93 replies to this topic

[Kyrie]

WardenWolf,

Thanks for the link! Responded in your thread here. In gist, I like your ideas -- but they are based on what we know of PGI's plans; with premises that I find disturbing. They fall in line perfectly with a vision of House Factions being for more "casual" players, something I am disagreeing with. In brief, when I first head of this game my assumption is that mercs would be for casual play, and factions for hard-core players. Instead, I find that there is a subtext to everything implying the reverse... starting with the url itself (mwomercs.com).

Edited by Kyrie, 20 August 2012 - 06:26 PM.

[Muffinator]

It has been stated open beta would start when the game is a certain % complete. How close to this % is the current internal build of the game?

[Scrawny Cowboy]

Where is battlemech 16?

[Eternal Hunter]

Yeah, Where is BattleMech 16?

<Deleted, meh - this wasn't beta forum, heh>

Edited by Eternal Hunter, 20 August 2012 - 08:17 PM.

[Rejarial Galatan]

For those players who intend to swap to the Clans when they become playable, how will this be handled?

[Butane9000]

DocBach, on 20 August 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

Where is BattleMech 16?

This is where your pushing us

(not that I would, others possibly might)

Edited by Butane9000, 20 August 2012 - 09:29 PM.

[Jetkar]

I have two questions :-

Will their be support for Track IR that would be great benefit to the game.

I know this has been mentioned before but will users/clans be able to create their own faction tags

[Stormwolf]

1. Medium mechs are viewed as redundant by many since people can easily pick a heavy or assault. How will you account for the Inner Sphere weight ratios (Medium, Light, Heavy, Assault) in the game?

2. Is it legally possible for you guys to have a reseen mech in the game?

[Jale]

How about putting that old voice sound into your cockpit for all warnings?

[Sturmspetz]

Will there be long matches (around 30 minutes or more) and are there any plans to have limited mech numbers in competitive battles? (eg maximum of 18 deployments for each weight class which have to be rationed out over a series of 6 matches)

[Ashmodaii]

how are workings go on at the client himself?
How frequently will there be updates, probably a "roadmap", up to now it seems to take rather long times?

Edited by Ashmodaii, 21 August 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Aszot]

When comparing the catapult and atlas video, one can notice, that LRMs on catapult were launched simultaneously, whereas on atlas in two volleys. Does it depend on mech design, or 10 is maximum LRMs launched at a time, like in MW4?

[Redshift2k5]

Aszot, on 21 August 2012 - 02:44 AM, said:

When comparing the catapult and atlas video, one can notice, that LRMs on catapult were launched simultaneously, whereas on atlas in two volleys. Does it depend on mech design, or 10 is maximum LRMs launched at a time, like in MW4?

Check the atlas art, how many individual missile ports do you see?

[Silverwave]

How about the music? Will there be any in the game? Could we have a sample of one of the tracks? I remember MW3-Mercs's music and it was wonderfull!

[Lawstar]

In the pen and paper game...an internal hit on an item with multiple slots results in destruction of the item. I have noticed that a mech takes (i.e. hunchback) a hit (i.e. AC20) to an item and the item seems to keep working...has anyone else noticed this....additionally do engines break on the first hit or do they run less efficiently (i.e. hotter or less power?)....

[Veliah Truard]

Can you confirm that for fun the devs get in groups, drop against each other in nothing but special mech variants with all ballistics slot, load up a ton of machine guns and run around laughing?

-self redacted for almost violating NDA on accident-

I am so sorry, I sometimes forget that the ask the devs isn't in the Beta Threads. Question removed. Can't think of a non NDA violating way of asking so I'll just forget it.

Edited by Veliah Truard, 21 August 2012 - 11:19 PM.

[WardenWolf]

Lawstar, on 21 August 2012 - 06:33 AM, said:

In the pen and paper game...an internal hit on an item with multiple slots results in destruction of the item. I have noticed that a mech takes (i.e. hunchback) a hit (i.e. AC20) to an item and the item seems to keep working...has anyone else noticed this....additionally do engines break on the first hit or do they run less efficiently (i.e. hotter or less power?)....

Careful about the NDA there! Beta-related questions in open forums, including 'Ask the Devs' are a no-go (I asked Garth).

[Dervim]

Can I haz open beta?



Come on guys! The Summer's almost over!

[Moriarte]

There is only Atlas, why do we keep talking about other mechs?

[Jost]

It's hard to give questions here: everything I want to know is predicated on Beta experiences.

Can we please get a Beta version of Ask the Devs?