Official Mechwarrior Online Thread

[CSNation]

Using MC to buy mechs and sell back isn't worth it imo.
Rather use it to redeem premium sub then farm for more money.

 

[Mycrus]

MWO Beta System Specs

MechWarrior Online Minimum System Requirements

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 245e

GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD 5600/5700

RAM: 4GB

OS: Windows Vista 32-bit

DX: DX9

HDD: 4 GB required hard drive space

MechWarrior Online Recommended System Requirements

CPU: Intel Core i3-2500 or AMD Athlon II X4 650

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 or AMD Radeon HD 5830

RAM: 8 GB

OS: Windows 7 SP-1 64-Bit

DirectX: DX9

The representative from developers, Piranha Games, followed up by saying this regarding the MWO System Requirements -

Right now a duo core system is our minimum spec machine but it is also our main focus of concern. It is playable on those specifications and I have tested it myself but it is currently very much a minimum spec type of experience running on low-detail settings. It’s obvious that a Quad core system is the key as even the earliest Core 2 Quad systems run the game very well and it is our goal (since there are still so many out there), to optimize the Core 2 Duo systems to run much faster.

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Been playing for the 4th week straight!

Open Beta is today and it should be a success - didn't experience any server issues the whole time i was on tonight

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[Shawshankredempti0n]

For all it's hype, the game is still pretty much broken.

No collapse able trees
No destructable buildings.
Collision is still terrible. ie You can squeeze pass and clip (pass thru)another mech.

Double Heat sink is not working as double heat sink should be
All promised Community Warfare is still missing and not even a preview on Close Beta.

Open Beta is pretty much now
1) Launch
2) Get beaten up by premade teams. (I'd never launch solo but play with my Kurita Unit)
3) Only one gameplay mode ie capture the base.
4) Rinse and repeat.

Oh yeah and the website is done by Interns probably with all the typos.

Kuritas is governed by AutoCrazy
Liaos is governed by LAIOs now.
FRR has change their capital City to Reyljavik.

Amateurish to say the least.

 

[Mycrus]

Chill.... Its still open beta...

Game is in fact still in dx9 only...

Double heat sink will be fixed in the nov patch

Destructable environments has been promised

Collisions have been temporarily nerfed

More mechs, more maps, more game modes have been promised

Community warfare is a mid-long term thing -- it was never planned for beta

Matchmaking is still work in progress to separate teams from casual players...

Again it is beta - what i see so far i like... The direction they are going i like...

I have been playing this for close to 3-4 weeks now to the exclusion of my some 100 other games on steam... Its that good!

What i would suggest is to drop with a good and regular team to get max enjoyment from the game...

Btw, i spent us$120 for the founders programme - not regretting 1 cent of it..

 

[Shawshankredempti0n]

Really, you stop swallowing the Kool-Aid.

Beta's been on for a FEW MONTHS.
The launched Open Beta because they have no more time left.
Did you read the forums before Close beta ended?

March - April will be the first wave of Clans coming in.
They have very very little time left to finish and polish off the game and introduce every single feature they have promised before Clans hit.

So really stop swallowing the kool-aid.

You have been in the game with what? 3-4 weeks? Try 3-4 Months.


The direction they are taking is heading to the pits. Every patch that comes out breaks

 

[Maeda_Toshiie]

Autocrazy sounds just about right for Takashi Kurita...

Cat K2? Armed with 2 gauss guns?

MW4 had one thing better, the weapon slots actually have different sizes and that stopped gauss rifles from being squeezed into machine gun ports.

The game is playable free so I don't think I can expect something as polished as those non-free MMO.

 

[Mycrus]

Really, you stop swallowing the Kool-Aid.

Why all the heat & drama, seriously? You got pugstomped too much?

Chill - don't play if you don't want... It is free to play and in your case free not to play as well...

I will leave it at that.

 

[Mycrus]

Autocrazy sounds just about right for Takashi Kurita...

Cat K2? Armed with 2 gauss guns?

