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Why would you need a merc group to practice teamplay? Have you considered just joining MWO's public TeamSpeak server and see if people want to do a couple drops?

Other than that ... I'm sure you could do some fights as a guest with most units, if you want. Most pilots and their units are fairly relaxed and open-minded. Been fighting an evening with one of the Ghost regiments as well, and it was pretty fun. Then again, we are Kuritans, which makes us stick together more than you dirty gaijin mercenaries whose only duty is to their bank account!

By the way, have you guys seen the new x-mas decoration you can put inside your cockpits? The holiday lights arranged around the front window are hilarious.

Think I'll wait for the bonsai tree, though, and otherwise be content with the Kurita banner hanging on my right.

Also, I <3 my 'Mech even more now that paintjobs are in.



Kodeneta banzai!

[edit] Okay, just tried a first match with the new patch. Still saddened that I am not allowed to slot a Guardian ECM suite myself, but one of our Commandos had it and I just followed him around. Nice teamplay.

 Lynata wrote:
Why would you need a merc group to practice teamplay? Have you considered just joining MWO's public TeamSpeak server and see if people want to do a couple drops?

[edit] Okay, just tried a first match with the new patch. Still saddened that I am not allowed to slot a Guardian ECM suite myself, but one of our Commandos had it and I just followed him around. Nice teamplay.

I would gladly join the public teamspeak server BUT I don't know much about teamspeak and can't seem to find the public server, any clues as to the name of such a server?

http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/65170-guide-playing-with-friends-groups-and-teams/
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/60477-unofficial-community-run-voice-chat-servers/

This should help! The first thread explains how to use TS, while the second has a list of public servers.

MWO's own Beta Teamspeak server seems to have been taken down as it went from Closed to Public Beta, but there should be enough people on the others.

Thank you sir

Anyone still playing this?

Very much so, I joined an AU clan and have been playing this and War Thunder just about every day. The AU clan is perfect for me since i'm such a night owl.

I hop on occasionally. I'm waiting for some of the more major features to come in before I play a lot so I don't get burned out.

Fair enough. Kinda want a group to play with too.

Lack of group stopped me from playing this game. I don't want one, I sort of need one or I lose interest.

I might when I can sort out the CTDs it causes. It seems to be my RAM, but everything else I play works absolutely fine, so I'm not altogether sure.

The crashing to desktop might have been fixed by now. You never know. Lost of bugs that are still being ironed out. I know I only had 1 bug in the past few days.

Nah, what avatar is talking about happened 2 days ago. He got a BSOD twice.

Heh, Soladrin I think I was randomly involved in a game with you a few days ago. What are the odds?

Anyone else looking forward to rocking the ugliest hero mech in the galaxy once they release 'Pretty' Baby?

Nope, I only pilot Cataphracts ATM. Trying to max out their exp.

Got the 4X and 2X done on basic. Working on 3D now, haven't found a really good load out for it yet though... Bloody engines are so expensive.

I'm basically doing this because I'm in love with the 4X (4 balistic slots? yes please). So I want to max that thing out ASAP.

I have some nasty stalker builds. I really do love that thing. The only mech that I have achieved multiple 1000 point games in without using LRM's.

Still active, although I'm just playing 3-4 matches per evening on average. Fits perfectly into my daily schedule by not taking too much time, prevents me from getting bored of it by playing too much, and keeps my skills up.

Anyone seen the Artemis teaser?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sub2J-bJBRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8GuTnLIeF8

Dat flying double helix. 8)

 Ledabot wrote:
The crashing to desktop might have been fixed by now. You never know. Lost of bugs that are still being ironed out. I know I only had 1 bug in the past few days.

As Sol said, it only happened two days ago and only after I'd installed and played MW:O, although the second BSOD (not CTD) happened whilst I was trying to update my graphics drivers.

I've left MW:O well enough alone and everything seems to have stabilised again, but still reluctant to try and update my drivers again until I have some spare RAM sticks to try in case it brings up another BSOD, since the first one I got was pretty clearly to do with RAM, and any others are usually also to do with RAM.

we also have one of the clan that has the same problem after the new patch. We also have one that cannot see on the night map at all no matter what he does.

Still playing but haven't got a group yet, what happened to the DakkaKorps?

Territory Control / Community Warfare isn't in yet, so mercenary corps cannot actually "do" much besides fighting random enemies in random matches yet.

That being said, of course combat between BattleMechs is and will always remain the main part of the game, so any Dakkanaut playing MWO may just as well team up with each other and form a lance or two.

Right, I've managed to get MW: O working.

Next step: stop dying so often.

Oh yeah, new patch is out - apparently with some FPS improvements, too. People who had trouble before should probably try again.

The dying part happens less often given enough practice. Also, buying and customising your own 'Mech really helps. The Trials are not actually bad, but they are simply not optimised and geared towards a specific playstyle. Thankfully, with the Cadet Bonus, you should have enough c-bills for the purchase within 20 or so games.

Whatcha "driving"?

 Lynata wrote:
Oh yeah, new patch is out - apparently with some FPS improvements, too. People who had trouble before should probably try again.

The dying part happens less often given enough practice. Also, buying and customising your own 'Mech really helps. The Trials are not actually bad, but they are simply not optimised and geared towards a specific playstyle. Thankfully, with the Cadet Bonus, you should have enough c-bills for the purchase within 20 or so games.

Whatcha "driving"?

I was piloting a Hunchback laserboat, but recently scratched together enough credits for a Centurion w/ an AC/2, 3 SRM6s and 2 medium lasers. Next thing to do is scrape together cash for double heatsinks, then endo-steel.

The Centurion is a really under rated mech. People crap on it because it's not fast and not that heavily armed, but it. just. keeps. going. I had a blast with the Centurion before I ended up going all goggly-eyed for the newer mechs like the cicada and cataphract.

I've been piloting a Spider for a while now. Currently rocking 10/12 jump jets and the 2 medium lasers (because nothing else fits), but am probably going to be seeing if I can't squeeze a slightly larger engine into the same slots if I switch to using double heatsinks.

Great mech for those who love to pounce on targets of opportunity, as it's got the speed to literally run circles around heavies and assaults, and the insane amount of jump jets let it get in and out without being turned to scrap. Could use a little bit heavier armament, but I was rocking a ML and a LL on my Raven anyhow, so I haven't lost that much firepower.

Sounds like a bunch of fun 'Mechs. Glad to see no ECM-Streak-builds here.

Also, +1 for PGI's attention to detail:



The cockpit lanterns glow in heat vision.

The new patch is cool, shame they still haven't fixed matchmaking though...

And ECM is still OP. :(

That said. I'm rocking this monster right now.

http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=42&l=724d8e151aac68b129ea5847c474cded97dccef9

Cataphract, moving at 82kp/h? Check
AC/20? Check
3 medium lasers? Check
2 SSRM? Check
Armor? Max except for legs
STD engine so you don't instantly die? Check

As for next mech.. probably going to stockpile for a while till the Highlander or trebuchet comes out.

Now that is a cool website, will have to check it out tomorrow.

Smurfynet is famous in the MWO community now. I am liking the new layout too. I honestly thought that the new map was coming this patch though. Never mind.

My current stalker build is kinda spamy though. 5 large lasers, 3 streak2s and a TAG. Can't get much more spamy than that.