I personally liked to shoot the legs. How is leg damage handled in this game? A downed mech in other mechwarrior games were treated as "killed" and you can't do anything afterwards.
can anyone explain why the mechs have glass cockpits and why enemies dont just shoot thru the glass?
and if the glass is so tough to penetrate, why dont they just make most of the armor out of glass?
Disarming an opponent can be quite effective, as can shooting the hips (damaging movement servos), breaking L or R Torso sections (destroying a Mech with an XL engine) and other little things.
You could order Elite or Veteran now and upgrade to Legendary before they remove the possibility to purchase it. I bought into Elite then upgraded to Legendary.
You may wish to do it before the 10th of July which is when the next lot of beta invites is supposedly sent out to Founders only.
glass can be made very thick, and it's very heavy. mech's aren't made of metal either; you would know if you were old as i am(and read the manual of the original boardgame), they have a thin layer of armour over what is essentially plastic. the whole premise of Battletech rests on this.
anyway, although MW2 was fun as a third person shooter (which is what it was, even with a wee bit of statistics thrown in), mechwarrior/battletech simply never survived the transaction from boardgame to PC game successfully.
Anyone else considering doing a 3DP-Vert? With the game imminent, I'm about to cobble together a temporary XP box, and see if I can still aim with my old 3D Pro Plus/Precision Pro, which I have now found, dusted off, and confirmed to not be USB compatible (later releases were, with an adapter). I truly don't understand why a good peripherals company like Logitech cant bring themselves to R&D a superior stick, today.
I'm starting to look out for a used combatstick, as an option, and maybe a Thrustmater T.Flight HOTAS X (the one you got, maybe?). A Sidewinder adapter will cost around $30, a bit less if I take the time to adapt it to perfboard (however, I never use my big breadboard, so it won't be a real loss).CH Products.
Saitek's centering spring secured to the floating plastic ring is a love or hate thing, and I'm way on the end of the hate side. I have a couple I've been meaning to sell for cheap (my cat loves the Evo's box, so I may have to keep it ). The feel is just wrong. The x65 is a whole different beast, in a real sim price range, and I've read that the x52 Pro feels better wrt to centering than the 'plain' x52.The sim jockeys on the mwomercs.com forums also seem to like the Saitek x52 and x65.
AFAIK, all of them starting with the 3D Pro (the symmetrical non-ergonomic model) are gradual updates, internally, and more or less act the same, and all USB models are newer than mine. The only real problems came with force feedback models that got heavy use, and that the throttles would wear out, if you used them (since you need two hands, I never understood the point, compared to a second controller, or using the keyboard, and always considered it a cheap way for them to add an axis for marketing reasons).I ended up with a relatively inexpensive Thrustmaster HOTAS. It's as good as I remember my USB Sidewinder being so many years ago. (No idea how it compares to the Precision Pro, of course.)
It aught to be fine. I disliked mice in the previous games because I was always having to pick it up and reposition it. That's why I had...a trackball! I went through 2 MS Trackball Explorers between MW3 and MW4. They wear out, and they cost way too much on eBay, today (likely due to wearing out, but there's nothing quite like them out there today, AFAIK).Joystick + mouse control sounds interesting.
Stop tempting me!
I'm probably going to be joining up with a few guys from my WoT Clan. Since they're all EU with me they'll move over to an EU server when MWO decides to get one
Close to dropping £104 (about $170 USD using Paypals currency converter and includes all of my relevant taxes + delivery) on a Saitek x52 Pro HOTAS for MWO.
Did any of you guys who purchased Founder packages get Beta keys recently?
Last batch was sent out on July 2nd.
Next batch will be after this week. (Integrating new servers.)
So no. Nobody has gotten any since the 2nd.
They announce it on the forums and do it by lottery, supposedly.
Thanks. MW 2 is actually one of the first PC games I remember playing and I´ve been a fan ever since. Signed up for elite yesterday (although nowadays don´t really have much time to dedicate to gaming), hopefully I´ll get early access.
I tried Living Legends about a year or two ago and had a blast... don´t know how similar this will be though.
From the Mechwarrior Facebook Page:
Just thought some folks might be interested....
- TJ Harrington Any update on beta keys? From Russ' post earlier this month people got the impression that keys would be going out yesterday.
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MechWarrior Online ‎TJ Harrington: We are letting in Founders players in by groups, we are still testing the hardware to make sure it can handle the numbers. We want the best gaming experience for all players.
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Edit: Also, from the feedback I've received, I will monitor facebook and twitter for folks who do not use those platforms. Lots of good info there that my friends here seem to be missing out on. If I see something, I will update!!! Good luck everyone!!