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[KnucklesPainGiver]

Iv'e been looking for some time to join a clan and dont know why . Everyone seems to ask can you give up reality for the same hours a week as a job, just to play the game , fair enough if you have the time but i can give 15-25 a week and if thats not good enough have a coke and a smile and frack off, the frakin questions in the app forms is just silly . No i am not a frequent player , , no i havent played this game in a few years , and no to the clans who will either eject you for not playing 40 hours a week or for just not being as into the game as much as them ie(we have rules and they are to be followed or get out ), this game is yet to be launched and there are alot of serious people out there , . I choose to be a lone wolf literally .Is there anyone who is in this game to cause upset and anger by droping all ties with honour and morals and just willing to fall in and cause chaos an panic . Too many people are being too serious and where is the fun in that . more a topic of frustration than anything , sorry if anyone didnt like this but i dont care

[Hawkeye 72]

[Bishop Steiner]

KnucklesPainGiver, on 22 July 2012 - 06:36 AM, said:

Iv'e been looking for some time to join a clan and dont know why . Everyone seems to ask can you give up reality for the same hours a week as a job, just to play the game , fair enough if you have the time but i can give 15-25 a week and if thats not good enough have a coke and a smile and frack off, the frakin questions in the app forms is just silly . No i am not a frequent player , , no i havent played this game in a few years , and no to the clans who will either eject you for not playing 40 hours a week or for just not being as into the game as much as them ie(we have rules and they are to be followed or get out ), this game is yet to be launched and there are alot of serious people out there , . I choose to be a lone wolf literally .Is there anyone who is in this game to cause upset and anger by droping all ties with honour and morals and just willing to fall in and cause chaos an panic . Too many people are being too serious and where is the fun in that . more a topic of frustration than anything , sorry if anyone didnt like this but i dont care

*Shrugs*

Every gaming community, and every public forum for that matter has it's share of trolls, uber-obsessesed, rule lawyers and nazis, and then the more common way player.

When the "I have no life" crowd spends 80 hours a week on the game, and start dominating every objective with their alliances, point gaming, loophole exploits and such, all you can do is hope the Dev's and Mods find a way to nip it in the bud. I too roll my eyes at some of the "demands" some of the Clans, Merc Units and others make (sorry fellas, I love my Battletech, but I also have a job, and a real life, doing things with real people in the real world. It's actually really neat to meet other humans face to face and socialize)

But by the same token, there are definitely rules I do think need to be followed. For those who want Clan Mechs and Uziels and such RIGHT NOW. Sorry, that canon you like to crap on, because you "don't care about the game history and back story and just want to smash stuff with my Timber Wolf" is the sole thing that made the Mechwarrior franchise take off in the first place.

If the Devs having a plan, and sticking to the Btech timeline offends your monty hall point gaming mentalllity, go play armored core or something. This is obviously a labor of love from people who enjoy and respect the Battletech canon.

For those who are just waiting to get to play Clan pilots and mechs, and then plan to go willy nilly and gang attack people and such, I hope they are monitored and guided, as otherwise the game play balance will be totally broken, as the only thing that made the Clans playable in the past was their strict adherence to their own code of honor. I can guarantee most players salivating for a Timber Wolf have no intention of following Zellbrigen or care about it.

Why should it matter?

When you and some friends go to play tennis, how fun is it when a couple of them just stand around and knock the ball back and forth? RUles give structure, structure IS the game.

[Majorfatboy]

I know the feeling, Knuckles. This is actually a big part of why I joined My current team, as they fully understand that we all have personal lives, and are not about to live in front of our computers. Thankfully there are quite a few units out there who are not serious.

The skjaldborg: shieldwall of rasalhague might be a good place to look. They're a pretty silly bunch, and love all things that have to do with beer and horned helmets.

There's another unit out there, can't remember it's name, that was being formed specifically around the idea of just enjoying the game, and not being all serious.

What a lot of players do is place an add for them selves in the recruitment thread, stating what they are looking for, and let the various merc units come to them.

Good luck.

[Viper69]

Who says you need to join any at all.

[BulletChief]

true... that also keeps me from joining any team...

most of them are obsessed lore nazis and hierarchical structured no-lifers with obnoxious rules and ideologies...

