InBlack wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 02:47:

Task wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 22:02:
LoL, I doubt they will allow that. You could always load up skunkwerks or megamek's mech creator to do that.

Why would they not allow that? Are they going to be limiting customization?

It would make sense for them to limit customization to some extent. Customization has been in the rulebooks from the beginning, so BattleTech and the Mechwarrior games have always had a problem with its 'Mechs being interchangeable gunbags without any individual character beyond the art.

Task wrote:
Well 24 MG's in BT is 2 Damage so that's x 24 (48 Damage) to one random location.

I don't think there's any reason to expect this game will let you put all those shots in one location, or even hit with all 24 guns. The downside of a massed MG build is that if you lose initiative it's easy for your opponent to render all your guns useless, and even you win initiative they know to force your to-hit up so that most of your shots miss. It doesn't work well in practice.

Task wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 12:07:
Well 24 MG's in BT is 2 Damage so that's x 24 (48 Damage) to one random location. Which is enough to destroy a location instantly for most lights, mediums, and heavies. The most heavily armored base Assault might survive, but its armor would be completely stripped or close to it for that location... and would probably die outright if hitting the Rear Center Torso. Also 1 ton of MG ammo comes with 200 rounds, so that's about 8 shots total if using all MG's at once every turn. Cheese to the max.

Yeah, pretty cheesy, but fun!

There are downsides to it of course. Miss, and you're finished. And MGs have range 200? So you get pounded with LRMs, PPCs, and heavy lasers on the approach.

Well 24 MG's in BT is 2 Damage so that's x 24 (48 Damage) to one random location. Which is enough to destroy a location instantly for most lights, mediums, and heavies. The most heavily armored base Assault might survive, but its armor would be completely stripped or close to it for that location... and would probably die outright if hitting the Rear Center Torso. Also 1 ton of MG ammo comes with 200 rounds, so that's about 8 shots total if using all MG's at once every turn. Cheese to the max.

id imagine another open-world-ish mechwarrior type game (like the original) will probably be in development fairly soon, at least by 2017

jdreyer wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 03:53:
ATTENTION ALL DEVELOPERS.

Make a freakin' proper Mechwarrior single player game with campaign AND WE WILL FUND YOU.

This got funded, because it had the official Mechwarrior licence with Steiner and Kurita and (the original) Marauders and shit. And because the devs proved several times, that they can deliver.

Making a mech game with a SP campaign is no fool proof way to get the monnies. The lesser known you and your content are, the more you have to scramble to get attention and pledges.

InBlack wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 02:47:

Task wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 22:02:
LoL, I doubt they will allow that. You could always load up skunkwerks or megamek's mech creator to do that.

Why would they not allow that? Are they going to be limiting customization?

Yeah, the machine gun is the "I have a 1/4 ton remaining on my weight limit, what can I throw in?" weapon. But I love extreme builds like that. I could lay waste to any mech in seconds with that build, as long as I could get in range and not run out of ammo.

nin wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 22:06:
I'm pleased as punch it did so well, better than I would have guessed.

Can't wait to follow their progress...

(Totally forgot we have some sort of Hong Kong add-on coming up, until they said they were waiting on the folks to finish that before they could move to Battletech.)

ATTENTION ALL DEVELOPERS.

Make a freakin' proper Mechwarrior single player game with campaign AND WE WILL FUND YOU.

Task wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 22:02:
LoL, I doubt they will allow that. You could always load up skunkwerks or megamek's mech creator to do that.

Why would they not allow that? Are they going to be limiting customization?

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Nov 4, 2015, 00:19:
Oh yeah, I had completely forgotten about the mini-campaign they were gonna add. I may do a second play-through of HK before that hits. I'm doing a mage in my current play-through (which I'd never done in previous games), so I'd kinda like to try an adept character next time through.

A plethora of riches from our friends at HBS. It's why I love them so...

nin wrote on Nov 3, 2015, 22:06:
I'm pleased as punch it did so well, better than I would have guessed.

Can't wait to follow their progress...

(Totally forgot we have some sort of Hong Kong add-on coming up, until they said they were waiting on the folks to finish that before they could move to Battletech.)

Oh yeah, I had completely forgotten about the mini-campaign they were gonna add. I may do a second play-through of HK before that hits. I'm doing a mage in my current play-through (which I'd never done in previous games), so I'd kinda like to try an adept character next time through.

I'm pleased as punch it did so well, better than I would have guessed.

Can't wait to follow their progress...

(Totally forgot we have some sort of Hong Kong add-on coming up, until they said they were waiting on the folks to finish that before they could move to Battletech.)

LoL, I doubt they will allow that. You could always load up skunkwerks or megamek's mech creator to do that.

Sweet. Totally looking forward to building an Atlas with 24 machine guns.