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[martian]

Matt Newman, on 03 April 2024 - 09:29 AM, said:

I did some in-game footage capture but I am Freeborn not a Trueborn.

That would be no problem. Freeborns serve in the Jaguar touman too.

[Matt Newman]

An6ryMan69, on 04 April 2024 - 06:40 AM, said:

The trailer looked flashy but I am concerned that it didn't seem to provide much actual gameplay information, almost to the point of leaving me feeling like they were purposely being vague. I'm not into buying a flashy cut-scene, I'm into buying a quality game, and I came away with very little information as to what the game is actually like.

Did you see the extra B-Roll gameplay footage we sent to media as well?

NGNGTV as well https://youtu.be/Gg4...ODO56zI-0vAOhv1
TTB covered it here https://youtu.be/hGU...5SXFlpVYdYm4nQY

The intention of the Teaser Trailer was to give players a taste of the Cinematic story telling. (which is awesome BTW)
The B-Roll was to show off the hand crafted story mission / levels and some of the new features Scanning, Command Wheel, and Battle grid.

[Pyc_MadWolf]

Matt Newman, on 05 April 2024 - 08:14 AM, said:

Did you see the extra B-Roll gameplay footage we sent to media as well?

NGNGTV as well https://youtu.be/Gg4...ODO56zI-0vAOhv1
TTB covered it here https://youtu.be/hGU...5SXFlpVYdYm4nQY

The intention of the Teaser Trailer was to give players a taste of the Cinematic story telling. (which is awesome BTW)
The B-Roll was to show off the hand crafted story mission / levels and some of the new features Scanning, Command Wheel, and Battle grid.

Did I understand correctly that the instructor's video with mechwarriors is essentially a cut scene on the game engine and will all the videos be of this quality throughout the entire campaign?

[Pyc_MadWolf]

I have a question. Why are there 4 men and 1 woman among the 5 mechwarriors in the video, but if you look at the names, we have 2 women and 3 men. Where is the truth or will we have a trance? This is impossible for Clans, especially the Smoke Jaguars.

• Star Commander Jayden
  
• Ezra
  
• Liam
  
• Mia
  
• Naomi

[Jaroth Corbett]

Pyc_MadWolf, on 06 April 2024 - 12:40 PM, said:

I have a question. Why are there 4 men and 1 woman among the 5 mechwarriors in the video, but if you look at the names, we have 2 women and 3 men. Where is the truth or will we have a trance? This is impossible for Clans, especially the Smoke Jaguars.

• Star Commander Jayden
  
• Ezra
  
• Liam
  
• Mia
  
• Naomi

There may be a difference between the story trailer & the actual demo. If you look at NGNG's commentary of the demo at 0:37, where it shows the loading screen, there is a different Star composition. It looks like 2 men & 3 women. Things may be fluid.

Edited by Jaroth Corbett, 06 April 2024 - 02:15 PM.

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Pyc_MadWolf, on 06 April 2024 - 12:40 PM, said:

I have a question. Why are there 4 men and 1 woman among the 5 mechwarriors in the video, but if you look at the names, we have 2 women and 3 men. Where is the truth or will we have a trance? This is impossible for Clans, especially the Smoke Jaguars.

• Star Commander Jayden
  
• Ezra
  
• Liam
  
• Mia
  
• Naomi

Jaroth Corbett, on 06 April 2024 - 02:11 PM, said:

There may be a difference between the story trailer & the actual demo. If you look at NGNG's commentary of the demo at 0:37, where it shows the loading screen, there is a different Star composition. It looks like 2 men & 3 women. Things may be fluid.

Interesting that this has been brought up here. There was a lengthy discussion about this in the Clan Chatterweb board on the official BattleTech forum going back and forth about gender identity within the Clans. The thread there was locked, probably getting too much RL involved, not sure. It's an interesting read: https://bg.battletec...p?topic=84406.0

[simon1812]

gonna be honest, I need to know more before being all exited about it....ehem 3015 planet Deshler anybody?

[Gazar932]

all right, i have absolutely zero interest in mechwarrior 5, i tried it, it does not work for me
on this site, the MWO site, half the news are mechwarrior 5 news, why?
i, of course, understand that the two games are from the same developer, that they share many assets, etc... but would it be so difficult to post those news only to the dedicated mw5 website?

[martian]

Gazar932, on 06 April 2024 - 10:12 PM, said:

all right, i have absolutely zero interest in mechwarrior 5, i tried it, it does not work for me
on this site, the MWO site, half the news are mechwarrior 5 news, why?

Because a significant fraction of MechWarrior Online fans is also interested in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries / MechWarrior 5: Clans, maybe?

Gazar932, on 06 April 2024 - 10:12 PM, said:

i, of course, understand that the two games are from the same developer, that they share many assets, etc... but would it be so difficult to post those news only to the dedicated mw5 website?

Checking the "Latest News" section ...



It seems to me that you are wrong.

There are three MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries / MechWarrior 5: Clans news ... and six MechWarrior Online news. One announcement is mixed - one half about MWO, the other half about MW5.

