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[Gas Guzzler]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 06 January 2017 - 03:42 PM, said:

They really need to find a better revenue stream.

You must have missed the MW5 announcement

I think they have started to recognize that. But I think it is still bringing in money for them...

[CK16]

Herr Vorragend, on 06 January 2017 - 04:40 PM, said:

Blood asp and black lanner for me. Hopefully no madcat mk2

Ouch, a bit harsh. I could turn around and say Blavklanner sucks and shouldn't be added. BUT I am not that petty

Plus the poll says quite a few players want the Mk II sooooo we should ignore them?

[Quicksilver Aberration]

CK16, on 06 January 2017 - 04:59 PM, said:

Plus the poll says quite a few players want the Mk II sooooo we should ignore them?

Considering a lot of people also want the Wasp/Stinger, I could easily say this poll should be taken with some serious salt.

[CK16]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 06 January 2017 - 05:14 PM, said:

Considering a lot of people also want the Wasp/Stinger, I could easily say this poll should be taken with some serious salt.

Sadly, I think people voted honestly. Atleast that mech choice doesn't have people trying to spite it ala Mk II has.

[Y E O N N E]

Gas Guzzler, on 06 January 2017 - 04:43 PM, said:

You must have missed the MW5 announcement

I think they have started to recognize that. But I think it is still bringing in money for them...

If they released IS Omnis, they'd have all my monies simply because they would be interesting to build around and figure out how to use effectively, unlike Clan Omnis where when all else fails your engine speed saves your hide.

[CtrlAltWheee]

For other, I like the hatamoto chi and the Avatar. Would love to see what Alex does with pretty much everything.

[Pariah Devalis]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 06 January 2017 - 03:42 PM, said:

This has diminishing returns though, as nostalgia will (and has for some people) stop selling mechs and with chances for redundancy increasing with each release, it isn't sustainable. Honestly the model reminds me of some Marxist things about increased productivity (productivity being creating new mechs) actually being self-defeating (there is a better word I'm looking for here).

They really need to find a better revenue stream.

Agreed, but even if they did find an alternative revenue stream, it still wouldn't make sense to cancel mech production. MWO already has an insane number of mechs available verses other MW titles, but a mech modeler and texturer isn't going to be coding. If they have the staff hired, either they keep them doing their jobs, or they fire them when the job no longer exists. For the sake of the developers whose job it is to make mechs, I hope that doesn't happen any time soon. For the sake of those who still want a specific mech or mechs, I also don't hope mech production halts. Hell, with sufficient numbers of mechs, one could even start to add extra depth to the CW scene, what with faction restricted mechs or variants of mechs.

Any way you slice it, until MWO is no longer being worked on, mechs will continue to be produced. Right now, it keeps the revenue flowing, though not forever. As you said, they need to revise their income model. Badly. Only so much blood they can squeeze from that stone.

[BLOOD WOLF]

Subscription model INCOMING!!

[Ovion]

This is a list of ALL mechs available (in the currently established timeline of 3053) for the Inner Sphere and Clans.

139 possible Inner Sphere Mechs (33 Light, 40 Medium, 35 Heavy, 31 Assault) _{With another 27 possible Inner Sphere (6 Light, 8 Medium, 8 Heavy, 5 Assault) expanding to 3055}
and 58 possible Clan Mechs (14 Light, 17 Medium, 14 Heavy, 13 Assault) _{With another 1 possible Inner Sphere (1 Assault) expanding to 3055}

[CK16]

BLOOD WOLF, on 06 January 2017 - 07:18 PM, said:

Subscription model INCOMING!!

Already have it in Premium time, like most other free to play games.

Ovion, on 06 January 2017 - 07:22 PM, said:

This is a list of ALL mechs available (in the currently established timeline of 3053) for the Inner Sphere and Clans.

139 possible Inner Sphere Mechs (33 Light, 40 Medium, 35 Heavy, 31 Assault) _{With another 27 possible Inner Sphere (6 Light, 8 Medium, 8 Heavy, 5 Assault) expanding to 3055}
and 58 possible Clan Mechs (14 Light, 17 Medium, 14 Heavy, 13 Assault) _{With another 1 possible Inner Sphere (1 Assault) expanding to 3055}

So only about 16 1/2 years till 3060 mechs huh? >.< jkjk

[Valdarion Silarius]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 06 January 2017 - 03:42 PM, said:

This has diminishing returns though, as nostalgia will (and has for some people) stop selling mechs and with chances for redundancy increasing with each release, it isn't sustainable. Honestly the model reminds me of some Marxist things about increased productivity (productivity being creating new mechs) actually being self-defeating (there is a better word I'm looking for here).

