Cyrano4747 posted:

Whattup TCG buddy. Played the poo poo out of that in middle/early high school.

Skoll posted:

She's going to tell us to buy some Mech Crates for a chance at a High Rarity mech!

Myrmidongs posted:

It isn't happening. They weren't in Xcom 2 and we all know this is just a remake of that.

Wait.... I've never played Xcom 2... there weren't crates... right?

Myrmidongs posted:

It isn't happening. They weren't in Xcom 2 and we all know this is just a remake of that.

Wait.... I've never played Xcom 2... there weren't crates... right?

Psion posted:

Mechwarrior, collect that lostech crate in 3 turns before Comstar destroys it!

Taerkar posted:

At least that would be thematically appropriate.

Alchenar posted:

Only after HBS promised no more Q&A sessions do I realise I have an actual question: is the persistent merc campaign system try to scale infinitely in difficulty, or will it let the player break free of resource constraints and start victory lapping until you stop being silly and start a new game?

Ardlen posted:

The last Q&A actually answers that question. Depending on your location and how far along in the game you are, different difficulty rating missions will be available. However, the meaning of a difficulty rating won't change as the game goes on, so a difficulty 1 mission will always be something like some vehicles and a couple of easy 'Mechs.

aniviron posted:

I have to admit I love that both of the FASA properties I know well, Shadowrun & Battletech, are rife with people who will screw you in the contract if they think they can reasonably get away with it. This is 100% a staple of every game I run now, and it makes the players super paranoid.

Dreadwroth posted:

One of the table top Battletech campaigns I played back in the day had us as a vehicle merc company, it was fun trying to down 'mechs with my Harassers and a couple suicidal Savannah Masters.

HBS_CaptKerberos posted:

We have more than 7 maps. I would know, cuz I made more than 7... >.>
As Bubbasan pointed out, some of the Arena maps are from the same biome, to show the diversity of spaces we can make in a given biome.

Jordan was clarifying how many Biomes we have. To think about it another way, that's how many Environment Types we have for our maps. We have multiple maps for each biome type, with a distribution of map numbers that closely resembles the percentages of planetary bodies in our corner of space that would actually support such environments. (We really think some of this stuff through! )

I have created literal 'scores' of maps. We'll ship with plenty, and that doesn't even include the awesome story maps that Tyler, Kevin, Andrew and the environment team are working on, which are unique to the campaign.

Believe me, you'll have plenty of interesting places to explore in the Rimward Periphery when we launch. (Assuming you can afford the jump ship payment to get around! :moneybag:)

Kanos posted:

I think you mean Savannah Rammers.

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Things are rolling around here! We have the entire singleplayer campaign and mercenary simulation fully assembled and now we’re working through the game chapter-by-chapter, screen-by-screen, feature-by-feature to get everything to a shippable level.

Most mornings, Mike (Game Director) leads playtests/critiques of BATTLETECH in our break room. He holds them in our break room so everyone on the team feels comfortable wandering in and hearing what’s being said. He and Kiva (Lead Designer) determine what they’re going to look at ahead of time and invite the people responsible for that section of the game to play together and collaborate on a plan for improving things. This visibility is key to improvement. When you’re in the thick of making a game, it can be challenging to step back and play it from an audience member’s point of view.

The whole team is methodically working through every part of the game to “up-level” it - missions are getting second and third drafts, designer-created maps are going through full art passes, temporary voice-overs are being replaced with professional actors in missions and cinematics, quiet missions are suddenly filled with dramatic music, and programmer-created interfaces are getting the full art and audio treatment.


It’s a ton of intense work and the whole team meets briefly for announcements and general direction every day before breaking up into small groups for tight communication and progress updates. After that, it’s heads-down for the rest of the day. We try to keep meetings to a minimum and if we have to have one, we do our best to keep it tight and action-oriented.

In addition to all of this, a few members of the team have been diligently progressing on our multiplayer network infrastructure, analyzing data and updating the Double-Secret Multiplayer Beta with important changes. Expect a separate update on that soon.

There’s still a lot of work to do (including tons of balance work) but we can see the next milepost up ahead - the plan is to be feature and content complete by the end of the year, so we can go into full-on bug fixing and polish mode after a much needed break. As Jordan noted in our mid-August update, all indications are that Paradox & HBS will release BATTLETECH in early 2018.

Cyrano4747 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIGmwTcR2Q8

AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:

Wicked Them Beats posted:

And I hope that's not the expected quality of the script for the whole game. It wasn't great and the VA was lackluster.

Wicked Them Beats posted:

And I hope that's not the expected quality of the script for the whole game. It wasn't great and the VA was lackluster.

Skippy McPants posted:

If it doesn't sound like 80's Sci-fi shlock, then it ain't Battletech.

And speaking of, I will be disappointed if there isn't a special event that ends with a Robot Jox style fist bump.

Sky Shadowing posted:

Given that this is the company that wrote Shadowrun Dragonfall, I'm not overly concerned about the writing. This seems like one of the very, VERY first missions, introducing a few key concepts: corporations are dicks, be scared of a backstab, some characterization for your staff, and a few other things.

Wicked Them Beats posted:

To be clear, I'm fine with schlock in my sci-fi. They're giant battle robots punching each other; I'm not expecting Shakespeare.

Thinking more about it what bothers me is that whole last segment with the return to the platform and the betrayal. That a betrayal is coming is obvious, but it's a boring betrayal. "HAHA my turrets are locked on, you're doomed unless you blow up that turret generator I just let you close to within five feet of!" The game JUST taught me about shooting generators, so putting me in an even simpler situation for dealing with turrets isn't interesting. I would have liked it better if the betrayal happened immediately upon completing the mission and you had to choose to either close on the generator while under fire or play LRM tag with the turrets while the tanks advance. Basically, if there were ANY tactical considerations beyond "ok, shoot generator, step on tanks, GG" it would feel a lot better.

I'm liking how the game is shaping up I just found this mission a little bland, is all.