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[Alaskan Nobody]

CURSE YOU!



....my gaming rig is still boxed up.

[Butane9000]

I'll probably miss tonight's Stock Mech Mondays due to practicing for the tournament. Hope you guys have fun.

[GunnyKintaro 01]

so much fun !!!!

[Malleus011]

Played Stock Mech Monday tonight - and it's the most fun I've had playing MWO. Now this is Battletech.

I got to use a stock CN9-A in a series of battles - and had long, drawn out engagements with enemy 'mechs, including a night-ending finale on Tourmaline with all of us running low on ammo and armor - and running close to the overheat redline. More nail-biting tension and sheer *fun* per drop than standard. And we didn't get paid a C-Bill - but totally worth it.

Great matches, all, and thanks for letting me come out and play.

Now if only we can get this made into a mode ...

[InRev]

I now play this game 3 times a week:

Stock Mech Monday, Stock Mech Eras, and Stock Mech Saturday.

No point in playing anything else!

[Sybreed]

yeah I think we just need to speed up getting ready between each matches. We spent as much time in the lobby as in-game.

[Prezimonto]

I've missed this game play, we haven't had this since closed beta. Best fun I've had with this game in over a year.

Hosts please keep doing this.

Dev's please get us a 3020 queue!

The fights are so much more tense when you don't go down in 10 seconds, and heat is a real concern.

[InRev]

Sybreed, on 19 May 2014 - 08:20 PM, said:

yeah I think we just need to speed up getting ready between each matches. We spent as much time in the lobby as in-game.

I think it would help if people got their builds together and cross-referenced with Smurfy the night or even afternoon before, rather than immediately after receiving their lobby invite

There have been a lot of times where we wait 10, 15, or even 20 minutes on one person while they putz about in the MechLab. It's frustrating, but it's all we can do when we don't have a proper stock queue (HINT HINT HINT, PGI!)

Regardless, one stock match is worth more than 10 normal ones, imo

[Lyoto Machida]

What time does this usually go on until?

[TygerLily]

Lyoto Machida, on 19 May 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

What time does this usually go on until?

I bounced around midnight EST and people were still going.

[Sybreed]

InRev, on 19 May 2014 - 08:47 PM, said:

I think it would help if people got their builds together and cross-referenced with Smurfy the night or even afternoon before, rather than immediately after receiving their lobby invite

There have been a lot of times where we wait 10, 15, or even 20 minutes on one person while they putz about in the MechLab. It's frustrating, but it's all we can do when we don't have a proper stock queue (HINT HINT HINT, PGI!)

Regardless, one stock match is worth more than 10 normal ones, imo

I don't remember if you can see the name of your mechs in the lobby section "pick your mech", but I just called my stock mechs "Stock CN9-A" "Stock Victor Something" "Stock Highlander 732". Makes browsing a breeze.

Oh and here's a public service announcement. Gauss rifle sucks more in stock matches than meta matches. Since you need to manage multiple weapon groups and Gauss charge requires so much focus on getting it right, you just can't use all your weapons efficiently.

Don't use a Gauss and be disappointed...

[Conn Man]

That was great fun! Got to drive a Jenner F, Hunchie 4P, Cat C4, and an Atlas RS. Having to play the role for what each 'mech was designed for is a great chess match. Makes you think outside the box.

Would love to just switch a 'mech back to stock in one click, as long as we have the parts. That would save a lot of time.

thanks for hosting the games guys. It was the most fun I've had in a while. Going to convert a few of my lesser used 'mechs to be ready for the next time!

[Rhaythe]

Got a couple videos from last night. I'll be sure to get them uploaded and out to you guys ASAP. Didn't do a whole stream like I did last week; I'll save entire streams for special events and just host videos of matches.

I should probably get around to making a dedicated channel for this at some point.

[Redshift2k5]

InRev, on 19 May 2014 - 08:47 PM, said:

I think it would help if people got their builds together and cross-referenced with Smurfy the night or even afternoon before, rather than immediately after receiving their lobby invite

There have been a lot of times where we wait 10, 15, or even 20 minutes on one person while they putz about in the MechLab. It's frustrating, but it's all we can do when we don't have a proper stock queue (HINT HINT HINT, PGI!)

Regardless, one stock match is worth more than 10 normal ones, imo

I think if someone is still building a mech, they should be politely but firmly removed- they can't play anyway until they finish the build and it can take some time to ensure a 100% correct stock retrofity.

[Rhaythe]

Here we go. First of two videos I uploaded just finished processing. Enjoy!

[Straith]

[Straith]

InRev, on 19 May 2014 - 08:47 PM, said:

Regardless, one stock match is worth more than 10 normal ones, imo

After playing these stock matches, pugging just seems broken to me. However, it's an unfair comparison since we have full team voip and we've balanced by tonnage. Our teamwork is usually much higher than pugging and the removal of all the customization really helps the balance.

[AlmightyAeng]

Lyoto Machida, on 19 May 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

What time does this usually go on until?

When I bailed at 11:15 EST there were still 50+ people on the TS

Prezimonto, on 19 May 2014 - 08:24 PM, said:

I've missed this game play, we haven't had this since closed beta. Best fun I've had with this game in over a year.

Hosts please keep doing this.

Dev's please get us a 3020 queue!

The fights are so much more tense when you don't go down in 10 seconds, and heat is a real concern.

Very much so! Stupid spider.

[Jody Von Jedi]

InRev, on 19 May 2014 - 08:17 PM, said:

I now play this game 3 times a week:

Stock Mech Monday, Stock Mech Eras, and Stock Mech Saturday.

No point in playing anything else!

Unless you want to grind C-Bills to buy stock mechs.

[Rhaythe]

Straith, on 20 May 2014 - 05:13 AM, said:

After playing these stock matches, pugging just seems broken to me.

Maybe not broken; just boring. There's very little variety in the PUG matches anymore, and you pretty much just see the exact same weapons loadout on every copy/paste mech. One of the beautiful parts about Stock Mech Monday; stock loadouts means excentric weapon groupings. At least, until everyone starts running nothing but K2s and 8Qs.