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[Vexgrave Lars]

Awesome Sauce

[Morgana]

Sweet

[Mr Smiles]

That seals it. I'm going to spend more money on MWO than any other game, ever. And I'm going to do it with a giant grin on my face.

And I'm going to give up other shooters. Never again. MWO's all I need.

If only there was a way to be able to afford to start playing and never stop... wait! What if I move into an apartment next to a place that buys plasma? Hmmm... plasma doesn't sell for enough... ooh! What if I squat in an abandoned apartment with a laptop and a joystick, and hijack Internet from a cafe?

Perfect!

MWO, here I come!

....

In all seriousness, this is the most amazing thing, I love you guys at PGI, and if I were a woman I would offer to carry your babies. Though you guys are Canadian, maybe your super-healthcare is good enough to let me do that anyway... keep me informed, eh?

[Thornn]

DO WANT

[Skwisgaar Skwigelf]

Sprouticus, on 04 April 2012 - 09:12 AM, said:

Looks good. Not particularly happy about the engine upgrade process, but you cant have everything.

I do like removing the hard point numbers from the actual mounting of the hard points. That will increase flexibility, and make it easier to tweak mechs as needed.

The interface looks fairly straight forward.


Now to questions:

1) Will you be able to change the internal structure?
2) How are critical on XL engines handled?
3) I thought modules were going to be easily swappable. Will they cost money as well?
4) If you remove a weapon form a mech does it go away or go back into inventory?
5) We a player be able to hit the mech lab before dropping or are we going to go into matches blind (heavy energy on a hot map, LR setup on a city map)

When they post the Q&A thread that will be a good spot for those questions.

[Sporkosophy]

Adridos, on 04 April 2012 - 09:13 AM, said:

You forgot about the fourth, yet unnamed mech. I think it is Paul-Fashioner, but I can't decide on the variant. Supertroll SPT-22, or Bronypony BPY- 9000?

I was thinking of naming it the SPK-1337 Sporky Pie.

[ScrewCityChris]

This system sounds perfect!! I could not be happier.

[Merrick]

Thanx for the great info guys, give me a lot to think on over the coming months

[Black Sunder]

I'm questioning Internal Structure as well. I don't want Endo Steel for everything nor do I want to have to purchase a variant with it to have it because that variant might have a totally different configuration. You lose alot of criticals to Endo.

[Dihm]

Black Sunder, on 04 April 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

I'm questioning Internal Structure as well. I don't want Endo Steel for everything nor do I want to have to purchase a variant with it to have it because that variant might have a totally different configuration. You lose alot of criticals to Endo.

With it not being listed as one of the changeable things, I'm going to guess that you have to buy a variant of the mech without it.

[Hartsblade]

Now that I had a chance to read a little more in depth...

Still Awesome!!
Nice to see the Rangers represented
The 'mech repainting is not as robust as I would have liked, but I can understand why they are going this way.

[SD 47]

This begs the question if Chassis Varients will allow for different hardpoints to allow for things like a Twin PPC wielding Catapult: CPLT-K2

Edited by SD 47, 04 April 2012 - 09:18 AM.

[Felbombling]

Cool beans. Just about everything I expected is in place. I sure hope the head hit box is small, though.

[Dihm]

They also didn't say if changing the weapons changes the visual display of the hardport.

[Claw55]

Vexgrave Lars, on 04 April 2012 - 09:13 AM, said:

Awesome

You just HAD to say that, didn't you Major?

[Sporkosophy]

Dihm, on 04 April 2012 - 09:17 AM, said:

With it not being listed as one of the changeable things, I'm going to guess that you have to buy a variant of the mech without it.

It would make sense given the fluff behind replacing the internal structure.

[Cattra Kell]

Excellent work guys, keep it up! Can't wait for some more information.

[Ma kal]

The antenna makes me want to...KILL ALL HUMANS!

Edited by Ma'kal, 04 April 2012 - 09:35 AM.

[AlanEsh]

Mech appearance customization is very close to what I thought it would be -- great choices there Dev! See, all you have to do to be in my good graces is agree with me

Mechlab looks good. I'm glad they're not getting into altering things like internal structure, I mean, that's like buying a car and having your local mechanic replace the frame. Hopefully there will be endo/non-endo and XL/non-XL mech variants available though -- if they existed in canon!

[Tenzen NightGreaver]

Thanks for all the great info so far.
Starting to get that warm fuzzy feeling.

Tenzen