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I'm probably weird in that I just want to pilot a Raven.

Fire ant would be funny to pilot.

Throughout all of MechWarrior 4 Mercs pretty much all I used were dual PCP mechs. Puma -> Uziel -> Madcat. When MechTek released their official fan patch and the Madcat's left and right arms became omni I started playing with dual gauss which is also a blast.

I can't say I didn't have fun with a quad PCP Nova Cat though. That always turned out fun on Solaris

I still remember MW2 Mercenaries... yeah, I'm a dork. But still. I kitted out my 'mechs completely custom...

My preferences probably ruined experimentation/customization for me. I loved the PCP's range, and infinite ammo, and after I discovered it I just kept using it. I tried playing a laser boats a few times but the style just never interested me. I played around a lot with the hellhound but I always just preferred the Uziel.

I did love the Fafnir though. That beast was monstrous, taking out limbs even on the heaviest mechs in a single volley.

I used to make all kinds of custom builds for a league I was in for table top. The Sniper Panther was the one that annoyed people most though.... Head shots every 4 shots.

LordofHats wrote:My preferences probably ruined experimentation/customization for me. I loved the PCP's range, and infinite ammo, and after I discovered it I just kept using it. I tried playing a laser boats a few times but the style just never interested me. I played around a lot with the hellhound but I always just preferred the Uziel.

I did love the Fafnir though. That beast was monstrous, taking out limbs even on the heaviest mechs in a single volley.

I enjoyed missile volleys and putting heavy energy weapons on light mechs...

Never had much taste for the light and assault mechs myself. The Heavies were by far my favorites for MW4Mercs. I think that the battles of the heavy mechs were the funnest in the game. Especially the huge clan duel on the jungle planet

I never liked the mechwarrior games beyond MW3, myself. Too restricted...

Melissia wrote:I never liked the mechwarrior games beyond MW3, myself. Too restricted...

I myself never played anything before Vengeance so I suppose I'm spoiled. Can't imagine more options though. What others were available in MW2 and MW3.

Shrike325 wrote:Just an update as some new info has come out:

1) You will ally with one of the great houses
2) Guilds are Mercenary Companies
3) You will earn C-bills to spend on stuffs
4) You will gain XP as a pilot, upgrading skills
5) You will gain prestige... whatever that equates to in the game
6) The website is doing ISN (InnerSphere News) updates. Just kind of cool flavor things.

That's all that's new for now.

Hm. Any plans for a Dakka Merc Company?

And prestige... maybe it works like reputation in WoW? As your standing within whatever House you choose to serve under gets higher (by completeing missions/defeating opposing factions), the better the equipment that becomes available, and perhaps discounts on said equipment?

infinite_array wrote:

Shrike325 wrote:Just an update as some new info has come out:

1) You will ally with one of the great houses
2) Guilds are Mercenary Companies
3) You will earn C-bills to spend on stuffs
4) You will gain XP as a pilot, upgrading skills
5) You will gain prestige... whatever that equates to in the game
6) The website is doing ISN (InnerSphere News) updates. Just kind of cool flavor things.

That's all that's new for now.

Hm. Any plans for a Dakka Merc Company?

And prestige... maybe it works like reputation in WoW? As your standing within whatever House you choose to serve under gets higher (by completeing missions/defeating opposing factions), the better the equipment that becomes available, and perhaps discounts on said equipment?

A Dakka Merc Company would be awesome.

My vote is Lyran Commonwealth (or Lyran Alliance). But that's just me.

Melissa wrote:I'm probably weird in that I just want to pilot a Raven.

Not at all. I really want to run a Raven (or a Scarabus) and go scout pilot, would be a lot of fun. Although, running something like a Cyclops and being a commander could be pretty damn fun as well.

I'd be down for a Dakka Merc Company.

I'd probably run a Mad Cat. I know it's overdone, but it's still my fave.

Also Shrike, is it only the Houses we can ally with or can we align ourselves with a Clan too?

LordofHats wrote:

Melissia wrote:I never liked the mechwarrior games beyond MW3, myself. Too restricted...

I myself never played anything before Vengeance so I suppose I'm spoiled. Can't imagine more options though. What others were available in MW2 and MW3.

In MW2 and MW2 mercs, you were basically mostly limited by weight and technology, and in the case of MW2 Mercs, by money (MW2 had you play as clanners in the initial invasion, while MW2 Mercs had you play as, well, mercs, starting just before the clan invasion). You could, feasibly speaking, fit a PPC (not PCP, it's Particle Projection Cannon) on a Raven, though I usually preferred a large laser with some SRMs as support instead, so I could actually fire the thing more frequently due to heat concerns.