They really need to find a better revenue stream.

Well, looking at the limited amount of battletech crowd funded orders, I highly doubt that PGI will be able to do anything else besides sell mech packs at this point in time. They are trying to sell a niche product to a public that has never heard of battletech/mechwarrior, divided by a player base with only so much money to spend, divide that by the battletech purists/salty players who refuse to buy content, divide that by the lack of advertising (word of mouth aka free advertisement could go a long way if they attempted to reestablish better communication with their player base), and divide that with the people who want/will only pay real world money for their favorite nostalgic mech.

I blame the lack of dev to community interaction and the failure of marketing (Remember when Paul and Russ went on the forums to respond to the community over a stupid rumor? That's the only interaction we get from them besides f***ing twitter?! Don't get me started with Town Halls).

As salty as I might sound, I still want this company to be successful in the end.

[RestosIII]

Arnold The Governator, on 06 January 2017 - 07:41 PM, said:

Well, looking at the limited amount of battletech crowd funded orders, I highly doubt that PGI will be able to do anything else besides sell mech packs at this point in time. They are trying to sell a niche product to a public that has never heard of battletech/mechwarrior, divided by a player base with only so much money to spend, divide that by the battletech purists/salty players who refuse to buy content, divide that by the lack of advertising (word of mouth aka free advertisement could go a long way if they attempted to reestablish better communication with their player base), and divide that with the people who want/will only pay real world money for their favorite nostalgic mech.

I blame the lack of dev to community interaction and the failure of marketing (Remember when Paul and Russ went on the forums to respond to the community over a stupid rumor? That's the only interaction we get from them besides f***ing twitter?! Don't get me started with Town Halls).

As salty as I might sound, I still want this company to be successful in the end.

The lack of advertising for MW:O really does make me sad. The game could really use some website banner ads scattered around the place, that's for sure.

[NighthawK1337]

Urbie IIC plz

[TheArisen]

NighthawK1337, on 06 January 2017 - 08:34 PM, said:

Urbie IIC plz

Well I suppose the Clans can have their own trashcan even if it's only a wannabe.

[Atheonyirh]

Deimos for my Other vote. Despite it being post-Jihad or so timeline wise there's enough current-game tech variants in to fill out a basic 3 pack. Just add a hero, fill out with two other variants for a reinforcements, and there we go.

[Lilferret]

I would enjoy a few more weapon systems.
Medium range missiles
heavy variants of lasers
Hypervelocity autocannons
Rotary autocannons
Laser ams

How about ammo types? That could put a definite spin on game play.

[Troopwe]

I want the Hebis\ von Rohrs... even if it is extinguished....

[Ovion]

Lilferret, on 07 January 2017 - 05:25 PM, said:

I would enjoy a few more weapon systems.
Medium range missiles
heavy variants of lasers
Hypervelocity autocannons
Rotary autocannons
Laser ams

How about ammo types? That could put a definite spin on game play.

These are the weapons we COULD have without moving the timeline forward:


MRMs, HVACs, RACs, HLs are all 3058-2062 weapons.

Ammo types can't be added, as due to events, PGI can't get it to work with the weapon code.

Edited by Ovion, 07 January 2017 - 05:44 PM.

[RestosIII]

Ovion, on 07 January 2017 - 05:43 PM, said:

These are the weapons we COULD have without moving the timeline forward:


MRMs, HVACs, RACs, HLs are all 3058-2062 weapons.

Ammo types can't be added, as due to events, PGI can't get it to work with the weapon code.

I'll need some sort of citation on those ATM numbers. Pretty sure ATMs were only released in 3060?

[FLG 01]

RestosIII, on 07 January 2017 - 05:49 PM, said:

I'll need some sort of citation on those ATM numbers. Pretty sure ATMs were only released in 3060?

This is from the latest UTA-table: