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[Nathan Foxbane]

Hayashi, on 25 April 2013 - 10:46 AM, said:

[Paula Fry]

[Paula Fry]

[Felicitatem Parco]

Opus, on 25 April 2013 - 08:13 AM, said:

"We've identified three kinds of players," Piranha Games creative director Bryan Ekman adds. There's the lone wolf, "the guy who doesn't care about role playing,(or) being a part of any organizational structure whatsoever.

"Then we have factions, and factions are NPC factions. They belong to the universe, they're a part of the lore. These are the great houses of BattleTech.

"These guys participate in territory control in a more passive way. Their matches affect the universe, but indirectly.

"And then you have the Merc Corps. These are the guilds, these are the clans, these are the guys who come together, band together, fight together and play together and actually want to control as much territory as they can through their actions.

The lone wolf play style is what players currently have in the game today; the NPC factions will be free-to-play; the Merc Corps, on the other hand, will be monetized. "We're looking at possibly charging a one-time setup fee," Ekman said. "This is just to make sure there's not a flood of one-player corps.

Spoiler

Lone Wolf response

Bryan Ekman, on 08 April 2013 - 09:35 AM, said:

No, we will not require players to have a Premium Account to play in a Merc Unit.

Yes, we are considering monetizing aspects of Community Warfare.

• A small one-time MC and/or CB fee to create a Merc Corp*.
  
• Some aspects of CW will reward players with MC, we are considering a Premium Account requirement to participate in these rewards. This will not prevent non-paying customers to participate in all aspects of CW with their friends and teammates.
  
• If we decided to launch Private Matches, they will likely require a Premium Account to cover costs of hosting a match on our hardware.

* We are looking at ways to prevent/mitigate name reserving and parking. We may simply require players to have a minimum of 1 company or 12 active players to maintain a valid status.




At this time no final decisions have been made.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 25 April 2013 - 12:55 PM.

[Noesis]

Paula Fry, on 25 April 2013 - 11:16 AM, said:

[Paula Fry]

Aiming ...aiming....oh ****...he saw me!

[Paula Fry]

[Captain Fabulous]

I'm just leaving this here.

[Hayashi]

http://www.ted.com/t...nd_thought.html

Nothing to do with MWO specifically here, but it's an interesting speech - maybe it'll lead to some ideas for new memes.

[Noesis]

[Mega Steel]

Paula Fry, on 25 April 2013 - 01:07 PM, said:

[Paula Fry]

Humor helps...

[DjKonline]

[SirDubDub]

Reposting like a boss here.

9/10 drops piloting a medium mech are like this




1/10 drops piloting a medium mech are like this


And that's why we run them.

Edited by SirDubDub, 26 April 2013 - 07:19 AM.

[Opus]

Prosperity Park, on 25 April 2013 - 12:41 PM, said:

the hint was right here

So its obvious Opus is poking fun at

A PGI/IGP
B General Forum (or whats left of them) Ranting idiots
C all the above

but back to my regularly scheduled sarcasm

Edited by Opus, 26 April 2013 - 08:45 AM.

[SteelyDan]

Well, everyones talking about Spiders and Bugs...
Here...

What?

[RenegadeMaster]

With this newest tourney:

Garth Erlam, on 26 April 2013 - 08:37 AM, said:

FORMULA

• Kills*20 + Kill Assist*10 + (DamageDone – TeamDamage)/15 + Wins*20 + Loss*10 + Survive*20 + Dead*10

Call me picky, but...


Assuming the latter from above...

[JudgeDeathCZ]

[Felicitatem Parco]

Opus, on 26 April 2013 - 08:44 AM, said:

[Noesis]