Mechwarrior Online

[GDS_Starfury]

back when I was a wee lad a Comtech cache actually ment something!  (shakes cane)

[MetalDog]

We were just starting to get into Lostech when the Clans came around.  It was only Comstar that had it and the Clans just f*cked EVERYthing up!

[GDS_Starfury]

that all happened when FASA was getting sued by a bunch of anime franchises for ripping off their mech designs.

[Yskonyn]

I don't agree that Clan tech Fucked up the game, but you do have to take care. But in the latest edition of the game there are plenty of rules to offset the advantage the Clans have.
I have never found it to be a problem, let alone game breaking.

How MWO will go at it remains to be seen, but from the forums it seems like the devs have proper plans to keep things balanced and fun.

[Nefaro]

Clan mechs ruined Battletech.  >:(

That was my general opinion. 

I really liked the succession war type setting as it was somewhat balanced regarding factions and the backstory was interesting.  Then came the Clan stuff and I was, "WTF?!". 

If they wanted to add new improved shinier 'stuff' to the game system, they could've just continued the Comstar cache discovery line.   Instead they added whole new factions that were greatly superior to the old ones which used to be somewhat balanced.   It didn't help that the backstory and 'culture' of the Clans sucked IMO, too.

[MetalDog]

I liked the backstory of the Clans, Kerensky sailing off into the nether reaches of space.  Sending the Black Widow to the IS as a merc company.  I just didn't get how, even with all of the tech at their disposal when they left, that they were able to set up, manufacture and improve on the designs they left with in the short time they were gone.

[Martok]

Man, I'm having a sudden sense of deja' vu here... 

It reminds me of the response I received about 8-10 years ago from a long-time Metallica fan, who asked me which album was my favorite.  When I told him the Black album -- which was the first one to come out after I was just old enough to start appreciating rock music (and thus remains a sentimental favorite for me) -- I thought he was going to go apoplectic on me.  ??? 




Not that I don't understand where the rest of you are coming from.  I guess it's just since that I started playing MW/BT with the Clans already part of the universe, I simply had no real concept of what it was like before. 

[MetalDog]

Best way I can give you a sense of it is this, take all of your Battletech books pre-Clan, and read them without dwelling on the knowledge of the Clans that you already have.  The five Houses fighting amongst one another for the scraps left behind over five Succession Wars.  Having to salvage the battlefield for parts rather than survivors.  Reduced to raiding one another because the cost, in men, materiel and the almighty Battlemechs, is too valuable to risk in an all out war.  The specter of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner uniting Davion and Steiner into a virtually unstoppable state.  And Comstar lording it over everyone as the only way to communicate over the vast distances each house controlled and biding their time with their Lostech 'Mechs.  To what end, noone knows.

Same way with Metallica.  After surviving assaults by disco, punk and New Wave, music is a vast wasteland.  And then, from across the pond, comes a sound to stir a young mans heart.  A call to battle from the sons of Black Sabbath - Iron Maiden.  Def Leppard (don't laugh, the first two albums were pretty awesome before they turned into outright cheese).  Saxon.  Heard and responded to from the left coast of the United Sates.  Heard and returned with a sound and fury that left you willing to rush the barricades, tear down the doors and pillage your way through every staid and tired song up until then.  I give you, Kill'Em All

[republic]

I've started playing this a lot more lately. 

I do wish, however, that both World of Tanks and Mechwarrior Online would come up with some sort of mechanic to make the games more than just arena deathmatches.  Some sort of story or something tying the matches together would be nice.

[GDS_Starfury]

if you take part in WoT Clan wars you kind of get a campaign to play as you can take territory from other teams on a world map.



of course that means you have to join a team, get team speak and play regularly.

[republic]

I didn't know that.  I really need to stop being anti-social and go find a group.

[GDS_Starfury]

you dont need to pay to play clan wars but you will usually need top tier tanks unless there is some tier restricted event.  you also get gold and premium time for participating.

[republic]

Oh ok, I'm a LOOONG way off for that.  I just spent the XP on a T-43 after eons in my T-34 85.

See, this is a problem.  With online gaming its either your hardcore, or your in the kiddie pool.

[GDS_Starfury]

Or you play for the long haul.  After 4 years all my German lines are tier 10.

[republic]

I'm confused as to the progression on MWO.  World of Tanks is clear, you follow the research tree and train your crew.

MWO you can buy the 'best' mech's.  XP gives you some bonuses...but isn't that it?  Am I missing something?