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[Imperius]

GalaxyBluestar, on 26 February 2014 - 11:19 PM, said:

some later era mechs from 3053-5 maybe but you can't change the timeline as all the stiener and davion and FRR avatars will have been for naught. infact the timeline will have to be reset to 3050 once CW is ready to go because by this time next year the map should look like this...



where's my St ives compact banner if the FRR can have one? seriously do not carry on into this mess. for years the game has been designed to cater for the start of the clan invasion the tech ballance the faction play the lot. any deviation is just nonsense, you're asking for the devs to throw all their work out the window and rebuild half the game. the only reason the timeline's at 3051 is because they screwed up figuring how to build CW and couldn't so they spent a year building ui2. we're a year so delayed, we'll have to have a timeline reset.

this is you're closet bet on skipping forward without losing too much of what's already set up

still the comstar would be more an important faction than the FRR by this time so where are they?

I don't think by next year the map should be "this set way" because we are the ones that are supposed to fight and take over planets and move territory. If it will be a set way by next year then what's the damn point? If all your doing is spinning your wheels waiting for a pre-determined outcome to happen. Then I say skip CW cause it will be a pointless grind that achieves nothing. I will just jump on the winning team and AFK till the CW blows over. If it's a useless grind to a predetermined outcome. I vote to pass and move on to gameplay mechanics like collisions and stuff that will actually effect the game.

[Deathz Jester]

pbiggz, on 25 February 2014 - 12:17 PM, said:

Take a ragnarok. Pull off the "lava gun" and dome shield, and add 1 heavy gauss rifle + two pulse lasers and you have yourself a totally legit fedcom civil war/jihad era assault mech.

If the ragnarok wasn't so absurd, i'd like it alot more, and I must admit, it looks cool...

I wasn't actually serious

[CyclonerM]

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still the comstar would be more an important faction than the FRR by this time so where are they?

ComStar is represented by the Devs AFAIK.

[wanderer]

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Oh cool, is it old video day? I've got this great one from MW1 where, GASP! It fires one fat slow one! SRMs only fire one missile as well! I demand that this be immediately changed in MWO to reflect the cannonicity of the original title

I wish I could find an archive from the old GEnie days of MPBT, where Kesmai's coder apologized that he couldn't get the visuals right for weapons because of the Activision code limitations.

(Why yes, I am that old.)

[GalaxyBluestar]

CyclonerM, on 27 February 2014 - 05:05 AM, said:

ComStar is represented by the Devs AFAIK.

exactly which is why we can't skip ahead 5+ years or pgi would have to build and re-build so much. the Frr should stand a chance of repelling us and gaining ground in the lyrans and draconis camps. it would be poor to give those faithfull to it the short end of the stick. skipping 10+ years ahead is just as crazy as believing the hardpoints 3 mech level up system can be changed. simply pgi has invested too much making the current stuff work and selling people on it hence all the clan implementation woes. they announced them too soon for the game developement stage we're at IMHO.

[pbiggz]

Once we have all the elements of CW in place, we will likely spend at least a year and a half in the early 3050s. Following that, we shouldd move to 3057, and start to leverage the next part of the timeline.

[pbiggz]

Marack Drock, on 27 February 2014 - 05:29 PM, said:

Umm I don't know if you realize this but that has nothing to do with the contract between Microsoft and PGI regarding Lore. That is the User License which we all read when we install the game.

You understand that the user license means pgi has control over the game and can alter it/take it away from you any time they want right? That's the point he is trying to make. YOU specifically, seem to enjoy fighting about this, but no matter what you do or how loud you think you are, you can't drown out actual argument. But I could have sworn we have had this conversation before, when you were new to the forums. Come on pal, clean up your act!

[pbiggz]

Marack Drock, on 27 February 2014 - 05:44 PM, said:

Pbiggz..... Why is it I am always a target huh?
And why is he threatening me? Why because I just stated a bunch of facts that make it relatively impossible to change the game without some backfire, just so he can get his mech? That license agreement has no baring in this topic whatsoever. All that means is that they can kick you off the game, and do stuff to you. Says nothing about Lore.

This community is complete crap. Because I have an opinion that differs from you people I get flamed for it!!!!! You know why? Because no can accept the fact that I am different.

Also what was I fighting about here? I stated you can't change the game severely without some level of problems. Now I get Imperious and you flaming me. WHY?????????? I have posted on this thread barely at all!!!??? Why is it you 2 are threatening me because of my opinion?

Dude im trying to tell you, you are the one who STARTED flaming in this thread. Imperius was trying to defend himself.

[Uncle Totty]

CyclonerM, on 27 February 2014 - 05:05 AM, said:

ComStar is represented by the Devs AFAIK.

"Great things will come just as long as you keep giving... us all your money." - My outlook on PGIGP

PS. And no. I have not drunk that much.

[CoffiNail]

Nathan K, on 27 February 2014 - 06:08 PM, said:

"Great things will come just as long as you keep giving... us all your money." - My outlook on PGIGP

PS. And no. I have not drunk that much.

When one starts to say that, they usual are, quiaff?

Edited by CoffiNail, 27 February 2014 - 08:20 PM.

[CyclonerM]

pbiggz, on 27 February 2014 - 05:28 PM, said:

Once we have all the elements of CW in place, we will likely spend at least a year and a half in the early 3050s. Following that, we shouldd move to 3057, and start to leverage the next part of the timeline.

Well, it could work after all.. But before doing a fast-forward, we need to stay at least 2-3 years restarting from 3049-3050 to 3052 (Tukayyid) then we can move to 3057, get the new 'Mechs (Bushwacker?). Maybe there would be room for a massive Refusal War campaign I would love it

This brings a new point: how will they introduce important battles and events?
If they allowed user-created maps i know a few good mappers who could create a Wolcott, Tukayyid or Twycross map (the latter actually already exists in MW:LL).

We should need at very least a map which reproduces in a decent way these planets' environment. At least the most important systems..

[Rodo]

ok ok just one last question...
so, following the timeline its gonna take about 11 years from the clan invasion till the production of MKII...
Soooo ! Its gonna take 11 years to me, to play with this mech? So ******* hilarious ! ha ha ¬¬

[GalaxyBluestar]

Rodo, on 13 March 2014 - 09:31 PM, said:

ok ok just one last question...
so, following the timeline its gonna take about 11 years from the clan invasion till the production of MKII...
Soooo ! Its gonna take 11 years to me, to play with this mech? So ******* hilarious ! ha ha ¬¬

and on the other side of the coin MW2 and 3 fans NEVER got to play with this mech because they were set ridged in earlier timelines. count yourself lucky that this game has the potential to move on at all.

[wanderer]

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ok ok just one last question...
so, following the timeline its gonna take about 11 years from the clan invasion till the production of MKII...
Soooo ! Its gonna take 11 years to me, to play with this mech? So ******* hilarious ! ha ha ¬¬

This is Battletech. There are designs all the way BACK to the 2400's that are long-extinct and designs to come through 3145.

Odds are, they're going to "skip forwards" a few years here and there as we go along- to 3055, the Jihad era, etc. But not immediately. This game is a "paying beta" right now.