Is this game shit? I downloaded it and I like playing it. I use the commando light mech.
I played a couple games and people got mad at me for using the "waste of space commando"? Is this what the game is? Just everyone using whatever heavy or assault mech is "meta"?
My friend a long time ago told me the game is shit and caters to clans somehow. That was awhile ago though.
Is the game good now or am I wasting my time?
>>335082750
This picture is so fucking nostalgic. Reminds me of the 90's - I think this was the cover art for mechwarrior 2.
>>335082934
that's a redesign from MWO
THIS is from MW2
>>335083143
I'm an idiot
is Mech warrior online any good?
>>335083364
I had fun with it 2 years ago, a little bit unbalanced with some overpowered p2w mechs.
I don't know about the community but when I tried it I thought it was just okay. MechWarrior Living Legends is 100% better but it's almost dead. Still, if you're lucky to find a populated server it's a ton of fun.
>>335083684
ignore this, there are no P2W mechs
the oxide is the best light but in no way will you do amazing if you go and buy one right away, it just got nerfed too.
its definitely pay to not grind though
>>335083684
are there a lot of p2w mechs? My friend was telling me I should honestly stop playing light mechs because they are so shit. or at least don't play commando?
>>335084184
If you're a smart enough light mech you can run circles around the heaviest mechs in the game and they'll never touch you.
If you fuck up once you'll just get obliterated though.
>>335082750
It killed off living legends and has mediocre customization and iffy balance, especially when it comes to weapon choices.
Also grindy as fuck.
how is the conquest mode in MWO?
Also, what stops everyone from just using all assault mechs or heavy mechs?
>>335084460
Tonnage limit for drops. Invasions only get 250 tons spread across 4 mechs.
And scouting missions can only be done by mechs <55 ton.
>>335084184
most of the hero mechs (the ones you can only buy with money) are sidegrades or flatout just not as good as another model of the same mech, they do give you nice money bonuses though
>>335084460
the que puts a certain amount of each mech in the each match
so even though 40% people que as heavies, you'll never get a match of 12 heavies. its spread around as 3 or so mechs of each class in each match
People got mad at you for using the Commando because you're still in Tier 5 with the the new and terrible players. They all think light mechs are useless because "lol not enuf gunz."
Learn how to use light mechs properly and you'll fucking skyrocket through the tiers in no time. It won't be until Tier 2 that you'll start running into some people that know how to deal with lights, but at the same time you'll get more people on your own team that know how to properly exploit the opportunities created by lights.
That Clans were overpowered for quite a while after they were released a couple years back, but game balanced now is fairly good. There's a few standouts, like Oxides and Black Knights, but they aren't anything too ridiculous.
Lots of shitters think the clans are still OP because "muh longer ranges, muh Timber Wolf," but anyone that even remotely understands the game mechanics knows that Inner Sphere mechs can be turned into tanky as fuck DPS monsters with the right setup. Clan mechs are for those that like to have their hand held with easy mode gimmicks like built-in C.A.S.E. and safer XLs, but when you learn to ride hard and fast in IS mechs you'll never look back.
Also, turn your sensitivity down if you want your lasers to become significantly more useful.
>>335084184
When I was playing it a couple years ago there were a few cash shop only "hero" mechs, but they weren't significantly better than the regular mechs. Mostly it was just different hardpoints and custom paint jobs.
>>335084818
>Black Knights
>but they aren't anything too ridiculous.
Yeah +15 armor to every torso section quirks on a heavy mech is in no way OP.
And decreased heat generation quirks.
And movement bonus quirks.
On every version.
Totally not unbalanced.
>>335084818
if he just started he's probably in tier 5
Don't listen to those retards OP, all the people in that tier think that LRMs are the most powerful weapons in the game. Its really a terrible sight when 5 of the mechs on your team are LRM boats
I am interested in medium mechs too.. What gets me as a new player is the significant amount of options in mechs. I find it overwhelming and I don't want to waste my basic currency on a mech I won't enjoy.
I got the commando because I like its look and the fact that it has arms which can make aiming a bit more advantageous sometimes when peaking corners.
