Mechwarrior Online: A thing that is going to happen

Wiet

Hello SE++. Do you remember this trailer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5BoRwGiFE

For the longest time this was presumed stuck in legal hell and left to die a slow death. But today it seems that it's becoming a reality to be released in the summer of 2012!

PCgamer wrote:

After two years of near-total silence about the fate of the MechWarrior reboot, Piranha Games have announced MechWarrior Online, a free-to-play, team-based multiplayer BattleMech sim. It’s also going to tell the story of the Battletech universe in real-time, starting from just before the Clan Invasion of 3050. Each day, players will do battle on behalf of the universe’s major factions, and each day in the game will represent a single day’s action in the fictional Inner Sphere. It will go live in the second half of 2012.

The PCgamer article can be found here. The game's website is right here. The devblog is a pretty neat read and also a recap! It seems to me like they're going for something like World of Tanks, only with giant robots rather than those peasant vehicles.

Are you excited for this? I know I really, really am.

MrMonroe

BITCHIN'

Macro9

I reserved my pilot name.

Can't wait to harass you fucks in my Cougar.

Druhim

why yes, this is a thing I am very much interested in

Macro9

I'm happy that it's Free to Play, too. Doesn't make sense that I am, but it seems to be a profitable model to companies and offer flexibility for me as a consumer.

Wank

Clan Invasion? Please take my money

CorporateLogo

Gimme a Catapult

or a Yeoman

Macro9

Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries can be gotten for free

http://www.mektek.net/index.php/home/articles/mechwarrior4-mercenaries-downloads-r1204

Wiet

The devblog goes into why they picked F2P for their model, and it basically comes down to that they got overwhelming interest in it, and more importantly a lack of publisher interest in a ''standard'' game like Mechwarrior 4. I hope it works out for them, because I'm really excited to see this happen!

NinjaSquirrel

This is fantastic. I'm really interested in how the real time player affected world is going to work.

Artreus

YES YES YES

I really hope this does well and is good.

A lot.

Mechwarrior 3 was my first PC game (I had a mac and some crappy games and also warcraft before but those aren't counting) and I played the shit out of it from the ages of 13-16 or so. Got really into the community on the MSN gaming zone

Macro9

We needs a pimp ass Clan name.

Wiet

The way it's looking to me is that the players will be Inner Sphere mercs, so no clantech just yet. 3048 is just outside the Clan invasion anyway, so maybe those'll get dropped in later.

Xehalus

As someone who played too much MechAssault 1/2

I am shaking right now


Uziel all the way

Brolo

Reactor online.
Sensors online.
Weapons online.
All systems nominal.

Artreus

I'm not sure how I feel about it being free to play. I hope that enables them to make a good game.

Artreus

Also Mech assault was a pale shadow of what mechwarrior was

Macro9

Wiet wrote:

The way it's looking to me is that the players will be Inner Sphere mercs, so no clantech just yet. 3048 is just outside the Clan invasion anyway, so maybe those'll get dropped in later.

I actually meant clan as in like a guild.

Merc Corps in this game.

Which is cool.

Wiet

Crabs all the way for me, King or otherwise.

lostwords

Clan jade falcon for life

CorporateLogo

Macro9 wrote:

Wiet wrote:

The way it's looking to me is that the players will be Inner Sphere mercs, so no clantech just yet. 3048 is just outside the Clan invasion anyway, so maybe those'll get dropped in later.

I actually meant clan as in like a guild.

Merc Corps in this game.

Which is cool.

Armless but not Harmless

Everyone has to use mechs without obvious arm systems like the Catapult, Yeoman, Raven, Fafnir, and so on

Ruckus

The MW3 engine was the best so far, superior blend of graphics, weapon balance, hit detection, movement animations, etc. MW4 screwed up the weapons and the graphics became too focused on scenery.

I've reserved my Callsign ("Ruckus") and will be breaching your fusion reactors from the cockpit of my Hunchback on Launch Day. And if it comes with Jumpjets, you best be keepin an eye on the sky.

Edcrab

Wiet was talking about this in chat earlier and my only response there, and here, was "awesome"

Also that spy crab inclusion made me guffaw

VALVEjunkie

yeah

yeah yeah

kaliyama

yessssssssssssssss

Druhim

Just reserved my callsign.

Artreus

Clan wolf for life

Macro9

CorporateLogo wrote:

Macro9 wrote:

Wiet wrote:

The way it's looking to me is that the players will be Inner Sphere mercs, so no clantech just yet. 3048 is just outside the Clan invasion anyway, so maybe those'll get dropped in later.

I actually meant clan as in like a guild.

Merc Corps in this game.

Which is cool.

Armless but not Harmless

Everyone has to use mechs without obvious arm systems like the Catapult, Yeoman, Raven, Fafnir, and so on

But...but...my Cougar

Artreus

Shadow cat was awesome, so was the Timberwolf

Scudo

A persistent online MechWarrior game is very close to my "dream game." Here's to hoping it's not terrible!

BahamutZERO

Oh kickass! I reserved my callsign

Scudo

Also: Marauder

Wiet

Focht was here, clans smell.

CorporateLogo

I hope the Jagermech III makes an appearance

Nothing inspires fear in your enemies like a trashcan with legs

BahamutZERO

Looking forward to blowing some arms and legs off with you folks

Tonkka

Oh holy shit yes yes yes.

Bucketman

This is amazing. I actually just got home from rolling a Mechwarrior character with a buddy so I can join his pen and paper game sessions

Tonkka

Pilot name registered.

BahamutZERO

I hope we can salvage disabled mechs and steal clan shit that way, I wanna get my Timber Wolf/Marauder IIC on!

Melding

Pilot name was registered a bit ago. I will be the biggest mech i can get without looking like a dork.

Cause some of them heavy mechs look silly.

jackal

F2P? This is probably the perfect IP for F2P. They will charge $10 for your favorite mech and you will fucking pay it.