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MechWarrior Online: Open Beta Next Week
SBFord
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MechWarrior Online fans who have been clamoring to try out the new MMO will finally get their chance when the open beta begins next week. The Founder's Program ends on October 14th and the open beta will officially commence on October 16th.
“We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of the fans over the course of our closed beta period,” said Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games. “The amazing fans and the high quality feedback given to our team have helped us craft MechWarrior Online into a true MechWarrior gameplay experience. We’re more than excited to open up the game and look forward to continuing to expand the InnerSphere with our loyal fans.”
Find out more on the MechWarrior Online site.
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Well seeing as they have already invited everyione and their dog. Open beta was the next logocal step.
Still this is a good game if you like a modern Mechwarrior game, But make no mistake, this is all about the mech's no combined arms.. no tanks or infantry...
And no... the Clans have not invaded yet so no Clan mechs, that includes the Timberwolf/MadCat and the Mad dog/Vulture
And no the old designs they licenced from places like Macross and Crusher Joe are not in either... That means no Warhammer or Wasp or Phoenixhawk or Shadowhawk... And no bloody MAD...
They have Jenners through... and that is all you ever need.
This have been a good conversation
I appreciate the effort by the OP to advertise the game, but it still isn't an MMO and it makes me lose faith in this site when I see them pushing more and more non-mmo's like MWO.
There is not a shortage of MMOs in developement by any means.
Oh and this game has made drastic steps forward in the last several months. It looks good. Cannot wait for more gear.
I agree.. it should most likley reside on MMOFPS until the point that they get community warfare in as the functioning part of the game is a tactical FPS with light sim functions.
But that would be a lot off work to flip it back and forth.
Once community warfare get in they will in my book tick enough boxes to actually be a MMO... But then again ymmw.
This have been a good conversation
The "problem" is too many seem to think MMO is and RPG, though I do like MMORPG.con following these MMO's without any RPG elements.
I play the closed beta and My Current Pc Requirements is a Due Core 3.01 Ghz I quite the Beta but in 2 days I will be back and playing it again
My Current Pc Specs
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7600 @ 3.06GHz
8.00 GB
EP43-DS3L Motherboard
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
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My New Pc Parts That Going to be replace
i7 3770k Intel Processor
Asrock Extreme4 Motherboard
Corsair - Dominator Platinum 2-Pack 4GB DDR3 Memory
That Cost me About 440 at best buy For Processor and Memory For the Motherboard was cash Cost 180 dollers plus tax.
I just got in on FPSguru.com's closed beta giveaway. I've only been playing a month, but I can tell you that you want to play this game.
If you've played a previous Mechwarrior game, you'll love it. If you've never played Mech combat, you gotta try it. I wish it had more MMO to it, but it's pretty fun the way it is. I read there's some content they are working on.. Planetary control, Faction Clan and Merc Clans owning different types of planets.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cloudsol/
This game is million light years away from open beta Theres tons of balance issues This is a Copied buisness model from world of tanks .
Allways a good sign (ironie) ...
I am the punishment of God...
If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you
Genghis Khan
It's a lobby based LAN style game. There's absolutely nothing Massively Multi-User about it. The complaints have nothing to do about it being a RPG or FPS. There is no persistant world, just 8 + 8 player instances.
Might not be an mmo but its still an awesome game and the only mech game out there worth playing..
Tho i guess if you like fast based fps style combat give hawken a go.
Actually the balancre is pretty good. One or two weapons are slightly under-powerd and boating small weapons is a bit to rewarding. But that is not anything that is out of the norm witha PvP game and can be tweaked during open beta.
As for the WoT part... Not really sure what you are aming at. In WoT afaik you have a progression system that is aimed at getting a bigger tank to be more efficent on the battlefield. In MWO you could get a Jenner (one of the lightest mechs) and just run that and still have a vital part in any group and be a serious threat to any other mech (if you can play it)... Simply a medium laser is as dangerous on a Atlas assault mech as it is on a Flea scout mech.
But yes you will be able to buy mechs for real money and bypass the grind. They are in no way better then the ones you can get for in-game cash. Yes you will be able to get a premium subscription that makes the grind quicker by giving you more xp and in-game money and yes you will be limited to four mech slots if you do not get extra for real world money.
This have been a good conversation
I am actually surprised that they are going Open Beta so soon as the game is still missing a lot of stuff that they promised to add in upcoming months. And that the kind of "stuff" you would want to have at OB launch. I'm guessing men in suits want to see money flowing into their fat pockets (or something).
Cheers.
Buisness model isnt gameplay , but even when it comes to gameplay it also has copied alot of things form Wot and this game is far from balanced .
From the mechlab starting which doesnt even show how many free slots in a part a mech has to the weight /weapon /dmg ratio .
This games isnt even finished yet theyre gonna add stuff which ill bring more confusion.
This game is a good until PS2 comes out as it is now its not gonna get any big hype msybe for a month or 2.
I could go on and on but this game isnt even worth to me as much as writing so many words about it lol thats why i finish here
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Thats to much allready ...
I am the punishment of God...
If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you
Genghis Khan
You had "faith" in a web site to start with?? MMORPG is first and foremost directed at providing *entertainment* information, of which one (major) aspect is MMO's. Given that even the phrase Massively Multiplayer Online game is rather vague, they have more than enough wiggle room for just about any game they choose to cover.
If you aren't interested in coverage of a given game, then don't invest your time in reading about it.
Also keep in mind that this IS a for profit site, and that means they (and we) benefit from increasing their coverage.
Honestly if you want Mechwarrior with Mech, vehicle, air, and infintry assets then go pick up a copy of Crysis Wars and mod it with Mech Warrior Living Legend Mod:
http://wiki.mechlivinglegends.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
You can also just youtube it and watch in game video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70yNAwUUsc0
Now thats wild. Looks like a blast. I'm always amazed by the amount of time and effort people will invest into something they love. I wish we had more of that in MMO's. Way too many suits making the decisions. But then with many millions of dollars, of other peoples money at stake, thats to be expected.