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[TheYeti]

Okay, this might be sacrilege, but I was brought up on the old videogames and did not even know the table top existed until recently. I have a lot of fun with this game, but I feel like theres something missing. The tactical effort of the current game times is really fun and interesting, but I think we can do one for just a bit of insanity.

A skirmish plus mode, 30 minute timer, respawns, end of the map is team who's dealt the most damage wins. Straight up, simple, mech on mech ruination. You can play a little riskier because of the respawn ect. But it was one of my favorite game modes in Mechwarrior 3 and 4.

Like I said, I don't know if this is against all gods of the Battletech Canon, and I have no idea how it would work with say, the repair function and c-bill experience function, but hey I know it'd be a blast!

Edited by TheYeti, 06 January 2014 - 10:59 PM.

[Axeman1]

As long as dying doesn't affect your k/d/r I'd be up for it. Near endless battle of heated mech on mech action.

[DI3T3R]

PGI is working on a respawn-mode. It will come some time this year. (I think, they said summer. So... winter.)

You preload a "drop-module" with 4-8 (different sources mention different numbers) Mechs. If one gets destroyed, you respawn in the next one.

[CrashieJ]

I'd be up for it, even though a large chunk of players say "no"

why? because player choice, you can't really win against that.

You want your 1 chance? have it
You want your Respawns? have it

[Sephlock]

DI3T3R, on 07 January 2014 - 01:48 AM, said:

PGI is working on a respawn-mode. It will come some time this year. (I think, they said summer. So... winter.)

You preload a "drop-module" with 4-8 (different sources mention different numbers) Mechs. If one gets destroyed, you respawn in the next one.

Didn't they cancel that a while back?

It was called "Dropship mode" and got replaced by the concept of a lobby system, for some reason.

Its been a while, but that's the gist of it as far as I can recall.

-edit-

Anyway it'd have to be four mechs, because that's what you have by default.

People would cry PTW otherwise, and in this case they'd be right (unless there was a tonnage limit too, so having 8 slots would only allow you to pilot three locusts, three commandos, and two fleas ).

Edited by Sephlock, 07 January 2014 - 02:41 AM.

[Stormwolf]

I'd just like see missions and scenarios, you know, what mechwarrior was known for before MW4 multiplayer came around.

Unfortunately that would mean that the devs would need to take a break from creating more cockpit items and such, we surely can't have that happen eh?

[Sephlock]

Stormwolf, on 07 January 2014 - 02:46 AM, said:

I'd just like see missions and scenarios, you know, what mechwarrior was known for before MW4 multiplayer came around.

Unfortunately that would mean that the devs would need to take a break from creating more cockpit items and such, we surely can't have that happen eh?

No, the fate of Planet Deshler shall forever remain a mystery!

[Stormwolf]

Sephlock, on 07 January 2014 - 02:56 AM, said:

No, the fate of Planet Deshler shall forever remain a mystery!

I thought as much

[Sephlock]

We can just assume they got overrun and the Prince died.

[ice trey]

So long as it's not a component in CW, I'm ok with it.

I figure that it's something that pick-up players might like, but those of us who prefer a story might not want to use that.

I, for one, didn't like that mode. What I did like was CTF, but while it was in MW4 Vengeance multiplayer, it didn't make the cut to MW4, meaning I haven't played any CTF style Mechwarrior in upwards of a decade.

Then again, "CTF" wouldn't make sense in CW either, so raiding components from a base would be better.

[Rhaythe]

So basically, Living Legends on the MWO engine.

...


I'm okay with this.

[Bhael Fire]

Sephlock, on 07 January 2014 - 02:40 AM, said:

Didn't they cancel that a while back?

It was called "Dropship mode" and got replaced by the concept of a lobby system, for some reason.

Its been a while, but that's the gist of it as far as I can recall.

-edit-

Anyway it'd have to be four mechs, because that's what you have by default.

People would cry PTW otherwise, and in this case they'd be right (unless there was a tonnage limit too, so having 8 slots would only allow you to pilot three locusts, three commandos, and two fleas ).

Attack/Defend mode will have limited respawns for the defending team. You will be able to bring up to 4 mechs I believe.

[Corvus Antaka]

CTF with mechs is unbelievably fun.

Remember FUN?

realism can jump off a cliff. CTF would be a great gamemode, with 4 mechs per pilot and 3 flags best 2/3 wins CTF in this game would be amazing. it could easily be tied to CW as a type of Capture the enemies intel, but dont lose your own) type explanation.

a little imagination goes a long way.

[TheYeti]

Man, I'm just happy that this didnt get shot down in flame, and that theres a bunch of people who remember how insanely fun the MW4 multiplayer was! Woooo! I'm totally down with the drop ship mode, I think that would be a pretty good middle ground, I mean the game I think needs some more fluidity in the matches, I do get a little tired of "oh you got caught out for 10 seconds, now you can't play that mech for 15 minutes while the match finishes" that happens occasionally.

[Firewuff]

There are no firm plans for any of this, its all been suggestions and possibilites. I like the idea but kills should be the metric not damage or everyone will play high alpha stomp bots.

[ice trey]

Firewuff, on 08 January 2014 - 09:10 PM, said:

There are no firm plans for any of this, its all been suggestions and possibilites. I like the idea but kills should be the metric not damage or everyone will play high alpha stomp bots.

Just like Mechwarrior 4, which is why I really didn't like multiplayer.

cERLL+cGR Poptarting Assault Mech Spam all day er'ry day, and no mech was fast enough or strong enough to effectively counter that tactic.

MW4 Mercs / Mektek as a multiplayer game was nothing but a lesson in frustration and ragequitting unless I was willing to do the exact same thing as everyone else.

ESPECIALLY since finding a server with limited ammo and heat registry was a challenge in and of itself, turning MW4 into what I called "Counterstrike Twitch-Click".

There's a good reason why preferred to just play single player over and over, and good reason as to why I was a huge skeptic when they announced MWO would be multiplayer only.

Luckily, PGI have done a pretty good job at preventing the huge meta bias towards a handful of designs like we saw in Mechwarrior 4. I'm happy with that.

Edited by ice trey, 09 January 2014 - 01:23 AM.

[TheYeti]

Well considering that you cant turn off the limited ammo or heat functions currently, that definitely stops a lot of the alpha spamming, and they've been nerfing the alpha slapping quite a bit, so I think it could work under MWO. I mean, I guess if its the drop pod at least it could still be kills, it would make sense, just a longer more drawn out skirmish where maybe players can take some more risks. Right now one of my biggest problems is either playing too cautiously or just getting caught in a bad spot and getting wiped out a few minutes into a match, if something like this was a game mode you'd have one with a little forgiveness and the game play could be a little more fluid.