>>335082750
THIS GAME IS ALPHAS STRIKES ONLY
HOW MUCH DO YOU ALPHA FOR
CAN YOU ALPHA X2 OR X3 BEFORE OVERHEAT
ALPHA, FADE AWAY AND ALPHA AGAIN
NO OTHER BUTTONS BUT 100% MOVEMENT AND ALPHAS
commando a shit
>>335085251
the black knight is powerful because lasers are the best weapons in the game right now
and all the IS heavies have those quirks
>>335085518
shit game
kong stronk
>>335085694
>sign up during beta
>username is literally just my first name
>want to play
>everyone tells me not to because it is going to be the next tribes ascend
>everyone tells me not to because its a piece of shit
WHICH IS IT?
>>335085978
I've played with vass, wasn't there some girl too that was a big weeb?
Just got a new computer i think maybe I should download some MWO.
>>335086218
It's actually pretty fun, it just has the world of tank grind to it.
>>335085251
Learn to aim. Once you get good at tearing off side torsos the Black Knight becomes little more than a fun way to watch a tryhard rage in all chat. The structure nerfs in the last patch made this a bit easier, too.
The only time fucking a side torso doesn't result in a dead Black Knight is if he's not running an XL engine, at which point he's not capable of running the bullshit ultra-vomit laser builds anyway.
Besides, the real issue is laser vomit in general. It needs a serious toning down across the board. The Black Knight is the best IS heavy for those kinds of builds with 75 tons to play with and a fuckload of laser hardpoints regardless of the variant, so naturally it's fucking everywhere.
>>335086302
oh fuck i missed playing world of tanks. I never really got that far but that was fun too.
>>335086302
>WoT
I would hardly say that.
I mean maybe if you're trying to elite dire wolves or something from a cold start but I think that's still way less time than the higher tier shit in WoT.
So are they still planning on adding a PVE mode at some point?
>>335082750
>Is this game shit?
>I downloaded it and I like playing it.
Why is the ability to think for yourself such a rare trait in peop-
>I use the commando
Oh.
dont even bother playing it.
the devs are shit and the game will be dropped within a year.
>>335086648
True, all mechs can be viable and it's nothing like the higher tier shit but it's still grindy. Especially if you someone who likes to replace engines etc etc etc.
>>335082750
garbage pay2win grindfest made by an incompetent greedy liar company.
all the new robots are behind a 6 month paywall.
the graphics look awful because the game is made using a garbage xbox dx9 old version of the crysis engine.
the textures are terrible and on almost all maps the fog and smoke effects are overabused to not make you notice how atrociously low resolution the textures are.
the garage slots need to be bought with real money, otherwise you cannot have more than 4 robots stored in your garage.
to master the skill tree of a robot you need to buy and grind experience on 3 variants of that robot chassis even if you are interested in one variant only.
the netcode is as bad as it was coded by a bunch of monkeys using their feet: robots rubberbanding everywhere, robots phasing around the map, everything that goes above 100kph is near invulnerable because shots cannot properly register on the target.
the hitboxes on 90% of the map objects and terrain dont match the actual textures so you will see your shots getting blocked by invisible hitboxes everytime you try and poke your fire over or around an obstacle or terrain.
the game is horribly balanced with some robots getting overbuffed or overnerfed for no reason at random so the robot you just bought and grinded can be nerfed to nothing in any upcoming patch while other already stronger robot chassis get buffed even harder.
the game also makes use of terrible cheap mechanics to avoid firing too many weapons of the same type at the same time, going directly against your freedom to build your robots with the weapons you like.
some components are completely and utterly pointless and are there just as a noob trap for new players while other pieces of equipment give bonuses that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
the metagame is beyond stale, no new weapons have been released in years and years and to this date no release of new weapons is planned.
>>335087203
Also unlike WoT with it's matchmaking you're always guaranteed to do damage at least when you shoot at something in MWO.
It's funny how much some anons claim to hate the game, yet have such an in depth knowledge of it...
>>335087814
The more you know about it the more there is to hate. Besides, how can you really hate something you know nothing about?
>>335083230
Tell me about the Madcat/Timber Wolf, the best mech in western media hands down. Those shits on /m/ can't appreciate good things.
>>335087989
>how can you hate something you know nothing about
>>335088374
A lot of people on here are very informed haters. That's why I come here
Who else loves Raven? It's so damn fun!
>>335089763
ECM NARC Raven, playing Splinter Cell in robuts over here
Urbanmech is fun
That's the only good thing I have to say
>>335082750
Just play Living Legends
>Reading battletech book
>Look in the back at drawings
>One of the mechs is a straight up rip off of a Valkyrie from Macross
>>335091817
There are a shitload of designs that battletech bought permission to use from someone that turned out to not really have the rights to the designs and there was a big shitfest about it. They're only just now being redesigned but you can still tell what they're based on.
