The roadmap for September and beyond talked about Solaris, coming out in early Spring of next year. From what they said it sounds like the absolute best-case scenario; they describe sponsors, divisions, spectating, the works. Everyone has wanted this since the goddamned beta and it's finally on its way. Anyone else excited?
"Well, we got sued by Harmony Gold. Time to make some cash before this whole thing comes burning down!" -PGI, probably. /SARCASM
I don't think you realize that the hype train has already left the station. THE HYPE TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES
Free For All isn't really something that they can support at launch; because the game matchmaker and balance isn't designed for more than two teams - this was something Russ said. However, they aren't above modifying the code and trying things such as 1v1v1v1 further down the line. At least, I think that's what was said during the livestream, I just read the summary somebody shared on the forum.
Ha, ha, you said "matchmaker" and "balance" like right next to each other. If you could have gotten "buckets" in that sentence, I am pretty sure I would have had to drain my cup. Has anyone else tried playing drinking games with Russ's videos? Faction Play doesn't have a matchmaker... Scouting runs 4 vs. 4... Seems like that would be an easy port. Remove the faction and tonnage restrictions and go. I kind of figured the move to 8 vs. 8 was because the of the state of the matchmaker and how it was giving up on balanced teams just to make games pop.
Can't wait for Solaris. I have the perfect build for 1vs1: /troll Honestly, I'd like to see 12 player FFA matches the most. They'll first need some way to punish people who avoid combat though.
The only interesting build options I saw was the 2 CT energy points on the Mad Dog and the left arm points on the Griffin. Urbie can be faster but the hardpoints are limited. The paint jobs mostly look good. I'll probably get it just because 7 heroes for $30 is very good value
Maybe just make it so that anyone who hasn't dealt damage to an enemy within the last 30-60 seconds(this would need some tweaking, likely) begins taking damage as if they've overheated to exactly 100%(i.e. very slowly) until they do. Edit: As for the 'Mech pack, the one Clan hero in this pack is the only one I'm even mildly interested in, since IS OmniMechs don't exist yet(and even if they did, it's likely none of these would be Omnis anyway). I'm honestly still a little disappointed in the whole monetization scheme they've chosen(and have been since Day 1), since it means the one thing they can reliably sell is Hero 'Mechs, and 'Mech preorders. This means every other type of content takes a backseat to 'Mech sales. On top of that though, simply owning a Hero 'Mech means I almost never play any of my other 'Mechs, since I'm habitually poor in MWO, and I want those CBills so badly. It's a bit of a catch-22, really, since I want CBills to be able to buy more 'Mechs, but then I end up not playing the 'Mechs I can buy with CBills, since they earn CBills more slowly... I love this IP, but their decisions are so frustrating. Edit2: Sorry, I'm kind of anti-hype train with all this...
Bought Yen-Lo Wang, already have Legend-Killer, and this pack rounds out the Capellan Mafia side of the story. It even includes some extras, but I can't put my finger on who is supposed to have owned the Mad Dog or the Atlas.
