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[Masdwe]

***Giddy with anticipation***

[Heffay]

WonderSparks, on 11 June 2014 - 03:02 PM, said:

I've never tried the PTS... I'm tempted to download the client, but not sure if I want that on my hard drive since I'll probably never use it again...
Somebody talk me into it!

Even if you never use it again, you can just delete the test files at any time.

It really is fun to get a preview into things, so... DO IT!!

[Koniving]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 11 June 2014 - 03:22 PM, said:

Yes, and while there is truth to that, this remains also a great opportunity for pre-order holders to preview their Clan Mechs and show them off to the world. Otherwise, in that scenario, we would also lose any hope of a more essential chance to test IS vs Clan before the launch next week. Sorry, hope you understand.

Ha, I was right.

Koniving, on 11 June 2014 - 01:59 PM, said:

If I were running something like this and excluded the non-pre-order guys from testing them out...
the only reasoning behind it is I would need some Inner Sphere people on the field to test and fight against them to see if it really is balanced (because testing can't possibly cover everything and often doesn't cover most common trends).

[Corbenik]

WonderSparks, on 11 June 2014 - 03:02 PM, said:

I've never tried the PTS... I'm tempted to download the client, but not sure if I want that on my hard drive since I'll probably never use it again...
Somebody talk me into it!

then you can just delete it afterwards DUh

[Thanatos676]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 11 June 2014 - 03:59 PM, said:

Good news everyone!
Since many were asking, I just got a double confirmation that the SRM Fix will indeed be included not just in next week's patch but also in tomorrow's test.

Of course, you must realize that when someone says "GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!" there is a suicide mission involved...

Hopefully my poor clan mechs can succeed in this suicide mission and not be blown into scrap! I hope to have tons of fun tomorrow trying out different builds and playing around. Thanks for this opportunity to not only test the mechs but give them a test drive!

[Rhaythe]

I like the video, but man, I wish PGI would add some voice-acting, a small plot, and some professional polish to some of these videos. C'mon, PGI! Put on your gamemaster hat and fanfilm this stuff up!

[Koniving]

Rhaythe, on 11 June 2014 - 04:07 PM, said:

I like the video, but man, I wish PGI would add some voice-acting, a small plot, and some professional polish to some of these videos. C'mon, PGI! Put on your gamemaster hat and fanfilm this stuff up!

They tried once.

....It wasn't well received.

I personally liked it, though I figure the speech was probably too long (not for me but it seemed to be a trend in the comments) and the montage completely unrelated to the whole build up they lined us in for (that's kinda what killed it for me; but the video's intention is about the Kurita battlemech the Kintaro and not about the fight they built up for with the speech).

You could look at these as well to get you kinda psyched up.

Spoiler

[Angel of Annihilation]

PGI never fails to disappoint.

I was all excited about the "clan test" until I read that "ONLY" those who pre-ordered Clan mech get to actually test them. I mean seriously, what is the point of that? Those people will be getting their mechs in a few days anyway so why not open the "test" to those of us who didn't pre-order. I mean hell if I got to test them, maybe I would jump in at the last moment and pre-order one or more, or perhaps spend some MC on one to get it earlier.

Honestly, the way PGI does stuff really makes me wish I would never have dropped the $210 they suckered me out of on pre-orders in the past.

Was getting ready to log in a play a bit tonight, but this news has soured me on that idea. Time to go play Warthunder I guess.

Edited by Viktor Drake, 11 June 2014 - 04:29 PM.

[Rhaythe]

Koniving, on 11 June 2014 - 04:25 PM, said:

They tried once.

....It wasn't well received.

I personally liked it, though I figure the speech was probably too long (not for me but it seemed to be a trend in the comments) and the montage completely unrelated to the whole build up they lined us in for (that's kinda what killed it for me; but the video's intention is about the Kurita battlemech the Kintaro and not about the fight they built up for with the speech).

I had forgotten about that. I don't really mind the speech, but yeah, the random action scenes are... well, random. But the first part isn't horrible. Just needs more happening.