Look up Warhammer, Rifleman, Archer, and Marauder.
I stopped playing, it's really grindy and I don't want to give PGI any money.
that said, I'm trying to master the Raven. just sniping and running around is fun. I get like 6 kills and 12 assists in a match or something like that.
>>335091817
nigga there's lots of designs that are lifted straight from macross
>>335089763
>>335092004
I remember that it was Macross, Dougram, and wasn't there more than that?
>>335092221
warhammer, marauder, locust, catapult, many many designs lifted for Battletech
>>335092308
>>335092420
>>335092308
don't forget Crusher Joe!
also, this game sucks but I'll never forget my time playing with KONG. I've rarely had more fun with online games than when we were just fucking around.
>>335092998
fighting against endless waves of ponyfuckers and Gold sponsors who paid hundreds into a game they screamed was balanced was pure gold when you could mess with them all day long
>>335093479
Pub builds will always be the most mindboggling shit
>>335093604
man it's been well over a year but this thread is kicking up all kinds of memories.
>>335094005
Is he still trying to fuck a furry dude posing as a woman?
>>335088346
Nigga does it punch shit?
Can it wield a fuck huge axe?
Can it take a god damn tree and clobber the SHIT out of other mechs?
No?
So it's not the best 'mech in Battletech.
While we are here, MWO is a shit game because they didn't embrace the sheer intense ferocity of a good melee from the OG tabletop game.
>>335094217
Like every other mechwarrior game?
>>335093604
no kidding, but always good for laughs
>>335082750
It's not completely shit like it used to be. They just revamped Clan Warfare two days ago.
>>335094217
when has any mechwarrior game had melee
>>335094174
I have no idea, like I said I haven't been on in ages. I remember KONG wanted to transition over to Star Citizen if that ever finishes. I hope to play with the gang again some day.
>>335094283
Exactly.
(No really, ok those were good games but fuck I am still mad I will never properly translate my favorite aspect of the tabletop game into a computer game. I bet fucking money the upcoming RPG game won't have any melee shit.)
>>335094324
>revamped
how
good god i wish i had time to play this game
>>335094520
They're kind of still playing but the /vg/ threads went to more shit than they usually are. I think they finally all went off the deep end.
>>335094537
I never got into the tabletop because it looked very tedious. Too bad because you make it sound awesome
>>335094736
It's not tedious at all, in fact it's still is one of the most intense wargames I've ever played.
But then again I'm all about going full dead from above, kamikazing mechs into each other, cutting off limbs with immense axes and all short of crazy shit that only this game can provide ON TOP of being a tacticool big weapon platform game.
>>335094652
too bad. Ah well, games come and go. I also used to ahve a ball playing Tribes with 4chan strangers. For such a bunch of shitheads, many of you are fun to party with.
>>335094891
running on gravel and skill checks constantly
>>335082750
>>335094948
Yeah I know all about that. Sure you run into more than your fair share of wackjobs but sometimes there's just some dudes that want to play videogames.
>>335094948
I've had very solid experiences as well.
Different games entirely but still.
>>335095120
I always had the most fun driving my commando or turbo charged centurion honestly. gotta go fast and shove SRMs up someone's ass. was fun being the little shitty scout too
>>335094594
>How
They added three "Classes" for you to choose from for your unit, or if you wish to play solo. There are solo queues as well as unit queues. New scouting mode. I can't comment much more. My unit hasn't played it yet but we are this weekend.
>>335095401
I don't even have a unit so I don't really think I should care about it
>>335094987
Skill checks for days, invest in piloting every chance I get in every campaign I get into,
>>335095401
I didn't even know this game was still alive. Also some of these screenshots are from Dec 2012, where the fuck did the time go?
>>335088346
Get the fuck out of here clanner scum.
When is it worth it to you to use an XL engine?
you buying any /v/?
http://www.warhansa.com/index.php/katalog/robomechs.html
>>335095671
when you have enough money
>>335095671
when I played, almost always for the weight savings and speed, I'm sure nothing is the same since then though.
>>335095668
innersphere4lyfe
>>335088346
The mad cat was one of the most fearsome mechs of the clan invasion. It's moniker was created when inner sphere targeting computers mixed it up between a marauder and a catapult. It uses an endosteel frame and ferro fibrous armor, Allowing it to carry a very large engine for its size. It's speed is top class for its weight, and it can carry a fearsome arsenal of missiles and energy weapons. It is truly a 'mech with no weakness. The timber wolf doesn't just average at every task, it exceeds.
