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[Russ Bullock]

Major Tom, on 15 June 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

Russ, what about multiple Founder's Packages. If I purchase 2 will I receive 2 Founders Mechs and 4 months of premium service?

Sorry wait for Tuesday, that will become clear.

[Garth Erlam]

To sum: the 'if' is more of a 'when.'

[AJRimmer]

Thank you, the clarification on being able to do the "One Time" move to EU servers if setup is all I wanted to hear, good luck with the remaining testing

[Gendou]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

I think that will be crystal clear on Tuesday when you can purchase...you will see that it is not about combining as much as upgrading from one to the other should you choose too.

Maybe I've been on the forums too long today, but I'm confused by this statement.

Are you saying that we can add additional Founder's 'Mechs to our Elite Package for additional fees?
Or that the Founder 'Mech Bonus can be moved from 'Mech to 'Mech as an upgrade?

I had seen this question asked, and it was one that had me curious as well.

[Faenwulf]

You just say that because you want my money.
Don't mind it. I'm just a cautious guy and 40-50€ is a big deal for a student.

But that aside, ATM I'm more concerned with the specs...
Have you ever tried the game on a Win Xp SP3 PC? Not that interested in updating to Win 7 (although that would pump my GB Ram to 8).
Especially since I should be more concerned about getting a new CPU...

[Russ Bullock]

boxofaids, on 15 June 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

So ronery

Its not ideal but make no mistake you can still group up with friends and generally play together. You Just won't be working on those larger meta game contracts right away.

[darkrei9n]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:

Its not ideal but make no mistake you can still group up with friends and generally play together. You Just won't be working on those larger meta game contracts right away.

So what are the odds of us blowing up devs when we get access to the game? And if I beat Paul do I get a medal?

[Russ Bullock]

Faenwulf, on 15 June 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:

You just say that because you want my money. Don't mind it. I'm just a cautious guy and 40-50€ is a big deal for a student. But that aside, ATM I'm more concerned with the specs... Have you ever tried the game on a Win Xp SP3 PC? Not that interested in updating to Win 7 (although that would pump my GB Ram to 8). Especially since I should be more concerned about getting a new CPU...

No I am just trying to be completely open so you guys have all the information possible.

Best I can do is ask about the XP question...but it's possible nobody has that answer currently.

[Squire]

so if the start date for founders is pushed back a month when would the Two-month premium account to MechWarrior Online at launch: Earn XP & C-Bills faster. kick into effect

[chumppi]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

Trust me as far as regions go it is not a big IF...more on the tiny side.

Garth Erlam, on 15 June 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

To sum: the 'if' is more of a 'when.'

That's what I was getting at in my post, this sounds A LOT better than what the original post has! Words are very important over the interwebz. Glad a bit of forum moaning painted the picture more clearly!

Edited by chumppi, 15 June 2012 - 02:02 PM.

[Major Tom]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:56 PM, said:

No I am just trying to be completely open so you guys have all the information possible.

Best I can do is ask about the XP question...but it's possible nobody has that answer currently.

I know one way to get it. I have an WinXP machine with 4GB ram and dual core CPU 2.8Ghz sitting at home waiting

*** did I mention the 640mb nvidia GTS 8800. it is the ultimate min spec testbox

Edited by Major Tom, 15 June 2012 - 02:02 PM.

[Russ Bullock]

squire, on 15 June 2012 - 01:56 PM, said:

so if the start date for founders is pushed back a month when would the Two-month premium account to MechWarrior Online at launch: Earn XP & C-Bills faster. kick into effect

I dont have a confirmed answer yet. Premium accounts will either start on Aug 7th when founders get in or they will start at Open Beta.

Major Tom, on 15 June 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

I know one way to get it. I have an WinXP machine with 4GB ram and dual core CPU 2.8Ghz sitting at home waiting

Magic!

[Faenwulf]

Yeah, it would be very nice to know whether the game runs on XP.
Would be very grateful if you'd look into it! (And more willing to give you my mones! )

[Flatfoot]

I understand that the preorder packages are for a limitied time, just curious as to when the cutoff on avilibility to purchase them is going to be. Like 5 or 30 days ish? I got bills man . (as do yall)

[Russ Bullock]

Flatfoot, on 15 June 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I understand that the preorder packages are for a limitied time, just curious as to when the cutoff on avilibility to purchase them is going to be. Like 5 or 30 days ish? I got bills man . (as do yall)

I'm sorry not determined yet.

[Nexx Nisshoko]

I love you! My PC will run the game, i can sleep now. For that, i can now wait and be entirely happy.

[Sarah Dalrymple]

Okay, I have a question. My husband and I are both chomping at the bits to play this game. Sadly, I use a laptop,which means my ability to upgrade my gpu (the only part that needs upgrading for this game) is nil. In light of that, I got my husband a new gpu a while back so that he could play when open beta happens.

Here is my question:

When open beta happens, can I log in on his computer under my ID to play the game until I can build myself a decent gaming rig, or will that be a massive no-no?

Thanks!

[Russ Bullock]

Okay this has practically qualified as an official Dev chat with Russ.

I'm out now.

Have a great weekend and I hope this helped alot, spread the word.

[Synra]

Thanks for the update. I had a few thoughts though.

1. Concerning the number of mechs. A RL friend of mine has had the chance to try the beta. He has said that his #1 concern about MWO is the low number of mechs. While I have not played it myself (waiting for my own beta invite), I have to agree. Including some varients is not good enough. This is battletech we are talking about one of the key features of the setting is the huge number of playable mechs to choose from. Please try to get as many chassies as you can into the game by launch.

2. What ever happened to the 'unseen' stuff? The FAQ says "Look forward to a future announcement." But as far as I am aware, there has not yet been any such announcement. Now that we are getting closer to launch, could you clarify a little? Are the unseen mechs something that's being worked on, are they on the 'maybe someday' list, or are they completely out of the question? Personally I was hoping to see at least one or two of them make it in by launch. Considering how cool you have made mechs like the Hunchback look, I would love to see your artistic design of the pheonix hawk or marauder.

3. The system specs are awfully high. But I am not that surprised. I kind of expected it when I saw this game is running on the Cry engine of all things. That's pretty much a given that you need a high end gaming PC to run this even on lower settings. This is no problem for my PC, but I expect a lot of my friends are going to have to do some hefty upgrading before they will be able to play this. I kind of wish you had used a more system friendly game engine, so that the game would have been more accessible to people. I expect the general opinion of MWO at launch will be: "It's free! It's awsome! But you can't run it!"

4. The founders package I am still not completely clear about.

a. For $60 I can get $80 of in-game money. But I have no idea how valuable that is. Is that C-bills? Is $80 enough to buy an Atlas?

b. What exactly is the deal with the founders mechs? Do we get all four, or do we choose just one? What if we don't like the one we choose? What is this about a lifetime C-bill bonus? Does this bonus only apply to when we pilot that particular mech? Again, what if we end up not liking that mech? Are these founders mechs limited to the blue/white/yellow paint job that is in all the pictures, or will we be able to customize it? Are the Founders mechs a unique varient, or just a different graphic applied to a commonly available varient?

c. All of this founders stuff is supposed to be available starting July 17 August 7. Does this mean that there will not be any 'beta character wipes' after that date, even though that date apparently falls into the Closed Beta period? It would suck to buy stuff with my $80 only to lose those items when open beta or official launch begins.

[Heldar1]

Thanks for the update, Russ! Cleared up A LOT of questions for most of us (it seems). I'm especially glad to see those specs! The computer I built a month ago should be able to max this baby out ! Looking forward on getting that founders package even more now.