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[Soy]

I'll [hopefully unless some diaper sniper shows up late to the afterparty] end my points on this note...

...I am glad people spend a zillion dollars on whatever. That's great. I'm not jealous. I just dislike where the pricing of gaming and the way they are being produced is heading.

Like, mobile gaming. Lets look at that for a split sec. We had so much hope. It held so much promise. To break so many moulds and progress things. And yet, almost a decade later, look at what we ended up with.

[Marvyn Dodgers]

Moving to BT Discussion where this belongs and please behave folks

Edited by Marvyn Dodgers, 12 October 2015 - 03:32 PM.

[Lorian Sunrider]

Man yesterday sucked the big one. I know it was a holiday but holy smokes.

https://www.kicktraq...ch/#chart-daily

[Hardin4188]

It's slowed down a lot, but we still have 21 days to get to $1.85 million. It's currently at $1,693,254. If you believe in Battletech please support this game!

[Lorian Sunrider]

Hardin4188, on 13 October 2015 - 07:18 AM, said:

It's slowed down a lot, but we still have 21 days to get to $1.85 million. It's currently at $1,693,254. If you believe in Battletech please support this game!

I don't doubt it will hit the first bit of Tier 3. The question for a lot of people is will it get PVP as many won't back until it either hits that goal or it gets close.

[Sarlic]

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Hey Matt Edwards! >>>Why did you choose to include the Highlander (a Star League 'Mech) as the 90 ton 'Mech model instead of the Cyclops (3025 Inner Sphere)?<<<
Piranha hasn’t created a Cyclops yet, AFAIK. That’s a major factor in our ‘Mech list.
Hey brad chandler >>>I love that your using PGI mech designs however many of them break lore for gameplay reasons.<<<
We’re using the models, not the loadouts, brad.

[Lorian Sunrider]

Sarlic, on 13 October 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

Nice catches Sarlic

[Juodas Varnas]

Sarlic, on 13 October 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

It's kind of a bummer, that they're limiting the roster to just the ones PGI made...
Mostly because PGI skipped out on a lot of my favorite 'mechs, like the Vulcan. (Heck, MWO, has only a single 40 ton 'mech! while, for example, we have 5x50 tonners (6, if we count Clans too).

I mean, damn it, just hire Alex to throw out concepts for the rest of the 'mechs! (I know it's not that easy, but COME ON! Getting a full mech roster, for me would be a higher priority than some PvP arena mode...)

[Lorian Sunrider]

Juodas Varnas, on 13 October 2015 - 09:42 AM, said:

It's kind of a bummer, that they're limiting the roster to just the ones PGI made...
Mostly because PGI skipped out on a lot of my favorite 'mechs, like the Vulcan. (Heck, MWO, has only a single 40 ton 'mech! while, for example, we have 5x50 tonners (6, if we count Clans too).

I mean, damn it, just hire Alex to throw out concepts for the rest of the 'mechs! (I know it's not that easy, but COME ON! Getting a full mech roster, for me would be a higher priority than some PvP arena mode...)

On the other hand, this means we may get an evolving roster of mechs as PGI releases them. I'm kinda okay with that option.

[Mechteric]

Lorian Sunrider, on 13 October 2015 - 09:46 AM, said:

On the other hand, this means we may get an evolving roster of mechs as PGI releases them. I'm kinda okay with that option.

Also, reuse is a great thing, it helps speed up development when code reuse happens, so same should be true of 3d model reuse.

[Lorian Sunrider]

CapperDeluxe, on 13 October 2015 - 11:55 AM, said:

Also, reuse is a great thing, it helps speed up development when code reuse happens, so same should be true of 3d model reuse.

And to be frank, assuming the 2017 Spring launch date holds true, we'll likely get another project Phoenix Pack, another Resistance Wave and probably a few more unseen solo packs more into MWO by that time.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Awe....they moved it out of General Discussion.

Anyway, about $110,000 away from the Mercenary goal. I hope we can make it to $2.5m. Honestly, it looks a bit bleak if these past few days are any indication.

So, if you love Battletech and plan on contributing to the Kick starter but haven't yet, don't forget to help the cause!

[Lorian Sunrider]

MeiSooHaityu, on 13 October 2015 - 12:28 PM, said:

Awe....they moved it out of General Discussion.

Anyway, about $110,000 away from the Mercenary goal. I hope we can make it to $2.5m. Honestly, it looks a bit bleak if these past few days are any indication.

So, if you love Battletech and plan on contributing to the Kick starter but haven't yet, don't forget to help the cause!

Yeah I'm not thrilled it got moved out of GD. That is where 90% of the forum traffic is.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

If we clear the Expanded Merc Campaign (1.85m), I am seriously considering another $100 so that I can gift some copies to friends, who I know would buy the game, but don't pre-purchase/KS; just to make sure I have the opportunity to kick their butts at launch. Especially since I was the only one not to win a battletech tournament championship at the local annual convention (87-89).

[MeiSooHaityu]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 13 October 2015 - 05:31 PM, said:

If we clear the Expanded Merc Campaign (1.85m), I am seriously considering another $100 so that I can gift some copies to friends, who I know would buy the game, but don't pre-purchase/KS; just to make sure I have the opportunity to kick their butts at launch. Especially since I was the only one not to win a battletech tournament championship at the local annual convention (87-89).

We should be at (or close to) $1.75m by the end of tonight. Raising $1.85 is matter of when and not if. I'm thinking by early to mid next week. Maybe 6~7 days from now.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Lorian Sunrider, on 13 October 2015 - 12:37 PM, said:

Yeah I'm not thrilled it got moved out of GD. That is where 90% of the forum traffic is.

You would have thought the moderator would have waited until after the Kickstarter was finished before moving the thread.

gh0s7m3rc, on 14 October 2015 - 02:17 AM, said:

At the moment of this post:

Kickstarter @ $1,711,091

Paypal @ 42,650

Which means we're just around 100K to go to reach Stage 3!

I'll be pretty happy when it reaches $1.85m. I'm curious to see what the stretch goals might be. Maybe it will help fuel a bit more contributions too. Who knows.

I just hope that we can get to the PvP goal. If not, I at least hope the Merc stretch goals are met. I'd hate to see something cool that we miss by coming up short.

[Lorian Sunrider]

I think this feature on Kicktraq has a much more likely projection than their other ones. Depending on the last day or two's final rush anyways.

[orcrist86]

You can nose get technical readouts and sourcebooks for your pledge! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Lorian Sunrider]

Son of a *****. I own a couple of those in paperback already, but I would love a digital collection of them just in case.

I have some ****** scans of them as well, but the quality increase and colour images....

Damn. Damn damn damn. Gonna have to find $140 more in the next 19 days.

On the other hand this alone could help the kickstarter reach PVP goal.

Edited by Lorian Sunrider, 14 October 2015 - 01:32 PM.

[RedDragon]

Lorian Sunrider, on 14 October 2015 - 01:29 PM, said:

On the other hand this alone could help the kickstarter reach PVP goal.

Maybe not PvP, but already got a huge boost since the announcement, seems to work Already at 22.000 today and the day's not even over.