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[Fresh Meat]

I just want to play the game and help out, I even have extra time now because the semester just ended.

[MuffinTop]

Because my wife is outta town, and I'm too broke to have a girlfriend and I stopped drinking and smoking. I want to do something else besides playing WoT and lurking on Facebook.

Edited by MuffinTop, 24 May 2012 - 06:37 PM.

[Roughneck Rider]

I have an older system, if this is going to work it needs to be run on older systems (within reason). What can the minimum system be? We can't all have the latest and greatest system to play.

[Salan]

lol i still have all my technical books from when I played the boardgame as a teenager back in 1990's... Mechwarrior has always been one of the richest diverse universes out there. Glad to see a local company givin it good!!

[Rayah]

Take credit for finding bugs while playing the most anticipated game EVER!

[Aethon]

Why do I want to join the beta? Simple.

The last Battletech title we had (no, I do not count MechAssault) was 10 years ago. Shortly thereafter, I was devastated to hear that the franchise was apparently dead. While new TT products were being released, there would be no new PC games for the forseeable future.

Fast forward to today: we have a MechWarrior game coming out in a few months. It doesn't get much better than this, as far as I'm concerned.

However, I want to do anything in my (admittedly limited) power to ensure that this game has a solid, somewhat bug-free release (you can never catch ALL the bugs), and is as successful as possible. As much as we know the devs are really digging Battletech, we also know that money talks, when it comes to the people fronting the cash for these projects. The more solid the release, the better the reviews will be...because reviews aren't written six months down the road; they're written a day or two after release. If the game has a buggy release, then becomes perfect a few months later, the magazines won't care, because they'll be too busy hyping some other game at that point.

In short, a fair shake is not all I want for this game; I want it to be wildly successful. One step at a time, though; we need a good, solid launch, and we need to make sure our friends and family know about it. This game is the best shot we have at reviving this franchise on the PC (and possibly other platforms). So, if I don't get into the beta, but you do, PLEASE take the time to fill out bug reports for everything, provided it isn't already reported. Push every button, try everything you can imagine, and think outside the box.

And have fun, while you're at it.

[Mr G]

Does being impatient count? What about boredom? Heh.

I have a lot of reason why I would like to join the beta, most of them have been mentioned by others. Mostly though it's because I haven't played in a while so it'll help me get back in my grove for launch and I'm really excited about being able to play a new and hopefully improved mechwarrior game.

[GrimFist]

Because its sad to see Grim cry.

[Xenois Shalashaska]

for love

Edited by Xenois Shalashaska, 24 May 2012 - 10:09 PM.

[Butthers]

I have been reading Mechwarrior books since the 80's, and have played all the PC Mechwarrior games, played the Super NES Mechwarrior and all of the Xbox Mechwarrior games. I already told my Wife that when this games comes out, she is not going to see much of me cause I will be playing MechWarrior !!!!!!! (except for nookie of course)

[Genesis Zero]

Is there any estimated time on when the beta will start? and I like 2 think it would be nice 2 give my input on making a mechwarrior game, I remember when I used to play mechwarrior 2 mercenaries online, that was so much fun, been a long time since a mech game has been out, and from what I can tell this is gonna be ****

[UncleKulikov]

FUN

[Zakatak]

• To play Mechwarrior

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[Kekrebos]

1: Find exploits and report them
(seriously, if I can report an exploit that lets your Atlas fly around the map breathing fire, I can rest easier at night knowing it'll never happen when things are 'live')
2: Find bugs and report them.
3:I've never been this excited for a game since I got a magazine with an article about Mechwarrior 2 in it. I'm serious. I remember drooling over the graphics and thinking how much I played Mechwarrior 1, as well as Crescent Hawks: Inception and Revenge, and thinking how amazing it would be to play with such pretty graphics. Well, these graphics are even prettier, and the gameplay is more evolved (Free 2 play really is the next evolution of PC Gaming)
4:I can stop chewing on my desk trying to let out the anxiety.
5:Not only have I been playing Battletech for over a decade and a half, but I've played nearly every Battletech video game.
6:I have a huge amount of experience with open and closed betas, as well as Alphas. I've even participated in alphas in a similar style of game
7:Did I mention I'm chewing on my desk?
8:I want to blow things up.
9:Every other game I own lost any sort of interest as soon as I saw the recent Beta announcement. Five minutes tops and I'm back checking this website.

[TheJuggernaut]

Thread name should be changed to , How to kiss bumm to get into beta. lol,

But i signed up to test and report and to have fun while doing it.

[Kekrebos]

TheJuggernaut, on 24 May 2012 - 07:48 PM, said:

Thread name should be changed to , How to kiss bumm to get into beta. lol,

But i signed up to test and report and to have fun while doing it.

You're confusing enthusiasm with bumm kissing.

[Sybreed]

In my case, I've been a gamer for the majority of my life (I could launch games on my dad's commodore 64 when I was 5) and mechwarrior has been one of my favorite series of all time. Since last year, old school games have been getting some notoriety back thanks to some unexpected successful returns (think Tribes: Ascend, Legend of Grimrock, etc) and my interest in gaming suddenly came back. But, I got most excited when I heard that Mechwarrior was also coming back. Hell, I bought a new joystick last week just for this game. The only other title that'd get me as excited would be a new Freespace game. So, in other words, I want to get in the beta simply because Mechwarrior has always been my kind of game. The kind of game you can play for hours non-stop without getting bored (even diablo 3 can't do that) and the kind of game that makes you feel like a kid again.

About what I can bring to MWO by being in the beta... I'm more of a general no-nonsense type of guy. I mostly talk about balance and stuff that doesn't really make sense. I'm in the Sins of a Solar Empire beta and I mostly bring up stuff about balance between races and such. I'm not really a bug finder, especially since I don't possess the specific language needed for that (I'm not a native english speaker). But, I do usually make good points about balance and how to make a game "better" and more impressive.

Edited by Sybreed, 24 May 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[sicarii]

I'd participate to help with bugs, balancing issues, etc. and work to make this the most accurate BT game ever made. Those of us that have a ton of experience (and *ahem* love *ahem* ) regarding the history and lore of the BT universe could make FREE suggestions regarding a myriad of different topics from historical accuracy to weapon mechanics, etc. I guess we would be considered uber-battletech nerds.

...that and I want to blow $#!t up...

[FoxiestFox]

Mainly I'd play it to enjoy a new MechWarrior title, but since I'm one to absolutely rage over bugs and exploits being used, I'd have to keep a close eye out for any bullsh*te I see and test out how well the game will actually run on my card, since it does have some rendering issues. I'm wanting to see if those issues persist in MWO as well.

[Vengeance1]

Mota Prefect, on 24 May 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Yep I couldn't agree more. In the CB the #1 goal is to find bugs/exploits and #2 to stress test the servers so that PGI can analyze the data from the back end. Having fun shouldn't even be a reason, because that's a given with mechwarrior anything.

All I can do is simply agree. I'd like to do my part to help make MWO the game that E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E. knows it can be. Don't keep us waiting too long PGI.... we need it. We can taste it now.