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[Joseph Calvert]

OH YEAH! Have mech will customize! TT battletech skills back in action. This is going to be fun.

Paul, Can we please have closed beta start this month. You said in the mechlab video, open beta this summer. Summer's just over a month away. At least give us a month to knock the bugs out of the game before open beta, PLEASE?

Edited by Joseph Calvert, 07 May 2012 - 11:10 AM.

[JazzySteel]

Why is the game listed as "also on X360"? ive heard nothing of this.

[MaddMaxx]

pursang, on 07 May 2012 - 10:58 AM, said:

At 00:34 in the MechLab Developer Breakdown, Paul is shown buying a Hunchback HBK-4G with (CB) - C-Bills no doubt, however right beside it there's an greyed-out option to buy the 'Mech with (MC). Could (MC) be the official micro-transaction currency for MW:O, I wonder?

Ninja'd but in a good way. MechWarrior Credits..

Edited by MaddMaxx, 07 May 2012 - 11:14 AM.

[Mason Grimm]

For those that are curious about Paul's mech. MechSpecs posted the very first ever (truly for realzies) custom Mech build; the HBK-F*K (ForumUserKiller) which can be found here: http://www.mechspecs...-s-Hunchback%29

[Dihm]

Is it me, or does the MechLab UI remind anyone else of Start Trek NextGen, only with 20x more bad-***?

Beautifoil, can't wait to watch the vids when not at work!!

[Aegis Kleais]

JazzySteel, on 07 May 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:

Why is the game listed as "also on X360"? ive heard nothing of this.

IGN has a bad habit of doing this. PGI has confirmed the game is only for PC currently.

[CoffiNail]

IGN did name the Atlas as a Titan did it not when the teaser came out during GDC timeframe. . .

[MaddMaxx]

Mason Grimm, on 07 May 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

For those that are curious about Paul's mech. MechSpecs posted the very first ever (truly for realzies) custom Mech build; the HBK-F*K (ForumUserKiller) which can be found here: http://www.mechspecs...-s-Hunchback%29

Quick tell Micheal he forgot the MG listing under araments but added its AMMO load... LOL

Edited by MaddMaxx, 07 May 2012 - 11:19 AM.

[Aegis Kleais]

I gotta say "Kudos" to PGI for maintaining the sense of scale very well in these Mechs. I can only imagine how much better the game will look once they add all those small nuances like lens flares, kicked up debris, hanging smoke clouds, etc.

When you see the light footage, even a Medium looked a decent size larger. And Atlases looked massive. And when you were in the Atlas, the other Mechs looked proportionately smaller; the Catap was of modest size, but Jenners were like fleas to you.

Put that all into a gorgeous world, and..... thank God I'm on a forum where I can type, cause my jaw is still sitting on the floor.

[ENDMYSUFFERING]

Garth Erlam, on 07 May 2012 - 09:16 AM, said:

Seen here: http://pc.ign.com/ar.../1224425p1.html

Discuss!

Now, Garth, all I request is that you give me my Urbie. Do that, and I will buy things from the in-game store as much as possible. And I will also be as happy as I was when I found my first diamonds in minecraft.

[pursang]

"Everyone chose a Hunchback, for f---- sake!"

Russ, 2012

[Cifu]

Mason Grimm, on 07 May 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

For those that are curious about Paul's mech. MechSpecs posted the very first ever (truly for realzies) custom Mech build; the HBK-F*K (ForumUserKiller) which can be found here: http://www.mechspecs...-s-Hunchback%29

Actually there is two different custom HBK showed. One in the video (the ForumUserKiller) and one in the Screens (Hammer 2).

The first one showed as your link says. The second one what i'm write earlier.

Edited by Cifu, 07 May 2012 - 11:22 AM.

[Ross486]

After watching that video it makes me even more excited to play this game .

[Tuonela]

I'm confused on the hardpoint customization. I understand that each hardpoint has a specific type (missile, energy, etc). But there is no size or weight restriction aside from the total mech tonnage? For example, I can put in a Gauss into a machine gun slot without issue as long as the total mech tonnage isn't exceeded? That just seems strange... you can run lights with some heavy weaponry for guerrilla warfare, granted that would probably be their only gun.

[Lima Zulu]

1.50 Huncback video - red glow on catapult center torso - crit higlight?

And also, mechlab again - adding 2 small lasers without removing mediums? Old video or hardpoint "one slot-one barrrel" system is screwed again?

[Aegis Kleais]

Tuonela, on 07 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

I'm confused on the hardpoint customization. I understand that each hardpoint has a specific type (missile, energy, etc). But there is no size or weight restriction aside from the total mech tonnage? For example, I can put in a Gauss into a machine gun slot without issue as long as the total mech tonnage isn't exceeded? That just seems strange... you can run lights with some heavy weaponry for guerrilla warfare, granted that would probably be their only gun.

Think of them as MOUNTS that have a TYPE. If a Right Torso has 2 Ballistic Mounts (Hardpoints), then you can attach any 2 ballistic weapons as long as their total does not go over the amount of slots in the Right Torso or put your Mechs Tonnage over its maximum.

[Nighthound]

You guys simply ROCK!

[Cifu]

Tuonela, on 07 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

I'm confused on the hardpoint customization. I understand that each hardpoint has a specific type (missile, energy, etc). But there is no size or weight restriction aside from the total mech tonnage? For example, I can put in a Gauss into a machine gun slot without issue as long as the total mech tonnage isn't exceeded? That just seems strange... you can run lights with some heavy weaponry for guerrilla warfare, granted that would probably be their only gun.

There is a critical slot restriction too. You can see, the head and the two legs has 6 critical slot each, the torsos and arms had 12 slots each. The CT (Center Torso) hold the Engine, the Gyro, the arms and legs had 2-2 acutators, perhaps hands, which also "cost" slots. Even if you have usable weight and hardpoint, if you won't have free critical slot in that section, you cannot put anything else there.

For example the Hunchback had two Ballistic hardpoint in the RT (Right Torso), but you cannot put two AC/20 there, even if you have enough weight, simply because an AC/20 need 10 critical slot - so you need 20 critical, but only had 12.

There is three type of restriction:

-Weight
-Hardpoint
-Critical slot

If you miss one, you cannot put that weapon there.

Edited by Cifu, 07 May 2012 - 11:55 AM.

[Felix Dante]

I am in Heaven.

That Catapult footage was so cool...

[Stormwolf]

pursang, on 07 May 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

"Everyone chose a Hunchback, for f---- sake!"

Russ, 2012