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[Jason1138]

a mysterious stranger let me log on with his account yesterday and I gave it a go and its actually not bad at all.

i was really turned off by the clownish looking mechs and lack of a single player campaign (at first glance i mean) but you can reskin the mechs to make them look less hideous and there is an option to play matches against an AI so its not multiplayer only. Which isn't as good as a campaign mode but i guess its something

anyway the matches are 4 vs 4 and they have alot more mechs to choose from than MWO does so if you liked mech commander its pretty much like that, just pvp only (person or AI) and 4 vs 4 mechs only. Just thought i'd pass it along for anyone who was on the fence about it

Edited by Jason1138, 19 January 2013 - 06:27 AM.

[Wraith05]

Glad you're enjoying it and trying to get others in but you know about the NDA for closed beta right?

[Cik]

megamek is basically superior in every way. even it's graphics and interface are superior

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how the hell that is something that is possible, i don't even know

also the rules are terrible.

[Penance]

I'll bet you're a guy who likes activities involving clamps and pain, as that game is painful, and I legendary founded.

The matches are NOT 4 v 4. you get 4 units to command, but there are only TWO players 1 Vs 1 or 1 Vs AI.

[Adridos]

Jason1138, on 19 January 2013 - 05:59 AM, said:

anyway the matches are 4 vs 4 and they have alot more mechs to choose from than MWO does so if you liked mech commander its pretty much like that, just pvp only (person or AI) and 4 vs 4 mechs only.

Nothing like MechCommander, imho. That one was an RTS.

This is more like a cheaper TT with easier to find players, but restriction to no infantry, or vehicles other than mechs.

[Jason1138]

yes, when i said 4 vs 4 i meant 4 mechs vs 4 mechs

[Jason1138]

Adridos, on 19 January 2013 - 06:14 AM, said:

Nothing like MechCommander, imho. That one was an RTS.

This is more like a cheaper TT with easier to find players, but restriction to no infantry, or vehicles other than mechs.

yeah yeah, this one is browser based too. its not EXACTLY like mech commander but it plays pretty much the same way, you outfit the mechs with equipment and pilots, pilots have skills, its top down, you can zoom in and out, etc etc

i guess i should have known people would nit pick every little thing but i didn't want to write a book on it, i just wanted to let people who were hesitant to try it know that its actually better than it looks

[Cik]

Jason1138, on 19 January 2013 - 06:14 AM, said:

yes, when i said 4 vs 4 i meant 4 mechs vs 4 mechs

so wait you can't even play more than 4v4? what? lel

[Pale Jackal]

If their model did not involve blind-buying "booster packs" I might be interested.

[Penance]

Jason1138, on 19 January 2013 - 06:26 AM, said:

yeah yeah, this one is browser based too. its not EXACTLY like mech commander but it plays pretty much the same way, you outfit the mechs with equipment and pilots, pilots have skills, its top down, you can zoom in and out, etc etc

i guess i should have known people would nit pick every little thing but i didn't want to write a book on it, i just wanted to let people who were hesitant to try it know that its actually better than it looks

MWT plays nothing like MechCommander, not even close. MC wasn't turn based, and had way more action. had clan mechs, was real time, had enemy tanks...MC was an awesome RTS. MTW is not an RTS.

Cik, on 19 January 2013 - 06:26 AM, said:

so wait you can't even play more than 4v4? what? lel

Can't say anything due to NDA man.

Pale Jackal, on 19 January 2013 - 06:35 AM, said:

If their model did not involve blind-buying "booster packs" I might be interested.

It's the game's redeeming quality I think.

[Jason1138]

Pale Jackal, on 19 January 2013 - 06:35 AM, said:

If their model did not involve blind-buying "booster packs" I might be interested.

i thought the way they implemented it worked quite well and you can buy them with money you earn in the game so its not a cash grab. its seems fair and fun to me

[sp4m]

the thing that throws me off is that if you become a legendary founder for $120, it gives you...

4 mech pilots
4 mechs
100,000 credits.

Which is allegedly worth something like $642?!? I don't know the conversion rate for credits to dollars, but those had better be some REALLY GOOD pilots. AND if they are, does that make it pay2win?

I am retaining my suspicion and my wallet.

[Purplefluffybunny]

Cik, on 19 January 2013 - 06:08 AM, said:

megamek is basically superior in every way. even it's graphics and interface are superior

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how the hell that is something that is possible, i don't even know

also the rules are terrible.

Don't say things like that mate. You will give Russ ideas and he will start talking to them about minimizing 'repeated efforts' and not wanting to 'fragment the community'.

[Cik]

Purplefluffybunny, on 19 January 2013 - 06:46 AM, said:

Don't say things like that mate. You will give Russ ideas and he will start talking to them about minimizing 'repeated efforts' and not wanting to 'fragment the community'.

don't even joke. i would froth at the mouth if such a thing happened. i'm already pretty close.

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how to be a parasitic vampire on the face of something you claim to 'love' by piranha games

[Purplefluffybunny]

I am not joking.

Edited by Purplefluffybunny, 19 January 2013 - 06:55 AM.

[PyreLlght]

Too bad the game looks like it was made by Fisher Price.

[Jason1138]

can you play megamek vs AI? or just PVP? Either way Megamek looks pretty ugly

Edited by Jason1138, 19 January 2013 - 07:06 AM.

[Cik]

Jason1138, on 19 January 2013 - 07:04 AM, said:

can you play megamek vs AI? or just PVP? Either way Megamek looks pretty ugly

both, and it's prettier than MWT

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no one cares about graphics, if you do you are an awful person. if you can tell what is on the field, then that is good enough.

[Purplefluffybunny]

Thing is megamek is as close to the board game as you are going to get online. There was a similar game made by hobbyists for Warhammer 40K, but Games Workshop shut them down.

[Cik]

Purplefluffybunny, on 19 January 2013 - 07:09 AM, said:

Thing is megamek is as close to the board game as you are going to get online. There was a similar game made by hobbyists for Warhammer 40K, but Games Workshop shut them down.

fortunately catalyst are p. cool dudes. they don't shut MM down by choice AFAIK

also VASSAL 40k still exists, if you can deal with vassal itself

Edited by Cik, 19 January 2013 - 07:13 AM.