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[whiskey tango foxtrot]

Metro, on 06 March 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

...you would not believe what showed up in the mail today!!

heh....

can you say...GAMING GEAR??

I can say TROOOLLL

[Hartsblade]

Prosperity Park, on 06 March 2012 - 10:13 AM, said:

It's a box of paperclips so he can throw them at people while yelling "Lighting bolt! Lightning bolt!"

edit: messed up media tag

Edited by Hartsblade, 06 March 2012 - 10:21 AM.

[V Swoops Grym]

Anyone seen my Gauss Cannon?

[Helmer]

Just a reminder . Just because GDC is going on and Russ and the rest are dropping incredible videos , it doesn't mean you guys back at the offices are allowed to slack off . Although with Paul in charge it's probably inevitable .

It's Friday ! That means play testing !

Feel free to record it and upload it .

That is all .

[Chuckie]

Actually nothing should be holding you guys back from giving us a little love on Saturdays of tests of new maps and or new Mechs..

Just sayin'..

OH and about that Beta Announcement we were promised today (OK no one promised.. just wildly speculated it I'll take what I can get )

[Paul Inouye]

Metro is nowhere near the studio so he doesn't know jack. But apparently he did get some gaming gear on his own.

As for today's play test. It was incredifun. I'm heavily starting to enjoy the nuances of the Jenner over the heavier class Mechs. Life expectancy isn't that long but if you know how to pick and run, boy are you going to be a pain in the arse on the battlefield. Just make sure you keep one eye open for those AutoCannons and such.

[Tuhalu]

Paul Inouye, on 09 March 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

As for today's play test. It was incredifun. I'm heavily starting to enjoy the nuances of the Jenner over the heavier class Mechs. Life expectancy isn't that long but if you know how to pick and run, boy are you going to be a pain in the arse on the battlefield. Just make sure you keep one eye open for those AutoCannons and such.

Sounds like the art of the light mech in TT as well. Float around in cover, then buzz past their back door to give them some tender loving before vanishing behind the next tree or hill. Heaps of fun that.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Paul Inouye, on 09 March 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

I'm heavily starting to enjoy the nuances of the Jenner over the heavier class Mechs. Life expectancy isn't that long but if you know how to pick and run, boy are you going to be a pain in the arse on the battlefield. Just make sure you keep one eye open for those AutoCannons and such.

What's heavier than Assault class?

[Orzorn]

Prosperity Park, on 09 March 2012 - 08:21 PM, said:

What's heavier than Assault class?

Edit: no,no,no

Edited by Metro, 13 March 2012 - 08:58 AM.
no,no,no

[Helmer]

Paul Inouye, on 09 March 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

As for today's play test. It was incredifun. I'm heavily starting to enjoy the nuances of the Jenner over the heavier class Mechs. Life expectancy isn't that long but if you know how to pick and run, boy are you going to be a pain in the arse on the battlefield. Just make sure you keep one eye open for those AutoCannons and such.

Sounds great.

For some reason reading this reminded me of those nature shows where a pack of Jackels would team up against a Lion. None of them would take the Lion head on , but as soon as its back was turned <NIP> .
Poor Lion could never sit still .

[borisof007]

lol at Orzorn

[Strum Wealh]

Prosperity Park, on 09 March 2012 - 08:21 PM, said:

What's heavier than Assault class?

The Colossal class (of which there is currently one known, infamous example).

[Helmer]

As this seems the defacto post for play tests , this was tweeted a few hours ago .

Bryan Ekman :

@bryanekman Just played 2 v 2 - @russ_bullock and Jordan Weisman vs Me and @mattneutron


Later Princess Matt N responded :

@Matt_Neutron @bryanekman oh Hey Bryan My Twitter is @Matt_Neutron. Was a pleasure scouting for you. I can't believe I got killed by Jordan Weisman!

[Dihm]

Would love to hear his (Jordan's) impressions.

[Helmer]

Here's the latest Ekman tweet as of a few minutes ago.


Bryan Ekman ‏ @bryanekman

So I saw the flamer in action yesterday.



Not a very politically correct statement, IMHO. But good for you Princess Matt N! You go girl!

[Katrina Steiner]

Well I hope Bryan shoots better than Paul did in that last game play footage.

[Chuckie]

Aegis Kleais™, on 15 March 2012 - 07:56 AM, said:

We always called those "fuegos" cause I hated that term. "Got a Puma coming in packin fuegos!"

Whats it doing hurling ugly 80s French cars at other Mechs.. ?

[DaBlackhawk]

NNNOOOOOO i wanted to play two (crys)

[Dihm]

Configurar el mundo en el fuego!

Please tell me we can set the environment/buildings on fire.

Edited by Dihm, 15 March 2012 - 09:16 AM.

[Dihm]

Yeah, the heat generated is more than the heat delivered. It'd be odd for flamers to generate that much heat now that they are ammo based too. I really hope they rebalanced them since they are no longer pulling from the reactor.

In comparison to the novels which talk about how feared even a single flamer or shoulder fired inferno rocket from infantry are, in the table top they always seemed more of a burden than a boon, unless you had infantry you wanted to broil. Or forests/cities you wanted to torch. Then again, they also talk in the early books about how no matter how many sinks a mech has, they'll all reach critical overheat levels after a few hours of hard movement.

I would LOVE to have my Recon pilots mount flamers, and lay down a smoke and IR screen to cover our advance.

Edited by Dihm, 15 March 2012 - 09:40 AM.