So not "half the news are mechwarrior 5 news", but only 35% of all news are MechWarrior 5 news.

And that is just because a new MW5 expansion pack was published and new MW5 installment announced.
Otherwise there have been weeks and months without any MW5 news.

Edited by martian, 06 April 2024 - 11:37 PM.

[ironlegion60]

Does anybody know if we’ll possibly get advanced zoom in this one?

[Pyc_MadWolf]

I'm confused. In the IGN review, Nasir is listed instead of Naomi, that is, 4 men and 1 woman. In a word, we will find out the final composition of the star on the release. One review says that the instructor who gives parting words to the mechwarriors is called Ibrahim Ismiril, and Ismiril is the generic name of the very first saKhan of the Smoky Jaguars, Liam Ismiril, known for Operation Klondike.

[EternianWraith]

Please keep all Mechwarrior news on this website, can't wait for clans. 5 dude co-op, excellent!

[Will9761]

I know that the game is a WIP, but I hope the Smoke Jaguar uniforms for the characters will be changed to look more like the ones found in the Invader Clans:

Because in the trailer, the Smoke Jaguar warriors look more like DCMS Soldiers, instead of Smoke Jaguar Warriors:

[Pyc_MadWolf]

It is known for sure that the trailer uses a cut scene that is used in the game. That is, there will be cut scenes of this quality in the game and these are not individual videos, but they will also be.
There will also be minimal RPG elements in the game. Confirmed.

[Pyc_MadWolf]

Will9761, on 10 April 2024 - 12:02 PM, said:

I know that the game is a WIP, but I hope the Smoke Jaguar uniforms for the characters will be changed to look more like the ones found in the Invader Clans:

Because in the trailer, the Smoke Jaguar warriors look more like DCMS Soldiers, instead of Smoke Jaguar Warriors:

And yet, although the shape was changed externally, it looks more like the original, and a pure gray one would be boring. The Syndicate of Dragons has, firstly, white, and secondly, there are elements of green. Big deal, they added red stripes, but it looks beautiful. The theme of raincoats and the old form is no longer relevant and would look badly.
I like how PGI made the uniform. Not a banal gray one.
https://i.ibb.co/5WR...moke-Jaguar.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/Tqf...nis-Combine.jpg

Edited by Pyc_MadWolf, 10 April 2024 - 03:02 PM.

[Will9761]

Pyc_MadWolf, on 10 April 2024 - 02:59 PM, said:

And yet, although the shape was changed externally, it looks more like the original, and a pure gray one would be boring. The Syndicate of Dragons has, firstly, white, and secondly, there are elements of green. Big deal, they added red stripes, but it looks beautiful. The theme of raincoats and the old form is no longer relevant and would look badly.
I like how PGI made the uniform. Not a banal gray one.
https://i.ibb.co/5WR...moke-Jaguar.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/Tqf...nis-Combine.jpg

I've got nothing wrong with PGI modernizing the Smoke Jaguar uniforms, I just wish that the people looked more like Smoke Jaguar warriors instead of Kuritan soldiers. I think add some pure gray with white and red piping could work. Kind of a blend between new and old.

Edited by Will9761, 11 April 2024 - 10:10 PM.

[martian]

The uniforms are the least thing that I care about MechWarrior 5: Clans. PGI got those unforms acceptably right and that is enough for me.

For example, the uniforms were not exactly accurate (but close) in MechCommander 2. I had no problem with it, since I cared about the overall playability more.

[Will9761]

I get it, as a BT lore junky, I'm used to expecting lore stuff in the video games.

As for playability, I hope that PGI adds more missions like convoy escort, Zellbrigen and other interesting modes. I also hope we get to see a more flexible mechlab than the one we got in MW5: Mercs.

[martian]

Will9761, on 15 April 2024 - 02:36 PM, said:

I get it, as a BT lore junky, I'm used to expecting lore stuff in the video games.

As for playability, I hope that PGI adds more missions like convoy escort, Zellbrigen and other interesting modes. I also hope we get to see a more flexible mechlab than the one we got in MW5: Mercs.

1) Convoy escort was in MechWarrior 2, MechWarrior 3 and MechWarrior 4, so that would be nothing new.

2) As for zellbrigen, I would not expect too much. I guess that PGI will probably go with the easiest way: The less tonnage you use, the higher pay (resource points / honour) you will get.

3) As for the Mechlab, we shall see.

[An6ryMan69]

Gameplay looks great!

Hoping there are handy hotkeys to supplement the command wheel...some of us are definitely not command wheel people.

Lance command looks well done, nice to have good lance command.

If its a single player game, hopefully the mechlab is very flexible; I do miss Mechwarrior 3's ability to completely mix and match any chassis/weapons/equipment. Had so much fun back then with and Inner Sphere Annihilator packed with Clan ERPPC's, Clan DHS, Clan targeting computer with aiming reticle....

Definitely more interested in the game after seeing the gameplay footage.

Edited by An6ryMan69, 16 April 2024 - 10:43 AM.