MechWarrior Online - Welcome to the Inner Sphere; The Future is WAR!

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oh right since the founders program guarantees entry now i might as well say i've been in the closed beta for a while and it's preeeetty cool

a lot of people seem to be confused and think it's an MMORPG for some reason, which is flat-out wrong

it's a simulator, very similar to the older mechwarrior games but touched up and with a bunch of new features and concepts

there's going to be a persistent metagame which follows the battletech lore, starting with the clan invasion of 3050, but this won't have too much effect on the gameplay itself, it just decides which mechs are available at the time - certain favorites like the hollander and hauptmann are not available yet, while others are very hard to come by - personally i'm hoping to see the wolfhound, crab, axeman and king crab, which are some of my favorites

the founders program will end on september 6th, so there's a chance the open beta will begin around that time

also, it's F2P but not P2W - you can buy 'premium time' which gives you increased money and experience per match, directly unlock chassis, and buy mech bay slots, none of it really gives you an edge in-game

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i got a joystick which i intend to FURIOUSLY shake around

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http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/21/mechwarrior-online-pc-gamer-skin-and-coconut-monkey-bobblehead-in-december-2012-issue/

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http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/09/449-battlemech-16-flea

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http://www.mmobomb.com/giveaway/mechwarrior-online-beta-keys

1885 beta keys left

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http://www.mmobomb.com/giveaway/mechwarrior-online-beta-keys

1885 beta keys left

1540, dropping rapidly

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got one

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downloadin

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Keep in mind you will be under a non-disclosure agreement while the game is in closed beta, so you're not allowed to discuss its contents with anyone in public. However, you are free to discuss the beta with others who are in it, and the closed beta subforums on the MWO site contain a variety of guides and useful information. The reason for the NDA is that the game is still incomplete and some people who get in will inevitably expect a demo of the finished product rather than a work-in-progress and start crying when promised feature x has not been implemented yet, feature y is a broken mess or feature z favors some bullshit metagame tactic. Most of these are literally 40+ nerds who feel entitled to having the game their way because they played Battletech in the 80s, or people who whine because MechWarrior *ONLINE* doesn't have a single-player campaign.

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also this game is pretty slow-paced and if you're a spastic fucking asshole you're better off playing call of duty modern mechfare aka hawken the cod reskin

hawken looks a lot better now than it did when it was first announced but i'm still not too intrigued by the gameplay

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[spoiler]been playing for about 2 hours and so far i'm enjoying it, took me a while to realize you can add weapons to groups instead of FIRING EVERYTHING AT ONCE

i enjoy the damage and aiming system and there's been no issues with lag or anything like that[/spoiler]

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Let's Look at Mechwarrior Online Beta

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added more stuff to first post

[Gladius]

mechwarrior si gay

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NO MORE REPAIR COSTS

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yay

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Next big patch on the 20th, adding the Trebuchet aka 'Trench Bucket' and OTHER THINGS. Before that, the last battlemech to be added was the 'Jumping Spider', which is pretty cool if you like scooting around and hopping over heads. March 2013 equates to March 3050 in the game, which is the time of the original Clan invasion - as such, it's more and more likely that concept art or full-blown announcements of Clan Omnimechs will start creeping up, with likely candidates including fan favorites like the Nova and the iconic Timber Wolf. On a personal note, due to the technical work required to add it into the game the King Crab is most likely not going to make a showing, apparently due to its AC/20 hardpoints being split between the torso and arms.

Not interested in any of the above? The game has had significant input and netcode improvements, making things feel a lot more responsive and smooth, the camo scheme system is more or less fully implemented, and they even added a boot-up sequence at the start of a match, with your little pilot dude flipping switches as the on-board computer informs you that everything is nominal. Little things! If I recall, a new alpine map is to be added in the next patch, custom decals are in the works. Also, I should update the first post.

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i got permabanned from the mwo forums for calling everyone nerd scum, tube baby freaks and roleplaying pansies

keep in mind this forum has words like "jerk" censored (so you can't say stuff like 'the movements are jerky') and "jihad" (even though 'the jihad' is a time period in the in-game universe)

FUN FUN

also the new mech, the trebuchet, is kind of crap but i think it's the only medium with jump jets (at least the variant i picked up) so it has some interesting options and flexibility

there's one variant which has weapons split all across the spectrum which is interesting but it doesn't have the capacity to make proper use of it anyway

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MechWarrior: Online Trailer Theme

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