I'm a writer. I'll be happy to volunteer my services for a few scripts! (And no, I'm totally not digging up old tabletop RPG campaigns...)

[darkkterror]

Viktor Drake, on 11 June 2014 - 04:26 PM, said:

PGI never fails to disappoint.

I was all excited about the "clan test" until I read that "ONLY" those who pre-ordered Clan mech get to actually test them. I mean seriously, what is the point of that? Those people will be getting their mechs in a few days anyway so why not open the "test" to those of us who didn't pre-order. I mean hell if I got to test them, maybe I would jump in at the last moment and pre-order one or more, or perhaps spend some MC on one to get it earlier.

Honestly, the way PGI does stuff really makes me wish I would never have dropped the $210 they suckered me out of on pre-orders in the past.

Was getting ready to log in a play a bit tonight, but this news has soured me on that idea. Time to go play Warthunder I guess.

Because PGI actually wants some people to play IS mechs instead of everyone (or mostly everyone) playing Clan mechs. Having Clan mechs open to everyone would very likely reduce the number of IS mechs used during the test which would compromise the amount of test data PGI would receive in regards to how IS and Clan mechs interact with each other. This "test" would be less test and more preview.

[Koniving]

Rhaythe, on 11 June 2014 - 04:33 PM, said:

I'm a writer. I'll be happy to volunteer my services for a few scripts! (And no, I'm totally not digging up old tabletop RPG campaigns...)

Check out the others in the spoiler.

[Stormwolfe13]

If I download all the patches now does it already include the patches pertinent to the clan tech or will be there more patches tomorrow before I can play it? In other words is version 1.7.3.0 the complete version for tomorrow's test?

Edited by Stormwolfe13, 11 June 2014 - 04:38 PM.

[Deadeye254]

Love it guys thank you so much Downloading test server now.

[Shredhead]

Iqfish, on 11 June 2014 - 02:20 PM, said:

*HONK* *HONK* get out of the way inner sphere scum and make room for my terrible balanced and super hot Clan Mechs !!111!1eleven


Oh look, a kill!

*Terrible sounds start playing, sounds of bursting eardrums can be heard*

*HONK* fits you very well indeed.

So, gonna smash some clammers tomorrow, as it seems. I'll be there!

[Jay Z]

The test takes place from 4am to 4pm on a work day my time, so it will be difficult for me to take part. I know a large portion of your playerbase are in NA timezones, however, the 24 hour Public Tests are so much nicer.

[White Bear 84]

DONTOR, on 11 June 2014 - 12:04 PM, said:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Valhalla I am coming!

Edited by White Bear 84, 11 June 2014 - 05:45 PM.

[GalaxyBluestar]

w0rm, on 11 June 2014 - 12:07 PM, said:

PGI: We can't tell you what you buy until you buy it.

and all the impatient sheepels just coughed up their wallets.

very clever PGI, we know nothing will come of this test just like the 3 used for UI 2.0 but the impatient will cough up.

Edited by GalaxyBluestar, 11 June 2014 - 05:33 PM.

[White Bear 84]

GalaxyBluestar, on 11 June 2014 - 05:32 PM, said:

the impatient will cough up.

PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW! BRING IT!

PEW PEW PEW PEW!

PEW PEW!!!

[AndyHill]

Hey guys - especially PGI people - if you haven't noticed yet, smurfynet is a superhero for the community because of his awesome smurfy.net online 'mechlab resource. He has tirelessly updated the service for a few years now and also provided you with a perfect model of a 'mech configuration UI. In this message he states that it's difficult for him to add clan stuff to his service (which he will try to do to the best of his ability based on test server data) because he doesn't have clan 'mechs and thus can't really test them.

So, how about someone at PGI go and add a few (like 8) of them to his account. It's not only useful for you as well as the player base, but he has darned well also deserved it.

Edited by AndyHill, 11 June 2014 - 05:55 PM.

[GunnyKintaro 01]

Hey this is really nice ! Thanks!!