MW4 had one thing better, the weapon slots actually have different sizes and that stopped gauss rifles from being squeezed into machine gun ports.

The game is playable free so I don't think I can expect something as polished as those non-free MMO.

Yup you still have people runnihg gaussapults... I dont run them...

They are generally slow and lightly armored...

Teams also put gaussapults on top kill list so survivability for a gaussapult is typically very low...

For sniping i prefer atlas gauss + 2x er laser or er ppc...

And you are right it is an open beta and it is free 2 play... New players in good teams can purchase and outfit their own mech via in game currency alone in a couple of game nights... with zero cash out...

Cash will be spent only if you dont have the time and want mechs right away.... Or if you want to buy a lot of mechs and start purchasing mech bays...

 

[Shawshankredempti0n]

Why all the heat & drama, seriously? You got pugstomped too much?

Chill - don't play if you don't want... It is free to play and in your case free not to play as well...

I will leave it at that.

So everyone has to agree with your observations is that it?

No other alternate views except yours is that it?

Are you part of the MIW?

 

[caveman928]

playing w/ the game now and so far for me its ok and im enjoying it.

i admit that theres still a lot for them to fix.

well hopefully once its officially launch everything will be fine.

 

[Mycrus]

So everyone has to agree with your observations is that it?

No other alternate views except yours is that it?

Are you part of the MIW?

Nope, you are free to your own opinions but please refrain from making trollish personal attacks.

Please remember the standard of forum moderation is different here in hwc than in the mwo forums..

While your 'stop drinking the kool aid' copy pasted rant comment is kosher for the mwo forums it may be construed as trolling here.

Don't worry i have not reported you YET.

 

[CSNation]

Gauss catapults are least of your worries.

When the Jagermechs and Cataphract are made available they will put more world of hurt.
Jagermechs ballistic slots are in the arms, easier to shoot off but they are free aim and can hit where a gauss catapult can't.

Cataphracts are heavier, which means they won't be as easy pickings as the Gauss cat since their tonnage allows a few back up weapons too or more armor.

 

[micheloving]

The ping for spore(my republic) is 200 - 300ms+(unplayable once its over 300ms).
Matchup of the game is terrible (7 v 8 matchups i even got a 4 v 8 once ,afkers are common).

Game crashes quite often and UI at mech lab became buggy (your bought mechs disappear and you need to relogin to select them) if server is lag.

Kinda silly that you can practically hit those slow LRMs coming towards you with lasers but the game does not allow it and sometimes the LRMs can pass or guided through walls.
Pretty of noobs and afkers in beta spoils the fun in the game if they are on your team.

The fun is that assault mechs(heavy mechs can hit me though) are slow at turning and moving at open areas light mechs(they are the key to winning matches) can practically own them at short ranges 1 v 1 as they cannot hit you at all (tried and proven).
Hope they can make it a better game at the end of beta .Got alot of expectations from this game.

 

[Mycrus]

The ping for spore(my republic) is 200 - 300ms+(unplayable once its over 300ms).

i'm using starhub, getting an average of 260+ms ping... haven't tried it going over 300ms... at 260ms average ping still okay even for ballistics... my favorite mech loadout is atlas 4xmedlas / 1xac20 / 2xsrm6...

i'm very happy tonight because i've really gotten the hang of my joystick/hotas system - with above mech i got 810 damage... something like 2-3 kills / 4 assist

if you are talking about the fps bug (suddenly fps drops very low, like 4) do a mwo client restart... it fixes it... i think it is a memory leak somewhere...

Matchup of the game is terrible (7 v 8 matchups i even got a 4 v 8 once ,afkers are common)

matchmaking as it is now is needs a lot of work... they are already working on a patch to limit only 4 team members in a single group in a random match... (phase 1)

(phase 2) team leader can upsize to 8 team members and matchmaker will only match 8-sized teams together...

when phase 2 comes, it effectively dampens 'pugstomping' (premade teams vs randomly matched players)...

i'm pretty excited for phase 2 because you really see all the battlefield tactics come out when your team is facing another pre-made team...

