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[William Warriors]

Does anyone know the exact date when the clans hit the Inner Sphere at March?

I have been going through all the battletech references from sourcebooks and material.

The earliest date I can find is March the 7th and the 30th

7th is when they hit Free Rasalhague Republic, from Micheal A Stackpole Lethal Heritage, however the story was base of Tyra Miraborg, Phelan Kells hot ex but dead mistress on a Dropships, no reference to mechs,

That comes on the 30th on Turtle bay, we all know Turtle bay, but at the 30th, the Jaguers are already on the ground hitting hard, so it has to be earlier.

I hope when day comes.. we have enough upgraded stuff, better prepared than those poor souls from the Canon fiction, succession wars tech and mech vs clan.

[gregsolidus]

At the rate development is going the won't make it at all.

[deadeye mcduck]

Wave one will it march-april 3050. More info can be found on the ever useful Sarna.net:
http://www.sarna.net...i/Clan_Invasion

[RumRunner151]

Keep in mind though...just cuz the invasion starts, it does not mean there is plentiful enough salvage to start adding Clan Tech to IS mechs in abundance.

[bug3at3r]

Apparently you missed it, they attacked us yesterday.

[M4NTiC0R3X]

I have no clue. Wolfs dragoon here, soon to be Clan Wolf!

[Ozric]

How odd. I was asking this question of myself just yesterday, but I couldn't be bothered to dig out the exact date. Thanks for doing the work for me!

Edit: I think the 7th btw, as the FFR attack is the first real move.

Edited by Ozric, 14 December 2012 - 02:23 PM.

[Lagfest]

99.99% sure Paul said It would be in August...
on NGNG

That they were "On schedule"

In here i think:
http://nogutsnogalax...s-aka-rayzilla/

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

how will they do this without the CW feature? AI clan mechs randomly thrown into fights?

[Sifright]

William Conrad, on 14 December 2012 - 12:46 PM, said:

Does anyone know the exact date when the clans hit the Inner Sphere at March?

The earliest date I can find is March the 7th and the 30th

March 7th- 30th 2014

[William Warriors]

bug3at3r, on 14 December 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

Apparently you missed it, they attacked us yesterday.

they had already struck the Periphery, canon scriptures from Battletechs shows they hit the Dracs, Lyrans and the FRR at March 3050, that is the date when the Inner Sphere take notice..

It is my theory by March, they, MWOline will have a lot of Clan mechs hitting the game. Perhaps that is why Mechs are being deploy at a slow pace.

This post is for those of us whom are impatient at getting clan tech.

WHEN EXACTLY on the day of March so we are ready for it!

LRM20 weight 5 tons a peice, Ultra 20 Acs at 12 tons, Medium lasers does damage almost similar to
an Inner Sphere Large, ER version at that, Omnimechs like Madcat, you can mount Balistic, Missle
hard points on Omni hardpoints.

If those clan mechs are a no show by then may as well throw the 1:1 battletech date to the wind and bring in the later stuff... it makes the game more fun.

Edited by William Conrad, 14 December 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[Strum Wealh]

William Conrad, on 14 December 2012 - 04:27 PM, said:

they had already struck the Periphery, canon scriptures from Battletechs shows they hit the Dracs, Lyrans and the FRR at March 3050, that is the date when the Inner Sphere take notice..

It is my theory by March, they, MWOline will have a lot of Clan mechs hitting the game. Perhaps that is why Mechs are being deploy at a slow pace.

This post is for those of us whom are impatient at getting clan tech.

WHEN EXACTLY on the day of March so we are ready for it!

LRM20 weight 5 tons a peice, Ultra 20 Acs at 12 tons, Medium lasers does damage almost similar to
an Inner Sphere Large, ER version at that, Omnimechs like Madcat, you can mount Balistic, Missle
hard points on Omni hardpoints.

If those clan mechs are a no show by then may as well throw the 1:1 battletech date to the wind and bring in the later stuff... it makes the game more fun.

The thing about it is, the invasion of the IS proper (that is, not the Periphery) starts in March of 3050, and proceeds in several stages.

Notably, there is a one-year lull (from Oct. 31, 3050 to Nov. 3051) where the invasion is halted due to Tyra Miraborg's slaying of ilKhan Leo Showers.

What I would expect to happen is something along the lines of:

• We initially see ISN posts in the announcement section about worlds falling to "mysterious invaders" and such. (March-April 2013)
  
• We see the concept art reveals of the Invasion-era Clan OmniMechs. (March-July 2013, assuming 1-week intervals)
  
• Later, we see ISN posts in the announcement section regarding key battles with the Clans (e.g. the fall of Trell I, the first and second Battles of Twycross, the fall of planet Rasalhague, etc), as well as more information about them. (April-October 2013)
  
• We see PGI/IGP staff and their relations (e.g. "Friends and Family Beta" participants) appear in-game in Clan OmniMechs for special "Fight Against the Invaders!" events. (August-October 2013)
  
• "Leo Showers is killed! Clans halt their advance and fortify holdings!"; separate Clan servers are set up and the general playerbase is allowed to create Clan accounts. (October-November 2013)
  
• One year of isolated tech matches (Clan vs Clan, IS vs IS) allows both sides to practice with their available tech, establish units, and build up XP. (November 2013 - November 2014)
  
• "Fifth wave of the Clan Invasion begins!"; Clan and IS players are able to fight against each other. (November 2014)

I think that such a plan would work in PGI's favor because it would allow them plenty of time and opportunity to create, observe, analyze. and adjust Clan-related content as needed.

Though, it should be noted that the above is my personal musing, and that I do not (currently) know how PGI will implement the Clan Invasion.

[Obadiah333]

Uh, the world ends in 7 days, so they better hurry up.