Even the reseen version?

BULLSHIT!

No, that one is just ugly.

The Pink Floyd Mk. III* is a semi-success.

I just wish I could put more armor on it.

does not compute. input?

Pink Floyd is my customized Hunchback HBK-4P.

Details, man! Details!

Nine Medium Lasers, AMS (With two loads of ammo and CASE), Beagle Active Probe, Ferro Fibrous Armour, 14 Double Heat Sinks, 235 Engine Replacing the 200.

Coolrun and Heat Containment Pilot Trees unlocked.

Ah, a POWER GAMER!
/me approves!

Oh yeah, lots of power...

*Shuts Down Due To Heat*

chainfiring them is probably better.
and if you played that in CBT, people would throw stuff at you ^^

I get off a Mega-Can of Whoopass, then go to chainfire until I have to retreat to cool down.

Unless I'm backed up sufficiently, then I get off two Mega-Cans, then retreat as my heat JUST peaks at 99%.

*nods*
the hunchback is a pocket assault mech basically.

The lack of Ballistic/Missile Dakka is a major weakspot. I was thinking of alternative ones with Ballistic Dakka, but after running out of ammo far too often on those builds...

yep, they are not made for lengthy engagements, when they use missle or cannon weapons usually . .
one of the best mods of the cannon ones is to use a class 10 weapon instead of a class 20.
more ammo, more reach, more space for side weapons. less heat. more space for heat sinks.

but why do you think the lack of missle/dakka is a weak spot? O.o
generally, energy weapons are considered to be superior to anything else . .

Well, because when I fire I light up like a Pink Floyd Concert, and everyone focus-fires on me.

Ballistic Dakka doesn't have "Tracer Lasers" or "Plumes"...

Ah that O.o
Well, ok, it's a reason i guess.

Load up on AC2s and plink them to death from a distance.

I have a Cicada with quad AC/2s. It's slow as hell but great fun to snipe with.

My other Cicada sports quad medium lasers, a pair of large lasers, a buttload of heatsinks, and maxed out armor. Moves at 133 kph. Eats assault mechs for breakfast.



-k

I have recently found that the single best weapon for speedy scout mechs is trash talking. Nothing gets the opposing team riled up and not thinking clearly than a light jumping on their base and needling them about it. Invariably 3-4 will split off to go chase you, which makes the remaining opponents easy pickings for your team. Bonus points if it's a big map and by the time the enemy gets back to their base, you're nowhere to be seen, which means they abandoned their teammates for nothing.

Picked up the X-5 on sale. I want to call it TrollMech. 50 point alpha into enemy backside, run away at 150 kph to hide and do it again. So much nerdrage directed at me lately from heavies and assaults.

The new map makes me think of the old westerns every time I play there. It's a hit and run mech's dream, tons of cover. Indirect LRM boats also do well. Snipers and other precision direct fire roles not so much.

Sadly, I don't see as many folks that I know playing anymore.



-k

trash talking is always a good weapon, because you can use it in every game.

I loved that the Wing Commander series had Trash Talking built IN-GAME! The "Taunt" option saved me on quite a few escort missions by having the idiots go away from the freighter I was defending and targeting me.

I could dodge and weave a hell of a lot easier than the freighter could.

Fight smarter, not harder.

"You can't escort in a Heavy Fighter." "I'll show you otherwise."

And I did!

MW4 Mercenaries: You can't do this Escort-Mission in a single Assault Mech!

Watch me!

My second favorite line right after....

Mechs need cupholders.

At that point we've turned Mechwarrior into Interstate '76... not that I have a problem with that.

I wish I still had the discs for that.

In lieu of discs you can pick it up off of GOG.

PGI Lied. MWO Died.
This is so sad it's come all the way around straight to being hilarious:
http://www.starburstmagazine.com/movie-new...hwarrior-online
http://www.gamefront.com/mechwarrior-onlin...m-ragesplosion/
http://themittani.com/features/mwo-failure-communicate
http://www.reddit.com/r/mwo/comments/1lbg2...ries_about_pgi/
it reads like someting the den would come up with in parts

Deeply disappointing, but not particularly surprising.

sadly not, no . .

I have to admit I am glad now I held off joining in early for this.

I think it will be interesting in the long run as the whole kickstarter thing and it's standing will be looked at.

I mean the concept is your investing in the development of the product. But are you just an early buyer who also donates for added shinies or are you an investor and all that entails.

You are not actually issued stock, but again if you invested in a project that promised one thing and they go off the reservation, what do you do?

My ideal BattleTech video game is a straight port of the tabletop rules, in full 3D with high-res 'Mech and terrain art. Basically, MegaMek with awesome graphics. I cannot, for the very life of me, understand why no one is making this.

Because they can make way more money slapping MW skins over another FPS and make lots more money?

Well theoretically.

MWO wasn't Kickstarted . .

Okay, Founder's Program, but for all practical purposes it serves the same purpose in being crowdfunded.

As a Canadian company I don't think they could have used Kickstarter (limited to US for now) plus they got to avoid the KS fees which is always a plus. The product itself is well enough known to be able to draw people in.

According to one report they sold over 70,000 Founder's packages.

The basic demographics were 35 percent (24,500 packages) at the $30-dollar level, 30 percent (21,000 packages) at the $60-dollar level, and the remainder (24,500 packages) at the $120 level.

That's a fair level of commitment by fans and it shows self raising for a project can work.

I have spent zero dollars on MWO. The new project phoenix founder-package is fucking awesome and I want to drop the 110 for it so bad. (80+30 for the addon). I'm just hoping to scrape it together before it goes away.

Really? Now? As I understand it, MWO's playerbase is fleeing like rats from a sinking ship. This is the time you choose to drop $110 on it?

Does it have an FFP (force 1st person) option like MW4?

nope.
you can't even chose not to play with people using 3rd person . .

You can set your own client to always use 1st person, but you don't affect other players.

Supposedly when you are using third person there's a flying drone that sits above and behind your mech indicating to others you are using it, but I haven't seen that in-game.



-k

Well, looks like there would be an easily solution to the outcry. At least for half of the playerbase, the other half will remain butthurt over the game having become a more noob-friendly without actually affecting those who don't want the training wheels.

You start using 3rd Person as a default i think.
also, in 3rd person, there is no map and/or no radar as far as i can tell.

That would be more amusing if you could blow it away. Or, alternatively, stop it from working with EWar.

one good point to do this would be to do it as they claimed it to be in the fluff . .
drone mount, weights 5t costs 5k or so per use.
or make it a consumeable. and destructible.

They wouldn't need 3PV if they just added a proper(and maybe mandatory) tutorial so all the "Call of duty" players could learn the very simple controls and how the upper torso moves in relation to the legs. OH would you look at that that,just took a look at the MWO site and it looks like the newest update DOES include a simple tutorial covering movement,its about time.

Well I just started, finally got a rig that can run it... old one died and took forever to replace it.

I'm loving my catapult.. just trying to decide between the A1, C1, or C4 chassis... really like the Cs for the lasers though not the best brawler pilot (yes I like to sit and shoot at ya over the ridgeline.. neener)

But thinking of picking up a medium mech chassis for a brawler one, the hunchback was always a favorite even if it has low endurance ammo wise

Plan on having all 3... that will be a necessity to work up the mech skill trees. And if they ever remember what community warfare is, you'll need em for dropship mode.