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@Tennmuerti said:

@thehuntsmen5434 said:

Guess it didn't pass the test, since they dropped it to its death immediately.

Missed the part where it has a disposable jetpack unit attached and several people in these comments pointing that out, did you?

My thing is it seemed like it didn't really have the clearance to fall safely. Seems like it moved a whole lot laterally before getting fully clear of the bay.

@BisonHero said:

@Delta_Ass said:

Seems strange that they just dropped the Atlas right down without any sort of drop pod. Normally, Mechs are inserted via drop pods to protect them from reentry heat. Atlases also don't have any jump jets...

Yes, I'm sure the free to play revival of a series that has been off the map for years is going to be very careful about honouring the previously established fiction.

Actually why wouldn't they? The previously established fiction being the novels and tabletop game (which itself is doing well), not previous Mechwarrior games (though there is some weird cross pollination on that end).

I mean if you are going to have hundreds of hours of free background being made up for you, why not? It's not like a free falling 100 ton brick makes a lot of sense anyways.

I KNEW there was a reason I recently bought that flight stick....

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

It's early still but really does seem like the year of the Mech.

@thehuntsmen5434 said:

Guess it didn't pass the test, since they dropped it to its death immediately.

Missed the part where it has a disposable jetpack unit attached and several people in these comments pointing that out, did you?

Guess it didn't pass the test, since they dropped it to its death immediately.

@White: The way I see it there are plenty of bad F2P models and penty of good ones. I've seen both, we have to wait and see how they handle it for this game. There is usually no upkeep they way you put it anyway, with plenty good ones never requiring payment at all.

As far as f2p attracting a bigger audience? Fuck yea it will, that's kind of the point of the entire thing and the main reason everyone who does it does it. People that would have never considered battletech (or heard of it) will give this at least a try, just because it's free.

They already have the dedicated fanbase in either case. But in the first case they tried, that dedicated fanbase was not enough to justify the full retail product, moneywise according to their estimates. There are just not enough people interested in a Battletech sim currently, regardlerss of their passions. So the f2p online only plan solves both issues, bigger audience and potentially a smaller budget since they don't have to invest into SP.

I wish this was a full retail game obviously.

But beggers can't be choosers. There has not been a battletech mech sim in ages, and this is the only thing we got or are likely to get in any forseaable future.

@Tennmuerti said:

@White said:

@Tennmuerti said:

@White said:

Wait. Did that new MechWarrior became this?

Yep, they could not get the full on MW5 rolling (this started out as MW5) so they decided to shift it to F2P

God dammit. If they have the shitty damage numbers popping out like that Reign of Thunder game I'm giving up all home on western mech games. That and Doom/Quake-like twitchy controls in game FULL OF GIANT ROBERTS.

Reign of Thunder bullshit is directly the dudes who did the Mech Assault arcadey silliness for the consoles going further in that direction.

These dudes pretty much already started making MW5 with cockpits and heat/ammo/customisation the whole shebang. Then after 1-2 years (i'm not sure exactly) realised they don't have the budget for a full on $60 release and would shift the direction to online only game. As such a F2P model became more attractive to them. Rather then say putting out the game for $30 and everyone forgettgin about it after a few weeks. With f2p they would be able to keep adding and expanding the game easilly.

Obviously there is no way to tell for sure exactly how it will turn out in the end. But as a fan of Battletech I'm comfortable with the above knowledge, so far.

I am not a fan of F2P, Pay to own. Absolutely against the idea of paying an upkeep on my game too - beyond the initial money-down. Do they really think they'll attract an audience beyond their already dedicated fanbase and/or robert-loving dudes by making it F2P? These people will buy their game regardless - $20, $60 or even $120.

@Delta_Ass: Well, you CAN add jump jets to whatever 'mech you want (allowing for tonnage and space), it's just a complete pain to do so. Kind of like installing a new gun on a 'mech. Or.. well, ANY customization of 'mechs. OmniMechs ftw!

Free to play. the future of the PC it seems. 

@Delta_Ass: Couldn't you put jump jets on all of the mechs? I mean, on the near 100 ton mechs it didn't do much good, but I thought I remembered doing it in MW3.

@White said:

@Tennmuerti said:

@White said:

Wait. Did that new MechWarrior became this?

Yep, they could not get the full on MW5 rolling (this started out as MW5) so they decided to shift it to F2P

God dammit. If they have the shitty damage numbers popping out like that Reign of Thunder game I'm giving up all home on western mech games. That and Doom/Quake-like twitchy controls in game FULL OF GIANT ROBERTS.

Reign of Thunder bullshit is directly the dudes who did the Mech Assault arcadey silliness for the consoles going further in that direction.

