Mechwarrior Online - Now on Steam

[Lucavi]

Closest I've been were the 20 on 20 drops between my myself (Clan Star Adder) and Hanson's Rough Riders back in Mechwarrior IV: Mercs, back when I was =CSA=Lucavi.

I miss those days...

If you wanted to join a "guild" (Clan), you had to prove your worth by fighting representatives of the clan (of course you didn't know which ones) in the ring of honor. Entry and rank was determined by how many you defeated. Fail to defeat one, and you fail to join. I honestly remember the sense of pride when getting my tags.

[Insanecyclone]

Trailer
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/28/ex...nline-trailer/

[Dantrag]

Yay progress

[Cantih]

Because nothing says awesome like an Atlas atmo drop.

[Lucavi]

And he had JJs equipped, to boot.

[Cantih]

Of course, you wouldn't expect anything less from a Lyran scout mech.

[Cantih]

It's wednesday, a month later, time for updates.

7th teased mech.
http://img.mwomercs.com/media/MechWa...%20Concept.jpg

Q&A
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/02/127...4-role-warfare
Not too important though, it's mostly panic questions, with the devs replying "no, we are not fuckheads".

Dev Blog
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/03/155...warfare-part-i
UI & control scheme!

[Insanecyclone]

[guartz]

All I got to say is.

Ballistics, fast speed. Close in, unload into cockpit. /game

[Lucavi]

LBX autocannon to the torso. Byebye.

[Dantrag]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gd...-online/727870

[Cantih]

First wednesday of the month, you know what that means.

8th teased mech.
http://img.mwomercs.com/gallery/4B61...69DEE985CC.jpg

Dev Interview with art dudes
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/03/169...-dziegielewski

Interview with lead dudes regarding GDC
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/03/170-gdc-interview

Q&A regarding stuff from the previous DevBlog, lots of interesting crunchy stuff here
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/03/157...5-mech-warfare

and finally, Dev Blog 6
THE MECH LAB
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/04/193-dev-blog-6-mechlab

[Dantrag]

Just me or does the awesome look MUCH shorter than it used to?

[Foxer]

Can't stand how slow this shit looks compared to Hawken.

Will have to give it a try though!

[Lucavi]

Its the way Mechwarrior has always been. If you want speed, try Armored Core: 4 Answer. That game's got enough speed to slow any junkie down.

[Cantih]

Its the way Mechwarrior has always been. If you want speed, try Armored Core: 4 Answer. That game's got enough speed to slow any junkie down.

^
Battletech is the thinking man's mech game. More thought less twitch.

And it's the first wednesday of the month
And the last wednesday of the month as the devs are mixing up the post schedule to variable days, and hopefully more than one day a week.
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/05/210-looking-ahead-may

Therefore, here is what to expect for the month ahead:

• Screenshot(s) of the Week(s)
• Fan-lead Q&A
• Weekly Reviews of progress
• Wallpaper(s)
• A Newsletter
• More ‘Mech(s)!

9th teased mech, and the first to really alter the design from the original art (the tabletop's Raven is much curvier)
http://static.mwomercs.com/img/galle...25F94403D8.jpg


And here's one of those screenshots. http://www.gamesradar.com/mechwarrio...hots-catapult/


O&A about last month's Mech Lab dev blog.
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/04/198...y-qa-6-mechlab
A big takeaway is that, at least with the IS mechs, unlike the old PC games the mech lab will be a little more restrictive in what you can do (like what the universe has).
Variants are going to be more important. If you want a setup just so, instead of just modifying an Awesome, you'll need to start from a AWS-8R, AWS-8T, AWS-8V, or AWS-9M depending on what you want to do.

Dev Interview with a UI guy, database guy, and a programmer
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/04/195...en-andrusyszyn

Lastly, a good sign, internal beta is go.
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/699...-beta-is-a-go/

[Insanecyclone]

[Cantih]

Oh god, the top red link at the end.
GO WATCH THAT VIDEO TOO.
EDIT: Link to ALL the infos/videos. http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/775...-ign-info-day/

So good.
I may have to attempt to run the game even it puts my laptop into heat death.

[Imitarate]

Just drop a couple of lasers for some heat sinks, geez.

[Cantih]

It doesn't have any lasers to drop. =(
(GeForce go6150, yes the one that got HP & Nvidia class actioned

Spoiler: show

IT WAS 2007, IT LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER! ::cue "Ooh La La" by The Faces::

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