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Diversions in Mechwarrior Online


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Poll: Diversions (26 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you take a break from the field sometimes?

  1. Yes, I wouldn't mind a little R&R every now and then. (15 votes [57.69%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 57.69%

  2. No, I want to be in Mechs all the time. (8 votes [30.77%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 30.77%

  3. It doesn't matter. (3 votes [11.54%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 11.54%

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#1 Will9761

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:13 PM

I love mech on mech fights, but sometimes it can get a little tedious once in a while. Diversions should be implimented in the game. These mini-games are ways to gain extra money, gain more loyality points or to get you more experience while others exist just for fun. Some examples could be answering questions about your house, playing an arcade simulator, gambling, learning parts of a mech, or learning about the era of a game. Different places should determine what kind of diversion it is like bars(money and entertainment), mech hangars(XP), or military academies(history and LP) for example. Diverisions are for players who just want to take a break from the battlefield and relax.

Edited by Will9761, 02 July 2012 - 10:05 PM.


#2 combatplayer

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:14 PM

i'd be likely to take breaks sometimes but to me it doesnt really matter.

#3 CmdrSpider

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:26 PM

Chat rooms, Libraries (hint - perhaps a way to increase chances of finding lost tech while learning more about the Innersphere and Clan history), game rooms (though this seams redundant), Casino's (lose the farm, not the mech) and Mech Bay (purhaps if a player spent enough time here they could repair their mech for free) and whatever other places might add some flair to the game.

#4 Will9761

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:48 PM

That works too.

#5 BlackAbbot

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 07:00 PM

I thought the diversion from the mech on mech fights was turning off the computer and going outside?

#6 Will9761

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 07:15 PM

Hehehe. I like that too. But seriously, it's for players who want gain money, lp, and xp if they don't want to do it by using means of combat. Keep the ideas comin though, they're good.

Edited by Will9761, 02 July 2012 - 07:58 PM.


#7 CaveMan

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 09:01 PM

View PostWill9761, on 02 July 2012 - 07:15 PM, said:

it's for players who want gain money, lp, and xp if they don't want to do it by using means of combat.


Umm.... if they don't want giant robot battles, maybe they're playing the wrong game, then? You actually want to reward people for not playing?

#8 Schtirlitz

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 09:05 PM

I like playing mechs but it will be great to play some kind of mini-game in MWO from time to time ;)

#9 DerMaulwurf

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 09:43 PM

Considering that I can do all that by closing the game client and doing something else, I don't think it's worth the effort.

#10 Will9761

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 09:57 PM

Look, No one is forcing you to do these activities.If you want to progress in combat that's fine,but these are optional in case if you want a little extra boost for yourself.

#11 Sean von Steinike

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:32 AM

I'd love to be able to visit some seedy tavern, a briefing room, a field HQ and the like in avatar form. A guild hall might be interesting. Maybe you visit your repair guys in the mech bay and from time to time they scrounge up a free ton of ammo or find a great deal on a medium laser replacement or maybe they say "you're outta luck...had to fork over a fortune to repair this PPC." You could pay them c-bills bonuses to increase the odds of a random good things happen.





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