replace current PUGs
Faction members grouped togethers
Two factions face off in matches (IE, No Davion Vs Davion Matches)
Mercs+Lone wolves fill in rest of slots (EVERY MATCH!)
(Private Matches mentioned, not discussed!) (DAMN IT PHIL!)

Merc Unit Logistics
Inner Sphere is chess game (Dropships/players/planets)
Get on Dropship=>Jumpship=>Planet
Will take days to get to planet you want to assault (In game time vs Real time not discussed)
Must Garrison planet (If not Garrisoned, planet and all its bonuses are lost)

How to take over planet
Get unit there (Home to Target Planet)
Get contract for planet attack
Series of matches with attacker/defender
Winner will occupy
Must Garrison (Garrison remains Indefinitely)

Faction Warfare
Every match has meaning
Every match will add/remove 1 point to a planet
Fighting for Front (Control Home Front/Fight for Enemy Front)
Once gain 100 points, Front flips
Once enough planets flip, you own front (Gain ALL benefits)
Need to use strategy in attack choices
Mercs+Units must cooperate
Contracts can be issued for both fronts

Fighting for Inner Sphere
3000+ Planers (Will make as many as possible available)
What is at stake? Economics
Owned Planets grant access to equipment/mechs
If production planet is not owned, must buy on Black Market (Price Fluctuation)

Economics
Price vary based on Faction alliance
Blackmarket prices
Planet ownership gives access to cheapest prices
As planets are captured, prices may inflate
THERE WILL BE COMMON SHARED MECHS
Special Items/Content (Not discussed, still being determined)

Phases of CW Rollout
Phase I:Association
Concept of belonging
Phase I is creating organizations/Factions/Unit
Implementing Leveling system (60 is max, NFI)
Represent a unit

Phase II: Front warfare
Every match will affect the universe
Lobby Dropship with up to 4 mechs
Be able to vote on map
Leaders can configure lances
Players can configue mechs

Phase III: Planetary Assaults
Capture Planets (Big Battles)

CW will take 6 Months to roll out after UI 2.0 rollout

UI 2.0 Rollout within Next 4 weeks!!

UI 2.0 (Minute 23:00)
Sorting Functionality
Rotate in any view
Standardized Lists
Common interface for all things (List view)
Can change views to see details instead of list
LESS BUGS!
Dev Video for UI 2.0 Coming!
Public Test soon!
Can Rename Mechs!
Owned/Not Owned/Weight Class Filters
Incorporated User Feedback in UI 2.0 design/features
No one-click loadout changing (IE, Cannot change AWS-8R from Brawler to LRM build instantly)
Can bring in loadouts from outside game (Outside source not mentioned)
FULL SCREEN Option for Mechbay!

[Lindonius]

CW another six months AFTER UI 2.0???!???

And to think people in TS last night were talking about when the Clans were coming into the game!

[Dr B00t]

i'm sure someone beat me to it....heart sinking

[Lukoi Banacek]

Thanks very much for taking the time to do this MB.

[Dr B00t]

I have a local junk and flea-market who advert's "coolant flush" sells used mattresses....one man flea-'market't
screeen shot incoming

Edited by Dr B00t, 27 September 2013 - 07:41 PM.

[Dr B00t]

lily allen "self respect"

also delusional behavior

[Corvus Antaka]

Thanks for doing this, great job!

[Dr B00t]

damn im lonely...i should move on...

Colonel Pada Vinson, on 27 September 2013 - 07:48 PM, said:

Thanks for doing this, great job!

give me a couple days to find the right lighting

[Dymlos2003]

Lindonius, on 27 September 2013 - 07:24 PM, said:

CW another six months AFTER UI 2.0???!???

And to think people in TS last night were talking about when the Clans were coming into the game!

No it will take about 6 months TO COMPLETE! We'll start getting the basics with in 4 weeks or so

[Peiper]

Thank you very much for doing this, MarauderBronze. I was about halfway through doing it myself, but I don't mind that you finished it first!

[DragonsFire]

MarauderBronze, on 27 September 2013 - 06:28 PM, said:

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I was just about to watch the video, and may still do so at some point, but thank you for this summary here as well.

While some of this isn't necessarily new, there certainly is a number items that are indeed new or perhaps more fleshed out now in terms of how they will play out.

[Dr B00t]

europa report...good movie

plz dont ban me....i think that its a decent movie

also there is a pic about ship scale....lookin now

Edited by Dr B00t, 28 September 2013 - 12:07 AM.

[Dr B00t]

http://dirkloechel.d...ships-398790051

[MarauderBronze]

Yes sorry. For clarification, CW will be completely rolled out WITHIN 6 months of UI 2.0 according to the video. Thanks for the feedback!

[Toydolls]

A youtube video is not news, move this please thank you.

[Kjudoon]

When this happens... whenever it will be, THEN MWO could become a pretty epic game.

I just know that without acutal interaction with the backstory outside the mech turns all this wonderful universe richness into nothing more than a cool matte painting to fight in front of.

I will be very interested in the logistics/strategy layer of the game if/when it happens.

Edited by Kjudoon, 29 September 2013 - 10:16 AM.

[Silent]

It took them two years to come up with a half-assed PowerPoint for Community Warfare .

Can't wait for the next iteration of Community Warfare in another three years: the half-assed flowchart.

[Takony]

So PGI basically -- again for the n^th time -- just jotted down some total BS on a napkin, made a PP prezentation of it and blew the resulting pixie dust into the eyes of the players?

Info on CW would have been -- after 2 years of beta and after "launch" --- an actual INGAME presentation of the working thing, with a detailed schedule of the time and the stuff that goes to the PRT.

A guy who already lied "was in a different position at that time" a couple times _talks_ about CW? That's just BS.

Show the actual thing INGAME, or one must assume work has not even started on it, as far as PGI's credibility goes...

Talking about the future features of a 5-6/10 rated game is pretty vacant -- make that "future" happen now, or just pull up the tents and leave camp, because it will be over "Soon TM".

[Lindonius]

Takony, on 29 September 2013 - 12:24 PM, said:

Show the actual thing INGAME, or one must assume work has not even started on it

Failure to produce a single screenshot or video of work in progress in over two years would suggest to me that this is indeed the case.

Edited by Lindonius, 29 September 2013 - 03:34 PM.

[Sean von Steinike]

dymlos2003, on 27 September 2013 - 09:00 PM, said:

No it will take about 6 months TO COMPLETE! We'll start getting the basics with in 4 weeks or so

Says who? PGI? They already can't be trusted with their words or deadlines.