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 LordofHats wrote:
marauder is coming!

I don't care. GIVE ME MY BUSHWHACKER!!!!!one11ONE

Where do you guys see Marauder info? I haven't seen anything. Hopefully they don't base them on those crappy IW models.

It was on the Town Hall twitch stream and is now all over the MWO forums.

I'm stoked about the loyalty rewards, as I generally miss out on the CW stuff because I never play it.

Additionally. RUSS CONFIRMED THE WARHAMMER. SQUEE.

OMFG that's really brilliant - marauder and Warhammer is a must buy

So I've been playing a bit since I downloaded the game a few days ago.

Seems pretty fun so far. I've been using the tiny and super fast trials mech that has machineguns on its fists. Don't really kill anything, but I've got tons of assists and generally just harass the enemy to get them out of position then I run and hide like the little baby mech pilot that I am.

I PM'd Overlord like he said I should, but if anyone is willing to give some tips, I'd greatly appreciate it. What should be my first priority purchase, with all the fat cash I'm getting for cadet bonuses?

Cheesytator is my name in the game, btw.

Also, when it comes to play style, I prefer the scout/sniper type of play style. Sneaking around and maneuvering for a good shot tends to be how I play FPS's. Any mech's/loadouts that are good for that is what I'm after. To start with at least.

Raven 3L sounds like it would be good for you - a couple of ER Large lasers plus ECM means its a standard sneak and snipe mech.

Don't do what most of us did and blow your cadet cbills - grinding more Cbills takes time - especially without premium time.

Keep working our how to play and only start buying mechs when you are clear hwo the game works and the mech you are going to buy is going to work for you.

SOunds like you are playing well tbh

Okay then. If this new balance system goes into play as is. I might very well quit this game. They basically removed ALL weapon and heat quirks in favor of structure and movement quirks.

This is BAD THING. Weapon and heat quirks were what helped make different mechs unique. For example. the Battlemaster lost ALL of it's positive quirks in favor of movement nerfs.

This cannot be allowed to go through as is. It need to be changes drastically. Some mechs did get some nicer things like the Atlas getting nice structure buffs. But again, they lost all their weapon quirks. Making the difference between varients even less. It's unacceptable and I'll fight it to the end.

Yeah. The 'Rebalance' thus far is not inspiring. It's been 4 years and I thought PGI might finally be addressing the underlying balance issues the game has had for YEARS and apparently they're just doing another mangled band aid.

How can they rebalance the game at this point and not touch weapons? At all? And the quirks seem random (there's a Gargoyle with +1020% torso twist, da fawk?)

There's also apparently an Enforcer that cannot torso twist due to a multiple-thousand percent yaw penalty...

Methinks more testing is required.

Yeah it's just plain weird. The Timber Wolf has buffs. And the Hellbringer has nerfs! I feel like these quirks were chozen by playing them out on a mat, and then throwing down a headless chicken and picking whatever quirk it happened to fall on.

So did I join right as they break the game?

 LordofHats wrote:
Yeah it's just plain weird. The Timber Wolf has buffs. And the Hellbringer has nerfs! I feel like these quirks were chozen by playing them out on a mat, and then throwing down a headless chicken and picking whatever quirk it happened to fall on.

To be fair, it's not a bad system.

 nels1031 wrote:
So did I join right as they break the game?

I hope not. This stuff is going on in the PTS or Public Test Server. They take a draft of what they plan to do and put it up there. Study the feedback and then make changes accordingly. I can see this almost being entirely scrapped. The backlash is immense. Except of course by clanners...

OKay. So I heard through the MWO grapevine that the PTS stuff was a a barebones of what they were panning.

Thanks the lord of the PTS server. If they would have had to test that on the actual server it would have been uproar

Yup, sounds like a baseline to work from.

Some things are still pretty whack though, even for a baseline.

In other news, took my dual gauss MAL for a spin. 1-shotted a Hunchie and an Urbie in the first few minutes of a match just now. Mwa ha ha!

Did about a dozen matches today, with the Raven 3L as recommended. Tons of fun, racked up 3 kills in one match, which was awesome because I normally struggle to get even 1. Was frustrating at first, as my guns kept overheating, but once I figured out how to configure the mech for double heat sinks, I've been doing rather well.

First kill I got since starting this game was pretty awesome. Went off on my own like a nooblet, was getting my butt handed to me by 3 enemies and tried to run away to my teammates. Pretty much everything seemed to be flashing red so I turned around and shot one of the dudes point blank, killing him in front of his buds. Split second later I joined him. The two surviving dudes that chased and brought me down were then promptly surrounded and tore apart by my teammates.

I will say that I'm kind of suprised at how little teammates seem to communicate in this game. Insurgency is my FPS of choice and there is alot of teamwork and comms usage in that game. Went into this thinking it would be even better for some reason and it really hasn't. Thats been my only real complaint with this game.

Also, what is the deal with factions? I chose one with a wolfs head and I'm constantly called to assist a battle that no one ever joins. Are there any tangible benefits to joining these things?

Wish I had discovered this game earlier, I'm loving it.

 nels1031 wrote:
Did about a dozen matches today, with the Raven 3L as recommended. Tons of fun, racked up 3 kills in one match, which was awesome because I normally struggle to get even 1. Was frustrating at first, as my guns kept overheating, but once I figured out how to configure the mech for double heat sinks, I've been doing rather well.