>mfw clanners are batchalling near me
>>335095762
wow those look way better than the old figs
>>335095903
>clanners can't contract because "dna perfect", yet they keep slipping in the books and their superiors get on them about it
>>335096006
they really do
>>335095762
>Mutilator
>Hardened Beast
>Frankenstein Gun
>>335095486
Like I mentioned, there's a solo queue if you now if you want to try out Clan Warfare without having a unit.
>>335095594
Yep, still alive. Thanks to them being on steam now. Downside is that there are mouth breathers that are too retarded to listen to orders. Vastly different than it was. I rejoined the game recently from maybe 2 years ago. There's a training mode and everything. They also made it easier for new players to start as you get a "cadet" bonus which eventually gives you enough C bills to outfit any mech of your choosing.
>>335095671
If you are using a light that would die pretty quickly. IS mechs generally shouldn't have XL engines.
>>335082750
To give you a serious answer. The commando is seen as a waste of space because it isn't powerful compared to other lights in the meta. Quirks are needed to IS mechs and some mechs just have better ones. If you want a good inner sphere light, you're really sort of boned. Clans have the light game down front and center. Arctic cheetahs and jenner IIC's can't really be beat.
>>335082750
I'm surprised mechwarrior online isn't completely dead yet
>>335096153
but none can compare to the style and grace of the urbanmech
>>335096153
B-but the oxide is clearly OP and needs a nerf because IS lights shouldn't be competing with the Arctic Cheetah or Jenner II C.
>>335096285
>STOCK urbanmech
There, I made sure there was no confusion
>>335096153
that's too bad. I use to run a couple of SRM 6s on my commando and wait for our drunk/high nord player to blow the armor off a leg or something and just hit and run for days.
>>335088346
Mechwarrior designs are some of the most realistic takes on giant robots out there... which isn't really a good thing considering the genre.
>>335096151
>IS mechs generally shouldn't have XL engines.
wat
shittons of IS mechs can us XL (aside from assaults), just get gud at spreading damage and you're fine
>>335096153
Really though being a "waste of space" doesn't especially matter until you're pretty deep into the game.
>playing Jenner-D
>always die because I can't output damage
>I can kite for days but once a second enemy shows up I can never run away and survive
>ams is shit and doesn't stop missles at all
>decide to go long range to see if i can survive longer
>jump to high places with jets and use ER PPC
>before I can even land on a high place I get spotted and all of hell sends missles
>ams doesn't cover shit
>I hide behind a mountain
>they are still locked on to me
HOW CAN THEY STILL BE LOCKED ON TO ME IF I'M BEHIND A FUCKING MOUNTAIN AND THEY CAN'T SEE ME WHAT FUCKING BULLSHIT IS THIS FUCK THIS GAME EVERY TIME
>>335096153
these are tier 5/4 players
the "meta" doesn't even apply there, half the teams are lrm boats anyway
I'm going to re-download this game tomorrow and fiddle around with the settings to see if my crap-ass laptop can manage to run it. On the off chance it actually works, what's a good 'Mech to start out on and what sort of advice is most valuable to newcomers?
Yeah bruv, game is pretty shit if you just start now. All you got is shitty lease mechs or a actual shit mech itself.
>>335096658
Mein Jenner bro
>>335096803
The game now gives you something like 16 trials mechs for you to fuck around in all the time. 4 of each weight class.
Most of them have super awful builds but you can at least get a handle on what it's like piloting the different types.
Heavy mechs in general are probably the least troublesome to use at the moment.
>>335096545
All it takes is the loss of a single side torso to lose your entire mech. It's not even difficult to take out those side torsos. So really, there's no purpose for anything other than lights and some mediums to take one. Because the speed boost offsets the higher probability of death.
is this game dead or are there enough people still around to have fun with?
>>335096665
>lrm boats
How 2 counter plz
>>335097210
this is always what we did
>>335096658
Posting current sniper jenner
>>335097639
>tfw no bros
The fuck am I even looking at homie
>>335097073
>>335097073
oh I don't know. I always liked the terrible Dragon. Your big honker was so large, your side torsos never really took hits
>>335097705
ECM doesn't allow you lock on LRMs so we had a couple guys give us blanket coverage
>>335097796
Dunno if you're still playing, but they're resizing it. Making it smaller. One of several mechs that are getting resizes. But man, even if you are good at torso twisting, it's still simple to either wait for them to turn around or keep hammering that side torso.