Basically, it was closer to MechCommander in how they were set up.

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/weirdozone/wargames/battletech/drawingboard/tdb2_0_10b.zip

This is a fun utility, lets you design your own mechs and variants.

Melissia wrote:In MW2 and MW2 mercs, you were basically mostly limited by weight and technology, and in the case of MW2 Mercs, by money (MW2 had you play as clanners in the initial invasion, while MW2 Mercs had you play as, well, mercs, starting just before the clan invasion). You could, feasibly speaking, fit a PPC (not PCP, it's Particle Projection Cannon) on a Raven, though I usually preferred a large laser with some SRMs as support instead, so I could actually fire the thing more frequently due to heat concerns.

Basically, it was closer to MechCommander in how they were set up.

PPC? Oops. I mean, I knew that

So they didn't have hard points? Or were the points just bigger?

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/weirdozone/wargames/battletech/drawingboard/tdb2_0_10b.zip

This is a fun utility, lets you design your own mechs and variants.

Oooo

LordofHats wrote:So they didn't have hard points? Or were the points just bigger?

I believe they had slots like in that utility, but no dedicated hard points.

And in fact you also had to allocate slots for armor, engine sizes effect number of slots, you have to allocate slots for heat sinks, and for armor-- and if that area of the mech is damaged, it can potentially destroy heat sinks or cause a massive catastrophic chain explosion for ammo unless you had a CASE ejection system...

You're making wish I still had my copy of MW2.

Hmm linkie not workie

http://www.solaris7.com/Files/Downloads/?Action=FileList&CategoryID=961

This one works. Also has a set of 'mechs.

Shrike325 wrote:
A Dakka Merc Company would be awesome.

My vote is Lyran Commonwealth (or Lyran Alliance). But that's just me.

I'd go Lyran. Hm... Black with gold/red highlights for the color scheme? Call ourselves the Dakkanauts?

Oh, and Solaris Skunkwerks is awesome. I've got that and Megamek for regular games of Battletech, and use the Quickstrike rules when I want to get a couple of companies out on the table.

I'd prefer Federated Suns myself, mostly cause I dislike the house of Steiner.

Well, at least if we choose Steiner or Davion, we'll basically be working for the same side. If the game does start in 3048, and progresses yearly, we won't see the FedCom Civil War start until 2025 (holy hell, just say '2025' to yourself - it feels so science fiction-y)!

Well, I would prefer the Free Worlds League over Federated Suns if people don't feel like Lyrans. I just hate the Suns from this time frame because Victor Davion is basically God.

Would said Merc Company have access to the Summoner?

Been a while since I've even looked at Mechwarrior, thought it had died out ages ago.

I'd be up for a Dakka clan when the game is released.

Slarg232 wrote:Would said Merc Company have access to the Summoner?

...We have no idea.

And just for asking that, we condemn you to pilot a Chameleon with only a single small laser for the rest of your days!

Capellan Confederation all the way! Insane meritocracy ruled by a madman where "SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP! WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?" for the win, IMO.

Shrike325 wrote:Well, I would prefer the Free Worlds League over Federated Suns if people don't feel like Lyrans. I just hate the Suns from this time frame because Victor Davion is basically God.

Davion wasn't actually that good of a 'mech pilot. Now Kai Allard-Liao... HE was basically a god on the battlefield.

Both in and out of his 'mech. He beat an elemental in hand to hand combat and they joked that if they had known if was Kai, they'd have sent an several stars after him. Despite him not being in a 'mech.

Melissia wrote:

Shrike325 wrote:Well, I would prefer the Free Worlds League over Federated Suns if people don't feel like Lyrans. I just hate the Suns from this time frame because Victor Davion is basically God.

Davion wasn't actually that good of a 'mech pilot. Now Kai Allard-Liao... HE was basically a god on the battlefield.

Both in and out of his 'mech. He beat an elemental in hand to hand combat and they joked that if they had known if was Kai, they'd have sent an several stars after him. Despite him not being in a 'mech.

I agree that Kai was better in a 'Mech. But Victor could do no wrong in the books... hated him so much.

Err, what? Victor made mistakes, he fethed up big time in quite a few places. He was the "protagonist" sure, but he wasn't perfect...