First kill I got since starting this game was pretty awesome. Went off on my own like a nooblet, was getting my butt handed to me by 3 enemies and tried to run away to my teammates. Pretty much everything seemed to be flashing red so I turned around and shot one of the dudes point blank, killing him in front of his buds. Split second later I joined him. The two surviving dudes that chased and brought me down were then promptly surrounded and tore apart by my teammates.

I will say that I'm kind of suprised at how little teammates seem to communicate in this game. Insurgency is my FPS of choice and there is alot of teamwork and comms usage in that game. Went into this thinking it would be even better for some reason and it really hasn't. Thats been my only real complaint with this game.

Also, what is the deal with factions? I chose one with a wolfs head and I'm constantly called to assist a battle that no one ever joins. Are there any tangible benefits to joining these things?

Wish I had discovered this game earlier, I'm loving it.

The 3L is a great lone operator/sniper/support mech, and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it.

As far as comms go, yeah, that's a thing. Sometimes you'll get games where everyone has a headset/a way of talking and it'll help, generally though people just insult each other. LoL. The only consistent way to guarantee that you're going to be using comms is find a unit that's recruiting and join up, they're interested in winning and/or getting better so they'll at least TRY to communicate.

Factions, sigh. See, I was really hyped about this phase, Community Warfare. Basically the premise is that you're a mercenary, you sign up with one of the major Inner Sphere houses Federated Commonwealth (Steiner and Davion, Fist and Sword sigils respectively), Draconis Combine, Free World's League, Capellan Confederation, Rasalhague Republic, Clan Wolf, Clan Jade Falcon, Clan Ghost Bear, and I think Clan Smoke Jaguar (that one might not be in the game yet). More or less, you sign up with one of these groups and either defend against invading forces on a planet owned by the faction, or participate in an invasion of a planet NOT owned by the faction.

Thing is though, CW was a pretty big flop. It was designed almost exclusively with pre-made groups in mind and groups made up of 2 and 3 mans generally end up facing 12 man clan groups that simply erase them. I've experienced this multiple times, in fact, I've had it where I've hit the ground after being dropped from my dropship only to catch an entire teams firepower to my CT, not fun. CW has rewards though, for completing defenses, invasions, and various other things - but they're nigh on unattainable if you're not working with a group, given what I just described. Also, you're experience with the 'defend this!' warning only to find that no one shows up is also pretty common.

If you're just starting out CW can be fun, the beginning few rewards are really quite easy to get if you're persistent but other than that, you'll need to drop with a group in order to do anything worthwhile. Playing the standard matches is a great way to get a feel for the game and wrack up the c-bills, especially given the current double xp weekend and (if you haven't played 25 matches yet) the cadet bonus. Although, like someone mentioned previously, it's worth saving up those c-bills you earn instead of blowing them on the first mech you can find.

A lot of us just log on for a game or two and don't bother with teamspeak. I don't use headset or mics because my laptop is set up in the living room next to the couch and my wife is usually there watching tv or trying to have a conversation with me.

Its a very casual game if you let it be.

Col. Dash wrote:
A lot of us just log on for a game or two and don't bother with teamspeak. I don't use headset or mics because my laptop is set up in the living room next to the couch and my wife is usually there watching tv or trying to have a conversation with me.

Its a very casual game if you let it be.

I'd be up to using teamspeak with a couple of dakkamites if we could set up a time to meet and play together.

other than that I rarely use in-game comms. (People with headsets can use the caps lock button as a press-to-talk like teamspeak)

Marauder pack is available.

Kinda tempted...

 Alex C wrote:
Marauder pack is available.

Kinda tempted...

I'll see how my Black Knight preforms before spending any money I may or may not have

 Overlord Thraka wrote:

Col. Dash wrote:
A lot of us just log on for a game or two and don't bother with teamspeak. I don't use headset or mics because my laptop is set up in the living room next to the couch and my wife is usually there watching tv or trying to have a conversation with me.

Its a very casual game if you let it be.

I'd be up to using teamspeak with a couple of dakkamites if we could set up a time to meet and play together.

other than that I rarely use in-game comms. (People with headsets can use the caps lock button as a press-to-talk like teamspeak)

My experience with Teamspeak is that you basically have to have a server running 24/7 that anybody who's interested can hop on. Otherwise, coordinating 'shifts' for games just gets too complicated without a metrick mechload of people.

I'd be down for doing some drops with folks, but as I work 3rd shift my availability might swing from early AM US EST to late PM.

I take it you guys saw the new event for this weekend? Yeah, there's ZERO chance of me getting the tier 2 rewards, the tier 1? Maybe, if luck is on my side and my Thunderwub.

Finally, a challenge that is a challenge!

At least for low-end mech jocks like myself...

Holy gak the Marauder is coming!!!!11!! Finally I can bring my Scarlet Lady from the Tabletop and in to Mechwarrior Online

I still can;t buy my Marauder - have to pop in and see my bank to try and sort out.......... :(

Challenge looks good - 300 I have done - not sure about 400. thats less often

edit - just had a quick game over lunch - 363 pts - so all good

Challenge completed! Yeah! Got my last 400 on Canyon last night. 6 Million C-bills to put towards my Black Knights AND enough MC to grab a pattern for 1 of my Urbies!

I gave up on the challenge, it's turned everyone into a fething moron.