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See the Centurion Mech In Action In This Latest MechWarrior Online Video

I literally have no idea what this guy is talking about. But the mechs shooting other mechs part looks fun!

Jul. 18 2012

Posted by: Alex

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MechWarrior Online

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Will the Giantbomb Flight Crew be the ones to Quick Look this when it comes out? And more importantly, if this is so hardcore, will it take 40 minutes to start up a mech? :D

Personally, I'm more of a Mechassault guy, but Reign of Thunder AND Hawken are coming out, so I'm not too broken up about it. This looks awesome too. It's a good year for mech combat.

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This sounds like some good shit.

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@thehuntsmen5434 said:

@Marz: awesome, can't wait to equip like 40 machine guns and spam that key over and over without overheating. That was always my strategy in Mechwarrior 3 and it worked out well lol.

think one problem with this idea is that there is a hardpoint system in this game. meaning each mech variant has a specific number of hardpoints whether they are ballistic, missle, or energy. So 1 ballistic hardpoint means you can put a gauss rifle in that hardpoint or 1 machine gun... most would go for the stronger weapon in the limited hardpoint slots. I haven't seen a variant with more than 3 ballistic hardpoints on any of the mechs so far so the machine gun idea probably isn't possible.

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@Marz: awesome, can't wait to equip like 40 machine guns and spam that key over and over without overheating. That was always my strategy in Mechwarrior 3 and it worked out well lol.

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@MeatSim: looking forward to this!

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Another free-to-play Mech game? I am cool with that.

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I want to be a Mechwarrior online!

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@AngriGhandi: The one thing that is bugging me concerning size ratios is that the weight classes are now much closer together in terms of size visually. On one hand it's weird coming from the Mechwarrior games of old, on the other hand it's kind of more realistic.

@AxleFGK: To be honest Hawken and MWO are quite a bit different. Hawken is much faster paced and is way closer to a traditional shooter with all that that entails both good and bad. MWO is on the other hand much slower paced, things take longer to die, movement is slower, it's a lot about teamwork, a lot of points are given out for helping your lance out, and fights are much more tactical, in terms of positioning, weapon ranges/usage/ammo/heat/los, location based damage rewarding better players, etc. Likewise i'll obviously play both :)

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My pants went PEW PEW!

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@Maginnovision: Lasers do suck, all this overheating bullshit and i never can equip enough sinks.

Fuck it projectiles 100% baby!

EDIT: Oh but PPCs are still sexy mmmm

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Oh Alex, who are you kidding? - you know exactly what he was talking about! You're just as nerdy as the rest of us methinks.

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@Phog_of_War: Might want to edit that into www.mektek.net

I was really confused for a moment there until I decided to google Mektek.

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so much more excited for hawken tbh. it just looks so much more rough than this. THESE MECHS ARE TOO CLEAN!

obviously ill play both... (with that crazy hawken controller)

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FAP, FAP, FAP....

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@Grimhild said:

Where's my Daishi, g'damnit? Hope this turns out well. Also:

@Maginnovision said:

I hate lasers. Go PPC and some LRM or LRM and some AC. I kind of wish they'd make a new mercenaries, or some other non online version but I'll still play this.

The game takes place a year before the clan invasions. The clan invasions will probably be the first major expansion

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This and Borderlands 2 are my most anticipated, I can tell you MWO is going to be amazing.

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@Tennmuerti: Wow, as someone who played alot of Mechwarrior 2 and Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries but hasn't been following the development of this game much, this is EXACTLY what I want from a new Mechwarrior game. You sir, have made my day. Hopefully I can still pilot my 50 ton Nova and link all the M Lasers to fire at once...

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I highly encourage anyone who loves the Mechwarrior series to go to the devs website and checkout all their videos and screenshots. There are a TON of videos up, it's actually surprising how few GB put up.

The game is surprisingly more hardcore then the previous Mechwarrior games! They are actually using the mech equip system from the tabletop/pnp game. This means that you have to slot heat sinks, ammo, etc not just account for weight; there are slots for the engine, gyros, hands; and the devs have confirmed that all of that will affect area specific damage, as in ammo can explode and heatsinks disabled for example.

@Grimhild: @Sweetz: The game is set before the clan invasion, so no clan cheese or arms race to clan weapon tech. It also means oldschool missles, not that full lock on easy to use stuff, but NARC/TAG systems are promised to be in.

@thehuntsmen5434: Button configs and weapon groupings are all in just like before.

@TheHT: Absofuckinglutely

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Oh HELL YEAH! Can't wait to be rocking in my 75 ton Black Knight, though not a fan of the Mech4 version.

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I hope we've finally reached the point of graphical fidelity where you can tell the mechs are supposed to be really, really big.

As opposed to all the hills, roads, and buildings just seeming really small.

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How stoked am I you say?

Super stoked.

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i hope my torso can still get stuck facing a different direction than my legs. that was always fun, in a "OH MY GOD I'M FUCKED" sort of way.

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I understood everything that dude was talking about, which kinda says a lot about me. Also:

@Maginnovision said:

I hate lasers. Go PPC and some LRM or LRM and some AC. I kind of wish they'd make a new mercenaries, or some other non online version but I'll still play this.

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@thehuntsmen5434: alpha strike is in

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Edited By Grimhild

Where's my Daishi, g'damnit? Hope this turns out well. Also:

@Maginnovision said:

I hate lasers. Go PPC and some LRM or LRM and some AC. I kind of wish they'd make a new mercenaries, or some other non online version but I'll still play this.

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I understood some of those words!

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I hope they leave in the button that shoots all your weapons at once. It was fun to load up your mech with a lot of heavy weapons that made you overheat fast, then use them all at once causing you to explode :)

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I love robutts.

Also, is the mix off for anyone else? I can barely hear what this guy is saying.

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I may have to change my underwear....

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Pfft. Inner Sphere mechs are lame. Clan mechs foreva-eva! :D

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Hmmm

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Loved the trailer except for one thing - that didn't look like a Centurion?

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Can't wait for this.

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@Maginnovision: I have a dishwasher

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I hate lasers. Go PPC and some LRM or LRM and some AC. I kind of wish they'd make a new mercenaries, or some other non online version but I'll still play this.

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This actually looks cool.

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Well now, authentic mecs!

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Cool. I'm looking forward to this.

EDIT: Nevermind.

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I miss the old Mechwarriors!

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I miss these games!