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[Caldek]

The best part of this is that all it would take is some simple intern work with a cut and paste from Sarna...but par for the course. Its no surprise we don't have a clan binary vs an IS company when we can't even get some flavor text picked up from a friendly source. But purchase pre-buys...cause money! See y'all in game.

[KinLuu]

Fluff text on pointless planets is not enough to safe FP.

FP needs much more significant changes.

[BLOOD WOLF]

KinLuu, on 24 July 2016 - 09:56 PM, said:

Fluff text on pointless planets is not enough to safe FP.

FP needs much more significant changes.

I am glad that they actually added text. Also they never said it was supposed to save FP

[Black Ivan]

PGI does not care about lore or fluff at all if it does not help them sell Mechs or Mech Packs. When you see how little lore is included in the game sinde closed beta you can see where this games is heading.

[L3mming2]

Steve Pryde, on 24 July 2016 - 05:36 PM, said:

Lore doesn't sell mechpacks, so PGI says NO.

lets make a nature reference... a apple farmers trees have catapilars that eat the leafs. will the farmer say " i dont sell leaves i sell apples" ore will he say "those catapilars need to go cause if my treas have less leaves they will make less apples" ...

[Bud Crue]

Steve Pryde, on 24 July 2016 - 05:36 PM, said:

Lore doesn't sell mechpacks, so PGI says NO.

Ironically what little lore (or merely BT flavor) that they do bother with is the little vignettes they put forth with each new hero mech that they put out for sale. The reality is that this is the ONLY aspect of lore that they bother with, and only to sell hero mechs. Tell ya what PGI, put more lore in and maybe folks would buy more than the occasional hero mech. Maybe they might buy in to the whole "a battletech game" idea? Silly I know. Nevermind. I will go back to my island and hope that it has sufficient reception so that I might tune in to the awesomeness of this e-sport.

[Skoll]

Deathlike, on 24 July 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

That is kinda unlikely to happen.

It would be back to being a hobby, than it is an actual job (yes, the top two are paid by PGI).

Yes, I think it's been open knowledge for awhile that they're paid shills. The good thing is that if/when it transforms back to a hobby, it's no longer insultingly shoved into everyone's faces.

"We speak for dah communiteh1111!!!!!"- Paid shills for MWO with a forum that's not as active as the regular Battletech forums or HBS's Battletech forums.

[DaZur]

Black Ivan, on 24 July 2016 - 10:13 PM, said:

PGI does not care about lore or fluff at all if it does not help them sell Mechs or Mech Packs. When you see how little lore is included in the game sinde closed beta you can see where this games is heading.

Which, quite frankly is a contratrarian sentiment.

A strong, stirring back story about a mech can drives sales through emotional attachement. Even if the mech does not live up to the hype.

Look at car commercials...

[Johnny Z]

Black Ivan, on 24 July 2016 - 10:13 PM, said:

PGI does not care about lore or fluff at all if it does not help them sell Mechs or Mech Packs. When you see how little lore is included in the game sinde closed beta you can see where this games is heading.

My only hope is that they have been working on it and it will be added in a big way some day.

I'm sure the trolls will tear it apart though for not being the sucktastic that they want.

I agree with this topic but the trolls are so off the leash with this game they tear apart everything and anything it does. I'm sure the addition of lore/story will be no different.

Edited by Johnny Z, 25 July 2016 - 05:25 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

Steve Pryde, on 24 July 2016 - 05:36 PM, said:

Lore doesn't sell mechpacks, so PGI says NO.

Well, actually...if done right Lore could sell a lot of 'Mechpacks. And they allreay tried the concept with the Cyclops, turning a "Loreitem" into an actual item. There are many stories about certain unique features of certain 'Mechs that PGI could "translate" into MWO and with that finally make every 'Mech truly unique. It could even serve to create some sort of Role Warfare.

But yeah, I know. I said it myself. "...if done right..."

Edited by Thorn Hallis, 25 July 2016 - 10:49 AM.

[HellJumper]

Thats because FW is not a Mech... if it was a mech we would see lore..

MWO is more about mechs and less about everything else... thats hy its pretty much revolving all around mech packs and mechs....

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

I have the feeling that when lore is brought up in the office that the guys in charge all make this face



(and thats Lore not Data)

[dervishx5]

I was going to make a Lore joke earlier but I do want to get laid again at some point.

So I'll go with Data instead. Data got laid.

[Airwind]

Lore of MWO

two sides of random robots clashing for no apparent reasons on random maps

End of Lore

[Mechwarrior1441491]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 23 July 2016 - 07:42 PM, said:

and an excuse to make the people who like lore to stab each other over why you cant have a mech. IE timeline

Best thing to do is abandon the time line. Have FP start in 3025. Advance over time. Mechs played legally in the time frame get a bonus. Those outside of it, ie, in the future, don't get any bonus. FP season goes until the decided end date. Objectives and goals are set out on the map, points are scored. Alliances made. Start it over again Lots that could be done.

Ideally have multiple phases. Invasion. Operation Bulldog. IS votes on which Clan to sally forth to their home world. All IS factions can attack and defend in Clan space as part of the fleet.

Edited by Mechwarrior1441491, 27 July 2016 - 12:09 AM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Mechwarrior1441491, on 27 July 2016 - 12:07 AM, said:

Best thing to do is abandon the time line. Have FP start in 3025. Advance over time. Mechs played legally in the time frame get a bonus. Those outside of it, ie, in the future, don't get any bonus. FP season goes until the decided end date. Objectives and goals are set out on the map, points are scored. Alliances made. Start it over again Lots that could be done.

Ideally have multiple phases. Invasion. Operation Bulldog. IS votes on which Clan to sally forth to their home world. All IS factions can attack and defend in Clan space as part of the fleet.

yea but all of that isnt minimally viable, see

[Mechwarrior1441491]

Comstar news updates in FP. Planets lost. Tracking which units take to the field against each other most. Which units and even pilots that are doing the best in each faction. Most improved units and pilots. They need someone that has this as part of their job responsibility. Little RP blurbs about upcoming mech production and technology when new mechs are brought into the game.

When new mechs are released for C-Bills, give factions which have more factories than other factions a C-Bill discount.

Still not sure why established faction specific mechs in the Lore aren't given a C-Bill discount for those factions while they have the factory. This lets the factory be taken, giving the owning faction the discount that faction would have.

Everyone should be asking in the round table why there is ZERO depth in FP.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Mechwarrior1441491, on 27 July 2016 - 10:53 AM, said:

Comstar news updates in FP. Planets lost.

They USED to do stuff like that.

[HellJumper]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 27 July 2016 - 04:25 PM, said:

They USED to do stuff like that.

thats because back then the game was not only about mechs....and new new mechs.. and more new mechs...