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so not that I'm asking people in the beta to share information but of the Ohh I don't know random number of mechs that might or might not be availible for the beta at the moment which would we think is the best all rounder?

We could randomly select a few mechs such as the Atlas, Dragon, Catapult, Jenner and hunchback, they seem like a good set..... So Dakka from our experiences of TT Battletech and the mechwarrior games which would you go for if you wanted a safe all round mech:- Decent armour, Decent speed, Decent weapons?
The Atlas is to slow for my tasts at the moment,
Dragon I don't know,
Catapult looks cool but it's a bit long rangy but I seem to remeber those chicken legs having a decent turn of pace,
Jenner has never been a favorite of mine although I don't remember why,
Hunchback look to have decent weapons but I don't know about the speed or armour?

@ steve - It really is a matter of taste.

I will like the atlas more then likely.

Dont know if i will get the chance to try the jenner or the dragon. The catapult with the twin ppcs looks pretty good stat wise. The hunchback seems like it will be very popular.

As for weapons I bet the ac/20 will be a beast.

n0t_u wrote:So they are the same or aren't? Still waiting on beta access, but getting to the point where I don't really care anymore. Eventually everyone will get in anyway.

Though from the brief glimpses of their forum I've seen, I doubt I'll end up even bothering with a single post to my account.

IT mostly just consists of a few groups of people.

The most prominent one is the peole whining that it should be more like tabletop battletech Then there's a group that whines taht it should be more like mechwarrior 4, another one that whines it should be like MW3, etc

mullet_steve wrote: I thought the pilot name was the same as your MWO forum name?

That is correct.

mullet_steve wrote:which would you go for if you wanted a safe all round mech:- Decent armour, Decent speed, Decent weapons?

As Deathshead already said, it depends what you want to do. The closest thing to get to an allrounder is probably a medium 'mech like the Hunchback. Or you could try the slower Catapult with PPCs or other big guns. Just keep in mind that "allrounder" sounds a lot like "can do everything but nothing right". Specialization usually wins, unless you believe that you'll be able to switch distances to your opponents real quick to get the most out of your weapons. Which the enemy's light and medium mechs usually won't allow to happen.

Me, I've picked a Jenner, though this is based on a lot of style factors ("chicken legs", my character's backstory, ...) just as much as me thinking that scouting and hit-and-run attacks to support one's allies are fun. Just gotta try not to get hit.

Deathshead420 wrote:I will like the atlas more then likely.

*obligatory Steiner Scout Lance joke*

Isn't a steiner scout lance just an atlas lance that has jump jets?

I hear that right now there is little to no team work going on in the beta.

I bet once you can get a team together and make plans of attack and set up roles for your squad it will be a different game all together.


Edit- I don't get this *obligatory Steiner Scout Lance joke*

The reason I will most likely run an atlas is the fact that you can use a ac and lrm.

Deathshead420 wrote:I hear that right now there is little to no team work going on in the beta.

Well, random people being thrown together sadly does tend to do that... I'm sure that proper teams whose members play together frequently and discuss tactics on some forum will display much more thoughtful manoeuvres. That being said, I bet once you can get a good team together and make plans of attack and set up roles for your lance it will be a whole different game altogether. Even with randoms you occasionally have people who try to coordinate stuff and establish a rough strategy, so all it takes is the right combination of players.
Plus, I've seen a few fairly good "basic tactics" threads on the MWO forums that give newbie advice for what to do on the battlefield based on the role one has chosen.

Deathshead420 wrote:Edit- I don't get this *obligatory Steiner Scout Lance joke*

Just an old BattleTech meme that has to do with the Lyrans' obsession for heavy 'mechs and oversized weaponry. Steiner's people are generally one of the least martial minded populace of all the Great Houses and prefer to rely on their economical powerhouse rather than the brute force of their armies, but they compensate by using their vast resources to generally field heavier stuff on the field. Apparently, a number of players also fitted the AS7 with a crapload of electronics such as beagle probes and NARC in some games like MW Living Legends (I guess they disliked the flimsy chassis of a true scout). So at some point, somebody joked that Steiner uses Atlases for scouting, and ... well, it stuck.
Don't ask me where exactly it originated, though - I just basically stumbled over it myself; it's one of those things you just pick up the more you read.

I think it existed before MWLL myself.

There were even jokes about it in the novels, IIRC.

