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[Black Mamba]

http://www.examiner....geting-reticles

. That is all.

[CobraFive]

Seriously though, wow... that sounds awesome. That's defantely a piece of the boardgame I always felt would improve the game.

Edited by cobrafive, 01 March 2012 - 10:56 PM.

[ScrewCityChris]

I like the sound of this!!

[Kartr]

Sounds cool but shouldn't there be three reticles? One for torso and one for each arm?

[Sug]

Neat. I was not a fan of MW3's free-floating reticle but this sounds like a nice compromise. It makes sense that torso weapons are fixed and arm weapons are free to target other things.


Now the option on the facebook control scheme poll for "mouse and joystick" make sense to me.

[Black Mamba]

Kartr, on 01 March 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

Sounds cool but shouldn't there be three reticles? One for torso and one for each arm?

They probably made it two instead of three to make it less difficult for one to operate. You have to look at the big picture, its a F2P title. I don't think I have ever played a game with two reticles, so this maybe my first. To me this looks interesting enough without compromising user access in-game.

[ScrewCityChris]

Exactly. I keep trying to think of how they are doing this without making the controls feel cumbersome. Like using the numpad... i dislike it when the numpad gets used for controls.

[ethnic minority]

This is great news. Can't wait to see it in action!

[Watchit]

Wow, this news about two reticles has spread really fast o.0

[Dymlos2003]

Sweet so it'll be similar to MW3 then?

[Psydotek]

Then if you keep the torso reticle over a target long enough and the arm reticle will eventually overlap. Then you can make reduction of reticle convergence speed an advanced pilot skill...

[Lipase]

Awesome... yet another reason to move the clan from WoT here...

[Lima Zulu]

Wow that's a great news!

[Mchawkeye]

I love this. It solves so many issues, increases the level of challenge...such a smart move.

Kartr, on 01 March 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

Sounds cool but shouldn't there be three reticles? One for torso and one for each arm?

SIgh. It's just never enough for some people is it?

[Arnold Carns]

Watchit, on 01 March 2012 - 11:42 PM, said:

Wow, this news about two reticles has spread really fast o.0

Yeah, they did spy my thread! That's outrageous. I demand a press pass as reparation immediately! (You could have it back after GDC).

[LordDeathStrike]

arms are gonna stay linked to the arm reticle, people dont use 2 aiming devices to seperate the arms conveniently, yould need the mech auto targeting things, it would get ugly.

[ScrewCityChris]

The more I think about this the more exited I am. I cant imagine they would have the control scheme be unfriendly to the average player and I have a lot of faith in these guys so this can be nothing but a good thing.

Although the hard part will be learning to multitask a bit more from a leadership perspective with calling secondary targets (when it is appropriate)

[Alan Grant]

This brings new flavour to the mechwarrior experience. It definitly is not your dad's mechwarrior anymore.

Edited by Alan Grant, 02 March 2012 - 01:43 AM.

[Striker1980]

SOOOO EXCITED!!!!
*fizzes and pops*

[ScrewCityChris]

Alan Grant, on 02 March 2012 - 01:43 AM, said:

This brings new flavour to the mechwarrior experience. It definitly is not your dad's mechwarrior anymore.

I was around and old enough to play when these came out and Im only in my early 30's.. are you calling people my age old? sniff sniff