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[Tanner S]

I wonder how they will function if they will require a certain rank to compete for or if they will go the flavor of the books and you need a nomination or to win the "grand melee" and how many bloodnames each clan will be limited to.

[Bullwerk]

I don't think clanners will be happy until they are able to spend the whole entire game bidding forces to fight one another over bloodnames and who gets to attack which faction on what day of the week. Oh all while being forced by the game to never use contractions and to properly use every bit of clan vernacular.

Which I guess is all just fine by me since I'd rather be smoking Kuritans.anyways.... I'll never understand you guys.

[Jaroth Corbett]

Tanner Sulik, on 19 May 2012 - 09:18 PM, said:

I wonder how they will function if they will require a certain rank to compete for or if they will go the flavor of the books and you need a nomination or to win the "grand melee" and how many bloodnames each clan will be limited to.

You do not need to be a certain rank to go for a Bloodname. You do need to get one BY a certain rank (Star Colonel) however, before you can be promoted. To get a Bloodname you must first have a matrilineal link to the Bloodname in question, then participate in a Trial of Bloodright. There are 32 slots available. 31 are sponsored & the 32nd slot is filled by the warrior who wins the Grand Melee which is fought by other potential candidates who have not been sponsored.

Also each Bloodheritage has a set of Bloodrights which at the maximum can be 25. Some Bloodnames are aberrations such as Kerensky, Winson & Osis which means they can have 50 because there are two Bloodheritages for those names.

Edited by Jaroth Winson, 20 May 2012 - 05:23 AM.

[Gremlich Johns]

Thanx Jaroth.

and for IS-oriented players reading material in the Clan threads......

Bloodnames in the Clan-oriented groups that will form after MWO brings the clans in will have no impact on the lives of those who are IS-oriented. Really.

//rant on

Anybody gainsaying ANY clan-oriented group wanting to pursue Bloodnames after/if clans make an entre' will just be a troll and need to keep their comments to themselves. really. Remember that "you" will become a much sought out target if you speak lamely about the Clans. (giving you good reason, finally, to hate the Clans) Anybody clan-oriented really does not care what an IS-oriented or Merc player thinks about the Clans anyways. You just want the tech and that makes "you" small and not worth any trouble.

There will be pseudo-clan groups (clan tech desirers) and there will be authentic clan-oriented groups (it really is about the society and the idiom). The two will be easy to differentiate.

//rant off

[Jaroth Corbett]

Just doing my part Gremlich. (insert thumbs-up emoticon here)

What I still do not get is, the devs made a section for us. We do not go there to harass them about their "Great Houses" yet they are always coming here to troll us. And they wonder why we call them barbarians.............

Edited by Jaroth Winson, 20 May 2012 - 02:08 PM.

[Evgeny Bear]

Jaroth Winson, on 20 May 2012 - 02:07 PM, said:

Just doing my part Gremlich. (insert thumbs-up emoticon here)

What I still do not get is, the devs made a section for us. We do not go there to harass them about their "Great Houses" yet they are always coming here to troll us. And they wonder why we call them barbarians.............

I look forward to bring them enlightment trough the fire of my ER-Lasers, and crush their pride under the Ferro Fibrous manteled feet of my mech. Molten armorplates, cauterised corpses and exploded ammunition cases will talk more then words about my disgust towards them

[Tanner S]

what i meant in the rank thing is that if they let anyone in the clans compete for a bloodname you will have 4000 people entering the grand melee which would not work so well so i assume they will not mechwarriors compete but thats just my guess i know it goes against the books but they didnt have that many people trying to compete

Also on a side note i wonder if when you create your mechwarrior if you will have to choose what heritage to have be it pride, helmer, malthus and such for the falcons and all the others for the others

[Jaroth Corbett]

I cannot say if it was 4000, but it is called the Grand Melee for a reason. Also there are only 32 people at one time who can go for a specific Bloodname. Sure the 32nd guy has to fight off all the others in the Grand Melee beforehand but still it is a small number.

Actually they may very well say at what rank you can go for a Bloodname. Who knows.

Edited by Jaroth Winson, 21 May 2012 - 03:26 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

Jaroth Winson, on 20 May 2012 - 02:07 PM, said:

What I still do not get is, the devs made a section for us. We do not go there to harass them about their "Great Houses" yet they are always coming here to troll us. And they wonder why we call them barbarians.............

Thats because in MWO-Russia IS invades YOU!