Ready to up your gameplayy experience in Mechwarrior 5 Coop? Read on and find out. We have teased this in the past. The original plan was to let people get through the "honeymoon" period of the release date. With that mostly behind us now, we believe the time is right to talk about expanding the vanilla experience. This can be done in three ways (any of which are optional according to player demands): Community mods that work in-game. Introducing additional narrative and mission variables through GM management. Meta-gameplay additions such as player economy, trading, and improved character progression. All the details can be found on our project page: https://sites.google.com/view/skjaldborgproject/home/mechwarrior-5-mercs For those too lazy to read the whole document, let me direct your attention specifically to the Start Guide for a brief example on how this can work: https://sites.google.com/view/skjaldborgproject/home/mechwarrior-5-mercs/mw5-start-guide Additionally, here is some new info on how we plan to improve the coop experience: Player Persistence pick your team of 4 to 8 and prepare your body for a proper damn Mechwarrior experience. joining players start with unique pilots that they can level up over the course of the campaign all joining players will be able to max out their character stats (same as host) keep what you kill; own the mech you operate and trade in to the company store for better gear players will be limited to owning one mech at a time, but trade-ins at market hubs will be available live with the consequences or not; optional ironman campaign option available. there are no endings, only new beginnings; pass on your inheritance to new campaigns & new characters Better Missions no hard drop weight limits, but there may be incentives to go low; plan accordingly new objectives for additional awards more narrative-focused mission structure; pick a faction and pick a career path. player decisions will have additional affects on reputation with different factions GM-driven RNG events that can further affect reputation both positively and negatively. Better Gamplay teammates better than AI; use advanced tactics to turn any odds in your favor improved mech customization improved game mechanics improved combat and weapon balance If you are interested, let us know and please post any questions you have below!
We will begin testing today ~7p EST. If you have time, please familiarize yourself with campaign rules on the project page listed in the OP.
Current working schedule for drops right now. Wednesday/Thursday/Sunday Drop Leader - MagnusEffect Tzeentch Adunadain Defiant (alternate?) Tuesday/Friday/Saturday Drop Leader - Trevnor Damion (alternate?) 8ball Defiant Zero Notes & Suggestions: Will have a dedicated subforum for organizing & trading between drop groups. Moro suggested: Mulligan / Restart Limit Player Wish List Separate from Trading Thread ... IF YOU WANT TO JOIN A CURRENT DROP GROUP OR START YOUR OWN, PLEASE POST DETAILS AND SCHEDULING BELOW!
Just to clarify for people, I'm available for those three days of the week, not going to run one each day. Just one day a week for my campaign.
pretty much same for me. trying to leave as open of a window as possible for people, but once we lock in on a day, we will try to keep to that for the most part. Which days/times are best for you?
they forgot Gurren. and Lagann. and Gurren Lagann. and all the rest up to Super. (yes, Super is scaled at 52 billion light years in size. They literally toss galaxies at each other as shuriken.)
NEW DLC! INCLUDING FREE MELEE UPDATE! https://www.theskjaldborg.com/index.php?threads/prepare-for-the-melee-new-dlc.12942/#post-297830
For anyone wondering why we haven't started the community MW5 campaign, here's the update: 1) The base game and DLC prior to Kestrel Lancers all works fine, but the Kestrel Lancers DLC has somehow caused my game to repeated hang indefinitely on start up (black screen crash). 2) If I understand correctly, most mods require the Ketrel DLC to work correctly. Since some of these mods are required to do what we need to do for the campaign (ex. adding RPG gameplay), I'm essetially dead in the water until I can resolve this issue. 3) I have no confirmation, but I a few vague suspicions as to the root of the cause. I hope that upgrading to Win10 and getting a new GPU will solve the issue, but we will have to see. I should have all this done by the end of the week. Will give you an update after.
