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[Pariah Devalis]

Cimarb, on 19 February 2015 - 08:53 PM, said:

Mine, for comparison - pretty interesting to see different interpretations...

Spoiler

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Clan Pack - 4 mechs - Wave 3
Executioner
Ebon Jaguar
Shadow Cat
Artic Cheetah

2 w/ MASC - IT IS IN!!!!!
(disclaimer: they are not sure exactly how it will work, but should be pretty close to how we would expect)
(lol, and Flea is NOT happening, at least any time soon)

Page will go up tomorrow (around noon PST, maybe earlier)

Pricing will be same as before... $30/tier... (yeah, I pointed out how I felt about that...)

Top tier reward is to get an extra variant of EACH chassis, so 4 extra chassis
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First clan quirk pass - about four mechs - will happen in March
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Buying mechs without equipment was not on the radar (i.e. stripped down for cheap), but it is now, as he thinks it is an interesting idea
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CW map - will it be reset before Steam release? Likely at least by then, possibly sooner. May be a couple resets before "out of Beta".

New map March 17 - Tourmaline themed
New map in April - Forest themed

He does want to make a reset based around some big event, like Tukayyid. Maybe have all Clan vs all IS, with 100 or so zones on the planet. May not have the coding time to do that first reset, but still wants to do "something big"
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Steam coming up "fairly soon"
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Will TrackIR functionality also apply to "other track stuff" - not likely any time soon
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Euro/Oceanic servers? It would be relatively easy and straightforward to do so now that IGP and such are out of the picture, but it revolves around matchmaker issues (i.e. player numbers)

Pops are about 50/50 Euro/NA

Maybe after Steam influx
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Player disconnects - how is it being adjusted? Hard to tell whether someone really disconnects, or disconnected on purpose. Fix for mining collective being addressed.

May have something where if someone disconnects with a minute or more left before the match starts, it pulls in a new person, etc.
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Another significant FPS update to help slower machines coming next patch
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Any plans for REALLY large maps? He does not know exact sizes, but the ones in the works are about the same relative size as current ones.
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Any non-CW maps in the works? May actually recreate old maps, making them bigger, better, etc.

Goal first is to get some more CW maps - maybe up to 6 or so

May be a couple months at least before he can speak about more
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Will there be any changes to water, such as slowing speed, etc.? Very difficult, as it would have big, game changing impacts. Not top priority, but he does want to look at it.
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May implement PvE missions into CW

Working on 4v4 and a new game mode.

Still trying to figure out how to work it into CW.

Some sort of mission system within CW, such as scouting behind enemy lines. Using public queue maps, as they are smaller.

No ETA, but being actively worked upon - "maybe next couple few months" (yes, couple few, lol)

Complex, as you do not want to pull people from the main queue either
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Russ does not have concerns about CW populations - they are pretty good and consistent

6-7x as many in public queue as CW queue

Avg Elo difference of 38 in public queue

Avg Elo difference of 188 in group queue
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Any in-game mechanics to help loyalty in CW?

Russ' thoughts:
Faction flipping is happening too frequently, yes.
How do loyalists control mercenaries?
Stiffer cbill penalty and longer cooldown penalty for cancelling contract
He wants loyalists to be happy, as we bring the game stability. Just give him time to add some depth for us.
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ETA for planetary value and player driven economy, etc.? He is working on a roadmap for this, but cannot give any estimates yet. Hoping to be able to start on these in May-ish. Begging for our patience on this.

They will keep adding features indefinitely - no plan to just "finish" it
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Any planned changes for invasion mode, since there is little point to killing defenders?

They already have the art done for how defenders respawn. Will raise up out of the ground from hangers. Considering it.
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CW attack paths: the guy that will clean this up is currently working on the LFG tool. As soon as it is done, he will work on the algorithm.
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New community manager started two days ago. Give time to get settled pls.
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Future of CW? would like to be a little more restrictive on player choice (mercs), but does not want to do it too much.
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Starting March 3rd - can set different tonnages per faction, so Clan has different weight restrictions than IS
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LFG: back half of March, first patch of April

Way to pick up people pre-matchmaker.
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Mechlab: smurfy functionality has already started being worked on - about a week in, maybe a month out before test, possibly a month in test - hopefully in game by May

Collapsible view, drag and drop, etc.

Loadout saves, etc.
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No ETA on decals. Done except for the UI work...

(gotta go pick daughter up, brb)

Missed some details about IIC variants - possibly sometime this year, but he said something about "maybe IS turn"? Daughter was talking at the same time, so was hard to follow Russ, lol... (I know, bad dad...)
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Will have another official tournament, with big prizes, "soon".

More details on that in the Mechs, Devs and Beer with Paul that NGNG posted yesterday
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Balance: he will continue to make quirk changes, but after the major pass, everything will be much smaller moving forward.

