86 replies to this topic

[BSanater]

I noticed that the clans are represented. But where is Word of Blake? I personally would prefer to work with the Word over the clans.

[gregsolidus]

Give it a few in game years.

[Vaneshi SnowCrash]

BSanater, on 04 November 2011 - 03:22 PM, said:

I noticed that the clans are represented. But where is Word of Blake? I personally would prefer to work with the Word over the clans.

The clans might be represented in the forums but their invasion fleet is 24+ months away, if the stuff I've read is accurate the game will release with the invasion at T-minus 12 months and counting. Word of Blake is after the clans so.... I'm sure some Blakeists will show up sooner or later.

[SquareSphere]

at this point they don't exist in MWO, hell I'm hoping MWO goes in a different direction than actual lore considering how it caused the franchise to implode.

[TheMagician]

BSanater, we are going to be playing as Manei Domini, which is a division within the Word of Blake (though we'll be playing it as a mercenary Blakist group).

Check us out at www.wordofblake.com

Or our recruiting thread at - http://mwomercs.com/...6608#entry16608

[flessar]

Dear *** I hope WOB never arrives in MWO. I frikin despise them, even more then the vat borns.

[Rudolf Shakov]

Bah comstar may consider me a heretic but I still say burn the blakists. Now having some com-guards would be cool.

[jezebel]

SquareSphere, on 04 November 2011 - 03:27 PM, said:

at this point they don't exist in MWO, hell I'm hoping MWO goes in a different direction than actual lore considering how it caused the franchise to implode.

I'd have to disagree that Dark Age is what imploded the franchise. I think players who were stuck in a revolving door, endlessly reliving Operation Bulldog, are what imploded the franchise. I am a huge BTech fan, have been for 12 years. I'm RolePlay obsessed, and I for one loved the Dark Age lore from moment one. But all around me I saw people furious that the status-quo had been toppled. No matter how interesting the story became, no matter how many preconceptions were shattered (as if most of what happened wasn't preordained years and years ago), and no matter how dire the situation, the fans wouldn't give it a chance. And Dark Age was good. It was interesting, dramatic, the new 'Mechs were rocking it out - just look at the Jupiter. Rrrawr. (Hero Clix may not have been the best choice, but let's face it - the board game community is too small to keep BattleTech afloat anyway.)

So no, I don't think MechWarrior failed the fans with Dark Age. I think the fans failed MechWarrior.

Edited by jezebel, 04 November 2011 - 03:37 PM.

[BSanater]

I have a game store In monterey, CA . Word of Blake is used alot by out mechwarrior comunity.

[SquareSphere]

Don't get me wrong, the CONCEPT of Jihad and Dark Age are actually very good. The story, execution, merchandise, and the fracturing of the Battltech/Mechwarrior IP are what caused the down fall.

I tried to like dark age, but the fiction of the new arc treated the old heros and characters like garbage. And since we didn't actually get to "play" though the rise of Stone, he felt so marry sue (perfect implausible character) that he was easy to reject.

Edited by SquareSphere, 04 November 2011 - 03:44 PM.

[gregsolidus]

I never really understood what happened.BT is on its last legs but Warhammer 40,000, which charges for units in direct proportion to their in game power, prints money.I don't get it.

[Razor Kotovsky]

gregsolidus, on 04 November 2011 - 03:43 PM, said:

I never really understood what happened.BT is on its last legs but Warhammer 40,000, which charges for units in direct proportion to their in game power, prints money.I don't get it.

WH40K has much more contrast (i doubt anything rivals it in this matter) than "different human factions fighting it out with mechs".
Something has to be said for marketing too.

[Forren]

I dont care for the adaptus mechanicu- I mean Word of Blake because they caused the dark age, which was great in idea but failed in execution.

[SquareSphere]

I would definitely say that there was a lot of interest in the home clans after Operation Bulldog but we got the Fedcom Civil war, plus Cappelean action instead.

If they were about to weave a story that lets all three happen at the same time and give the fans something to chew on then it would have done alright. Instead you had MW fans playing MW4 thinking, what happened to the clans? Mechcommand 2, What happened to the CLANS?, Mech Assualt, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE... fawk it I'm done.

[Razor Kotovsky]

SquareSphere, on 04 November 2011 - 03:54 PM, said:

what happened to the clans?

They leaned back after the great refusal?

You still get to shoot some in MW4M.

Edited by Razor Kotovsky, 04 November 2011 - 04:02 PM.

[Creel]

the less set about the wobbies, the better.

[Aaron DeChavilier]

WoB...jihad....dark age; all bad writing.

DARK AGE!? Btech already had one; the succession wars
JIHAD!? Btech already had one; the clan invasion

I was all for moving past bulldog; and the FedCom civil war was cool no matter how contrived it really was. but the jihad
and Dark Age were just really really bad moves on the part of the writers. suddenly WoB knocks everyone done? HOW?
they pulled a mary sue army out of their *** to get the jihad going....then took over every spot in IS that was cool or memorable
how?

[Halfinax]

Vaneshi SnowCrash, on 04 November 2011 - 03:25 PM, said:

The clans might be represented in the forums but their invasion fleet is 24+ months away, if the stuff I've read is accurate the game will release with the invasion at T-minus 12 months and counting. Word of Blake is after the clans so.... I'm sure some Blakeists will show up sooner or later.

First sign of Clan invasion at The Rock in Aug. 3049. Kell Hounds encountered them when trying to attack a pirate faction that had made The Rock home if I recall correctly. Sarna for reference.

And I'll be happy if we never see WoB.

Edited by halfinax, 04 November 2011 - 04:02 PM.

[gregsolidus]

I just want all the fun tech.

[Halfinax]

gregsolidus, on 04 November 2011 - 04:08 PM, said:

I just want all the fun tech.

In that case we shouldn't go past 3025 , at least in my opinion.