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[InnerSphereNews]

WHEN: Thursday Feb. 19th, 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST / 2 AM UTC

WHERE: http://twitch.tv/NGNGtv

STREAM ARCHIVE: http://youtu.be/8kgMnv8InYM

It's almost time for another Town Hall meeting with Russ Bullock, President of Piranha Games. Topics will include new Clan 'Mechs, Quirks, maps, and much more!

If you have questions, post them in this thread, and as always we'll get to as many as we can.

See you there!

[Cion]

Thank you for finally having a thread in YOUR website to post questions. I'll post a question later.
Wanted to just say thanks now.

[ZeroX908]

That silhouette looks like an Executioner.

[stratagos]

Given the increase in new players that PGI would hope to attract with a Steam release, and the significant changes that have already occured to the Community Warfare map, is it a safe assumption that the map will be reset prior to the steam release?

[SnowFox]

That profile looks like a gladiator aka executioner
http://www.sarna.net...oner_(Gladiator)

Thoughts?

[RapierE01]

Yop looks like this Mech. Nice hope for nice other 3

[Froschkoenig]

MWO supports TrackIR, but is there any chance it will support alternatives like Freetrack or Opentrack?

[stratagos]

There have been some concerns raised regarding the CW population calculations - how do you determine which factions have active players rather than just the number of players that wear a faction badge

[Domenoth]

Any plans to give Ferro Fibrous some love?

The real cost is the crit slots (not CBills), and in that regard Endo-Steel and Ferro Firbrous cost the same. It would be nice if they had different but relatively equal benefits. Right now, any 55+ ton Mechs that come with stock Ferro Fibrous drop it (and pay extra to do so) for Endo-Steel.

It would be really nice to have roles/niches where Ferro Fibrous beats out Endo-Steel.

P.S.
Thanks for the Urbie

Edited by Domenoth, 17 February 2015 - 01:14 PM.

[stratagos]

If the Nova Cats or Steel Vipers were to be introduced, how would that be handled?

[Ultra-Laser]

Will there be any in game mechanics to give merc units incentive to stick with a faction in the long term rather then just faction hopping to grind out those free LP goodies? Will loyalist units on a permanent contract receive any additional benefits as CW takes shape?

[Xolin]

would you consider a "power pool" (akin to a mana pool for magic games) instead of the ghost heat?

[AdamBaines]

SnowFox, on 17 February 2015 - 01:03 PM, said:

That profile looks like a gladiator aka executioner http://www.sarna.net...oner_(Gladiator) Thoughts?

Yup thats it i think. Its the bumps on the shoulders that give it away. Good call.

[Cion]

What are the chances of seeing CW events like a big battle of Tukayyid and how would they work? (weekend event?, CW map changes, effects, rewards, etc. Etc.)

[On1m]

1. What was behind the decision to remove the large pulse laser quirks from the Wolverine 6K and the Banshee 3M?

2. Speculation is that the next clan mech pack will be M.A.S.C based and possible consist of the Firemoth or Arctic Cheetah, Shadow Cat, Cauldron Born and Executioner. Can you confirm the details of the next clan pack?

Edited by On1m, 18 February 2015 - 10:20 PM.

[Nightmare1]

Thank you for the chance to post questions!

Here are mine:

1) ETA for planetary value (production, costs, C-bill generation, etc) and planetary upgrades?
2) Any word on player driven economy and player made contracts like those described in the old launch video?
3) Role warfare? Any updates on it?
4) IS quirks: What is the rationale behind the new quirk pass? For example, why did the QKD-4H get an LRM 10 quirk? No one runs the LRM 10 on a QKD...
5) New consumable modules like attack drones, anti-missile chaff, light tanks, etc?
6) Loyalist/Clan Life versus Merc Life; any changes in the pipeline to better differentiate between them?

Many thanks!

[MATRAKA14]

Can we expect any fixes in the near future for the catapult extra launchers and the small k2 ppc barrels?
If not can at least have back the old lrm 15 launchers for the A1 and C1?

Can we expect the return of the 140 degrees torso twist for the chassis? they were changed to 120 degrees in the past.

[Dnyarri]

The Ilya Muromets just had its ballistics quirk changed from the AC/10 to the AC/5. To fully take advantage of quirks this would follow a 3 mlas, 3 ac/5 build which is quite light on a mech of this size. The 3 UAC/5 build was very popular on this mech back in the day.. Would it be worth considering either changing the ballistic/ac5 cooldown reduction to something such as reduced jamming chance?

[RapierE01]

Any Plans for European Servers at this time?

[Zeece]

Domenoth, on 17 February 2015 - 01:08 PM, said:

Any plans to give Ferro Fibrous some love?

The real cost is the crit slots (not CBills), and in that regard Endo-Steel and Ferro Firbrous cost the same. It would be nice if they had different but relatively equal benefits. Right now, any 55+ ton Mechs that come with stock Ferro Fibrous drop it (and pay extra to do so) for Endo-Steel.

It would be really nice to have roles/niches where Ferro Fibrous beats out Endo-Steel.

P.S.
Thanks for the Urbie

THIS!