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I have been having a crap time in mech lately, I didn't buy in to the clans.

I can't help but think that should have done something for the IS players.
I get why they did the clans the way they did them, to make money, but what about the people that spent money in other ways over the years?
We got nothing, oh wait we got the command module....that stacks up really nice against its clan counterpart.


I have never been one of those PGI haters, still not, but for the first time since closed beta I really do not have any desire to play.

We need to work out a time we can drop together again (maybe at the weekend?), cos we're still doing alright as a group.

I haven't really pugged since I started dropping with you lot, apart from when doing hard grind, and I don't really remember much of that weekend (though my stats say I played some 200+ matchs in those few days).

However, nor do I have any want to PUG drop either. It's just so much effort having to predict what the PUGs do these days...

That or try something crazy to lighten things up a bit. (Or just take a break - we're meant to be getting new IS mechs soon).

Anyone heard how much longer the servers are going to be offline?

 Mr Morden wrote:
Anyone heard how much longer the servers are going to be offline?

Oh damn, you haven't checked the Forums have you? xD

It's a DNS error - for some reason british DNS servers went crazy when the patch hit.

Switch your DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google) and it'll fix it.

thanks - but do what now?
Had a read on the forums and trying the repair tool

thanks for the heads up

DNS is the registry that takes something like 'dakkadakka.com' and translates it to '64.34.186.105' so the site will actually connect.

If a DNS registry becomes corrupted, or something changes and it isn't updated promptly, the program will be unable to find the IP address and connect to the location.

We aren't sure why it's done this, it's mostly just UK residents (and mostly just Virgin Media residents), though there are people in other countries affected, it's mostly just us.

It won't affect other sites, Google's DNS registry is pretty solid.

To change it - go to your Network and Sharing Center
Under your Network, you'll have 'Access' and 'Connection' - next to 'Connection' you'll have 'View Status'
Click that, and in the popup window, click Properties in the bottom left hand corner.
In Properties, you'll see a list, select 'Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click Properties in the bottom-ish right.
Here, in the bottom half click 'Use the following DNS server addesses' and change 'Preferred DNS server:' to 8.8.8.8
You will now be able to update MWO.

Once updated, you can always switch it back to 'obtain DNS server address automatically' afterwards and it should continue working.
(I haven't bothered tbh)

thanks

The repair tool is doing things so will see if that gets it sorted

The Repair Tool won't fix it unfortunately, as it's an issue external to the program.

But good luck.

All good repair tool seemed to sort

I had the worst night of mech ever last night, every game was a tragedy. They really need to add something soon to this game besides 1 new map and new hero mechs.

I've found that when I play I have to use other players as meat shields, they're going to run off and be useless anyway, so when they're getting their asses beat, I use that as a distraction to go for kills.

Honestly, MW:O turned out to be pretty meh unless you sink money into it.

Had some fun fights last night with my new AC /PPC catapult - are the servers actually down at the moment or is this another patch issue?

It's patch day today.

Supposedly:
Kitfox for C-Bills
Thor/Summoner for MC
Battlemaster Hero
Kintaro Champion (new trial)
6 Cockpit items (5 new + first publicly available warhorn)
Spider gets visual weapon customisation
+2-3 more things that haven't been announced yet


Looking forward to my not-Urbie showing its guns. : D

I don't see kitfox for cbills sadly, another few $$$ to squeeze out I guess.

It should be available by now.
Maybe give it a bit.

They've accidently leaked the Spider Hero in a roundabout way though - put it in the gamefiles, so it got auto-ripped to Smurfy:


Perfect for making Urbanmechs out of though.

http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/167089-august-update-and-roll-out/

Well, well, well.

Looks like I may have to prep my mothballed 'mech for combat once more to heed the Dragon's call to arms.
I wonder if they've finally come around in regards to the 12v10 "proper" battle size, too?

