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[Alistair Winter]

Odanan, on 30 July 2015 - 12:09 PM, said:

That's a drawing made by the opposition (maybe freaking Victor himself).

Here is an actual picture of Katrina (Katherine) Steiner:

YaKillinMeSmalls, on 30 July 2015 - 01:35 PM, said:

That looks like a dude. Still better than the other one, though. *shudders*

Looks like a dude? Don't be this guy.

Spoiler

[Odanan]

Alistair Winter, on 30 July 2015 - 03:57 PM, said:

Looks like a dude? Don't be this guy.

Alistair, what are you doing here? Get back to work on the Wave III pixel mechs pronto! (please)

Steinar Bergstol, on 30 July 2015 - 03:54 PM, said:

You mean nude holograms of _this_ Katrina Steiner?

That's the grandmother. When you are 80 you will find her hot, I guess.

Anyway, this grandmother was young once:

[Alistair Winter]

Odanan, on 30 July 2015 - 04:09 PM, said:

Alistair, what are you doing here? Get back to work on the Wave III pixel mechs pronto! (please)

I got lost on the internet! Windows 10 ate my homework!

[Ascaloth]

Odanan, on 30 July 2015 - 04:09 PM, said:

That's the grandmother. When you are 80 you will find her hot, I guess.

Anyway, this grandmother was young once:

IMO her daughter, Melissa, looks like Lana Del Rey...




10/10 would b...uy some "holocrons"....

[Ascaloth]

UPDATE
Interview with Jordan Weisman
http://www.alistdail...n-of-battletech

[Lily from animove]

Odanan, on 29 July 2015 - 12:04 PM, said:

If it was Dawn of War (2004), yes, it was very good.

but that was more real time strategy I miss something like Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, too abd it was not gettign any addons to add every warhammer faction to it.

3025 means no clans, and this means no Nova and no Supernova, so both of my most favourite mechs will be missing in there :/

Edited by Lily from animove, 31 July 2015 - 09:51 AM.

[Grendel408]

3025 Era BattleTech... love it!!!

Sorry Clanners

[Ascaloth]

Maybe they will release the 3050 TRO as DLC. Hope not

[Steinar Bergstol]

Ascaloth, on 31 July 2015 - 10:01 AM, said:

Maybe they will release the 3050 TRO as DLC. Hope not

I imagine they're planning further campaigns and expansions if the game is a hit, like they've done with Shadowrun (which is getting its third go-around with Shadowrun: Hong Kong, supposed to release August 20th), so they might move the timeline up for some of those I would think.

[Odanan]

Ascaloth, on 31 July 2015 - 10:01 AM, said:

Maybe they will release the 3050 TRO as DLC. Hope not

They will for sure.
Shadowrun had 3 games. The second Battletech installment will probably feature the Clan Invasion (3025 it's not that far away from 3049).

[Hit the Deck]

I wonder how they will handle "mech customization". Not aesthetically but functionally. Would it be as trivial to do as in any MechWarrior or MechCommander game? Would we get any hangar at all?

What do you think about how they should handle this?

Edited by Hit the Deck, 01 August 2015 - 07:49 AM.

[Odanan]

Hit the Deck, on 01 August 2015 - 02:23 AM, said:

I wonder how they will handle "mech customization". Not aesthetically but functionally. Would be it as trivial to do as in any MechWarrior or MechCommander game? Would we get any hangar at all?

What do you think about how they should handle this?

This will be a RPG. You will be able to "customize" the pilots.

I hope there is no mech customization at all (for a change).

[Hit the Deck]

Odanan, on 01 August 2015 - 04:04 AM, said:

....
I hope there is no mech customization at all (for a change).

That could be interesting because it keeps each 'Mech's character but it also removes the item customization which is usually also a part of the RPG elements.

[Wintersdark]

RedDevil, on 29 July 2015 - 06:28 AM, said:

Barebrained Schemes does not have the budget of the AAA companies, but damn if they didn't make the best Shadowrun games yet. They brought the Shadowrun soul to those games.

I'm happy to hear they are going to do the same thing with Battletech.

This. HBS does very good work, and are particularly good at capturing the soul of the IP. I can't think of anyone I'd rather have doing this, after having played Shadowrun Returns. That game - particularly for a relatively low-budget game - was really outstanding.

Hit the Deck, on 01 August 2015 - 02:23 AM, said:

I wonder how they will handle "mech customization". Not aesthetically but functionally. Would it be as trivial to do as in any MechWarrior or MechCommander game? Would we get any hangar at all?

What do you think about how they should handle this?

