Mechwarrior Online: A thing that is going to happen

Tox

I am currently not otherwise distracted if any folks want to mess around on MegaMek.

herojoe

Yeah I'd just want to watch before committing to anything hardcore. I'm interested in classic Battletech, but I'd kinda like for Wizkids to get the license back since using itty bitty minis for a giant robot game seems kinda counter-intuitive.

Uriel

Classic Battletech isn't actually that difficult in my experience, but I've only played level 2 rules.

Plus my buddy I play it with is a walking library of mech stats.

HellaJeff

they further addressed the f2p stance in forum posts and a news post and it is sounding more and more like the LoL format

I approve

RubberAC

I have registered my name.
Buttsoup shall ride the wind

Xehalus

if I can spam PPC, I will give them my money

Tox

Xehalus wrote:

if I can spam PPC, I will give them my money

You can always spam PPC

...for a minute.

Unless you're in a refitted Awesome, then I think you get two minutes with regular PPCs, but only about 30 seconds with ERs

Tox

So is anybody actively interested in trying to set something up on MegaMek?

Because I am seriously down for that.

Der Waffle Mous

There's a steam group linked in the G+T thread. We got a test game going a few nights ago.

Peen

I know they said on the website that they aren't any good but are the bots worth anything in megamek? If I don't want to embarrass myself in front of real people in my first game can I do a bot game just to learn the mechanics?

Wiet

I sent a PM around to see if everyone is still interested.

The normal bot isn't that great, the princess bot can be suprising. If you're starting out with the game I recommend loading up the training scenarios.

grouch993

Stand in water when unleashing your PPCs. Just make sure you don't have damage or the submerged sections will flood and wreak havoc.

Wiet

For easy connecting with Megamek I've thrown up a Hamachi network. Network name is SE++ - Battletech the password is megamek

RubberAC

what is mega mek

Wiet

Wiet wrote:

For clarification, Megamek is a java based client for playing Battletech over, much like how Maptools works for D&D and such.

Wiet

It seems like Piranha is planning to have regular updates every wednesday on the main MWO site. Their plan for November can be found here. I'm really looking forward to the developer interview with FlyingDebris, I love that man's art so much.

MegaMek

Wiet wrote:

It seems like Piranha is planning to have regular updates every wednesday on the main MWO site. Their plan for November can be found here. I'm really looking forward to the developer interview with FlyingDebris, I love that man's art so much.

I love the official art on the MWO page. That's his work? Dude's pretty damn good.

Wiet

Yep, that's all his work, and so is the one in your sig. The guy's got a Midas touch for turning awful designs into something beautiful.

MegaMek

Found it on some (I'm guessing his!) deviantart page. Dangit, where's that link...

Wiet

First part of the interview is now on the website!

BahamutZERO

hey, the atlas is the best of a dumb-looking bunch.

Henroid

A discussion in City of Heroes last night leads me to ask this: Did anyone pick up the names Michael Wilson or Richard Hawk when registering?

Artreus

So today's tales from the trenches is somewhat relevant.

Years ago I was working contract QA for a large corporation with a number of subsidiary development studios. I was a part of the build verification and performance testing team, and needless to say our job was fairly easy; check the newest and freshest build from the developer and create save points along the way, all the while logging performance issues and ad-hocing the shit out of the game.

Since the job came with a fair amount of “down time,” we were frequently asked to perform random jobs. “Play through the game for screen caps,” “provide saves for this team or that team,” “create unique scenarios for another team for marketing…” Fun stuff.

Then one day we were given another task… one unique to itself and all-together scary (for someone relatively new to the industry at the time). Three others and I were put into a shuttle and driven to an offsite building on another part of town. Once there we realized that we were standing in the shell of what was once a bustling and active studio, decorated with all things attractive and unique to a game studio. Arcade machines still plugged in, giant flat screens, whiteboards covered in gaming jargon and designer notes…and of course the free drinks fridge.

What was missing were the people. Not a single person was there. Controllers lay on the ground, placed there in haste as though the person handling it was forcibly removed from the office. Desks were scattered with random notes and pieces of technology, ideas still scribbled down on so many sticky notes as though they were going to be picked up later for a stand-up meeting to be relayed to some other “team.”

Well…no team existed anymore. This place was shut down and void of life. I knew that we were there to “save the valuables”... dev kits, monitors, controllers…it all had to go. What was once a hub of ideas was now a scrap yard of product to be recycled and re-used. I thought long and hard after cleaning up that mess of a studio… Was I making the right choice working for a small hourly wage while performing a task that most other industry folk look down upon knowing that maybe, I could end up like this place in the bat of an eye?

My answer: absolutely 100% you bet your fucking ass yes… this place may have now been deserted, but when it was moving full steam I have no doubt that it was a blast to work in and bustled with creativity and growth. The game industry will always have failed studios and horror stories about publishers shutting down projects. From every one of these comes a new batch of talent, ready to re-enter the workforce or forge ahead with their own team as independent studios. It’s been 4 years since I helped pick up the dead pieces of this studio, but I never forgot about it.

Rest in peace, FASA.

Sleepwalker9

VALVEjunkie

damn

Matev

Yah, read that, depressing...

Druhim

Funny, his point is just the opposite of depressing.

A duck!

Pretty sure the discussion of the death of that particular studio in this particular thread can be classified as depressing.

Tox

The upside is that we do, at long last, have a new battletech game coming.

Matev

Mmmhmm, very true, and worst case scenario, I can go drown my sorrows in Battlepods....

Krieghund

Jade Falcon forever. Got my name, just waiting for the game.

Artreus

Druhim wrote:

Funny, his point is just the opposite of depressing.

For him, sure.

But reading about somebody dismantling one of your favorite game studios is depressing.

Tox

If I had to pick a clan.....Nova Cat is one I'm rather partial to.

Dead Legend

ahh picked up mech4 mercs when i was at my parent's house, played through it and beat it on davion's side with the wolf's dragoons, now going through it focusing on the steiner side (though currently have better davion reputation) with the gray death legion

RoyceSraphim

Henroid wrote:

A discussion in City of Heroes last night leads me to ask this: Did anyone pick up the names Michael Wilson or Richard Hawk when registering?

FUCK!

YES!

Buttlord

Buttlord Zoosmell reporting for duty.

Gonna blow up some things with a robot hell yeah