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[Dregon Kerensky]

Ok my question is a simple one. So far we know there will team combat consisting of your faction vs the other, but will there be any form of Solaris VII spin off where players can throw down in 1v1 or up to 4v4 gladiator matches for money and glory. Possibly even have a bidding system for the match restrictions ( such as no lrms or energy weapons), I am a big fan of the battle tech universe, so the story of how the black thorns mercenary company formed is one of my favorites

As for my wish i know someone mentioned possible new looks for battlemechs in a dev post so..... as much as i like the centurion if it happens to make it into MWO any chance it can get an updated look?

[Adridos]

Dregon Kerensky, on 29 December 2011 - 07:26 AM, said:

As for my wish i know someone mentioned possible new looks for battlemechs in a dev post so..... as much as i like the centurion if it happens to make it into MWO any chance it can get an updated look?

We do not know anything about Solaris right now. I think it will be added post launch.

As for the design of mechs, every mech that makes it into the game is going to be redesigned by Flying Debris, amazing Btech artist (find his work on Deviant Art), which was employed by Piranha Games to make designs for the mechs. You can find his redesigns right now in media section.

[Volume]

Good morning and welcome to the MWO forums!

While my understanding is that there has not been a formal announcement about Solaris VII, in a developer interview, Randall Bills said that he found the Solaris fighting a blast. This is total speculation, but perhaps there would be at least one developer who would like to include it

Again, I might be reading too far into things, but from this thread, it seems that we won't be able to host private dedicated servers. That's not to say that 1v1 and 4v4 might not be in matchmaking queues eventually, but my feeling is that these game types would be added post launch.

As Adridos said, the developers (Matt N specifically) said that any and all 'Mechs that get added will be re-designed, re-imagined, or creatively enhanced by Alex Iglesias (aka flyingdebris)

[MATT N] If we are going to make any Mech, it is going to go through Alex’s treatment

Good to have you, and excellent questions! I am also looking forward to a redesign of the Centurion, Wolfhound, Vindicator, Sentinel, etc...The list goes on, but Centurion/Clint is definitely up there

Edited by Volume, 29 December 2011 - 07:43 AM.

[feor]

yeah, from the sounds of it it'll be just be out on the battlefield at launch. Though given how popular the Solaris stuff has been, in my experience, in MW2/MW4 they'd be foolish to not make it available at some point.

[Dregon Kerensky]

Solaris has been a long time interest of mine fluff wise, the fact that the universe can be at all out war and warriors can still partake in battle of fame and fortune, be it for themselves or for their respective houses has long been a winner in my book. Not to mention its tie in to founding or even finding talent for Merc units

+1 for the wolf hound almost forgot about Phelen's Iconic battlemech

[Seth]

The devs stated in one of their interviews for a gaming site that there will be melee combat, but only on one world. I'll bet Mit Romney $10,000 that that world is Solaris VII!

[Mason Grimm]

Seth, on 29 December 2011 - 08:53 AM, said:

The devs stated in one of their interviews for a gaming site that there will be melee combat, but only on one world. I'll bet Mit Romney $10,000 that that world is Solaris VII!

I second that bet!!!

[Rhinehart]

No takers here. Sounds like a sucker bet to me.

[Karyudo ds]

Seth, on 29 December 2011 - 08:53 AM, said:

The devs stated in one of their interviews for a gaming site that there will be melee combat, but only on one world. I'll bet Mit Romney $10,000 that that world is Solaris VII!

Actually I believe they said that they wanted to add a particular world and that melee was a big part of it, not that it was intended to be limited to it. Either way it sounded like Solaris, that's where the crazy melee stuff came from after all.

Do also hope for a Centurion. Would love to see an update to it. I did this one awhile ago though I imagine they can do better

[Tifalia]

Given the popularity of the Solaris Games in MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, it was brought back for MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries so I would hope that there will be a Solaris City Championship part for MWO - I spoke of something like what you are suggesting only a few days ago and think it woukd be a cool idea for PvP Solaris match.