

Clan 'mechs With Inner Sphere Code Names
#1
Posted 30 December 2016 - 09:46 AM
If the player is part of a Clan faction, they get to see all of the actual Clan names of 'mechs.
I went with factions instead of 'mech chassis origin because the Clans did use Star League-era Inner Sphere chassis like the Atlas and the Black Knight in their second-line units, as well as acquiring Inner Sphere 'mechs as salvage throughout the Invasion. It would make sense that their targeting computers would identify other Clan 'mechs by their actual Clan names.
Please, developers, make this a thing in 2017!
#2
Posted 30 December 2016 - 09:58 AM

#3
Posted 30 December 2016 - 10:21 AM
But it would be a nice thing, eventually. The Inner Sphere is so much better at naming mechs.
#5
Posted 30 December 2016 - 11:21 AM
Steve Pryde, on 30 December 2016 - 11:18 AM, said:
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Excuse me.
May I present the evidence of Cauldron-Born (Awesome, and adopted by all Clans save the Smoke Jaguars, who don't deserve their own opinion anyways

#6
Posted 30 December 2016 - 12:06 PM
TELEFORCE, on 30 December 2016 - 09:46 AM, said:
If the player is part of a Clan faction, they get to see all of the actual Clan names of 'mechs.
I went with factions instead of 'mech chassis origin because the Clans did use Star League-era Inner Sphere chassis like the Atlas and the Black Knight in their second-line units, as well as acquiring Inner Sphere 'mechs as salvage throughout the Invasion. It would make sense that their targeting computers would identify other Clan 'mechs by their actual Clan names.
Please, developers, make this a thing in 2017!
As someone who hasn't played any battle tech and knows nothing of lore i dont want a mech to have 4 different names depending on what I'm piloting. I dont want someone shouting out "Ryoken" or whatever its name is when its identified and known to me as "storm crow".
#7
Posted 30 December 2016 - 12:15 PM
1453 R, on 30 December 2016 - 11:21 AM, said:
May I present the evidence of Cauldron-Born (Awesome, and adopted by all Clans save the Smoke Jaguars, who don't deserve their own opinion anyways

No mech name is as silly as Ha Otoko.
#8
Posted 30 December 2016 - 12:28 PM
SirNotlag, on 30 December 2016 - 12:06 PM, said:
As someone who hasn't played any battle tech and knows nothing of lore i dont want a mech to have 4 different names depending on what I'm piloting. I dont want someone shouting out "Ryoken" or whatever its name is when its identified and known to me as "storm crow".
Except people already do call mechs what they're used to calling them from previous titles. I get plenty of people calling the Warhawk the Masakari, Timber Wolf the Mad Cat, and the Dire Wolf the Daishi. Making more players know the names through an IG system won't change that.
#9
Posted 30 December 2016 - 01:02 PM
having to remember nick names for a dozen or so mechs, added in target calling,
Ex
Person A(Vet)= "G6 TimberWolf Weak LT,
Person B(Green)= looks, Presses ® sees MadCat, "not Seeing a Timber! only a MadCat,
Person A= "(insert Comments that New Players dont know things and they should learn before playing)
1453 R, on 30 December 2016 - 11:21 AM, said:
May I present the evidence of Cauldron-Born (Awesome, and adopted by all Clans save the Smoke Jaguars, who don't deserve their own opinion anyways

i like the Name Ebon-Jaguar better then Cauldron-Born,
Edited by Andi Nagasia, 30 December 2016 - 01:06 PM.
#13
Posted 30 December 2016 - 06:36 PM
A player started a piece about the Vulture. I finally had enough trying to go back and forth figuring out WTF the thing is and pointed out there is no Vulture in game. Well this did not go over well. In reality both parties were right and wrong. I would be happy being able to see the names more easily so that I do not need to go to smurfies or the packs to figure it out. More easily means in the game while I am playing, using mechlab or the in game store.
#14
Posted 30 December 2016 - 08:38 PM
#16
Posted 31 December 2016 - 12:03 AM
Andi Nagasia, on 30 December 2016 - 01:02 PM, said:
having to remember nick names for a dozen or so mechs, added in target calling,
Ex
Person A(Vet)= "G6 TimberWolf Weak LT,
Person B(Green)= looks, Presses ® sees MadCat, "not Seeing a Timber! only a MadCat,
Person A= "(insert Comments that New Players dont know things and they should learn before playing)
i like the Name Ebon-Jaguar better then Cauldron-Born,
Matchmaker seems to be on vacation at the moment, so new players still in their cadet bonus are facing T1-comp-veterans, but we should worry that a new guy, that does not know 1 name cannot remember 2 names because it could drive them away? Well, i don't know...
#17
Posted 31 December 2016 - 12:06 AM
1453 R, on 30 December 2016 - 11:21 AM, said:

Considering how squishy those EBJs are in MWO, they do not deserve the name Cauldron-Born, which was named after nigh-unkillable Irish zombies.
#18
Posted 26 July 2020 - 09:26 AM
Truth is I dont know any Clan name at all, all those Timber and I dont know what Wolves and other same-like crap, it alway will be Mad-Cat, Uller, Masakari, Vulture...

#19
Posted 26 July 2020 - 09:59 AM
Nope. To confusing for people who are not familiar with the lore. Also when you want to make things realy confusing please add the german translations. Every Clan mech should have at least 4 names

Also I can allready imagne the confusin when people call out different names for mechs in VoIP. "Shoot the Uller you idiot" "What is an Uller? There is a Kitfox running around!"
Edited by Nesutizale, 26 July 2020 - 10:00 AM.
#20
Posted 26 July 2020 - 10:15 AM
2. Having an option to use IS codenames for Clan 'Mechs would be nice for immersion - the problem is that there is exactly "0" immersion MWO ...
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