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[Clownwarlord]

I am ... I have been wanting to get in my Catapult K2 which has been under quirked and over sized since Open Beta.

[WarHippy]

Yellonet, on 08 June 2016 - 10:26 AM, said:

Nah, DS9 second best

I think you are both right depending on where you are in the seasons. That being said screw the abomination these new movies are...

[Yellonet]

Cathy, on 07 June 2016 - 12:17 PM, said:

Sitting here right now, wondering how much Russ regrets the licence deal P.G.I cut with H.B.S for use of the mech assets.

While at first it must have seemed a great idea, to join forces against Harmony and flip a collective bird, in their direction, which most of us here applauded, these days with endless HBS battle tech references, and how people are looking forward to it, calling it the future of the franchise, and endless and for the most part justified criticism, of his product, it must really stick in his throat.

I really don't see these titles as competing against each other, they are far too different. I think they will complement each other very well and the new game will give Battletech/Mech combat more exposure which is good. People getting the new game will likely turn to MWO to get their action trip after playing the HBS game. In the end I think it will be good for both games and for the genre in general.

WarHippy, on 08 June 2016 - 10:31 AM, said:

I think you are both right depending on where you are in the seasons. That being said screw the abomination these new movies are...

Don't get me started on the "new movies"

[NUSQUAM]

I'm a fan of the dragon rescale. Disappointed in the proportions remaining the same if the hitboxes don't change. That narrow strip of CT is just too small/sides take up too much for having a ~20 point difference.

BUT

Being overall smaller makes the STs smaller by extension, so it's a slight improvement I will take. Really want them to drop the missile quirks on the dragons as well and beef up the current ones. The missile ones are wasted.

[Triordinant]

WarHippy, on 08 June 2016 - 10:31 AM, said:

That being said screw the abomination these new movies are...

Note to movie producers: if you're going to make a movie out of a beloved franchise, make sure the director is an all-out fan of the material. Peter Jackson was a big Lord of the Rings fan and that's why the LotR trilogy turned out alright. Jar Jar Abrams stated for the record that he wasn't a big Star Trek fan.

Edited by Triordinant, 08 June 2016 - 10:59 AM.

[WarHippy]

Triordinant, on 08 June 2016 - 10:59 AM, said:

Note to movie producers: if you're going to make a movie out of a beloved franchise, make sure the director is an all-out fan of the material. Peter Jackson was a big Lord of the Rings fan and that's why the LotR trilogy turned out alright. Jar Jar Abrams stated for the record that he wasn't a big Star Trek fan.

I don't think they care. Look at the complete garbage they are putting out based on beloved franchises. *cough*Ghostbusters*cough*.

[Triordinant]

WarHippy, on 08 June 2016 - 11:09 AM, said:

I don't think they care. Look at the complete garbage they are putting out based on beloved franchises. *cough*Ghostbusters*cough*.

That's because they're after just one thing...

[LordKnightFandragon]

Triordinant, on 08 June 2016 - 11:21 AM, said:

That's because they're after just one thing...

Honestly, to that, I say: "Show me a game I want to spend money on!!!!!!!"

[invernomuto]

Yellonet, on 08 June 2016 - 10:34 AM, said:

I really don't see these titles as competing against each other, they are far too different. I think they will complement each other very well and the new game will give Battletech/Mech combat more exposure which is good. People getting the new game will likely turn to MWO to get their action trip after playing the HBS game. In the end I think it will be good for both games and for the genre in general.

This. I'll play both and I also think that it will benefit BT in general, which is very good.

[Triordinant]

invernomuto, on 08 June 2016 - 12:39 PM, said:

This. I'll play both and I also think that it will benefit BT in general, which is very good.

That's the best case scenario.

[JC Daxion]

Cathy, on 07 June 2016 - 12:17 PM, said:

Sitting here right now, wondering how much Russ regrets the licence deal P.G.I cut with H.B.S for use of the mech assets.

While at first it must have seemed a great idea, to join forces against Harmony and flip a collective bird, in their direction, which most of us here applauded, these days with endless HBS battle tech references, and how people are looking forward to it, calling it the future of the franchise, and endless and for the most part justified criticism, of his product, it must really stick in his throat.

