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[Kira Onime]

Some screenshots of the new training academy currently on the PTS.
Welcome to Mechwarrior academy

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Beginning and movement tutorial

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Tutorial on the basics of this game. Moving around and how to control your mech





















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Paper doll and shooting tutorial

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Self explanatory.
Goes through explaining how mechs are killed from legging, CT destruction and headshots. Sadly does not go into the XL details.

Rapide Fire training

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You have 8 targets and 30 seconds to destroy them. Targets get progressively harder each round
Got to round 5 before I stopped.

Target Practicing

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Damaged mechs scared around and you have a checklist to do.

Gauntlet 1

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Run within the specified checkmarks and complate a lap.
Enemies will fire on you.
Harder every lap.

Running cored.

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Same thing as the previous training with you started out cored.
Nothing else to say really.

New achievements

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Extras

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Can swap into other mechs.


Will play an animation of you switching mechs



Daytime changes



Destructible cars!








Purty purty Barney timber wolf.


Shooting captain adams is worth it for both the achievements and what he says when he murders you.

Mech changing animation. video provided by Rhaythe.


Complete walkthrough provided by Iqfish

Edited by Kira_Onime, 27 August 2015 - 05:33 PM.

[Praehotec8]

Looking good. I hope to be able to download the PTR at some point and try it out. I also hope it will convince some of my friends to give MWO a real try now that there is a training tutorial.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Wait... how'd that atlas get up there?

[Blue Boutique]

If only we can use those colored smoke signals in actual gameplay.

[Duke ramulots]

Blue Boutique, on 27 August 2015 - 02:15 PM, said:

If only we can use those colored smoke signals in actual gameplay.

Lol, that's what impressed me too.

[Tyler Valentine]

It almost looks like a real game!

[cSand]

Gotta say that looks pretty impressive.

Giving cbills for completing it a great idea too.

Edited by cSand, 27 August 2015 - 02:22 PM.

[Tennex]

Captain Adams has a funny face

his atlas moves funny he tap dances and stands in weird places

Edited by Tennex, 27 August 2015 - 03:44 PM.

[Tennex]

Blue Boutique, on 27 August 2015 - 02:15 PM, said:

If only we can use those colored smoke signals in actual gameplay.

Air strike and artillery should be different colors for one

[stjobe]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 27 August 2015 - 02:11 PM, said:

Wait... how'd that atlas get up there?

I guess you haven't been properly introduced: That's Captain Adams. He's in charge of that Training Academy.

[Fate 6]

I'm pretty hype for this. On paper it just seemed great, and now having seen the screenshots it looks great too. PGI actually used good camera angles! And the circle of shut down mechs looks super cool!

I hope we can get something like leaderboards for speed runs through the different training sections.

[Yellonet]

Humans!

[bad arcade kitty]

that's... amazing!

[SolCrusher]

Gotta say I like those screen shots can't wait to check it out when it goes live.

[Kira Onime]

Well I went through each training "program" and got screenshots of all. Most are self explanatory.
If I missed something or something wrong, let me know.


Overall this seems like a very solid tutorial compared to what we had before which was pretty much nothing. Very very good stuff.

[Johnny Z]

What none of those screens shows is an npc standing on the ground beside at least one of the mechs.(actually one of the npcs on the ground is barely visible in one of the screens) Also during the gauntlet I think it was, one of the dummy mechs moved(forward movement) then stopped when it seen my mech. A bug or unfinished part?

Edited by Johnny Z, 27 August 2015 - 03:31 PM.

[Kira Onime]

Johnny Z, on 27 August 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

What none of thos screens show is a npc standing on the ground beside at least of the mechs. Also during the gauntlet I think it was, one of the dummy mechs moved then stopped when it seen my mech. A bug or unfinished part?

It feels very basic but the mechs will turn to get an angle on you then shoot. They're pretty much lining up their shots.

[stjobe]

Johnny Z, on 27 August 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

What none of thos screens show is a npc standing on the ground beside at least of the mechs.

When you switch 'mechs you actually get a ground-eye view of the 'mechs AND a technician that stands between the legs of the 'mech you're switching into.

Edit: Yep, Kira had a screenie of that tech in the OP (there's actually one behind both 'mechs):

Edited by stjobe, 27 August 2015 - 03:17 PM.

[Kira Onime]

stjobe, on 27 August 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

When you switch 'mechs you actually get a ground-eye view of the 'mechs AND a technician that stands between the legs of the 'mech you're switching into.

Check again

[Johnny Z]

Kira_Onime, on 27 August 2015 - 03:13 PM, said:

It feels very basic but the mechs will turn to get an angle on you then shoot. They're pretty much lining up their shots.

It was actually moving forward. Making that clear up above. LOL I am pretty sure, maybe because I was looking around so much I got it wrong.

Edited by Johnny Z, 27 August 2015 - 03:17 PM.