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[All24Cans]

I played Battletech when it first came out and every incarnation of the table and digital games ever since. I've seen countless topics on game-balancing MWO. IS vs Clan, ECM/LRM hatred, the difficulty of having to "out smart" the opponent, and now respawns.

Anyone remember MechAssault for the XBox? Let's not go there again. In my personal opinion, MWO shouldn't be yet another Halo, CoD, respawn match where the point of the game is for everything to be absolutely 100% balanced and the only objective is to run-and-gun dying as quickly as possible.

Digital games used to be very much about out smarting your superior opponent, using teamwork to bring down bigger enemies, and investing time and effort to earn bigger rewards. So far, MWO is a good platform with the potential of being a "smart" game. I encourage the community to keep that in mind when posting your wants and desires for the developers to read.

[Dino1a]

Hi whisker
I started with MW3 online Had to use ms gamezone and be at their mercy. I like this concept here and yes I do remmber mechassault for x-box (lol). Old mechwarriors never die we just keep playing!!!!

[Grandpaw]

All I can say is "if respawns starts, I stop".

[JP Josh]

the only way i see respawns being possible is if we have to use all the trials in a single match with objectives that effect the way the game is played if a certian point is caped or destroyed we cant call in any players who have alerady died.

trials only other wise things can be a bit stacked in the pug drops for this mode.

8 vs 8 im all for bein able to drop in coustimized mechs.

[Lawrence Elsa]

"Anyone remember MechAssault for the XBox?"
AAAAHHHHHHHH!!
okay, OKAY! I'll do whatever you say... just... NOT THAT

Edited by Lawrence Elsa, 31 December 2012 - 03:48 PM.

[Krazy Kat]

I wouldn't mind having a mindless 15 minute FFA respawn deathmatch option.

But ONLY if these matches gave NO Exp. NO money, and had NO effect on your kill/death ratio. In other words, they would just be for training, experimenting, testing, and just for fun.

Comments?

[Tomcat21]

Re-spawns would defeat the purpose of the game. It takes away from having to stick together and work as a team. Plus at that point then the first time you ran out of ammo or lost a weapon it would make more sense to charge at the enemy, die, and respawn all over again. It seems like that would turn it into giant slugfests in the middle. Not the spirit of battletech.

[Pariah Devalis]

Krazy Kat, on 31 December 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

I wouldn't mind having a mindless 15 minute FFA respawn deathmatch option.

But ONLY if these matches gave NO Exp. NO money, and had NO effect on your kill/death ratio. In other words, they would just be for training, experimenting, testing, and just for fun.

Comments?

This is exactly the reason why I would love it. A totally statistically inert setting where you could test builds and work on coordination. Shear madness in a game mode that has no real impact on the player, but offers a whacko alternative game mode at the same time.

[Ghogiel]

It would be a shame to end up like MW3/4 multiplayer did as well.

guess that is better than it ending up more like mechassault with powerups and **** though.

[TheGunBunny]

Grandpaw, on 31 December 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

All I can say is "if respawns starts, I stop".

Gonna have to say respawn might be cool in a siege battle but you had to use a different mech from you line-up/hanger, predetermined before the battle. It would be like a wave of lances coming to destroy a landing pad of something.

[Badgerpants]

TheGunBunny, on 31 December 2012 - 04:06 PM, said:

Gonna have to say respawn might be cool in a siege battle but you had to use a different mech from you line-up/hanger, predetermined before the battle. It would be like a wave of lances coming to destroy a landing pad of something.

You mean like the "Dropship mutator" they have planned, 4 mechs lined up one after the other, one dies you mount the next and keep going, something like that?

[Krazy Kat]

Krazy Kat, on 31 December 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

I wouldn't mind having a mindless 15 minute FFA respawn deathmatch option.

But ONLY if these matches gave NO Exp. NO money, and had NO effect on your kill/death ratio. In other words, they would just be for training, experimenting, testing, and just for fun.

Comments?

Pariah Devalis, on 31 December 2012 - 04:02 PM, said:

This is exactly the reason why I would love it. A totally statistically inert setting where you could test builds and work on coordination. Shear madness in a game mode that has no real impact on the player, but offers a whacko alternative game mode at the same time.

My point exactly. Noobies could test out mechs and learn the controls. Vets could experiment. Some casual players might stick around longer. They get frustrated when they die one minute into the battle. Let have respawn. Once they want to start playing for rewards, they can jump into the real game.