I'd say it's highly likely they'll have mech customization. Given you're managing pilot skills and careers as well, it seems customization is going to be a thing.

That's not a problem, in a single player game. Customization in Mech Commander certainly didn't hurt the game, after all.

[MauttyKoray]

Lily from animove, on 29 July 2015 - 11:41 AM, said:

quick lets all jump on it



Too abd they won't make a proper wahrammer franchise game (or maybe in future)? I really would like to have a TT variant on PC:

Some of the older gamers (think DOS/95/98) did a TT style 40k thing, they never did very well from what I understood. However, if HBS was given the opportunity I would love to play it. As it stands, Relic has done a great job with the RTS/RPG/TPS games its provided (granted Space Marine was a little rough around the edges but was a great experience of being in the shoes of a SM) but I don't know what their ability with a TBS would be.

Wintersdark, on 01 August 2015 - 08:25 AM, said:

This. HBS does very good work, and are particularly good at capturing the soul of the IP. I can't think of anyone I'd rather have doing this, after having played Shadowrun Returns. That game - particularly for a relatively low-budget game - was really outstanding.


I'd say it's highly likely they'll have mech customization. Given you're managing pilot skills and careers as well, it seems customization is going to be a thing.

That's not a problem, in a single player game. Customization in Mech Commander certainly didn't hurt the game, after all.

Mechcommander and Mechwarrior 4 both had systems where pilot's skills increased by using them while you could still customize mech loadouts (and a few other things in MW4) and both turned out quite well. I don't see the issue of letting you control your mech loadouts, which after all the TT allowed you to do as well.

But, having played the Shadowrun games they've done, I don't think we'll have anything to worry. They seem to be the best studio to handle TT to video game translations so far.

Edited by MauttyKoray, 01 August 2015 - 09:42 AM.

[Wildstreak]

Ascaloth, on 29 July 2015 - 05:37 AM, said:

UPDATE (07/30/15)

Seems this was a GenCon unique opportunity, conventions like to do that offering exclusives.

Lily from animove, on 29 July 2015 - 07:32 AM, said:

please let them have any relation to MWO and probably share the same mech models, that would be a great synergy effect.

"harebrained Schemes" that sounds so off

I wish they would not. RPGs attract a different mentality than shooter games so a number of RPGers would be put off.

Hit the Deck, on 29 July 2015 - 12:26 PM, said:

How many players can play at a time for a single game in TT? Two?

TT? Any amount depending on the battle you are fighting. Heck, I played in a 100 man event once at a convention.

Odanan, on 30 July 2015 - 03:23 AM, said:

Different kind of game.

It will be a good introduction (both in lore as in mechanics) to the Battletech universe for new players. And, because of the shared visual identity, new people might come to MWO.

And a number of them will run away from MWO like greased lightning.

[Wildstreak]

Its about time given all we had for RPGs prior to this was



and

[kosmos1214]

Ascaloth, on 29 July 2015 - 06:33 AM, said:

Updated with moar info.

i just have to say i love this picture

[Mathius Ward]

Night Thastus, on 29 July 2015 - 05:47 AM, said:

While yes, I want it...

I don't trust it. At all. If I dump money into this, is it going to just disappear Is it going to be "finished", but in a state so awful it brings shame to the Battletech name?

Without knowing what kind of state it will come out in...I just can't support this.

Look at Shadowrun Returns for an example of what Harbrained Scheme's is looking to do with Battletech here, and you'll get the basic gist.

[MauttyKoray]

Wildstreak, on 03 August 2015 - 03:57 AM, said:

Its about time given all we had for RPGs prior to this was



and

That was actually really cool and I hope we get some non-combat oriented RPG stuff in it like they did with Shadowrun. The pure combat from the shooter/sims has been cool but a combination of the Battletech RPG and TT seem right up HBS' alley.

Mathius Ward, on 03 August 2015 - 07:41 PM, said:

Look at Shadowrun Returns for an example of what Harbrained Scheme's is looking to do with Battletech here, and you'll get the basic gist.

I wouldn't say to look at the Shadowrun games they've made to see what Battletech will look like, however I will say look at them to see how devoted and trustworthy they are to bring a game worthy of sharing the name of its TT counterpart to the PC.

After having played all the Shadowrun installments so far, I'm going to be throwing down as much money as I possibly can to support this project (literally, I'm gonna be saving from now til the Kickstarter goes up to secure as high of a reward as I can cause the big ones by them go fast). The only thing I regret is not having the chance to have jumped on that Vanguard funding for all those goodies.

Edited by MauttyKoray, 04 August 2015 - 07:10 PM.