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[Nehkrosis]

so if i dont have Premium, that effects others in the lobby?

[Lukoi Banacek]

Mryyden, on 29 April 2014 - 04:18 AM, said:

So Bad ASS!!! I am Def down for this. Way to go Tyger, sweet graphic. I was so excited yesterday cause i thought it was this monday lol Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

You were not the only one. Several new faces stopped by the TS asking about it last night

[Butane9000]

I might have to rebuild some of my mechs back to their stock load outs.

Figure I'll maintain a few variants I don't play normally:

Jenner JR7-F
Centurion CN9-AL
Orion ON1-K
Awesome AWS-8V

This cost me about 6 million C-bills.

Edited by Butane9000, 29 April 2014 - 06:21 AM.

[Rushin Roulette]

Nehkrosis, on 29 April 2014 - 05:33 AM, said:

so if i dont have Premium, that effects others in the lobby?

Only if you are the leader of the lobby (i. e. the one who invites everyone). As far as I read, the person who opens the lobby must have premium time active so that he can select which map is played. If the group wants more detailed rules (Such as a differing rule than the 3/3/3/3 drops, differnt team sizes than 12v12 or a weight limit), then both team commanders need to have premium time activated.

Other than that, anyone can open 12v12 lobby with 3/3/3/3 drops and random maps as well as anyoneone can participate in special games mentioned above with 1 or 2 commanders who need premium time active and also be in drops with custom rules.

EDIT: @ Butane9000Actually, with Light and medium mechs it is usually cheaper to buy new ones than to remove the FF/ES/Artemis upgrades (at least with the Tier1 level tech stock mechs)

Edited by Rushin Roulette, 29 April 2014 - 06:03 AM.

[TygerLily]

Butane9000, on 29 April 2014 - 05:47 AM, said:

I might have to rebuild some of my mechs back to their stock load outs.

Yea buddy! Nothin' says gunfighter like the Cent 9A. Basic. Destructive. Shiny.

Nehkrosis, on 29 April 2014 - 05:33 AM, said:

so if i dont have Premium, that effects others in the lobby?

Nope! You're good!

If noone has premium, we can do a Free Private Lobby. In that case, the teams will have to meet the new 3/3/3/3 rule and can pick the game-mode. The rest is like normal (random map, 15 min time limit, etc.)

If one group leader has premium, then we can do a Premium Private Lobby. In that case we can set the tonnage limit (or have NO tonnage limit) and does NOT follow 3/3/3/3. Premium Private Lobbies also allow you to pick the map, the mode, and even the time limit for the game.

If BOTH group leaders have premium, then we can do a Premium Private Lobby that can drop with less than 12...so, for instance 8 vs 8, or 4 vs 4. Obviously, this one does NOT follow 3/3/3/3.

More info here (or I'm sure in the patch notes today!)

Long story short: bring your Mech, yourself, and your fuzzy dice.

Edited by TygerLily, 29 April 2014 - 06:04 AM.

[GunnyKintaro 01]

i got my heavy and med picked now i need to get my assault and light.. ill be doing that today !

[TygerLily]

AH Osprey 02, on 29 April 2014 - 06:16 AM, said:

i got my heavy and med picked now i need to get my assault and light.. ill be doing that today !

I actually wasn't diggin the Battlemasters or Thunderbolts. I sold my non-Phoenix variants and felt "stuck" with the Phoenix ones...I went ahead and set them up as my Heavy and Assaults:

Thunderbolt 5S: one LL, three ML, one SRM2, one LRM15, two MG
Who needs one weapon group when you can have five...

Battlemaster 1G: one PPC, six ML, one SRM6, two MG
Very similary in style to that Thunderbolt.

Interestingly, both of those mechs move the same speed! So either the Thunderbolt is the muscle or the Battlemaster is trying to be nimble. Either way, I think I'll be liking them more than I did in MWO main!

[Karl Marlow]

I like the idea for this. It would be nice if private matches had a little tick box that says 'Force Stock' Which would just automagically set our mechs to their stock variant for the match.

[Butane9000]

So I was rather successful in the Orion and Centurion.

Is there going to be a special drop for this tonight?

[TygerLily]

Butane9000, on 29 April 2014 - 07:10 AM, said:

So I was rather successful in the Orion and Centurion.

Is there going to be a special drop for this tonight?

Personally, I'll be celebrating Lobbies with the Merc Madness folks (prior commitments and all that). But if you set up a room on MWO Lobby and use the MF:C Teamspeak room, feel free to give this stock stuff a trial run and give some new people the scoop!

Teamspeak
184.82.141.207
PW: StranaMechty

http://mwolobby.com
It would be nice to hear thoughts on how best to smoothly organize this shindig!

[Kanya Pryde]

Passing the word along to my unit... the Devil Dogs.

[General Taskeen]

ThomasMarik, on 29 April 2014 - 06:30 AM, said:

I like the idea for this. It would be nice if private matches had a little tick box that says 'Force Stock' Which would just automagically set our mechs to their stock variant for the match.

I asked for exactly this in the Feature Suggestion forum with 0 response from any Dev. However, keep in mind, "extra" variants would not be able to be created from existing ones, such as with the assignment tables in my signature.

[TygerLily]

T-minus 6 days until we kick off the first Stock Mech Monday!

I think a bunch of us are going to give the stock stuff a test run tomorrow on the SMM Teamspeak! Anyone who wants can show up...9:30 to 10pm EST.

Teamspeak
184.82.141.207
PW: StranaMechty

[Finn McShae]

Oh, heck yeah, I'll be there. Even in my timezone(ish). Things like this are about all that's sparking my interest in this game anymore.

Even bought a stock TDR-5S for the occasion.

[GunnyKintaro 01]

TygerLily, on 29 April 2014 - 07:31 PM, said:

T-minus 6 days until we kick off the first Stock Mech Monday!

I think a bunch of us are going to give the stock stuff a test run tomorrow on the SMM Teamspeak! Anyone who wants can show up...9:30 to 10pm EST.

Teamspeak
184.82.141.207
PW: StranaMechty

ive got so many stock mechs now... im so pumped about this !

[Barantor]

TygerLily, on 29 April 2014 - 07:31 PM, said:

T-minus 6 days until we kick off the first Stock Mech Monday!

I think a bunch of us are going to give the stock stuff a test run tomorrow on the SMM Teamspeak! Anyone who wants can show up...9:30 to 10pm EST.

Teamspeak
184.82.141.207
PW: StranaMechty

I will be there with a few FWL folks.

[GunnyKintaro 01]

Barantor, on 30 April 2014 - 07:09 AM, said:

I will be there with a few FWL folks.

Sweet this is really taking off !

[TygerLily]

Gonna give stock Mechs a preliminary run tonight.

Who's in for some early, pre-Stock Mech Monday action?

~ 9:30 EST on Strana Mechty:

Teamspeak
184.82.141.207
PW: StranaMechty


Then come back for actual Stock Mech Monday! Kicking off in 5 days!

Edited by TygerLily, 30 April 2014 - 11:03 AM.

[DocBach]

Trying to drag some Murphy's Law into the game, Joe Mallan might be there

[DocBach]

Starting a little early