OK, so i stumbled upon this on the MWLL boards.
Who had stumbled upon it on the CBT boards.
https://twitter.com/InnerSphereNews
They have been releasing puzzle parts of a bigger image.
The image of a Mech. Which we experts have, by now, come to tentatively call an Atlas (OMG SQUEE!)
Furthermore, the Bottom of the bigger Picture has some writing on it, that indicates a release date maybe(OMG PLZ!)
The image used for comparing the hidden Mech: http://i.imgur.com/NMjPpl.jpg
The image as complete as possible right now: http://i.imgur.com/lgYGL.jpg
Link to the CBT board which does the re-assemblimg of the snippets:
http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/in...,11198.330.html

Don't really know who did the right image in the comparsion one . .

I assume you've seen this video? I mean, I HOPE you have...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJU4iA4TWIs

You assume correctly.

Okay, whew. I was gonna say!

What? "Hand over your Nerd-License"? ^^

I was thinking more like, "Have you been ill? I know you love mechwarrior. Should I call a doctor?"

Well, at least Smith & Tinker are doing something.

Also, I think we're going to need bigger guns. Bigger fraggin' guns!

Only played mechwarrior 2, given it is free is 4 worth downloading to play?

Well, you won't ask for your money back.

Quite. It was very fun when I played around on it.

"Only played mechwarrior 2, given it is free is 4 worth downloading to play?"

Pfft! Hell yes.

I liked the mechanic of juggling mechs/weapons/availability - starting out with the Dragoons Vs that of the Highlanders, that little bit of flavour.
Liked Mechwarrior, loved Mercs, thought 3 was disappointing and 4 (storyline) a trifle overwrought...good battles though. (So, save sister or loot the ammo depot. Yeah, like THAT's a hard choice....<later> "Oh crap, I ditched my whiney sister for this! Joker can go hit on co-eds at some bumfuck backwater training facility after we win...")

4 Mercs works soo much better, less bitchy whinging, more Solaris action! And it's free!

I would like it though if you could write in a subroutine that allowed ammo/coolant useage to reflect on mech handling. I mean, after you've expended all the munitions, I'd like a mech to handle lighter...

-Tir

Getting stuck between a bunch of Calliopes hurts...but not as much as having your wingman stupidly reverse into you and go critical against your weak back armour.

The MW4 Mercs Free Release also incorporates all of the MEchs from MW4 Vengeance, Black Knight and the MechPacks i think.
PLUS several others that MekTek modded in. PLUS elementals. PLUS More Weapons.

Also, if you have a computer that can handle it, try and get your paws on Crysis Wars and download the MWLL Mod.
You can Play Mechs, Tanks, ASF, Hovercraft, VTOL, Artillery and frigging Annoying little Pest Elementals too!

Okay, why is the Warhammer worried about a Jenner? The pilot oughta be thinking, "Eat this, gnat!" And what happened to the female computer voice from the previous MW's?

Because the Jenner is one of the most heavyly armed light mechs and can out dance a warhammer in it's sleep to pepper the thin backside with it's considerable arsenal?
As for the Voice, no idea . .

Carole Ruggier?




-k

Yeah, but the Jenner is jumping.... That makes the Jenner a wonderful target. A single PPC shot will burn off the armor for any location it hits. The Jenner can't take two PPC shots from a Warhammer, let alone the alpha strike the Warhammer could have delivered in the trailer.

That's one thing I'd like them to put in the games, a little bit of balance between the mechs, or at least a reason to use something smaller than an assault for everything. I love the lighter mechs, but they've always felt so useless in the PC games. Admittedly, I've only a clear recollection of 3&4 because my copy of two is annoyed at my modern operating system. Were there non-Solaris missions in those where Lights were useful?

Actually, MW4 Mercs had one specific Mission for a REALLY light and fast Mech . .
You had to sneak into an enemy base and stand there for some time next to a building to scan it . .
And then get the hell out of there . .
Otherwise? Pretty much no . .
MW3 is a bit more difficult to say, because you had FULL Customization in that one.
And you CAN build some really horrible rapey light mechs, if you know how to . .

Shoot and scoot! Shoot and scoot!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE!!!

Well, the Atlas is pretty much complete, including the FACE:
http://i.imgur.com/uzvus.jpg

Or, as I like to call it, the hundred-ton pile of "Fuck you."

Well, as long as the Atlas was the only 100t Mech, sure.
Now it's just another Lyran Scout Mech . .

OK, it is a Steiner Scout-Lance:
http://p.twimg.com/AdBpy-ZCQAESWXL.jpg:large

Steiner, We scout with assault mechs because we can.

"Aggressive Reconnaissance."

It's Reconnaissance, with a lightsaber.

