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[Firefly]

Note, I have locked down the Dragoons forums for members of Dragoons merc (sub)-units. If you've already signed up, you may have access already. If not, post in the available forum and we'll get you squared away.

I need unit icons, 100x100, from each merc unit. I'm implementing forum usergroups based on each unit, so that we all know who's who.

[Firefly]

Just a reminder, forums have been closed off to non-Dragoons members. All merc units are requested to check the forums please. Any non-Dragoons units that want to join the alliance, please stop by as well.

[Firefly]

You can view the full Wolf's Dragoons Table of Organisation and Equipment (TO&E) here:
http://www.mwodragoo...ragoons_toe.png

DRAGOONS UNITS:

Alpha Regiment:
http://www.wolfsalpha.com

Beta Regiment:
[color=red]URL needed[/color]

Gamma Regiment:
Unclaimed

Delta Regiment:
http://www.wolfsdragoner.de
http://www.wolfsdragoner.eu/forum

Epsilon Regiment:
Unclaimed

INDEPENDENT COMMANDS:

Black Widow Company
http://www.the-bwc.com

Wolf Spiders:
http://wolf-spiders.org/

Zeta Battalion:
[color=red]URL needed[/color]

Special Recon Group:
Unclaimed

Fire Support Group:
Unclaimed

Seventh Kommando:
Unclaimed

[Firefly]

The Dragoons ALLIANCE is still looking for merc units who would like to join. One need not be a canon Dragoons sub-unit.

[NatashaKerensky]

I promise not to leave when the devs unleash the Clans!

[guardian wolf]

The recruitment page on MWTactics is up, per Omega59r's orders.

[Peiper]

The Devil Dogs Trinary is a semi-independent unit of Wolf Dragoons currently on extended contract with LOKI specializing in clandestine operations. There are a few too many Trueborn Crusaders among us to fit in well with the rest of the Dragoons...

[Firefly]

Peiper, on 14 April 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

The Devil Dogs Trinary is a semi-independent unit of Wolf Dragoons currently on extended contract with LOKI specializing in clandestine operations. There are a few too many Trueborn Crusaders among us to fit in well with the rest of the Dragoons...

I mean... realistically, the Clan isn't hitting the Inner Sphere in-game for at least a year. And that's if the devs even allow you to play Clan. So... whilst the RP factor is admirable... if you don't want to join, that's fine.

[Peiper]

Firefly, on 14 April 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

I mean... realistically, the Clan isn't hitting the Inner Sphere in-game for at least a year. And that's if the devs even allow you to play Clan. So... whilst the RP factor is admirable... if you don't want to join, that's fine.

Yeah, we're roleplaying it out. I'm even coming up with rules to play out trials of grievance, position, etc... I figure we're just kinda stuck i the inner sphere until the Clans return, and when they do, my players and I will probably be enmeshed enough with a house that we'll stick with it out of loyalty to our friends, rather than fictional factions.

Without knowing what is going to happen with how we're even able to structure or negotiate with other players/companies/houses, I have to wonder how much work can even be put into forming such an alliance of Dragoon groups. I do like the idea that there will be one group as Alpha, another as Beta, and so on, but we'll have groups on multiple servers and let's say we (leaders of player-groups) fill out the entire Wolf's Dragoons Order of Battle with our players, and we're able to paint up our mechs and organize our units to reflect it - what's going to stop a bunch of new players from hopping into the game when it launches, also choose to paint themselves up as Dragoons Alpha Company and wreck the reputations we all would like to establish with our pre-determined groups?

I'm not trying to be a nay-sayer here, and I like the idea of establishing units beforehand with die-hard player groups. I can understand why established groups would really like to establish themselves in MWO ASAP so they can be ready to jump into the action as a unit. But with as little information as we have on the game - and given that we probably will be scattered across servers - I admit I'm pretty frustrated. I have both old and new Battletech/MW players in the devil dogs, and it's hard to explain WHY we have to do this stuff pre-launch when we can't really explain to them how it's all gonna work out to begin with. Maybe that will be next month's interviews, eh?