(inb4theflame: yeah that doesn't apply to all clans/groups/teams whatever)

[Riddlez]

So long as there are people that strive to make the middle ground, things will get better. If there's anything to add, you probably will just have to look harder than most because the rage of the day is the old school "football coach" mentality -they don't understand that you can be a damn good player without excessive hours. I have my own difficulties finding groups, because I'm not overly comical as I find many others are. I prefer talking about tactics and mech configs more than I do shootings in Colorado or internet memes -I mechwarrior, I think mechwarrior, in my MASc I think science and when I have a beer and good people around I do that random funny stuff.

[dezgra]

We gots "Jokers" in the "ACES". It's our rank for pilots who just want to have fun.

[KnucklesPainGiver]

thanks for the reply's , i think a saw the skjaldborg in the forum just didnt check them out . AS for rules and structure being the game , rules are first to be bent, then broken , structure can only keep chaos at bay for so long

[AlexEss]

I can vouch for the fact that the skjaldborg is a very laid back unit. We have a lot of older gamers so real life is a matter of fact. Nobody will be punished for having a life and there is no need to know everything there is about the universe. If you like. I would absolutly recomend you to check us out or mess Dihm with any questions you might have. =)

[Majorfatboy]

Just did some digging, here's a few promising teams:

http://mwomercs.com/...-knights-of-ni/

http://mwomercs.com/...-consider-this/

[Glory in the Highest]

I lol'd

[brraaap]

I am also a bit befuddled ,I love the game and lore,Have a majority of the books,played in leagues back in the zone days,debateing buying one of the founders packs right now,But I dont have time to play, only on sundays and mondays and then not all day n night either day,no time on tues thru sat.

Also how much will the monthly fee be to play only a few hours a day on only a couple days?
So there lies the clan/house/merc. group to try and join for some decent team play,I played on a league with BF2,they had monthly fees to pay to play,the play was fun team play but there was the time constraints of real life and so it really wasent worth it to play.

And I guess I like the team play as im 45 years old not that skilled (especially FPS and BF2-3 )like to play a role to help the team as a whole,
be it scout,fire support etc.

Will It actually be fun and worth the time and $ that are both limited to me to play this game when you have ppl that devote 80 hours a week become very skilled ,destroy me in literal minutes, and then have to pay in earned c bills for playing to repair mech and re-arm etc.

Ive waited forever for this particular game, MW was the first game I ever played online and just fell in love with the universe although not as hard core as the BT crowd I do like the canon and back story as i do have a majority of the books.

So what to do what to do??

[Viper69]

The game is free to play. Play as little or as much as you want.

[MaxFool]

What I'm baffled about is why do you need to join a merc corp? You are complaining that the exclusive units are exclusive, and don't consider joining completely non-exclusive units, that every house is and where most people have joined.

[Riddlez]

brraaap, on 22 July 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

Will It actually be fun and worth the time and $ that are both limited to me to play this game when you have ppl that devote 80 hours a week become very skilled ,destroy me in literal minutes, and then have to pay in earned c bills for playing to repair mech and re-arm etc.

To become a skilled player, you don't have to spend obscene hours -you need a sharp mind and maybe a few pointers based on your particular deficiencies that prevent you from calling yourself a skilled player. Finding the right group would definitely be a something too look for and from there the rest with solve itself -it's free to play so it's just a matter of playing it with people that you care to play with. You don't have to meet people face to face to enjoy playing with them.

[brraaap]

Viper69, on 22 July 2012 - 08:35 AM, said:

The game is free to play. Play as little or as much as you want.

Not to be a ***** but (little understanding of FTP) nothing is free

[Stalephreak]

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[MaxFool]

Viper69, on 22 July 2012 - 08:35 AM, said:

The game is free to play. Play as little or as much as you want.

brraaap, on 22 July 2012 - 09:05 AM, said:

Not to be a ***** but (little understanding of FTP) nothing is free

Actually plenty of things are free, but in case some people want to pay, no one is going to have "no we don't want your money, this is free" attitude.

[brraaap]

Riddlez, on 22 July 2012 - 08:54 AM, said:

To become a skilled player, you don't have to spend obscene hours -you need a sharp mind and maybe a few pointers based on your particular deficiencies that prevent you from calling yourself a skilled player. Finding the right group would definitely be a something too look for and from there the rest with solve itself -it's free to play so it's just a matter of playing it with people that you care to play with. You don't have to meet people face to face to enjoy playing with them.

Maybe im comparing MWO to the BF2 experience i had ,and i guess im a bit clueless about FTP,but yea i would like to join a group i do enjoy interacting in an online environment, pointers on game play,basic comraderie,my mind however may not be too sharp when it comes to gameplay.lol