Slow and Steady instead of Fast and Furious.
Steiner Scout-Lances can out-maneuvre most fortifications, and that's usually enough.

And probably call artillery on their own positions so that the poor guys in Arty don't have to do complex calculations.

Well, seeing how the Steiner Scouts are usually the only ones who can take and survive an artillery Hit . . yeah, sounds about right too . .

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/31/new-mech...a-pc-exclusive/
YES YES YES!

http://p.twimg.com/AdHBDTtCAAA4RvV.jpg
ONLINE . . makes me kinda sad . . .
Summer 2012 . . Sounds nice enough O.o

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/31/meet-mec...tical-mech-sim/
AAAARG -.-
http://mwomercs.com/

What is this "free-to-play" stuff? How do I justify being annoyed by Steam and their ilk if I don´t have to pay a price?

And Ryu is still free. Lucky me.

Free to Play is an MMO Business Modell . .
You don't pay to play. But you CAN pay to play BETTER . .

You mean that awesome Warhammer-versus-Atlas trailer is for a game that's just going to be one more avenue for me to be screamed at by foul-mouthed 14-year-olds using words I really, really hope they don't understand? Le sigh.

You know World of Tanks?
I guess it's gonna be kinda like that.
We'll have to wait and see though . .

Im extremelly disappointed.

I was hoping so much for this game, and now its just another online teen fragfast.



(well.. time to go back to the C++ books, and continue with my project of a Front Mission-inspired Battletech game.. )

Yeah, many people are very disappointed with this developement . .
Basically, it looks like World of Tanks with Mechs right now . .

And if you get something going with that project of yours, let me know please ^^

I dunno. I'm stoked for an online game. A true test of a mechwarrior's skill is against a thinking opponent

As long as they don't try to make it a DOTA with robots...

Spawn, missiles, dead. Spawn, missiles, dead. Spawn, missiles, dead.

I'm gonna put it this way: if Primetide hadn't come to talk about Shadowrun Online, and you'd read this about SRO, wouldn't you be saying the same thing? Withhold judgement until there are some details about the game - ANY details.

Or a Beta.

But, mark my words, my games will likely go: Spawn, missiles, dead. Spawn, missiles, dead. Spawn, missiles, dead.

No, i would NOT be saying this.
Because SHADOWRUN is PERFECT for MMO/RPG . .
While Battletech/Mechwarrior, simply, IS NOT. <.<

This looks like a World of Tanks Clone with Battlemechs right now -.-

If it's as much of a World of Tanks Clone as it seems to me right now, THAT won't be a Problem at all . .

I wonder though. What kind of game were people expecting MW5 to be. Something more like MW3 or 4? Or just looking for a single player game.

I also have to wonder, pure speculation mind you, if a co-op or single player mode was originally intended, and then decided against in the two years hence since it was first announced. Free-to-play (and then using microtransactions for in-game content) seems to be the new model to generate revenue.

First Look

Interview with Piranha president Russ Bullock

Interview with Russ Bullock and Creative Director Bryan Ekman

OK, after reading those, I'm marginally less pessimistic.

We were EXPECTING a Campaign based single player or Sandbox Style Single-Player Mech-Sim.
With Multiplayer Component. With Unreal Engine 3 Graphics and a fully working MechLab with optical Components . .
Basically, MW4Mercs Free Release done by MekTek and Mechwarrior: Living Legends put together into one Game.

Yeah.

So it's not so much that I hate the game we're getting, I'm just disappointed because it's not what I was initially expecting. I liked the idea of an Unseen-era "throwback" game where you were gonna be the last Davion nobleman on a planet beset by Kuritans. I wanted to just get one of the older Mechwarrior games with badass upgraded graphics.

Getting a free-to-play Word of Battlemechs game isn't the worst thing ever, or anything like that. It's just not what was initially on the box, so to speak.

Thirded. Personally, I'd take MW5 Mercenaries over a MW5 scripted campaign, but that's a bit like saying I'd take a night with Tera Patrick over a night with Jenna Jameson: either would send me over the moon.

I suppose they (the developers) are trying to get the most bang for their buck by going in the direction whats most popular now, which is online multiplayer. Diablo III is going in a similar direction, and that's created a some grumblings of its own.

Now, I'm not an apologist for anyone, and what the hell do I know; the game could sound great pre-release but end up tasting like a piece of ass pie. But what I'm most interested in is the tactical aspect that they are advertising. If they can make it so all the various weight-classes have a role to play (so to speak), then I'll take a closer look.

If you read de Dev Blog 0, you will see that no publisher was interested enough in making the singleplayer with multiplayer . .
So they took over the complete rights to mechwarrior. And suddenly, other corps were begging them to make an online only/f2p game.
And one of those was liked enough by them to make a deal with the corp. who had suggested that and now they are working together.