You know that free King Crab you get if you bought a big thing?
This is the concept art!:

 Lynata wrote:
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/167089-august-update-and-roll-out/

Well, well, well.

Looks like I may have to prep my mothballed 'mech for combat once more to heed the Dragon's call to arms.
I wonder if they've finally come around in regards to the 12v10 "proper" battle size, too?

Sadly not yet - but it is a fun game

 Ovion wrote:
You know that free King Crab you get if you bought a big thing?
This is the concept art!:

Oh.. Oh my...

Oh my Goddess- if those claws articulate in game, like the missile doors it would be breathtaking. Imagine the gauss charging as the doors dropped, and seeing those cannons staring at you right before they fired!

Today is a good day to die!

 Gitzbitah wrote:
Oh my Goddess- if those claws articulate in game, like the missile doors it would be breathtaking. Imagine the gauss charging as the doors dropped, and seeing those cannons staring at you right before they fired!

Today is a good day to die!

It's been stated by the devs that they will do that

Wait, King Crab? KING CRAB! Dangit! Now I'm gonna have to start playing MWO again.

...Can it dual wield AC/20s?

I've not patched my client for half a year or so - did they change anything about the dreadful UI?

I think its handling was about 50% of my reasons of why I ever stopped playing. I never thought an interface you don't even interact with in-between the actual game could turn out to be so frustrating. Yet as I've heard from a colleague in my company last week, apparently I'm not even the only one.

Anvildude wrote:
Wait, King Crab? KING CRAB! Dangit! Now I'm gonna have to start playing MWO again.

...Can it dual wield AC/20s?

Yes. Yes it can.

It's actually the default loadout...

That's weird. The pic you have has the laser fudged out. I watched the dev blog 8 and he had it in there.

Ledabot wrote:That's weird. The pic you have has the laser fudged out. I watched the dev blog 8 and he had it in there.

Dunno.
That's the image from the end.


That's a shot of pre-colouring and adjusting.
I actually think it looks better in the grey.

Lynata wrote:I've not patched my client for half a year or so - did they change anything about the dreadful UI?

I think its handling was about 50% of my reasons of why I ever stopped playing. I never thought an interface you don't even interact with in-between the actual game could turn out to be so frustrating. Yet as I've heard from a colleague in my company last week, apparently I'm not even the only one.

Yes and no.
Some things are better, we have a Smurfy-Summary and it runs a bit smoother.

However, PGI has now bought themselves out of the partnership with IGP and have complete control of the game.
Since then, things have improved a LOT.
They're listening to player feedback.
They're setting up a player council to get focused feedback and consult on balance issues.
Russ is interacting with the community, talking, listening and providing info when asked.
Big sales, the rewards scheme etc.

They say that Community Warfare will be out November (I think it was, definately by the end of the year but I'm too lazy to go check)
They also claim we'll (finally) be getting the Smurfy Style mechlab with CW.

Anvildude wrote:Wait, King Crab? KING CRAB! Dangit! Now I'm gonna have to start playing MWO again.

...Can it dual wield AC/20s?

Of course it can.
It's the gorram King Crab!, what else would it do!

(Well, dual wield LBX10s, with twin PPCs and twin SRM 6's.... but hey, we can dream.)

I did hear/read about their newfound independence, and Phase II of Community Warfare (what I'm eagerly waiting for) - I still have them in my feeds, and from time to time even check the Kurita forums.

Well, let's see what they make of it, I guess!

Update now, it'll save you about 3 days later

- And now lets drop for a few.

Reinstalled after I got the email about the rewards for having been a player for a year or something. Sucks that I never spent money on the game or did any of the pre-orders stuff, because those rewards were pretty boss.

But, I can't complain, 2m and a free mech bay is nothing to scoff at. Although, I'm pretty sure it's going to take me like a year to get a DDC.

You could still preorder something or buy any MC at all to get some more.

I mean, sure I've spent way more than is probably sane, but I regret nothing and the rewards are fantastic!