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[Okami 359]

Hello! It has been a while since I jumped in to MWO but I recently saw the Legends and Stone Rhino announcements which caught my eye. Does anyone remember what the in game year was, there abouts, at launch and what year it is supposed to be in game now? Thanks!

[LordNothing]

the game year is whatever is convenient that allows them to release content that people will buy and not abandon the game en masse.

[PocketYoda]

They did have a yearly timetable at some point was it abandoned?

[LordNothing]

we were supposed to get map updates, that happened. we were supposed to get more eq, that sort of happened (still not enough imho). we were supposed to get legendaries, thats happened. new mech pack, yep, happened. theres still new weapons, and i think match maker tweaks was a maybe.

[confracto]

PocketYoda, on 08 May 2023 - 05:14 PM, said:

They did have a yearly timetable at some point was it abandoned?

Yearly timetable was abandoned before I joined in 2015.
The Civil War era new weapons being introduced along with era specific mech packs was the last time there was any kind of era gating/timeline progress.
The 2021 Urbanmech and Atlas Loyalty variants were well beyond the timeline of that even. Adjusting them to fit available tech wasn't hard, and the thinking at the time was that unles unavailable tech made it non-viable, all variants were up for grabs.

[PocketYoda]

confracto, on 08 May 2023 - 06:16 PM, said:

Yearly timetable was abandoned before I joined in 2015.
The Civil War era new weapons being introduced along with era specific mech packs was the last time there was any kind of era gating/timeline progress.
The 2021 Urbanmech and Atlas Loyalty variants were well beyond the timeline of that even. Adjusting them to fit available tech wasn't hard, and the thinking at the time was that unles unavailable tech made it non-viable, all variants were up for grabs.

We had yearly timetable last year and the year before..

https://mwomercs.com...roadmap-update/

Edited by PocketYoda, 08 May 2023 - 07:13 PM.

[martian]

Okami 359, on 08 May 2023 - 02:21 PM, said:

Hello! It has been a while since I jumped in to MWO but I recently saw the Legends and Stone Rhino announcements which caught my eye. Does anyone remember what the in game year was, there abouts, at launch and what year it is supposed to be in game now? Thanks!

According to the PGI's original plan, the current year is 3062, but there have been one or two timeline resets.

Not that it matters anyway, since the in-universe year is just a number that has no relevance on anything.

If you would like to hear some rough estimate, currently we are in late 3060s.

After all, when it comes to Russ Bullock, the current year is: "Wanna buy a new 'Mech pack?"

[epikt]

martian, on 08 May 2023 - 08:12 PM, said:

After all, when it comes to Russ Bullock, the current year is: "Wanna buy a new 'Mech pack?"

[martian]

epikt, on 08 May 2023 - 10:12 PM, said:

These days it is more like: "Wanna buy a new Assault 'Mech pack?"

[confracto]

PocketYoda, on 08 May 2023 - 07:11 PM, said:

We had yearly timetable last year and the year before..

https://mwomercs.com...roadmap-update/

Oh, you mean the Roadmap. I thought you meant the thing they were talking about around the launch of the game where each year the game was on would match a battletech universe year, like 2012 = 3050, and intentionally advance the timeline in lockstep.

I'm not sure if there was one for this year or just some sort of podcast/video thing with Phil? The lack of other people responding with a link makes me assume the latter.

[PocketYoda]

confracto, on 08 May 2023 - 11:16 PM, said:

Oh, you mean the Roadmap. I thought you meant the thing they were talking about around the launch of the game where each year the game was on would match a battletech universe year, like 2012 = 3050, and intentionally advance the timeline in lockstep.

I'm not sure if there was one for this year or just some sort of podcast/video thing with Phil? The lack of other people responding with a link makes me assume the latter.

Yes seems i misunderstood what the op was on about.. i thought he meant this years roadmap.. not the lore timeline lol..

Still wondered what the hell happened to it?

martian, on 08 May 2023 - 10:45 PM, said:

These days it is more like: "Wanna buy a new Assault 'Mech pack?"

To be fair thats what sells the best.. The rest of the mechs have become rather pointless.. bar the odd over performing Heavies.

Edited by PocketYoda, 10 May 2023 - 05:18 AM.

[martian]

PocketYoda, on 09 May 2023 - 06:41 AM, said:

To be fair thats what sells the best.. The rest of the mechs have become rather pointless.. bare the odd over performing Heavies.

Surely Russ Bullock knows what he is doing ...

[PocketYoda]

epikt, on 08 May 2023 - 10:12 PM, said:

I was singing this damn song all evening... thanks for that..

[Urbie Connoisseur]

martian, on 08 May 2023 - 08:12 PM, said:

According to the PGI's original plan, the current year is 3062, but there have been one or two timeline resets.

Not that it matters anyway, since the in-universe year is just a number that has no relevance on anything.

If you would like to hear some rough estimate, currently we are in late 3060s.

After all, when it comes to Russ Bullock, the current year is: "Wanna buy a new 'Mech pack?"

FP map says 3052 though