Iuz the Evil Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 release on April 24, 2018? I'm literally setting up a gaming PC for this and the fall release of Mechwarrior 5. Been 17 years. Netzilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 I don't like that it is Steam only. More interested in how the HG lawsuit is going to play out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 It's not Steam only. GOG and direct from Paradox are available. Netzilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Greywind said: More interested in how the HG lawsuit is going to play out. HG lawsuit is being challenged on basis of lack of standing, not sure you are up to speed or not. It's not anticipated to impact the April 24 release. Latest update dismissed with prejudice for HBS according to this (they have until May 4 to provide a proper chain of Copyright custody to prove why the other defendants shouldn't also have the lawsuit dismissed for lack of standing): So the Battletech game definitely can drop 4/24. Mechwarrior 5 is looking pretty good, but not final. Netzilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Yeah, I've been following. Basically the counterattack was "you don't have the rights you think you do and we have money unlike your last lawsuits". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Greywind said: Yeah, I've been following. Basically the counterattack was "you don't have the rights you think you do and we have money unlike your last lawsuits". That appears to have been a successful counterattack. At least with regard to Harebrained schemes, Harmony Gold is done and cannot bring the same suit against them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchman Mk. IV Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Eh I haven't been excited about Mechs since I visited a startup in Vegas that used self-contained simulators, back in the late '80's or early '90's, I think. It was a badass experience, but video games quickly proved that the biz had little future. I rocked it, of course. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 I wonder if I can run it. I use Steam a lot. It has the advantage that if I bought a new computer, I could grab my games without buying them again. The downside is that if Steam no longer carries a game, I am pretty much screwed. And when GOG sells you a game, they are often selling you a Steam code, though which you download the game. That's what a monopoly looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 I use steam almost exclusively now. My friend and I joked years back that Steam is making us poor at $5 or less every summer. I think I have over 200 games with them, most of which I will probably never play and may not run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Just had my wife get visibly mad and a little shouty about my watching the videos for this game too much. Apparently it's a problem to obsess about an upcoming tabletop turned video game? Huh. I'm not entirely sure who she thinks she's been married to these 23 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Game dropped yesterday, just finished setting up PC on television and getting all the updates. Played until 1am and now headed to work. I'm so tired. Really fun, but I need a better mouse and keyboard. Text is a little small due to room set up, I'm sitting on couch and it's running on my television. Very satisfying though. Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 I'm on my 3rd playthrough. What a fantastic game, wow. Really likeable protagonist in my opinion, as an ally they do a nice balance of making her fallible and likeable. She helps you, is useful, and not whiny or annoying. Some good speeches too. She drops this one after one of the earlier missions where you liberate "the Icebox" - pretty awful gulag. Battletech was a hit. So Paradox Interactive is buying Harebrained Schemes. So now Paradox can make more Battletech and Shadowrun games, since the licenses go with. Really good news for me, love the FASA universes (game mechanics weren't that great honestly, but rich and deep game settings). And already looking forward to expansions/DLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Have you been playing this whole time? Are you still employed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 One thing matters to me. Do they have Warhammer and Marauder Mechs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shadow Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 No. They do not. https://battletech.gamepedia.com/Battlemechs Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Some googling suggests that the HG mechs were left out of this Battletech so as not to subject the title to any uncertainty stemming from the lawsuits. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Several more years to wait and then the whole thing lapses. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 5 hours ago, death tribble said: One thing matters to me. Do they have Warhammer and Marauder Mechs ? No Warhammers, but they have the Jaegermech and Blackjack. So... kind of. No Marauders though. Did have Battlemasters and the Atlas, which was pretty awesome. Here's the complete list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnaqQv8nnYpy9gtQm75-D6fmYfNJ5u3OALSIe8ckOuo/htmlview?sle=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 16 hours ago, Old Man said: Have you been playing this whole time? Are you still employed? Yes, as of this moment. Better question would be if I'm still married, to which the answer is the same. I don't actually play at work though. So that's disappointing. And I spend time with my kids. Otherwise I would've been several more playthroughs further along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo_bones Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 I was late to the party but I have been playing it for about a month or two. I finished the story but still like picking up different mechs or even duplicates and changing up their weapons. Right now I am running 2 King Crabs, one with 2 AC 20s and some other close range weapons and the other with 4 racks of LRMs that all have plus to stab damage. I mix around the other 2 mechs but these 2 are quite a nice paring. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, mojo_bones said: I was late to the party but I have been playing it for about a month or two. I finished the story but still like picking up different mechs or even duplicates and changing up their weapons. Right now I am running 2 King Crabs, one with 2 AC 20s and some other close range weapons and the other with 4 racks of LRMs that all have plus to stab damage. I mix around the other 2 mechs but these 2 are quite a nice paring. I like the assault mechs, but my favorite is probably the mixed medium-heavy Lance level of combat. Mobile, using evasion/terrain. Combined unit tactics, like you indicate above - indirect fire, stability damage, called shots, all that good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I have the Black Widow supplement. So Marauders and Warhammers are de rigeur. The Jager looks like a Rifleman (if I recall correctly) wannabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 6 hours ago, death tribble said: I have the Black Widow supplement. So Marauders and Warhammers are de rigeur. The Jager looks like a Rifleman (if I recall correctly) wannabe Yeah, it's a Rifleman. Harmony Gold still owns the rights to those mechs, at least arguably enough they didn't build 'em into the game. You could mod an Orion, that's about as close as it gets to a Warhammer in the current version. Huge push on their forums for quad mechs like the Scorpion, which the designers have straight up said they hate with the white hot heat of an engine shutdown. They've indicated additional content will be forthcoming, both paid and free. Will be interesting to see the new mech designs that come out. I'd like to get the Hatchetman, myself. Steiner forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Of course, the mod community might have something for you... Like they did for the entire 2000 planets of the Inner Sphere. Heh. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/battletech-mod-forum-unsupported.1012/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
薔薇語 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Good game. I am on my third play-through now with Hardcore mode. It is a solid game with a decent flow. It could use some work to make it more playable beyond the main story. Mostly with keeping low value missions more available so you don't essentially get boxed into always needing a couple assaults plus high support. The RogueTech mod helped with that but it always seemed to push me into bankruptcy lest I pushed up the initial credit value. As of now I am having fun running a Jumping Orion LRM Boat with a MG Firestarter and SLaser Firestarter to run and punch. One even with a mega arm mod so it punches like an assault. Then the 4th is usually a AC20+ Jumping Hunchback or the Highlander. La Rose. Iuz the Evil and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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