Aye, I just heard that MWLL even had an official designation for it, whereas everywhere else it was a custom variant?
To my shame, I've never played Living Legends myself.

Didn't know about the jokes in the novels, though. I approve.

http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/06/287-official-developer-update

MechWarrior Online Minimum System Spec:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz / Athlon II X2 245e
GPU: GeForce 8800GT / Radeon HD 5600/5700
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Windows Vista 32-bit
DirectX: DX9
HDD Space: 4 GB

MechWarrior Online Recommended System Spec:

CPU: Core i3-2500 AMD Athlon II X4 650
GPU: GeForce GTX 285 / Radeon HD 5830
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 7 SP-1 64-Bit
DirectX: DX9
HDD Space: 4 GB

feth. I guess that's motivation to finally install W7, then.

I have vista 64 and it works fine, and yes I unblocked you. You post to much and i was confused about gaps in the convo. Oh I see you must still be rocking Xp. N/m.

What?

I don't use Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista.


No, I have XP right now. Have a W7 disk ready, just was watiing for money to upgrade my hardware too.

Melissia wrote:I don't use Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista. Feth Vista.

This statement receives the Three Hat Seal of Approval.

On the bright side Mel, W7 is like Vista, except it doesn't suck. So good luck with that

I know, I use it on my laptop. With a fresh install of Vista, my laptop didn't work at all-- it couldn't even handle running AIM and Opera at the same time. But with a fresh install of Windows 7 it can handle minecraft with some lag.

LordofHats wrote:This statement receives the Three Hat Seal of Approval.
On the bright side Mel, W7 is like Vista, except it doesn't suck. So good luck with that

As someone who made the jump from XP to 7 last year as well, I agree with the Raptor's assessment.

Apparently they updated it saying you CAN play it on Windows XP SP3.

@ steve: Right now, hunchbacks dominate. Atlas is suffering in SEVERAL different ways right now. Catapult is easy to kill and needs to stay back or else it will just get drilled through it's center torso.

If you're gonna violate your NDA, can you at least put a spoiler tag on it?

i swear you guys ether don't really want your beta pass that bad, or you don't know what a NDA is. Stop taunting me with your comments!

I feel you Ledabot.

At least I have some good news, I got a new pc, so I will be able to play with everyone. The sale on last weekend shaved around $700 of it. Really crazy deal.

Updated minimum system specs:

MechWarrior Online Minimum System Spec:

CPU:
Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz
Athlon II X2 245e

GPU:
GeForce 8800GT
Radeon HD 5600/5700

RAM:
4 GB

OS:
Windows XP 32-bit SP3

DirectX:
DX9

HDD Space:
4 GB

For those of you confused by the letters N.D.A., I'll clarify.

They mean "If we find out you've been talking about this, we'll kick you from the beta and probably undertake legal action against you for violating a contract."

*Googles NDA after signing it*


At least that's how I imagined it went.

Why don't you guys go to 6th ed threads and post there that anyone leaking rumor are violating their NDA's?

Just saying. I think some common sense is needed with all this. It seems to me that anyone that has nda bashed people are the ones that have not got in on the beta.

Because that woudl require me to care enough to read the news section of this forum.

Like, at all.

Guys if you wish to share the goodness of your beta access with the rest of us I would suggest you send private messages through dakka... Or you could consider the agreement you made and maybe not breach it..... I'm not trying to bash anyone or get anyone down, I just think you need to be a little more carefull

Just because Piracy is rampant online (well, sorta piracy) doesn't mean that we shouldn't pay attention to some of the Word of Law. Besides, it's just bad manners, and all this 'information' will either be in the game or be outdated by the time the game's actually out anyways, so there's really no point to it.

Again, same request as before:

Melissia wrote:If you're gonna violate your NDA, can you at least put a spoiler tag on it?

That way those of us that don't want to read NDA'd stuff can just not click the spoiler, and those of us that want to break the rules and violate their NDA can do so at their leisure.

Melissia wrote:Again, same request as before:

Melissia wrote:If you're gonna violate your NDA, can you at least put a spoiler tag on it?

That way those of us that don't want to read NDA'd stuff can just not click the spoiler, and those of us that want to break the rules and violate their NDA can do so at their leisure.

For God's sake, it's not a movie. Why does it matter if he posts the list of available mechs or what he's been rocking so far on his Hunchback...