Next pass will be 4 IS and 4 Clan, with the Clan ones being more extreme, since it will be their first pass
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Any update on collisions? No.....he has some people that he wants to work on it (Neema mostly) but are currently busy with other features (some head hitbox fix or something like that) and while it is very cool, it is not top priority yet
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Stock Match Mode: thanks for the reminder and he will give it thought
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Next Clan factions? Would have to work it into a reset of some sort. Not immenent, but he would definitely like to have it this year - maybe second half of year
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Clan Hero mechs? They are not sure how to handle them yet.

Would like to have weekend events where they give away Clan Champion mechs and such, but have just not gotten to them yet.

Champs would not be different loadouts - just bonuses.
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Clan Wave 3: to get the additional variants, you have to buy them in February (?.... I am not sure he understood that question correctly...)
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Gating: he always wished they had done more gating, but very difficult to do for IS when Clan start with it all locked
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Shell count: maybe changing that, but probably more velocity. So, a Clan UAC10 that shoots shells the size of an IS AC5, should have the velocity of an IS AC 5 as well.










(FYI, I have never been very good at notes...never found a need to do them in school, so bleh...)

It could be interesting, but it still gives the huge PPFLD advantage to the IS. I would love to try it out, though.

Absolutely. Like I said, I think it would need to be coupled with a faster burst. I am fine with a DOT nature UAC, as long as the time portion was extremely, extremely small. Right now, 2 UAC is not as good as a single Gauss, and that is not a good place to be.

Bursts like MW3's would be ideal IMO:


I think what excites me the most is that they know there is a problem with C-UACs. That... means a lot.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 19 February 2015 - 09:16 PM.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Going Steam before UI3.0 = MWO launch is DOA.

[LordKnightFandragon]

I only care about their PVE progress.

[FupDup]

New Omnimech hardpoint possibilities, for those interested:

[Brody319]

FupDup, on 19 February 2015 - 10:35 PM, said:

New Omnimech hardpoint possibilities, for those interested:

If the Gladiator gets the D (huehuehue) then its going to just...melt everything. you will know if a lance of them passed through if the normally soft ground is suddenly coated in melted mechs.

[monk]

I seem to remember downloading these after the fact and listening to them in the background while I work. Can anyone remind me where to find the files?

[Brody319]

monk, on 19 February 2015 - 10:55 PM, said:

I seem to remember downloading these after the fact and listening to them in the background while I work. Can anyone remind me where to find the files?

SoundCloud and Youtube both have them.

[monk]

Thanks, Brody319.

[Sarlic]

Any news on Atlas red eyes?

[Onmyoudo]

Quote

Russ talking about Player Reaction to change. Understands the dislike of change, relearning mechs or the annoyance of buying things that are now 'obsolete'. Thunderbolt 9S is still really nice.. Wolverine is still strong. People react without experiencing. In the Reactionary world all chassis being viable is a myth... wants to avoid that.

Going to be much more incremental in quirk changes in the future. Most of changes in latest Quirk pass based on player feedback.

March 17th non weapon quirks possible. Atleast one patch a month 2-8 mech getting some changes

Very disappointed with the comments (or lack thereof) on quirks. The 9S and the Wolverine are not the issues here. The issues are the Locusts (who was asking to nerf the 3M, really?), the Catapults, the Quickdraws, the Highlanders and every other mech that sucks because quirks don't do enough to help them. If he wants to avoid the myth of not every chassis being viable, then surely they should start by making the quirks on many chassis actually help them become viable?

However, news that quirks will affect more than weapons is nice for variance. Not sure on "at least" one patch a month with mech quirks being updated "incrementally", will have to see what actually happens with that.

[Túatha Dé Danann]

For gods sake, please make MASC an outswitchable equipment. Fixed JJ are already a pain in the ***.

Reason: Not everyone might want to take the risk to activate MASC (internal damage, failure etc) and thus having several tons and slots being used up for equipment you might never want to use is BAD. I can understand the fixed JJ, because you use them. But for MASC, this is a whole different story.

Another solution would be, that MASC is just a reactor-booster that permanently boosts up your possible speed relative to the weight increase you would have to increase you reactor alone. You get more speed out of MASC than not having it and putting the tons into the reactor itself (which is not possible for Clan mechs, but just in theory) because:
- You do not get free DHS slots
- It consumes critical slots
- It can be destroyed
... on top of the tonnage you pay for it.

That would be an easy solution I could live with.

Edited by Túatha Dé Danann, 20 February 2015 - 03:02 AM.

[kapusta11]

Thanks Zeece for creating this thread.

[Widowmaker1981]

Túatha Dé Danann, on 20 February 2015 - 02:53 AM, said:

For gods sake, please make MASC an outswitchable equipment. Fixed JJ are already a pain in the ***.

Reason: Not everyone might want to take the risk to activate MASC (internal damage, failure etc) and thus having several tons and slots being used up for equipment you might never want to use is BAD. I can understand the fixed JJ, because you use them. But for MASC, this is a whole different story.

