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[Tamerlin]

Recorded Twitch link: here
Recorded YouTube link: here

Incursion game mode - April patch
New skill tree - May patch

Announcement: New match type - Ranked Battles - June patch

• Intent: use for 2017 World Championship
  
• New tab (along with Quick Play, Faction Play)
  
• 8v8, Conquest
  
• Based on managed "team", roster 8 + 4 alternate
  
• Each pilot can only be on one team
  
• Unique team lobby, MM sets up matches based on team win/loss record (elo)
  
• Team beats a team ranked above them - team rank goes up, other team goes down
  
• Once match set up, there is map ban phase (like 2016WC finals)
  
• Two phases, open and closed
  
• Open phase - team roster can change any time
  
• Closed phase - team rosters locked
  
• Intent is to use open phase for team seeding, closed phase for final weeks before knock-out rounds
  
• While in closed phase there is a locked game build (that ignores future game patches)
  
• Team members do not have to be part of same unit
  
• Same drop deck rules as final tourney, 2/2/2/2. Considering a "no duplicate chasis" rule

Ranked battle API - allows leagues access to individual game statistics




PGI to look into advertising non-PGI leagues in game/web site

Add more funcionality to game client and MWO web site to allow new players to find units. Possibly search by unit goal (comp, fun, blahblah)

PGI working on balancing "non comp" mechs to make the more viable

Private Lobby Requests

• Allow Mechlab access
  
• Zero cost consumables
  
• Remove Requirement for 2 pilots with premium time
  
• Allow Team swap team1/2
  
• Mulligan system
  
• Match pause (in case of disconnect)
  
• Hide other team's lances or tonnage (lobby option?)
  
• Increase spectator slots, "coach slot"
  
• Pass "lobby leader" to desinated in-lobby player
  
• When "lobby leader" leaves, stop the lobby settings from returning to default
  
• Add FP maps

Response

• Ranked Batlle development is priority, but recognize private lobby is still used/needed
  
• Initial Ranked Batlle probably like Private Lobby
  
• Need to encourage private lobby players to also play QP/FP
  
• Since private lobby takes significant server space need some resources, but will re-look
  
• Team swap - will look at
  
• Mulligan - will look at, may need for Ranked Matches
  
• Fog of war - want for Ranked Matches
  
• Increase spectator slots - will look at
  
• Pass lobby leader - will look at
  
• Settings reset - will look at
  
• FP maps - will look at

Need general spectator tool improvements - schedule maybe 3Q?

Edited by Tamerlin, 03 April 2017 - 07:36 PM.

[BanditB17]

Thanks for watching, everybody! Hopefully they put some of this in motion quickly!

[Appogee]

Thanks Tamerlin for the update.

[Scout Derek]

Interesting, Ranked matches. Guess we're adopting the ideals of CSGO huh? :>

[Marius Evander]

Ranking system gets more people playing coz you get closer matches and closer matches are more exciting matches !

Hey did they say if we can earn cbills or not in this ?

Edited by Cadoazreal, 01 April 2017 - 03:41 PM.

[Tamerlin]

Cadoazreal, on 01 April 2017 - 03:40 PM, said:

Hey did they say if we can earn cbills or not in this ?

Still evaluating.

[Liveish]

Scout Derek, on 01 April 2017 - 01:12 PM, said:

Interesting, Ranked matches. Guess we're adopting the ideals of CSGO huh? :>

I Wish, This idea is nothing like CSGO.

[justcallme A S H]

Am I reading into it correctly that Ranked Play button will be used to seed people for the 2017 MWO OC? OR based on rank will determine your position to go to the finals?

Seems a bit ambiguous. (I haven't watched the stream, just going off the notes).

[Liveish]

justcallme A S H, on 02 April 2017 - 02:36 AM, said:

Am I reading into it correctly that Ranked Play button will be used to seed people for the 2017 MWO OC? OR based on rank will determine your position to go to the finals?

Seems a bit ambiguous. (I haven't watched the stream, just going off the notes).

Not 100% clear, I took it as it will show the top 6/12 teams in the world that will make up the MWOWC 17.

More info is needed....

[justcallme A S H]

If it does that, such a system is going to be very easily "gamed", at least from the initial summary of points.

[Nightmare1]

Thank you so much for posting these notes! You're a gentleman and a scholar!

[Marius Romanis]

Russ said his current thoughts / plan are top 2 placed teams from each region will have a mini round robin then top 3 invited to worlds.

[kesmai]

Taking bets on the winning team.
Mine is on EmP (if they show up).

[QueenBlade]

Top 2? Regional Finals from last year was actually quiet entertaining and should be repeated. Top 5 from every region. Do it.

[Scout Derek]

live1991, on 02 April 2017 - 12:46 AM, said:

I Wish, This idea is nothing like CSGO.

Yeah, nothing like it most probably.

It'll probably be a weird ranking system where we get top comp teams slamming on second to lowest comp teams.

[BanditB17]

I think they will be doing more than top 2 from each region.

[DJ Sikosis]

It's a shame they're not picking the top teams from each region like last year, but as stated, people said they already knew the outcome before MechCon started. Still, if MC2017 ends up with no teams from the Asia-Pacific region, I have to say, they're going to be less exciting to me.