The Glade 4.0

Ooh. I've been nose to the grindstone on grading and then on vacation, so I haven't been paying close attention for the past few weeks. I did see talk about the announcement and immediate uproar in reaction to coolant flush, but nothing since.

I was able to dig up the revision to consumables, but haven't seen anything about an intent to look at ECM -- any details you could summarize or link to?

I will admit, I'm rather frustrated by the current state of ECM, so I'm glad to hear they're looking at it. The power of utilizing guided weapons while within an ECM bubble of your own is really rather aggravating and difficult to counter without ECM on your own side. This is obviously a pretty awful state of affairs for pick-up grouping, and is a pretty unsatisfactory one even for organized groups from a design standpoint.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/104519 ... er-of-ecm/

I'd be [even] more worked up about ECM if I was more of a light/medium pilot. Since the most recent net-code revisions and state-rewind I've had little problems with lights while driving my assaults or heavies (most of them try the same old tactics like circle strafing, and pay heavily for it), but there certainly is an imbalance with all the properties a 1.5 ton piece of equipment gives the user, most notably the ssrm disparity. I'm glad they're looking at it, at least.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

My only complaint about EMC...it works a little too well. The area that it covers is a bit large. There is no reason six assult mechs should be able to hover around an Atlas and be covered...

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Raell Kromwell

New map went in today. Feels alien and it is huge. Only played on it twice, I like it so far.

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Raell Kromwell

Mmm. Good to hear. I won't get to play 'till Thursday, looks like. Can't wait, though.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

There are other changes as well. I DO NOT like the new throttle control.

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Raell Kromwell

Yeah, I saw that in the patch notes. Fortunately, you can turn it off.

The lock arms to torso, on the other hand, I might experiment with.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Anyone else still playing this? They have put out another map, which I really like and there are some new Mech's with more coming.

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Raell Kromwell

I've been a bit busy, so I haven't played the latest patch, but yes. Generally speaking, I'm still having fun playing a few matches a week.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Unseen coming to MWO? How has this not been posted yet?

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Love the Shadow Hawk, it was the first Mech I used in the table top game.

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Raell Kromwell

Yeah, the Shadow Hawk is one of the few Unseen that I genuinely miss. The MWO art treatment of the Thunderbolt has made it way sexier than I usually consider it, too. It's really sad how I love the look of a lot of the mechs in video games (MWO in particular) but can't stand the actual tabletop models, which always look chintzy and a lot more humanoid in comparison.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Wolverine was my first, and my best friend played a Shadow Hawk against me.

Good times

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I just wonder how much I am gonna have to pay to get an Archer...

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Raell Kromwell

Still hoping for a Victor.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I believe your hope will be rewarded this month. The Hero Victor (Dragonslayer) is out now, and the CBill Victors should be out later this month.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Holy crap, the Dragon Slayer is a Victor?

Totally did not know that, thank you!

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

You are very welcome, Shel.

Looks like launch date is set:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/07/03/mechw ... engineers/

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Sadly, it's a Victor that can't mount an AC/20, so ... WTFPGI?

No, really ... they decided that the best thing to do with a Victor that had been retro-fitted to mount a Gauss Rifle was to insert a lower arm actuator. So, yeah ... I suppose you've got more crosshair mobility, but you're now stuck with a mech that can't go back to it's roots.
LOT of angry gamers over it, too.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I am trying to remember, there was a Mech that carried what looked to be a hand held PPC, it was in the 80 ton range if I remember right. Anyone know what that is off the top of their head?

Also, even if it won't work as a weapon, I would love to see a Hatchet Man in the game.

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Raell Kromwell

I suspect you're thinking of the Battlemaster.

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This.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Did it look like this?

If so, then yup ... Battlemaster.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

And yet again, I'm amazed at how awful the line art for Battletech is compared to video game models.



I mean, that's just a flabbergasting improvement.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Well, Kaffis, you gotta rememember that the Battletech art is what, like 25 years old now?

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