Another solution would be, that MASC is just a reactor-booster that permanently boosts up your possible speed relative to the weight increase you would have to increase you reactor alone. You get more speed out of MASC than not having it and putting the tons into the reactor itself (which is not possible for Clan mechs, but just in theory) because:
- You do not get free DHS slots
- It consumes critical slots
- It can be destroyed
... on top of the tonnage you pay for it.

That would be an easy solution I could live with.

Locked in MASC will... seriously hamper if not completely ruin the Executioner (and the SCat, but to a lesser extent).. 25 tons is not enough weapon tonnage for a 95 tonner, and increased speed in short bursts is at the cost of leg damage is NOT good for a JJ mech. Unfortunately i pretty much guarantee it WILL be locked equipment, since it is in the TROs.

The 4 variants for buying the top pack is sneaky as hell. I bet any money the 4th Cauldron Born variant you only get that way will be the B, forcing me to buy the full pack and get the Exe which will probably be bad, just so i can do what i want with the Cauldron born (NEED the B for the torso ballistic)

[Vassago Rain]

Túatha Dé Danann, on 20 February 2015 - 02:53 AM, said:

For gods sake, please make MASC an outswitchable equipment. Fixed JJ are already a pain in the ***.

Reason: Not everyone might want to take the risk to activate MASC (internal damage, failure etc) and thus having several tons and slots being used up for equipment you might never want to use is BAD. I can understand the fixed JJ, because you use them. But for MASC, this is a whole different story.

Another solution would be, that MASC is just a reactor-booster that permanently boosts up your possible speed relative to the weight increase you would have to increase you reactor alone. You get more speed out of MASC than not having it and putting the tons into the reactor itself (which is not possible for Clan mechs, but just in theory) because:
- You do not get free DHS slots
- It consumes critical slots
- It can be destroyed
... on top of the tonnage you pay for it.

That would be an easy solution I could live with.

MASC is fixed equipment on most of the new robots. That's just how it is.

[kapusta11]

Widowmaker1981, on 20 February 2015 - 03:17 AM, said:

Locked in MASC will... seriously hamper if not completely ruin the Executioner (and the SCat, but to a lesser extent).. 25 tons is not enough weapon tonnage for a 95 tonner, and increased speed in short bursts is at the cost of leg damage is NOT good for a JJ mech. Unfortunately i pretty much guarantee it WILL be locked equipment, since it is in the TROs.

The 4 variants for buying the top pack is sneaky as hell. I bet any money the 4th Cauldron Born variant you only get that way will be the B, forcing me to buy the full pack and get the Exe which will probably be bad, just so i can do what i want with the Cauldron born (NEED the B for the torso ballistic)

Depends on how MASC will work, if it will boost overall speed including acceleration/deceleration rate people will use it to reduce facetime.

It weights 4 tons while 4x hover jets weight 8 tons, if anything, it's the useless JJs that may kill it.

[Widowmaker1981]

kapusta11, on 20 February 2015 - 03:22 AM, said:

Depends on how MASC will work, if it will boost overall speed including acceleration/deceleration rate people will use it to reduce facetime.

It weights 4 tons while 4x hover jets weight 8 tons, if anything, it's the useless JJs that may kill it.

The JJs are not useless on the Direwolf, so i doubt they will be on the Executioner... mind you 4 is overkill, but it is what it is.

The end result though is with both JJs and MASC fixed (which they will be, im sure) it only has 25 tons for guns, which is simply not enough for a 95 tons mech to justify its existance. Itll be better than the Gargle, but its not hard to be better than the worst assault in the game (yes, including Awesomes and Highlanders)

Edited by Widowmaker1981, 20 February 2015 - 03:26 AM.

[Túatha Dé Danann]

Yeah, I see the Executioner to be as the second useless brother next to the Gargoyle. You could mount a Gauss and 6 Medlaser on it, but this is the weaponry of of Clan-Medium.

[Zeece]

Added indentation for Answers so its easier to read through

Túatha Dé Danann, on 20 February 2015 - 03:48 AM, said:

Yeah, I see the Executioner to be as the second useless brother next to the Gargoyle. You could mount a Gauss and 6 Medlaser on it, but this is the weaponry of of Clan-Medium.

One of things that Russ mentioned is 'useless' mechs like the Garygoyle are likely to get quirks to raise their usefulness since they are pod poor

[Widowmaker1981]

Zeece, on 20 February 2015 - 05:09 AM, said:

Added indentation for Answers so its easier to read through



One of things that Russ mentioned is 'useless' mechs like the Garygoyle are likely to get quirks to raise their usefulness since they are pod poor

I have a great deal of doubt they will give the Gargy good enough quirks to make it not totally useless. Look what they gave to the Summoner... oh wowzers, 5% speed. mang, thats so awesome. The Gargoyle needs Thunderbolt levels of quirks to make it viable, imo.

[Strykewolf]

Thanks for this. Twitch, and me, never really got along.