These dudes pretty much already started making MW5 with cockpits and heat/ammo/customisation the whole shebang. Then after 1-2 years (i'm not sure exactly) realised they don't have the budget for a full on $60 release and would shift the direction to online only game. As such a F2P model became more attractive to them. Rather then say putting out the game for $30 and everyone forgettgin about it after a few weeks. With f2p they would be able to keep adding and expanding the game easilly.

Obviously there is no way to tell for sure exactly how it will turn out in the end. But as a fan of Battletech I'm comfortable with the above knowledge, so far.

@RAStemen said:

@Delta_Ass: Couldn't you put jump jets on all of the mechs? I mean, on the near 100 ton mechs it didn't do much good, but I thought I remembered doing it in MW3.

No the mech design/structure needs to be able to acommodate jump jets, and many mechs have no provisions either space wise or structure wise to install them. That said at phenomenal expense some non jump jet capable mechs have been jurry rigged with jets from time to time. But it's expensive, questionable, dangerous and usually not worth the effort. Don't remember how it was in MW3 exactly, but the above is as far as overall universe cannon is concerned.

In the trailer the Atlas just has a disposable harness attached for the drop. People are freaking out because of something as simple as not paying attention.

My bad. I probably mix this up with hull damage, although I seem to recall some kind of "shield like" display of the hull. Also thought you could focus defense against certain directions but that also probably comes from mix-up with Freespace 2 and other games at the time. I've been out of the loop for so long its starting to fade away, although the sweet memories of severing the limbs of giant mechs and the mood still linger. :) When it comes to battletech I dont know all that much, except from what I learnt by playing the good old game by the same name. I know there are some differences from the MW pc game franchise, and I know I love giant mechs, but I guess that sticking to the bt rules generally is a good idea as its more "pure".

Regarding the engine management, what you describe is what I'm aiming at. Worst thing that could happen would be a simplified heat system (basically engine management as lack of speed kills, and everything you do in terms of prioritization affects the speed).

Anyhow, nevertheless I'm excited to see what will come out of this.

@Cozmicaztaway said:

@Chris_Ihao said:

@Hero_Swe said:

complex enough shield and engine management and maybe even a cockpit view, this could be awesome imho.

'Mechs don't have shields. Ever. Not in my Battletech! And engine management.. nah, it's all about the heat (which granted should run higher depending on speed and of cousre weapons, heatsinks, etc)

@Tennmuerti said:

@White said:

Wait. Did that new MechWarrior became this?

Yep, they could not get the full on MW5 rolling (this started out as MW5) so they decided to shift it to F2P

God dammit. If they have the shitty damage numbers popping out like that Reign of Thunder game I'm giving up all home on western mech games. That and Doom/Quake-like twitchy controls in game FULL OF GIANT ROBERTS.

@Delta_Ass: Couldn't you put jump jets on all of the mechs? I mean, on the near 100 ton mechs it didn't do much good, but I thought I remembered doing it in MW3.

@StitchJones said:

So is this going to be out before Hawken?

Seems so, Hawken launches in December or something, I think.

@Buzzkill said:

@Beomoose said:

Atlas Mech dropping from the sky.

Yep, you're pretty much screwed.

Yeah, the guy in the atlas is screwed because that's a 100 ton mech without any jump jets. When it hits the ground, splat. This teaser basically raped the canon and I'm looking forward to Hawken more than ever now.

Before you go crying about it, why don't you actually look it up? As others said, the mech is wearing a disposable jumpjet harness.

So is this going to be out before Hawken?

@ssj4raditz said:

I need to get my PC up to snuff before this releases!

Also, the BattleMaster better be in the game. Favorite 'Mech ever right there!

Since Catalyst Game Labs (the pretty great company that handles board game Battletech stuff) secured the rights to use it again back in 2009 from what I've seen, the only thing preventing the classic Battlemaster design (or a slightly altered version of it, as they seem to change everything a bit) from appearing is whether Piranha wants to use it or not. So hope, or maybe ask them nicely, I think.

I need to get my PC up to snuff before this releases!

Also, the BattleMaster better be in the game. Favorite 'Mech ever right there!

All I could think was...

"Is that an Atlas? Looks like an Atlas. Ooh I love the Atlas. Yay! Atlas!"

I love MW far too much.

Wait. Did that new MechWarrior became this?

Wait. Did that new MechWarrior became this?

@Sin4profit said:

rock music fuckin sucks in 3049

in the future, rockbands make covers of electronic music, wich explains the weird rock version of wolfgang gartner's, illamerica.

Hopefully they will use MechWarrior 3 as a template to follow and ignore the atrocity that was MechWarrior 4.

@Delta_Ass@Beomoose: @Buzzkill: There actually have been several instances where Atlas mechs were super heavily modified to incorporate jump jets.

As for the trailer, that Atlas has disposable breaking thrusters (or jets) attached. Similar in function to say how you dropped onto Griffin base at the end of the last game.

