Battletech nerds rejoice? Mechwarrior 5 being worked on?

**Krusader** · 07-25-2009, 02:26

Well, I'm just waiting for MechWarrior: Living Legends mod for Crysis myself, until I can check if the new Mechwarrior game is any good or Mechassault in sheep's clothes (never played Mechassault, but have so far not read one positive post about it on various fora).

And as for my faction preference, well my signature image should give a good indication

@Martok:
Clans have better tech and all that yeah. But what offsets them is that they have 710 million or so total population with 0,01 percent of those as warrior caste (compared to Inner Sphere, where any modest planet has average 1-2 billion inhabitants). In addition their worlds are very resource-poor. Plus, what many people seem to not realize is that the Clans are VERY authoritarian...one Clan was outright annihilated because they espoused unClanlike tendencies such as democracy, free speech and freedom. Most Clans can be compared to ancient city states where only a small minority ruled, with the rest having nothing to say.

**Martok** · 07-25-2009, 04:54

Originally Posted by Krusader

one Clan was outright annihilated because they espoused unClanlike tendencies such as democracy, free speech and freedom.

Clan Wolverine. The fabled Minnesota Tribe is rumored to be the clan's last remnant.

EDIT: And sadly, yes, I really did know that off the top of my head. (Gods, I'm such a nerd sometimes....)

**Krusader** · 07-25-2009, 12:30

Originally Posted by Martok

Clan Wolverine. The fabled Minnesota Tribe is rumored to be the clan's last remnant.

EDIT: And sadly, yes, I really did know that off the top of my head. (Gods, I'm such a nerd sometimes....)

Ain't that bad...I even know they used to be the Star League Defense Force 331st Minnesota Division.

About Minnesota Tribe:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Whacker** · 07-25-2009, 13:15

Let's keep the discussion clean and not mention any of that horrific, banal Dark Ages nonsense which does not exist. *covers ears, closes eyes, and hums to self*

What I would have absolutely LOVED is them pulling something like Lucasarts did with Bioware. They wiped the slate clean, went back to a relatively untapped/unused era and started from scratch. Lo and behold they ended up producing what IMO ranks up there with the best PC RPGs of all time, KOTOR1. Imagine if they'd done the same thing except going back to the height of the Star League.

**Krusader** · 07-28-2009, 13:06

Originally Posted by Whacker

Let's keep the discussion clean and not mention any of that horrific, banal Dark Ages nonsense which does not exist. *covers ears, closes eyes, and hums to self*

What I would have absolutely LOVED is them pulling something like Lucasarts did with Bioware. They wiped the slate clean, went back to a relatively untapped/unused era and started from scratch. Lo and behold they ended up producing what IMO ranks up there with the best PC RPGs of all time, KOTOR1. Imagine if they'd done the same thing except going back to the height of the Star League.

Dark Age is pretty much dead by now.

And the tabletop miniature game is having its Reneissance atm, with new books, minis and whatnot being released including Anniversary book with loads of art, boxsets with 3025 era mechs and a Clan 3050 era boxset later. Add in that they have been allowed to use certain iconic BattleMechs from before now, the so-called "Unseen". Classic Battletech is simply called Battletech now, which is indicative about Dark Age's status. Granted the legacy of Dark Age is that the new timeline the Jihad (3067-3082) has to be written and follow certain historical tidbits established by Dark Age. Although the Jihad was planned by the original creators though.

As for the PC game. I'll say again. I hope they don't dumb it down for a general console audience and instead focus on Battletech fans. As someone said 25 million people have used one kind of Battletech product, be it RPG, miniatures, novels, video games etc.

**Whacker** · 07-28-2009, 15:32

Originally Posted by Krusader

As for the PC game. I'll say again. I hope they don't dumb it down for a general console audience and instead focus on Battletech fans. As someone said 25 million people have used one kind of Battletech product, be it RPG, miniatures, novels, video games etc.

I'm not holding out any hope whatsoever after reading the interview with the devs.

What I am considering is writing an impassioned email to them begging for a few scraps and pittances. For one, if they just give us the ability to FIX crap. That's honestly all I ask. Oblivion and Fallout had/have horrible, garbage interfaces that work great for the console but suck horribly for the PC. Even now with what we know and how to modify them, the best mods still fall way short of what could, should be possible. Give us the ability to script, configure, whatever these things ourselves and that'll go a long, long way. There seems to be this overriding mentality that simplicity is best and everything should be boiled down to about 4 control actions, including WASD/mouse, and that the average gamer has no more IQ or ability to memorize 5 keystrokes in a game. FFS, come on. I had every control memorized for several games as complex as ATF simultaneously, and I'm no genius by any means.