hi, Do you guys think the steam population will hang around for a while? Seems like we do have more players on the servers at any give. I believe that 'solaris' mode would give this game the vital element it needs to draw new players but it seems like they are focussing on pve for now...? The current 'group' queue is just not that great and solaris would go a long way in terms of getting smaller teams up and running.
We've had long discussions in the past over the possibility of Solaris, what form it would/should take and why PGI probably wouldn't do it. If they did, at this point I think it would be an all -vs- all game mode on the maps they already have, and they would call it..... All -vs- All instead of Solaris. But who knows. Back in the day I thought they would never do CW, and they did that. for posterity https://www.mechspecs.com/threads/given-the-choice.5289/
Seem as if russ is quite optimistic about solaris. He mentioned 1v1, 4v4 and 8v8 being a possibility...
You may be right on this Jack, the word Solaris does show up.... hopeful. Full arena 1 vs All is what I hope for, complete with fanfare and cheezy announcements, that can be turned off once it gets annoying . I just hope it is something that makes it to public matches.... if it is done.
Solaris VII is THE single best play Mode MW:O doesn't have, yet. Said it before and will reiterate on this: the possibilities are endless. Tournaments, leagues, seasons. In 1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2 or 4 vs. 4 or even free-for-all stompings, all of them using specific weight classes, a weight range and / or an open class. C-Bill prizes for events with a C-Bill entry fee, same with MC. Special camo skins for winners. Allow betting. Introduction of one or more S7 mech packs (they're in the lore already!) - and so on and on.
There was a guy I ran into in a PUG match who was apparently playing Solaris Arena Announcer clips from one of the old MW games over the mic. Everyone was loving it.
It was cheezy, but it did lend towards suspension of disbelief. Especially the cheer of the crowd after a Kill. I'm not saying PGI should do the same thing exactly, but shouldn't we feel like MechWarriors! Mech 2, 3, 4 with all their failings at least attempted to instill that, to make that feeling a reality.... With MW2 I felt like a clanner. Wasn't the mech I was driving, wasn't the mechlab... It wasn't the now antiquated GFX engine. It was the game as a whole.... The feel of the thing from beginning to end that was carried over to online play to a certain extent. I know that a lot of what was done with those titles can't be done in the setting of a F2P title. There is no place for backstory in game... and it would be folly to include it, but what we do have here, CW not withstanding, is basically Solaris. Why not embrace that fact, and not only suspend our disbelief... why not throw it in the trash. Why not give us everything that @Aylek mentioned. Now that would be a good game.... One more thing before I get off the soap box. Every good game has failings... Nothing is perfect, heck perfect isn't even perfect, but IMO Solaris initiated in the right way, would not only save this game, it would be the essential body that would make MWO something unique, and more than just a FPS in big machines of destruction. Soap box removed Now where is my custom decal!
I fully agree. They need to work on implementing Solaris as soon as possible in order to keep current players and draw in new players. Now if we could just get Russ to read this thread
ok 7.. but still, in a 12 man FFA, on old Forest Colony map... 6-8 will be dead within the first 2 minutes. Spawn 1KM apart from 2 other mechs. Winner determined in the following order (if more than 1 mech survived, or among the dead ones): First Place : Kills Second Place : Most Damage Dealt Third Place : Assists so say 3 mechs survived, the one with the most kills (and most damage if tied on kills), takes First Place. Second Place if for the one with most damage overall (lost on kills) Third Place goes to the one with the most assists. Realistically, third place is to allow a light to compete somewhat effectively. First place is a toss us, but most likely not a light mech.
Should be separated into weight class. Better if we have a few maps, abandoned temples, huge tunnels, old factory complex, final destination, mobile stage. etc.
weight class and unrestricted. i think unrestricted should be an option... a noob in a direwhale will be such a juicy target for a good light player.
The new ring competitive arena looks sort of like it'd work. Almost Hunger Games style. Have each person spawn in one of the colored zones.
