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[Derick Cruisaire]

Paul Inouye, on 04 February 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

Now to the OP:

This one is for you buds...

Spoiler

The information you're seeking is part of Mech Warfare month. Sorry to make you wait but you're gonna get hit with a storm of information when we talk about Mech Warfare which includes how and what gets customized as well as how combat is going to play out on the battlefield.

No internet nonsense? Methinks someone else has logged in using Paul's profile.

Seriously though. Thanks for the info Paul.

[guardian wolf]

Aegis Kleais™, on 05 February 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:

*head 'splodes*

Awwwww, somebody get a mop, I got an exploded head on isle 5.

[Ian MacLeary]

zverofaust, on 05 February 2012 - 08:20 AM, said:

And when is Mech Warfare month going to be!??! Next month!? Oh god it's only the 5th...

Well, there's 4 pillars - Community Warfare (December), Information Warfare (January), Role Warfare (February), so that leaves March for Mech Warfare. At that point they'll have covered the 4 main pillars and we should be hearing about Beta (imnsho).

There's still plenty of goodies left in Role Warfare month... the time will pass before you know it.

[Dlardrageth]

Anyone ever thought that it might be a smart move for PGI and the MVP model to have the whole MechBay functionality integrated gradually into the game? Let's take a step back for a moment and look at a hypothetical timeline...

1. At release the functionality will allow you to do some cosmetic (paint jobs e.g.) customization and to toy around some with modules etc. Other than that you are mostly tied to some fixed Mech variants provided by PGI.

2. On the event of "expansion one", the IS starts on the "upgrading Mechs" business more in depth, menaing that also you can have some limited access to XAC and UAC tech and some specilaized ammunition types and the like. Still cannot turn your Locust into a Marauder, but... baby steps.

3. Expansion 2, darn it, the clans have shown up! Now here goes the customization frenzy another step, you might have gotten that sexah Clan MedPls laser (god knows how...) and now you can mount it!

4. Expansion 3, look at that, not only does the occasional lucky bast*** get hold of a salvaged Clan Mech chassis by now, no, the IS finally start looking into OmiMech technology as well. And if you got the necessary moolah/connections/social standing/sexual seduction skills, you might be one of the first to get one and play the "pimp you Mech" game like the pros do, now!

I, for one, could live with that! Also would mean PGI doesn't have to throw a major part of its (limited) development budget just at one facet of the whole game. Because at the end of the day, this game is to be "MechWarriorOnline", not "MechLabOnline". So priorities need to be straight!

[T0RC4ED]

Paul Inouye, on 04 February 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

Spoiler

The information you're seeking is part of Mech Warfare month. Sorry to make you wait but you're gonna get hit with a storm of information when we talk about Mech Warfare which includes how and what gets customized as well as how combat is going to play out on the battlefield.

The show/hide spoiler button is epic... got a chuckle out of it =)
As for the Armament, I would hope that mechs are heavily costomizable due to the fact that everyone knows or can research the TROs and find out that a Centurion CN9-A has a set TRO (example only) and basically what parts to take out first to cripple its combat effectiveness. Same with the stock catapult or any other mech. Varriants are great but still make potential targets obvious.

Edited by T0RC4ED, 06 February 2012 - 03:06 AM.

[Rathverge]

Note from canada.... Quebecois (do not) speak french. Its another animal entirely lol

[Mason Grimm]

Rathverge, on 06 February 2012 - 06:16 AM, said:

Note from canada.... Quebecois (do not) speak french. Its another animal entirely lol

Certes, à un degré. Les Parisiens disent "Combien d'argent", mais les Québécois disent "Combien d'buck". C'est une sorte de bastarized français (désolé pour tous mes frères et sœurs francophones là-bas)

Just sayin.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

As far as Parisiens are concerned no one else speaks French - even the other inhabitants of France

[Mchawkeye]

Mason Grimm, on 06 February 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

Certes, à un degré. Les Parisiens disent "Combien d'argent", mais les Québécois disent "Combien d'buck". C'est une sorte de bastarized français (désolé pour tous mes frères et sœurs francophones là-bas)

Just sayin.

Ya whit? Ahh Dinnae ken ah wurd o' that.

[Joseph Calvert]

I'm in the wait and see camp on this one. This game is a reboot, a fresh start for the universe we all love.

My opinion is tiny modifications to a mech design will happen(cost, time who knowns). Varients for the major changes.

But lets see what the dev's say.