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[Bonedog]

I have long been a fan of the battletech francise. Two of my favorite mechs are the Marauder and Warhammer. My Question is simple, (and maybe they have been answered already in the past but i can't find any in this reguard) Will either of these two make it into the final game? I know the first teaser released by smith-n-tinker and pirahna showed an atlas, jenner, and warhammer, and I heard there was some legal pressure from those gundam freaks. Was the matter settled?

Ok, its a compilation of questions I've been curious of for a year at least.

P.S. Visable battle damage on mechs would be awesome! Chunks missing from armor, sparks and liquids oozing from charred holes. =)

[Insidious Johnson]

Welcome to MWO! Start with the "New Players Please Start Here" thread pinned near the top of this forum. It'll cover everything up to about ... now. Including the Unseen/Reseen mechs and all the problems associated with them. Or do a Search on unseen/reseen, hope that helps. There were several threads on this already.

[Bonedog]

I still cannot find a definative answer, just speculation. unless you can link something specific please.

[The Cheese]

You can't find a definitive answer because there isn't one as yet.

[Rejarial Galatan]

The definitive answer comes when the game is in our hands. Till then: guesses and wild nearly violent speculations.

[osito]

Sadly we just don't know if they will be allowed in. All of us hope some version of them will be in at least. We know some of the old lawsuits have been settled before hand, we just don't know if they will be in game.

[Karyudo ds]

Bonedog, on 03 May 2012 - 08:48 PM, said:

Will either of these two make it into the final game? I know the first teaser released by smith-n-tinker and pirahna showed an atlas, jenner, and warhammer, and I heard there was some legal pressure from those gundam freaks. Was the matter settled?

Bandai had nothing to do with anything at all. Harmony Gold did try to order a disist though, had no effect on the game as PGI couldn;t find a publisher. This has been covered many times. First being when they announced this I think. They didn't mention the Warhammer specifically but considering the art direction change it's likely gone and possibly to be replaced by an original version by Alex (also covered many times).

Bonedog, on 03 May 2012 - 08:48 PM, said:

Ok, its a compilation of questions I've been curious of for a year at least.

P.S. Visable battle damage on mechs would be awesome! Chunks missing from armor, sparks and liquids oozing from charred holes. =)

Yeah, like I said, most of that's been answered for the last 6 months but as far as damage have you bothered to watch the video from GDC? We're getting some of that! Feels like a huge step up...but it has been a decade since the last MW and it was graphically behind the times as it was.

Far as the "unseen" mechs actually go there are 2 companies that claim ownership of them, likely only one of the two actually has it. That's what you get when you barrow your designs from anime. I would be happy with updated FanPro versions, they'd likely end up looking the same here anyway. Of course as mentioned we don't know if they or any other specific unannounced mech will be added into the game. None of us have time machines. I know I wouldn't be here if I did

Edited by Karyudo-ds, 03 May 2012 - 10:16 PM.

[Nakir]

The problem with mechs so-called "unseen" has not yet been adequately discussed and detailed. We are all waiting for future developments in this regard.Marauder and Warhammer are both part of the unseen list http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Unseen ,then the answer is simple .....you will probably not see them to the release,but this does not mean that they will not be used in the game in the near future.Post closed.