Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries

I am very interested, but want to see how it progresses a bit first.

I actually prefer storyline and single player as a rule.

 

I think they mean first person view.

 

Just in case people tumbleweed this thread....there is a separate thread on it running in MWO/Members on this very subject.

 

Merge threads oh threadmasters. or actually not everyone can see the the mwo section can they?

 

Let's get that one moved here. It is a different game, after all.

 

This is also what excites me the most. I love me some Mechwarrior 1.
"The thing I really want to drive home here is that I don't run into too many people that played MechWarrior 1 in 1989, but everyone played MechWarrior 2 in 1995." - Russ Bullock, PCMAG interview.

Well, that is because he never met me and my friends.

Give me an inch and I'll take a mile but here's to hoping that MW5 is such a success (along with continued success of MWO) that they would have the gumption to do an MMO.

I've posted at length about this before but think about it.....

The depth of Star Citizen in the Battletech universe.

I would never need another PC game as long as I live.

/BW

 

"Combat missions will feature ground and flying vehicles and potentially infantry."

That could get interesting... Especially if they can be more than just targets.

 

As opposed to....what? Food source? Unrequited love interests? Slaves? Love slaves?

 

Spidermen

 

Unrequited love spidermen food slaves.

 

I suggested this to Smith and Tinker, I got a response but it was not promising.

 

Smith and Tinker....heh. R.I.P.

I wish Jordan would just pick a company and stick with it. Selling Fasa to Hasbro and Fasa Studios to Microsoft was the biggest mistake of his life, IMHO. Now, I don't know what his financials were at the time but wow it must be surreal to have to license back your own creations only to sub-license them out to others.

Now, as far as the feasibility of a MW MMO goes here are my thoughts about it and it's Star Citizen comparison:

1. I want this.
2. They already have the mech combat down via MWO. And mech combat probably doesn't need the finesse that Space Combat does as they are not going for the same level of hyper-realism....cause honestly...the RL physics would probably kill it.
3. They will have their "Squadron 42" with Mechwarrior 5: Mercs.
4. They would only have to make a few "key" worlds/capitals to start with. Everything else could be proc gen'd. (as they are already planning in MW5)
5. I really want this.
6. They already have the history/backstory/content from the last 30 years of Battletech / Mechwarrior. No need to start from scratch like SC did.
7. They already have an established player base. Whether that is large enough to support an MMO would depend on marketing and pricing (Monthly vs Micro-transactions)
8. They could start with just "Mechwarrior" character class and expand as they go to eventually include classes such as medics, mechanics, communications, politician, infantry, tank driver, etc.
9. I really fucking want this.
10. Hell, they could even Kickstarter it to see how much interest there is. As opposed to the embarrassment that Transverse was.
11. FPS shooter (ala SC's Space Marine) for infantry etc, could be patched in at later date.
12. As far as crafting systems....Dude. Salvage. Would. Actually. Mean. Something. Repairs cost less as your skills improve. They could even introduce RL skill based / puzzle based repairs. I actually wish more MMOs did this to appeal to the thumb-tiwtchers and the puzzle geeks.
13. I want this. You want this. We all want this.

I could go on and on....(and haven't even mentioned AeroSpace class)

So. Do. Want.

 

Honestly, as much cool as it would be for a real mech MMO, even if its really just restricted to planetside and more Warframe type planet travel, I don't see Piranha pulling it off or having the resources to do it for another 5+ years

 

Yeah, I thought about that but didn't mention it. But, they obviously are doing well enough that they have a new team, independent of MWO one, working on MW 5. And remember, Cloud Imperium had like 5 employees when they first launched the Kickstarter for Start Citizen.

 

I don't think they'd succeed at a Kickstarter based on their transverse experience.

 

They already have a lot of the resources for MW5 which are the mech models thanks to MWO. now its just economy mechanics, ground units, landscaping terrain for maps, story which for the most part already have, and voice acting.


how hard could it be.. right....