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[Roughrider Gatlinghammer]

I so hope they open up a few arenas and give us ladder matches THAT matter for a couple months out of each year. Prizes should be commensurate worth the effect and rank achieved.

Team play, solo, the whole nine yards.

I so miss this aspect of mechwarrior and mechwarrior 2.

All Pirahna actually needs to do to succeed with this title is copy and expand upon GEnie:MPBT. People got cbills and real cash prizes for winning tournaments there. The cash was always nice, because not only were you typically making a long distance phone call to connect to the genie service, but then you got dinged by the minute to USE the service...

I remember having some VERY hefty phone bills and CC bills back in the early 80's.

Oh, and happy turkey day to everyone that celebrates it!

[Cattra Kell]

I have mentioned multiple times in the NGNG podcast that I would love to see a Solaris gametype, as in free for all or even lance combat that takes place during a season where your wins and losses result in points after a period of time.

I think game seasons would be the best for this and prizes of in game c-bills, mechs or parts as well as maybe have a real life reward every now or then, the reason for this is that it sets a period of time for players to engage at their own rate, or even engage at all. If they wish to sit out for this season or join half way then that is great and up to them. This will also create competition. With this as well I think that a season should be each quarter, or every 3 months which allows for users to sit out a season but not have to wait an overly long time for another.

I may come back to this when I put a bit more thought into this and my argument for it.

Edited by Cattra Kell, 24 November 2011 - 11:17 AM.

[Creel]

a formal solaris ladder would be great.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

Would be pretty sweet, I guess.
I'd be definitely interrested if I could fight in Ishiyama.

[Boneripper]

Count me in on this. Would be loads of fun. Just think of the bragging rights!!

[Cattra Kell]

I wouldn't also mind when nearing the end of a season, when you get the top lances / players going head to head, allowing other players able to put down c-bills on lances / individuals in a gambling system, where you can spectate the fight after you bet or something like that. I think it would really help with how Solaris VII should actually feel besides in the fights.

[Mordegald]

Aw hell yes. That would be freaking awesome. Hell, they could even expand it into a viable character path if they wanted, like how there were backgrounds in A Time of War that dealt with your character's Solaris career. It'd even work with the logistics side of things; show biz takes as much organizing as a military action. Just ask a Broadway insider.

Just don't let anyone in if they're mounting a Clan Hunchie. Blew my way through all of Solaris on one of those in MW4: Mercs with barely a scratch on me. No, not just the medium class, all of Solaris. Those things are the dirtiest dueling 'mechs to ever mount a pair of LB/X 20s.

[Psydotek]

Now this is where I wouldn't mind losing your 'mech to salvage because it essentially would be optional.

[Undead]

I'm all for some Solaris action. Ladder matches would be great, especially with big prizes.

[Ashrok]

I'd love to see Solaris in game, hopefully with Duncan Fisher voiced by George Ledoux!

[Mordegald]

Ashrok, on 24 November 2011 - 06:49 PM, said:

I'd love to see Solaris in game, hopefully with Duncan Fisher voiced by George Ledoux!

That'd pretty much be a foregone conclusion if Solaris makes the cut. I mean, the guy lent his voice to MWLL, presumably for free. An actual paid job doing the voice of Duncan Fisher again? Something tells me he'd be all over that.

[Galen Shannow]

As long as we also get a , say 12 person, Free For All game mode as well.

Maybe as a nice break from the 'map' play.

[MaddMaxx]

You get sent as a Representative of a House or Merc Corp. The computer has all Pilot names in a registry and draws names at random from each group. The List could form a Tournament of 128 Warriors and they get bracketed to face off.

The Solaris VII Battle Consortium supplies the Mechs for all matches (your groups picks up all repairs as the Entrance fee).

Sadly, picking weight class between warriors may get sketchy (some will always cry foul)

A Solaris Beta Test Tourney could be run to determine how many sooks there are and if to many cry foul the Solaris VII idea simply gets scrapped. (Nice thought though)

Edited by MaddMaxx, 29 November 2011 - 10:18 AM.

[cipher]

I'd like to see the concept of Solaris VII implemented, but not the rules. Those rules made machine guns and many other smaller weapons overpowered.

[Shepherd]

Solaris could be huge. My prediction is that they'll have unranked "quick play" available at launch that will operate similarly to Solaris (no objective other than blowing up the enemy), and that most of their development time will go towards their Conquest mode. But I fully expect Solaris to make an entrance down the road.

Also, Solaris arena fights are the perfect way to blend MWO with eSports, which is a huge trend these days and one that is very beneficial to a game's success.

I would want these circuits available:
Light Circuit
Medium Circuit
Heavy Circuit
Assault Circuit
Open Circuit

Each circuit is a free for all with maybe 4-12 pilots, and as the season comes to a climax the top 32 pilots start competing in a ladder at eSports events, or something like that.

[phalanx]

Well I was thinking about this as well. Here is my idea.

Every Solaris Player starts in "The Reaches", the down and dirty "Off-Circuit" or minor leagues. There is no cost to enter and you can rent Mechs to participate.

Players can also join "Stables". These can create a joint pool of assets. You can setup an HQ facilitiy, hire staff, purchase mechs, and more.

Then you have An Annual "Grand Invitational Tournaments" of Seven Divisions(no Stable with Pilots in Solaris Circuit can register pilots).Pilots pay a small fee for a slot. Now if a stable/co-op purchases a slot, then the pilot(s) are their "Champion(s)"(with designated alternates). Notice I said twelve. That is "Single" Light, Medium, Heavy, Assault, and Open, and a "Team". Each has 32 slots, with the top four slots being "promoted" to Solaris City. A pilot can only participate in one Tournament. Each Tourney has 32 slots.The top 4 winning slots in each tourney are "Promoted" to the relevant tier in Solaris City.

Solaris City is divided into the same Seven Divisions as the Invitational Tourney. They fight scheduled matches in the Major and Minor Arenas of Solaris City. As in the Invitational Tourney, a pilot can only participate in one Division each Year(they can switch divisions during the Off-Season). The Best Pilot in Each Weight Division is the "Weight class" Champion

Each Year you have a "Grand Tournament" with the winner being crowned the "Grand Champion of Solaris" for One Year.

Rules could be enforced by the "Solaris Gaming Commission", a collective of Stable Owners and one or more Game Admins.

Players could also run their own private Tournaments during the year.

In regards to gambling, you could have that be player run

[Yeach]

How about regular MWO play being stock HOUSE mechs with respawn and ability to get salvage to use on your moddable "Solaris7" mech.

Whereas playing on Solaris you can customizable mechs with no respawn.

[Drake67]

It would not be Mechwarrior without arena, It is how I make C-Bills to buy Warlords.

[Gaius Cavadus]

If something like Solaris 7 is going to be instituted I'd like it done right and fully. Not just a game mode, not just a ladder, etc.

Real seasons, weight class brackets, championships, the arenas, et cetera. Make it feel like the novels came alive.

[Dread Render]

okay... I have been searching about this topic and I have not found any official information.
It seems to me that Solaris 7 would be a great starting point.
They could work out all the balance issues before releasing the full game.
Sorry if there is an official release somewhere on this but...
Will there be Arena play? I sure hope so...