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[Mister Blastman]

MeiSooHaityu, on 18 December 2012 - 09:59 AM, said:

Quake 1 on dial-up. We had a term for that. We used to call it "Drunk on Ice" because your character couldn't walk a straight line if you tried. LOL

So true.

But... but... you could strafe-jump for super speeds! Skill-based gameplay that rewarded superior playing.

I think melee could totally work if done right. Centurions could use their shields for instance. Dragons could foot-plant people.

Atlaii... they could Commando-toss (Midget powerrrr!). The possibilities are endless!

[MeiSooHaityu]

Mister Blastman, on 18 December 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

So true.

But... but... you could strafe-jump for super speeds! Skill-based gameplay that rewarded superior playing.

I think melee could totally work if done right. Centurions could use their shields for instance. Dragons could foot-plant people.

Atlaii... they could Commando-toss (Midget powerrrr!). The possibilities are endless!

Can I rocket jump my Cataphract with an AC20 or a Gauss?

[Cerlin]

I'll probably get the one with the arm laser and the hip mounted AC. Tho please dont put XL in it stock and make it cheaper please....I already have XL's. But the second one, if it has similar hardpoints to the other dragons, Ill just get those. The YLW was kinda bad, but the Muromets was good. SO I am hopeful.

[Dukarriope]

The thing is that the River City night segments did not show what the map actually looks like without night vision turned on.
For all you know, it looks bright as daylight like with Frozen...

[Roland]

At the moment, night vision is kind of craptacular.. Even when you use it in dark areas like the cave on forest colony, you really can't see crap with it.

It only seems to pick up highlights, rather than actually illuminating anything.

I'm hoping that they clean up the night vision a little better.

[Skwisgaar Skwigelf]

Dukarriope, on 18 December 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

The thing is that the River City night segments did not show what the map actually looks like without night vision turned on.
For all you know, it looks bright as daylight like with Frozen...

Ummm, the very first scene on the bridge looks pretty dark to me.

[verybad]

MeiSooHaityu, on 18 December 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Can I rocket jump my Cataphract with an AC20 or a Gauss?

Yes, yes you can (well no you can't unfortunately) Hopefuilly they'll get explosions to move people eventually.

[Joseph Mallan]

Thontor, on 18 December 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

the video clearly shows it as being quite dark, with extensive use of night vision.

Was that during or after the third person view?

[Gigastrike]

Cattra Kell, on 18 December 2012 - 09:58 AM, said:

You can change them. I been naming my mechs after ancient soldier types. My YLW is named "Hoplite" and my Catapract is named "Legionary".

Can you only change them when you get the mech, or can you rename them too?

[Zynk]

To fit an AC/20 you will have to remove the XL engine.

[Mister Blastman]

MeiSooHaityu, on 18 December 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Can I rocket jump my Cataphract with an AC20 or a Gauss?

Hmm, sadly no.

The Cataphract might fair okay as a melee mech--probably more like the rock-em sock-em robots in Space Quest 3 (I'm old). The Catapult, however, will forever be referred to as "The Gimp."

No arms. No melee. All fail. No gauss jump either.

Or Mickey.

"Hey look, it is a mouseketeer! Jump him!" The nasty squad of Dragons yelled.

Edited by Mister Blastman, 18 December 2012 - 10:09 AM.

[Cattra Kell]

Gigastrike, on 18 December 2012 - 10:07 AM, said:

Can you only change them when you get the mech, or can you rename them too?

Only when you buy them, just like when you buy a C-bill mech. I would like to see a potential re-naming system later on though.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Mister Blastman, on 18 December 2012 - 10:07 AM, said:

Hmm, sadly no.

The Cataphract might fair okay as a melee mech--probably more like the rock-em sock-em robots in Space Quest 3 (I'm old). The Catapult, however, will forever be referred to as "The Gimp."

No arms. No melee. All fail. No gauss jump either.

Or Mickey.

"Hey look, it is mouseketeer! Jump him!" The nasty squad of Dragons yelled.

Your old, preaching to the choir (if you couldn't tell because I picked up on the Quake references).

Catapult is still may mech though. Found the sweet spot for me on the C1 (F) chassis. Atleast my Cat could maybe still headbutt other mechs

That night River City looks nice. Hopefully the night vision will get a little love in the next patch since it is too dark to use. It is almost worth using heat vision instead currently.

[Karyudo ds]

Not sure about the paint but I do like the dragon faces they've got. My mech will bite you now.

Mister Blastman, on 18 December 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

I think melee could totally work if done right. Centurions could use their shields for instance. Dragons could foot-plant people.

Melee could work right just as well as AC20's could work right. It's just a weapon attack done differently but not even necessarily that differently. Being able to cleave clan mechs in two would be a dream come true of course being able to pop up a Centurion shield would be really nice too. Technically we could do that now if PGI put in controls and animation for it. A shield bash though...

DOWN JENNER DOWN BOY!

Roland, on 18 December 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

At the moment, night vision is kind of craptacular.. Even when you use it in dark areas like the cave on forest colony, you really can't see crap with it.

Yeah, considering it's competing with thermal too and the only drawback there is telling things really close together apart.

[Monsoon]

Very Nice, it's no Danielle Atlas, but I'm sure I'll see plenty of them out on the field later today.

[GT Hawk]

I cut my teeth on dragons so this is interesting to me. Since open beta I worked on Cent's and CTF's. But this might be on my shopping list depending on loadout.

[Dukarriope]

>rewatches video and sees the non-NV segments again

...I am going to take that as a sign I should go to sleep ;;

[Endbringer]

Awesome! I mean...DRAGONS!

[Othello]

Their mechlab cards are up with the frontal view.

Fang: http://mwomercs.com/...mechs/hero/fang
Flame: http://mwomercs.com/...echs/hero/flame

[Aym]

Should only get bonus c-bills when the other one is on the same team, lol. But seriously, meh. Still wishing there was a package deal somewhat similar to founder's to get some of my friends excited about spending money on this game!