Good luck with the mission to bring all the doggies together. If I knew how to keep spammers out of our site, I'd invite you all to check it out! lol I might be able to pilot a mech, but I ain't that good piloting the internet.

Oh, btw, we might be Wolf's Dragoons, but we're secret. I almost forgot...

[Firefly]

Peiper, on 15 April 2012 - 04:28 PM, said:

Without knowing what is going to happen with how we're even able to structure or negotiate with other players/companies/houses, I have to wonder how much work can even be put into forming such an alliance of Dragoon groups. I do like the idea that there will be one group as Alpha, another as Beta, and so on, but we'll have groups on multiple servers and let's say we (leaders of player-groups) fill out the entire Wolf's Dragoons Order of Battle with our players, and we're able to paint up our mechs and organize our units to reflect it - what's going to stop a bunch of new players from hopping into the game when it launches, also choose to paint themselves up as Dragoons Alpha Company and wreck the reputations we all would like to establish with our pre-determined groups?

This is a good question, and it's one on which we've deliberated internally - as well as in this thread. Odds are good that the name Wolf's Dragoons will be locked out to players. Odds are good that sub-unit names are not locked out. We don't know what sort of naming conventions will apply or whether they'll be locked in once you select a name. For my part, I plan to request that my players wear the BWC tag in their name. As for the unit name, my plan is to use what we've always used - but we'll probably throw in a [WD] tag in there if the rest of the Dragoons alliance's units want to all have that identifier. So there can be a billion Alpha Regiments, but only one will be the [WD] Alpha regiment, if that's the plan we go with (if that makes sense).

Edited by Firefly, 18 April 2012 - 08:08 AM.

[Peiper]

Devs say no custom decals at start.

And, one of my bros suggests we put ^DD^ in our names for devil dogs. But I'd rather them ID us by the looks of our mechs than floating text. Hopefully we'll have access to canonical unit designations, at least. I am in love with Natasha Kerensky, so I might have to affiliate myself closely with you just to get to put the black widow emblem on our mechs too! Though, fluff-wise, we are secret , game wise, we should at least support the Wolf's Dragoons with their ugly dog logo on our mechs.

[NatashaKerensky]

Peiper, on 18 April 2012 - 06:12 PM, said:

I am in love with Natasha Kerensky, so I might have to affiliate myself closely with you just to get to put the black widow emblem on our mechs too!

DAWWWWWWWWW!!!

[Firefly]

NatashaKerensky, on 24 April 2012 - 04:59 AM, said:

DAWWWWWWWW!!!

[Drakewolff Kerensky]

hope to see a Assaut Unit for the Wolf Dragoons

[Werewolf Fetladral]

NatashaKerensky, on 24 April 2012 - 04:59 AM, said:

DAWWWWWWWWW!!!

Firefly, on 28 April 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

lol.... i smell *sniff* jealousy!

[Dedrayice]

can i join alpha till SRG is formed?

[Firefly]

Dedrayice, on 02 May 2012 - 06:08 PM, said:

can i join alpha till SRG is formed?

There isn't an SRG. There have been several people discussing forming it, but nobody has actually gone so far as to actually form it. So feel free to join whomever you wish, including your own SRG unit!

[Last Firstborn]

A friend of mine and I just signed up for MWO - how can we get involved w/ WD?

[Firefly]

Last Firstborn, on 03 May 2012 - 09:27 AM, said:

A friend of mine and I just signed up for MWO - how can we get involved w/ WD?

I'd like to reiterate that because it is a well-known, established canon unit in BattleTech and MechWarrior, this particular Wolf's Dragoons is not in fact a single mercenary unit. It is a conglomeration of merc units, or more appropriately an alliance. One does not outright join the Dragoons - they join a unit which is within that alliance.

So, TL/DR version: find one of the units that is part of this alliance and sign up, or create your own and join!

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

Pretty sure you won't be able to use any of those names at launch. The Devs are locking down any names even pointing at affiliation within a high-profile Mercenary command. They might be making NPC controlled high-profile units, and you could look at getting a ticket into those, but at that point you could not have player-made units claiming to be the same thing. It just sets everything off. My suggestion: Make or join something original, and then in the future look at getting into the Dragoons or Kell Hounds or whatever.