Honestly, so many of them sound exactly like the trolls that used to complain about starwars galaxies. They seemed to no longer like the game, or like barely enough to still play, but got more happiness from bashing the devs and the game because it wasn't their vision. They also were all to happy to endlessly go on and on how SWTOR was going to be the best starwars game ever, and the answer to all their problems..

Well that didn't happen. While i don't have an issue with SWTOR, i never played it that much, but i find it a nice nitch group PVE game, get a few buds and go play Starwars based RPG. But It was certainly not anywhere near the same game that SWG was, and it certainly wasn't the answer to most players. Then again, there still isn't a game that was what SWG was outside of the EMU, and that is just a shade of what the game had become. So many never bothered to play it past the NGE, so had no clue what it became 8+ years Post.. but still had to deal with the criticism by people that hadn't even played it in years and still had their panties in a wad

the New battle tech game to me is exactly that. They are both so differnt, why can't they both exist? And if some think the HBS one is the king of battletech, ok.. i hope it works out for them. But why people are saying a turn based squad game is going to be the nail in the coffin for a FPS is beyond me. Maybe it will be the answer to their prayers, then that is fine.. I just hope they finally move on to something they love, and let those of us that really enjoy this game play, grow a positive community and hope it continues on for us to enjoy a long time.


I am also a turn based strat gamer, and I love the old mech commander games, But neither are going to fill the same nitch. It's like Starwars,, I could play X-wing vrs tie fighter, SWTOR, Kotor, and what ever that RTS is called.. all starwars, zero overlap.. they both can happily exist.


10 days to go....


(PS, DS9 was my fav by a small bit, Love the ferengi! But after rewatching them all last year, voyager has moved up into the top slot.. and by that i mean a very small margin. To me they are all wonderful

Edited by JC Daxion, 11 June 2016 - 06:05 PM.

[Queek Head Taker]

Nope, resize requirk, this is stupid! Pgi should put those resources somewhere else. They should have do.e this long ago when there were less mechs and then made all the new mechs to the proper scale. I rather they made good maps I have some in my head I could only imagine cause pgi is incapable of making anything breath taking.

[Bishop Steiner]

Queek Head Taker, on 11 June 2016 - 04:34 PM, said:

Nope, resize requirk, this is stupid! Pgi should put those resources somewhere else. They should have do.e this long ago when there were less mechs and then made all the new mechs to the proper scale. I rather they made good maps I have some in my head I could only imagine cause pgi is incapable of making anything breath taking.

Genius take. So because they didn't fix this 2-3 years ago... they should just leave ti forever broken. Makes sense.

[Andi Nagasia]

Queek Head Taker, on 11 June 2016 - 04:34 PM, said:

Nope, resize requirk, this is stupid! Pgi should put those resources somewhere else. They should have do.e this long ago when there were less mechs and then made all the new mechs to the proper scale. I rather they made good maps I have some in my head I could only imagine cause pgi is incapable of making anything breath taking.

Russ Tweeted that they Tripled their Map Design team,

[Mazzyplz]

is there an ETA on resize?

[Cy Mitchell]

Mazzyplz, on 11 June 2016 - 10:09 PM, said:

is there an ETA on resize?

It is being released in the June 21ST patch.

[JP Josh]

isnt this just a rehash of mechwarrior tactics.... btw what happened to that?

[Mcgral18]

JP Josh, on 12 June 2016 - 11:44 AM, said:

isnt this just a rehash of mechwarrior tactics.... btw what happened to that?

What?
How?

[JC Daxion]

JP Josh, on 12 June 2016 - 11:44 AM, said:

isnt this just a rehash of mechwarrior tactics.... btw what happened to that?

that was an IGP thing... PGI jumped that ship before it went under.. Now they are working with HBS which should be a far better game. I am really hoping that the two companies can work together and improve both games.. aka, people spending money on the HBS game, will give some money to PGI, maybe their writers, and other art assets can be shared.. both games can work together and flourish in my eyes.



9 days to go....

[Andi Nagasia]

Last i heard PGI, CGL, & HBS where all working together,
Sharing artwork isnt the only thing they are doing,

we've already seen CGL is helping write in some heros for MWO,
and their is a Rumor that HBS is helping PGI behind the Scenes on something Big,
of course Rumors need to be proven, but even so its interesting to think about,