>>335095762
>warlike tribes
Clanner scum BTFO
>>335098104
nah, just posting good memories
I have a bigger question.
Why is the entire fucking game's demographic 30 yo old grandpa sounding motherfuckers.
It feels like i'm in trouble playing with my pops and shit.
>>335098104
What all is getting resized anyways?
>>335098510
Because those are the people that played the original games
>>335098691
Don't lie to me faggot
I ain't 30
You fuck
>>335098510
Because battletech is kind of old. Like the men that play it still.
>>335098510
because the table top is old fuck? Hence all the dudes with disposable income supporting hte startup and giving terrible balance advice to the devs on the basis "keep it like the tabletop"
we call them "golds"
>>335098767
I need an explanation and a dictionary.
Because I didn't understand a word of your stupid ass.
>>335098724
You're not 30 but I'm 26 and I played MW2 Mercenaries when I was a preteen. And there was the original mechwarrior before that. And BT tabletop even longer before that. For the actual old men.
Played since closed beta. Haven't touched it in a year. What did I miss? Did things gets better?
>>335098880
26 as well here man. First game i ever bought with money I made from mowing was Mech 2: 31st Century Combat. The feels when I listen to the soundtrack are too real.
>>335082750
Didn't play Mechwarrior 4 or Living Legends but I played a shitload of Mercenaries and 3. MWO is solid, I'm not sure what else they really could have done considering it's f2p.
The only thing I miss is being able to fully customize mechs, rather than being limited to hardpoints.
>>335098510
Because battletech is old as fuck
Half the dudes on the game were probably playing the tabletop game before you were born
What's that mechwarrior strategy game called?
I remember there was one being made
>>335099337
Mechcommander?
>>335099147
The soundtrack was legendary. A lot of atmosphere in those games for how simple everything was.
I wonder what the statistics are on who played 2 or 2: Mercenaries first, and if that carried on through in making them diehard IS or clan. Playing MWO with my buddies that are basically new to BT really busts my balls because I'm so used to IS designations for clan mechs.
>>335098610
Off the top of my head the Dragon and the Quickdraw. I don't know if the Catapult one has been implemented yet.
>>335099431
I feel you. I played a lot more of Mercs than I did of Mech 2 so I call em all IS. Ebon Jaguar my fucking ass. It's a damn Cauldron-Born....
>>335099626
Every time I call out a "Timberwolf" a little bit of bile rises in the back of my throat.
>>335099265
>first one came out in 1985
>2016
>Being this fucking old on a fucking board game
Fuck I hope I never become an old fuck that does this
>>335099898
When the clan pack first dropped, a Mad Cat came up on my right. I warned my group on TeamSpeak only for one annoying kid to start an argument over what it's called. "If PGI wanted to call it a Mad Cat, they would of... So you are wrong." Little bastard. Glad I left that group though.. Too many kids and a no swearing policy on comms
>tfw Hunchbacks will never be viable.
>>335100449
Being viable is much less important than piloting a Hunchback
>>335100449
but they're so fun
Swayback is for nerds
AC/20 or go home
>>335082750
The game is garbage just like Mech Warrior in general.
>>335100074
>I hope I never become old and have a hobby
>>335101294
/thread
>oldfag spotted
>>335101467
>browsing 4chan when you are supposed to be taking your vitamins
>>335101467
I hope when I'm 35 I'll still love giant robots as much as I do now
>>335088346
Cry some more faggot. The only cool Mech Warrior/Battletech mechs were the one's they ripped off from the Japs (of which FASA was sued into the ground, LEL). I know your western mech thread got trashed on /m/ and now you're assblasted, but you can go to FASA's zombie forums for your trash mech hugbox needs.
sincerely /m/
>>335101745
>80 years old
>new mechwarrior game came out
>little grandnephew asks if you know what a Summoner mech is
IT'S A THOR YOU LITTLE SHIT I WON'T ABIDE BY ANY CLANNERS IN THIS HOUSEHOLD
>>335092221
Macross, Fang of the Sun, Crusher Joe.
have they gotten to 3055 yet or are they still stuck in the stone age? I want my favorite mech already.
>>335103242
>your favorite mech is stuck well inside the dark age
The burden of having shit taste.
>>335103908
3055 isn't dark ages
