

What about Comstar Tech?
#1
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:13 AM
So my next question is: what about comstar tech? I remember reading a Battletech novel a while back when the Grey Death Legion discovered a huge cash of mint condition Star League Era Mechs which despite how old they were were still better than the Mechs that he had because of the "losstech" problems that developed after the Star League collapsed.
So this begs the question: Will players in MWO occasionally discover ancient star league cashes with Mechs and/or Mech technology that would give us the upper hand like the Grey Death Legion did?
#2
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:22 AM
#3
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:26 AM
#4
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:43 AM
#5
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:44 AM
#6
Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:46 AM
Secretive, powerful and in control behind the scences. Sound about right?
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 09:59 AM
#8
Posted 05 January 2012 - 10:11 AM
Thorn Hallis, on 05 January 2012 - 09:59 AM, said:
I'm not quite sure how they would 'not' have it in there. I've played more MMOs than i can count now and i have yet to kill an NPC without occasionally having some kind of loot(salavge). And since this is going to be some kind of MMO/SIM combo it would be even more realistic. I can crash an old 80's pickup, deliver the crunched up hulk to a junk yard and still get something for the metal alone. Maby some kind of equivilant will happen, even if it's selling scrap metal for C-Bills or random parts to make your own weapons or to augment the ones you already have. Most MMOs have something along these lines.
Edited by XxDRxDEATHxX, 05 January 2012 - 10:12 AM.
#9
Posted 05 January 2012 - 12:07 PM
XxDRxDEATHxX, on 05 January 2012 - 10:11 AM, said:
I'm not quite sure how they would 'not' have it in there. I've played more MMOs than i can count now and i have yet to kill an NPC without occasionally having some kind of loot(salavge). And since this is going to be some kind of MMO/SIM combo it would be even more realistic. I can crash an old 80's pickup, deliver the crunched up hulk to a junk yard and still get something for the metal alone. Maby some kind of equivilant will happen, even if it's selling scrap metal for C-Bills or random parts to make your own weapons or to augment the ones you already have. Most MMOs have something along these lines.
There's no NPCs for you to fight though in MWO, it's purely PvP, so how do you work salvage into that? What would your reaction be when you drop into combat the first time, get your head handed to, and return to the Mech bay to discover..NO MECH! It was claimed as salvage by the guy who took you out. I really don't see that being something that the majority of the players would tolerate, do you? The option is to give us salvage based on what we faced without removing it from the player, but..see..that really messes up the economy, and PGI has stated there will be an economy, so..who knows?
As for ComStar..well..at the current time, they are those quaint nutjobs who keep the information flowing between the planets, military might..please..put down that drink son, you've had too much! Oh, sure, they've got some Mechs here and there for protection of their HPL sites, but..come on..those are just religous nuts in old Mechs, they ain't threat to anyone but themselves!
Keep in mind, ComStar is NOT considered a military power in 3049..that'll be a few years down the road and will surprise EVERYONE in the Inner Sphere..including the Clans who'll they defeat at Tukayyid in 3052.
#10
Posted 05 January 2012 - 12:25 PM
Edited by Black Sunder, 05 January 2012 - 12:25 PM.
#11
Posted 05 January 2012 - 12:38 PM
Kristov Kerensky, on 05 January 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:
Uhm...yes and no. The Com Guards were officially known in 3049, being stationed at nearly every planet in the Inner Sphere, even though most were Level 2 units. Surprisingly no Successor State ever counted the numbers of ComStar mechs positioned within its state.
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 12:41 PM
#13
Posted 05 January 2012 - 05:19 PM
Thorn Hallis, on 05 January 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:
Uhm...yes and no. The Com Guards were officially known in 3049, being stationed at nearly every planet in the Inner Sphere, even though most were Level 2 units. Surprisingly no Successor State ever counted the numbers of ComStar mechs positioned within its state.
Exactly Thorn, they HAD Mechs, they had the manpower to fill those Mechs, but that's about as much as anyone thought they had..just enough force to protect their HPL, that's all right...right? ComStar was really very good at keeping secrets...
#14
Posted 05 January 2012 - 05:40 PM
Kristov Kerensky, on 05 January 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:
Exactly Thorn, they HAD Mechs, they had the manpower to fill those Mechs, but that's about as much as anyone thought they had..just enough force to protect their HPL, that's all right...right? ComStar was really very good at keeping secrets...
And lets not forget that officially most of those mech troops were paid mercenaries and that Comstar told everyone that they have only recently begun to train "some" Comstar militia soldiers, when in reality they have been training soldiers for decades and the mercenaries were only a handfull.
And I guess with all the money that comstar had to have lying around no one ever doubted that.
#15
Posted 05 January 2012 - 11:46 PM
Skwisgaar Skwigelf, on 05 January 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:
Secretive, powerful and in control behind the scences. Sound about right?
Hm, what would that make Word of Blake? The favoured faction of the forum trolls? The hackers intent on making PGI's life harder?


But yeah, LosTech is exactly that for the most part "lost" technology. And if you have a bit of insight in the history and dealings of ComStar, you might actually prefer not to stumble too early over some LosTech and incur the... hm "...righteous wrath of the paragons of true belief, blessed be Blake! Repent, you sinner, and abandon your infidel ways! The true light of mankind lies in Blake's teachings and his alone!"
Ooops, sorry, something must have gotten into me...

Let's have a look at one link that somewhat shows the LosTech issue risks:
Tripitz Affair
Edited by Dlardrageth, 06 January 2012 - 01:08 AM.
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Posted 06 January 2012 - 03:54 AM

#19
Posted 06 January 2012 - 05:07 AM
Black Sunder, on 05 January 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:
Well, we do know that gamers were being recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada...

#20
Posted 06 January 2012 - 07:37 AM
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Hopefully Blake will become a Faction in 3058. I want to go back to the 3rd of 8.

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