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[masCh]

Sometimes my 'mech arrives at a capture beacon in Conquest/Assault mode.

My 'mech stands inside the square demarcated by some lasers.

But I do not know what is happening.

I don't see the pilot climb down to access the beacon/mobile field base. I do not see a link established between the 'mech and the beacon. I don't see anyone with their hands in the air pledging alliance to the team the 'mech belongs to.

The 'mech just stands there, and a bar on top of the screen starts filling up towards the other side.

How?

Why?

[Rushin Roulette]

Actually you do see something happening. If you look closely, at your pilots hands you can see him connectiong the WLAN cables to the capture point.

[Navid A1]

I guess your mech is just spreading its scent in the area.... marking it as some say.
have you tried rubbing your mech to the structure?... you may capture/mark it faster.

[masCh]

Rushin Roulette, on 03 August 2015 - 04:53 AM, said:

Actually you do see something happening. If you look closely, at your pilots hands you can see him connectiong the WLAN cables to the capture point.

That would actually be nice!

But that would imply your 'mech wouldn't be able to circle the capture point firing your guns while capturing it.

Navid A1, on 03 August 2015 - 04:55 AM, said:

I guess your mech is just spreading its scent in the area.... marking it as some say.
have you tried rubbing your mech to the structure?... you may capture/mark it faster.

Then I wonder how am I removing other 'mechs scent from it lol

[Rushin Roulette]

masCh, on 03 August 2015 - 04:59 AM, said:

That would actually be nice!

But that would imply your 'mech wouldn't be able to circle the capture point firing your guns while capturing it.



Then I wonder how am I removing other 'mechs scent from it lol

Coolant flush like a Dog? I havent seen mechs lift their legs. Or maybe they are like cats spraying after lifting a portion of the lower center torso armour to open a flap.

P. S. WLAN = Wireless Local area network

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Your mech is r0xoring their b0xors.

[masCh]

Rushin Roulette, on 03 August 2015 - 05:03 AM, said:

P. S. WLAN = Wireless Local area network

I'll meet you halfway.. You DID say WLAN cables! lol

[Johnny Z]

Well since no else said it, yes it would be great if Betty said something like "establishing uplink now" when capping those objectives.

[TheCharlatan]

Since nobody said it, i'll say it:

SPACE MAGIC!

I'm sorry. I'll go away now.

[Rizzelbizzeg]

Every mech has a chip in it's feet like the head of a cat or dog, and when your chip is in the laser pen, your account is credited with whatever cryptocurrency each location is setup to mine for. Just hope you're mining Ðogecoin or Bitcoin and not those lousy Litecoin or Clams or something.

Edited by Rizzelbizzeg, 03 August 2015 - 06:49 AM.

[Rhaythe]

Mag...

TheCharlatan, on 03 August 2015 - 06:20 AM, said:

SPACE MAGIC!

DAMMIT!

[Tristan Winter]

They're not beacons, they're germanium drills. They're drilling. You can see this if you look closely at the bottom, with the moving parts and mud spraying everywhere.

The germanium drill has two tubes to which it can send its germanium ore. When you're capping a germanium drill, you're negotiating with the mining crew to send the gathered germanium ore into the blue tube instead of the red tube.
"Come on, lads. Clan Wolf needs this germanium!"
"I'm just doing my job, Mechwarrior! I'm a miner, I don't want to get involved!"
"Are you really going to help the red team? They don't care about you. I bet they don't even hire union workers!"
"Well..."
"Do you even have healthcare?"
"Hmm, so what is Clan Wolf offering?"
"Have you ever heard of... Kerenskycare?"

[masCh]

Tristan Winter, on 03 August 2015 - 07:25 AM, said:

They're not beacons, they're germanium drills. They're drilling. You can see this if you look closely at the bottom, with the moving parts and mud spraying everywhere.

The germanium drill has two tubes to which it can send its germanium ore. When you're capping a germanium drill, you're negotiating with the mining crew to send the gathered germanium ore into the blue tube instead of the red tube.
"Come on, lads. Clan Wolf needs this germanium!"
"I'm just doing my job, Mechwarrior! I'm a miner, I don't want to get involved!"
"Are you really going to help the red team? They don't care about you. I bet they don't even hire union workers!"
"Well..."
"Do you even have healthcare?"
"Hmm, so what is Clan Wolf offering?"
"Have you ever heard of... Kerenskycare?"

Brilliant.

I can understand why they'd mine for Canadium and feed into your tube while your 'mech is standing there.

But what I want to know is why would they continue feeding into your blue tube after you've moved away..

[Joseph Mallan]

masCh, on 03 August 2015 - 04:59 AM, said:

That would actually be nice!

But that would imply your 'mech wouldn't be able to circle the capture point firing your guns while capturing it.



Then I wonder how am I removing other 'mechs scent from it lol

Silly birds. There is no need for that when You can use Wi-Fi!

[MrJeffers]

Joseph Mallan, on 03 August 2015 - 08:34 AM, said:

Silly birds. There is no need for that when You can use Wi-Fi!

Not quite - it's short range so it's Bluetooth. Your mech is actually doing a local bluetooth brute force hack (goes faster with more compute power - your friendly ally mechs) and paring the drills to your mechs so they get your coordinates for the delivery locations.

[Nathan Foxbane]

I am pretty sure it is buried in the archives by now, but PGI has said 'Mechs have a hardware and software package which allows them to remotely commandeer the automated germanium extractors. The bar up top is basically how fast and how secure the takeover is. How said package magically works against a crewed Mobile Headquarters is anyone's guess.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 03 August 2015 - 10:17 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

MrJeffers, on 03 August 2015 - 08:52 AM, said:

Not quite - it's short range so it's Bluetooth. Your mech is actually doing a local bluetooth brute force hack (goes faster with more compute power - your friendly ally mechs) and paring the drills to your mechs so they get your coordinates for the delivery locations.

Thank you for that correction Good sir. Yes BlueTooth

[LastPaladin]

The whole base sits on a giant pressure plate, and the weight of your mech activates it, which triggers some machinery in the bowels of the planet... or something like that.