Game crashes quite often and UI at mech lab became buggy (your bought mechs disappear and you need to relogin to select them) if server is lag.

game typically crashes or just hangs in black... good thing it does not cause the whole rig to crash so usually its just a mwo client restart.

Kinda silly that you can practically hit those slow LRMs coming towards you with lasers but the game does not allow it and sometimes the LRMs can pass or guided through walls.

that's a good idea, you should put it up in the mwo forums... you should in theory be able to take out LRMs in flight with your MGs or Lasers (just like how AMS works today)...

Pretty of noobs and afkers in beta spoils the fun in the game if they are on your team.

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The fun is that assault mechs(heavy mechs can hit me though) are slow at turning and moving at open areas light mechs(they are the key to winning matches) can practically own them at short ranges 1 v 1 as they cannot hit you at all (tried and proven)

yup, atlas with stock 300 engine out all alone gets owned pretty fast with a light mech... especially now that collisions have been temporarily nerfed... i used to be able to trip light mechs and then alpha strike...

cannot empahsize enough teamplay... when i do a strike (brawler) atlas... i don't even look at my back if a light mech is attacking... i focus on the enemy assaults and implicitly i trust that my own team's light/med fast strike mechs will get the light mech off my back...

in fact armor for my atlas is almost all front with typically just 14-20 points in the back... this means i can trade fire with other assaults and typically win because of my harder front armor... can't run that kind of build with random teams... nobody will watch your back...


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[Shawshankredempti0n]

Nope, you are free to your own opinions but please refrain from making trollish personal attacks.

Please remember the standard of forum moderation is different here in hwc than in the mwo forums..

While your 'stop drinking the kool aid' copy pasted rant comment is kosher for the mwo forums it may be construed as trolling here.

Don't worry i have not reported you YET.

So why are you not reporting then?

Trolling? What trolling? I am just countering your "kool aid" with pure common sense and raising problems within the game so people are not tricked into buying the game.

Who is to say you aren't the one trolling Mr Pinoy?

 

[Mycrus]

So why are you not reporting then?

Trolling? What trolling? I am just countering your "kool aid" with pure common sense and raising problems within the game so people are not tricked into buying the game.

Who is to say you aren't the one trolling Mr Pinoy?

And what has my nationality got anything to do about it?

I will have you know that i have been to several hwc events and regulars here know who or what i am...

If your post is not trolling i don't know what is.


Btw, 'buy' a free to play game??

ROFL - thanks for making my day!!

 

[Shawshankredempti0n]

When did I mention nationality has anything to do with anything?
Is this a personal vendetta against me? Is that whatever I said has to be twisted into something that you presume, Mr Pinoy?
Isn't that what you are a Filipino? I even took the trouble to address you as Mr., is that rude? or in your country that is considered rude?

Please read the reply again. I said so that people are not tricked into buying the game. Did you not mention you spent $120 for the game?

Are you insulting me by telling me that I am stupid did not read it correctly and you did not spent $120 for the game?

Everything I have mention is the flip side of the coin. If you are not happy that someone do not share your point of view please, counter them with constructive criticism instead of using the "forum rules" as your only defence.

 

[Mycrus]

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suffice to say that the post sufficiently pwned!

 

[watzup_ken]

Chill folks. This is meant to be a discussion for MWO.

On a side note, I need to find out say if I have LRMs, how in the world do I fire them? Haha. My left and right clicks only fires laser...

 

[Mycrus]

Chill folks. This is meant to be a discussion for MWO.

On a side note, I need to find out say if I have LRMs, how in the world do I fire them? Haha. My left and right clicks only fires laser...

use arrow keys to select across weapons in game
to bring them into groups, use right CTRL

highlighted weapon group will be fired with left click
right click will always fire weapon group 2 only

try checking this page out for controls

this a good guide on how to use LRMs

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btw, time to whip-out the e-peen = my stats from open beta launch to yesterday's game night

KDR is not important to me... Win Loss Ratio to me is the important indicator...