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[IG 88]

if its anything like shadow run... its going to fail hard.

[Jack Gallows]

IG 88, on 29 September 2015 - 10:22 AM, said:

if its anything like shadow run... its going to fail hard.

The Shadow Run games were excellent, though, but I guess opinions are going to range. This is going to be amazing!

[Axeface]

Congrats HBS (already), gonna meet the multiplayer goal no problems.
I'll be backing once I have money

[NocturnalBeast]

IG 88, on 29 September 2015 - 10:22 AM, said:

if its anything like shadow run... its going to fail hard.

Your opinion seems to be in the minority.

[Jack Gallows]

Axeface, on 29 September 2015 - 10:33 AM, said:

Congrats HBS (already), gonna meet the multiplayer goal no problems.
I'll be backing once I have money

My alpha strike has to wait until Friday, but it'll have the impact of an Overlord crashing!

Edited by Jack Gallows, 29 September 2015 - 10:35 AM.

[NocturnalBeast]

Jack Gallows, on 29 September 2015 - 10:21 AM, said:

Must suck for PGI that this game gets more funding in less than 30 minutes then Trannyverse did in like 16 days.

Good for us though! Go Harebrained Schemes go! I want to see us CRUSH those goals that they won't know what to do with all the money!

As I had suggested long ago, if PGI had made an "Aerotech" game (in the BattleTech universe), instead of Transverse, they might have gotten the funding. PGI sometimes forgets that their core audience and backers are long time BattleTech fans.

[Jack Gallows]

Ed Steele, on 29 September 2015 - 10:37 AM, said:

As I had suggested long ago, if PGI had made an "Aerotech" game (in the BattleTech universe), instead of Transverse, they might have gotten the funding. PGI sometimes forgets that their core audience and backers are long time BattleTech fans.

This is true, but I still wonder if the effort would still have been hampered by the bad publicity and mishandling of MW:O. I think timing did a bit of a doozy on them too with Star Citizen still generating a lot of backing and the fact both are/were space sims.

[NocturnalBeast]

For those of you thinking the HBS's BattleTech willl end up being another Mechwarrior Tactics...from the Kickstarter campaign page:

"We know there are BattleTech fans that have been burned by other crowdfunding projects, and we’re really sorry you had to go through that."

Edited by Ed Steele, 29 September 2015 - 10:54 AM.

[1453 R]

Will be backing to Elite Mechwarrior level at the least when I get home. Am contemplating Mercenary MechWarrior, but that is a goddamn lot of money to spend. I really enjoy HBS' work, the Shadowrun games are absolutely excellent, and being able to boast my own personal unit emblem - especially in potential MP matches - would be amazeballs...but there's a lot of other things I could do with a thousand bucks.

Will have to cogitate. Either way, glad to see the BattleTech community kicking Kickstarter's ass on this one. Couldn't Alpha Strike what with being at work, but I imagine they'll forgive me if they get nigh three hundred bucks out of me. Or a thousand, if I decide I don't need anything else for the next forever.

[Jack Gallows]

Ed Steele, on 29 September 2015 - 10:52 AM, said:

For those of you thinking the HBS's BattleTech willl end up being another Mechwarrior Tactics...from the Kickstarter campaign page:

"We know there are BattleTech fans that have been burned by other crowdfunding projects, and we’re really sorry you had to go through that."

I also read that as a dig at PGI, personally, or at least it's how I see things!

Also, hope that blowing past the funding goals means adding Co-op and a larger mech roster that isn't constrained by what art is already available from Alex Iglesias.

Edited by Jack Gallows, 29 September 2015 - 10:56 AM.

[trtw]

I am hoping that they add some other tiers in between the $125 goodies and the jacket. The jacket doesn't interest me much but maybe something else would. I'd spend more if there were other options.

Edited by trtw, 29 September 2015 - 11:01 AM.

[NocturnalBeast]

Jack Gallows, on 29 September 2015 - 10:55 AM, said:

I also read that as a dig at PGI, personally, or at least it's how I see things!

Also, hope that blowing past the funding goals means adding Co-op and a larger mech roster that isn't constrained by what art is already available from Alex Iglesias.

I do not interpret that statement as a "dig" against PGI, since I do not feel like I have been "burned" by PGI. PGI has delivered, or is in the process of delivering what they had promised (although they seriously underestimated the amount of time it would take).

Edited by Ed Steele, 29 September 2015 - 11:05 AM.

[SevenUpMan]

Ed Steele, on 29 September 2015 - 11:04 AM, said:

I do not interpret that statement as a "dig" against PGI, since I do not feel like I have been "burned" by PGI. PGI has delivered, or is in the process of delivering what they had promised (although they seriously underestimated the amount of time it would take).

I think so, too. While there is certainly a lot to criticize with MWO and PGI, they *are* delivering a game that not only is fun but that also makes me feel like piloting a mech. I mean, folks, the very fact that you are here in this forum for this game means that no matter how disappointed you are, you still think that it's worth your time to play MWO - and in many cases, pay for it, be that for MC, premium time or Mechs.

[luigi256]

I'm pretty sure the "burn" is directed at Mechwarrior Tactics. Which is dead forever now I believe.

[Cylian]

aaand Goal 2: $400.000

[Jack Gallows]

luigi256, on 29 September 2015 - 11:28 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure the "burn" is directed at Mechwarrior Tactics. Which is dead forever now I believe.

Kind of what I wish MW:O would do, but that's my last comment on it.

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Wishlist for funding past the 2.5 mil goal:

- Co-op even if only in the skirmish mode (with data tracking so we can do our own campaigns)
- More 'mechs than what's currently announced! All the 3025 TRO go!

[chewie]

I'm in. Mech list is up, all meant to be 3025 mwo designs that we currently have.

Slightly pissed at the $30 shipping charge.....

But hey, it's only cash.

And someone went and posted 1 of the 2, 10K pledges...

Madness and well done to that man .

[Danielio97]

I would really love to spend 125$ on this, but since I'm saving up for my first gaming PC... Though I will definitelly do 50$... Oh well... Maybe, just maybe I will force myself to do it...

Nggghhh! Those first world problems!

[Torezu]

The 2nd $10k is gone.

[AdamBaines]

And now both 10k Levels are gone.

Give those people some well deserved love!