MechWarrior Online
So there's this F2P MechWarrior game that several of us have been playing but we need MOAR recruits (and somewhere to theory craft/dump funnies/etc). Hence this thread.
You can get signed up here, grab the client and then head over to the training grounds to learn the basics then jump in game with some other icrontians.
MWO is currently in open beta, and not in a called-a-beta-even-though-its-done kinda way. There are bugs, there's a pretty terrible UI and there are game balance issues with almost every significant patch. But it's really, really, really fun, free to try and about the only mech sim to come out this decade.
PS Smurfy's MechLab is a useful way to theory build mechs before dropping the currency ingame.
And now to counter the seriousiness of this post, have a video of an Atlas bombing everyone:
You can get signed up here, grab the client and then head over to the training grounds to learn the basics then jump in game with some other icrontians.
MWO is currently in open beta, and not in a called-a-beta-even-though-its-done kinda way. There are bugs, there's a pretty terrible UI and there are game balance issues with almost every significant patch. But it's really, really, really fun, free to try and about the only mech sim to come out this decade.
PS Smurfy's MechLab is a useful way to theory build mechs before dropping the currency ingame.
And now to counter the seriousiness of this post, have a video of an Atlas bombing everyone:
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Dat trenchbucket. Dat hero awesome.
Your body is not ready.
Also:
Also, we don't mind teaching and helping, but it would certainly be awesome if you've run through the training vids at least. It's a sim, not an fps, so there's inherent complication. Nothing y'all can't handle, though; one night should have you up to a decent speed. Also recommended you start with the trial mechs as they always represent all four weight classes, and help you earn in-game currency while you get your legs.
Hope to see y'all
I'm pretty much always on and ready for a game or two.
Hunchie and Cataphract pretty much all the things (Maybe Trebuchet when it comes out, definitely going to pilot a Highlander)
Started with @Tushon, @Midga and @QCH; ended 5 hours later with @Cola, @Ilriyas and @UPSLynx.
Alphonse remains the best medium, your hunchbacks suck. DLWIT.
What I mean to say is, there is still plenty of day to mech it up XD
Heck, we can give the mumble server an inaugural run.
Also, hitbox sizes/locations for the most of the mechs can now be found here. That cockpit hitbox is as fragile on an Atlas as a Commando, exploit it.
WARRIORS COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Glad we meched. Needed it.
Also, I discovered that get @Ilriyas and I drinking whiskey and the game turns into a 'My AC20 is bigger than yours' contest, and we resort to nothing but teamkilling. Worth it.
And at least replacing the pak files fixes that issue. I've been having random crashes to lobby and desktop and some pretty bad texture-disappearance issues that I haven't (in my brief searching) even found mention of. I reinstalled, but it made the crashes worse. I tried it on a laptop instead and it only crashed once, but mech textures started disappearing for random matches as well as the normal map texture issues. Guess I'll be playing on the laptop and shooting at puttymen for a while.
Thing is, game's still worth it.