I find it odd that they would eject the entire clamp system along with the mech. I know it's being pedantic, but being a mech sim you would expect that kind of attention to detail.

EDIT: Oh wait, nevermind. This explains it. It's a jumpjet harness

@Chris_Ihao said:

@Hero_Swe said:

complex enough shield and engine management and maybe even a cockpit view, this could be awesome imho.

'Mechs don't have shields. Ever. Not in my Battletech! And engine management.. nah, it's all about the heat (which granted should run higher depending on speed and of cousre weapons, heatsinks, etc)@Hellequin said:

@mjwyoshi64: That .... actually, could make some sense. It makes the jarring edit of the soundbyte a little more reasonable, but my heart still sinks in my chest every time I hear it.

I'd like to think it says "Yes, we re-recorded it and changed a bit. So you can hear we rerecorded it. With the voice from Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. You're welcome."

@BisonHero said:

@Delta_Ass said:

Seems strange that they just dropped the Atlas right down without any sort of drop pod. Normally, Mechs are inserted via drop pods to protect them from reentry heat. Atlases also don't have any jump jets...

Yes, I'm sure the free to play revival of a series that has been off the map for years is going to be very careful about honouring the previously established fiction.

They're sure as hell seem to be doing a better job of it than previous games. Although the whole lowering the pilot into the 'mech thing is a bit odd. Also, low orbit drop, maybe? At least it had disposable jump-packs.

Anyway, the important thing about this is, IMO is:

1. The voice. I've missed it so much.

2. The voice. Seriously!

3. Hmm, artstyle.

rock music fuckin sucks in 3049

Ready to band together with my Ghost Bear clansmen

The Capellan Confederation calls and I shall answer!

@Buzzkill said:

@Beomoose said:

Atlas Mech dropping from the sky.

Yep, you're pretty much screwed.

Yeah, the guy in the atlas is screwed because that's a 100 ton mech without any jump jets. When it hits the ground, splat. This teaser basically raped the canon and I'm looking forward to Hawken more than ever now.

It's possible to attach jump packs to battlemechs without jump jets for in-atmosphere drops such as this. I'm assuming that's the yellow apparatus still attached to the Atlas at around 1:10.

2012 is going to be the year of Mech games for sure. So excited!

Heavy drop!

@Xeirus said:

@Buzzkill said:

@Beomoose said:

Atlas Mech dropping from the sky.

Yep, you're pretty much screwed.

Yeah, the guy in the atlas is screwed because that's a 100 ton mech without any jump jets. When it hits the ground, splat. This teaser basically raped the canon and I'm looking forward to Hawken more than ever now.

Hawken looks hawsome

Hawken also scored a 10 million dollar budget recently. That's amazing for an indie title.

@Buzzkill said:

@Beomoose said:

Atlas Mech dropping from the sky.

Yep, you're pretty much screwed.

Yeah, the guy in the atlas is screwed because that's a 100 ton mech without any jump jets. When it hits the ground, splat. This teaser basically raped the canon and I'm looking forward to Hawken more than ever now.

Hawken looks hawsome

Definitely one to watch.

Can I get an Alpha Strike and a Shutdown Over-Ride?

I want this to be amazing because I've never got around to play a good mech game.

@mjwyoshi64: That .... actually, could make some sense. It makes the jarring edit of the soundbyte a little more reasonable, but my heart still sinks in my chest every time I hear it.

Is this on Steam?

@Hellequin said:

"All systems online"

What the goddamn WHAT? NOMINAL. HOW DO YOU @^#$$% THAT UP?

A large part of me wants to think they did that because it's called MechWarrior Online, not because they messed up the boot up sequence.

So glad mech games are coming back, even if they aren't successful and fade away.

You cant drop the atlas out of a plane rofl wtf trailer.

@Hellequin said:

"Reactors: online"

Yes!

"Sensors: online"

YES!

"Weapons: online"

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YES!

"All systems online"

What the goddamn WHAT? NOMINAL. HOW DO YOU @^#$$% THAT UP?

.... this has been my nerd meltdown for the year. Thank you all for attending.

This makes me sadder than it should.

@Beomoose said:

Atlas Mech dropping from the sky.

Yep, you're pretty much screwed.

Yeah, the guy in the atlas is screwed because that's a 100 ton mech without any jump jets. When it hits the ground, splat. This teaser basically raped the canon and I'm looking forward to Hawken more than ever now.

@Gre said:

I wonder about the pilot fiddling with a control stick - aren't mechs supposed to be piloted by direct neural interface?

Not exactly. If I recall correctly, the neural interface is responsible for the more subtle aspects of mech control. The pilot's brain augments the mech's reflexes and sense of balance. The control stick directs a mech forward, but the brain prevents a mech from tipping over.

This trailer is clearly fake. A genuine trailer would have had dubstep in it.