Welcome to Jade Falcon

The NDA has recently been lifted on Mechwarrior Online and that means that we can now discuss it openly.

My current thoughts are that the game still needs some serious work, especially on the economic front. I cannot recommend that we proceed into MWO if the economy stays anywhere near it's current state of 65-180 games to grind for an assault 'mech. Check out Ohmwrecker (Masked Gamer) on Youtube to see MWO in action. What he does not tell you, however, is that Atlases cost the traditional 9 million-13.5 million and Commandos (the cheapest unit) cost 1.8-2.5 million WHILE the maximum possible you can possible get in a match 140 thousand. However, more realistically you will only get between 60-100 thousand per match and sometimes much less after repairs to point where you lose money. This is the quandry as of this date.

With that said, the combat is satisfying for the most part. Hard hitting though not necessarily a twitch shooter, it will please fans of Mechwarrior 3 and 4 the most. Though I cannot say that the game is actually an improvement on any of the 'mech games before it other than in terms of graphics.

Customization, however, is a mixed bag. While aspects of it are very good in terms of bringing back armor redistrubition similar to Mechwarrior 2's as well as component space and many engine types, this level of customization has seemed to matter less as time goes on. Piranha seems content to constantly balance and rebalance components so as to restrict how much players can actually customize their 'mechs. The speed for Assaults is capped at about 60 kp/h, for instance, with lights capped at about 150 kp/h and one does not have the ability to change this even if you devote all your money into the engines. Thus, even though there are many types of engines, you cannot actually customize your speed beyond an arbitrary marker.

There is also no promise that the Clans will ever make an appearance in game, though Clan 'mechs in the future have been hinted at -- though not confirmed.

Right now, however, people who have not played the Beta should be trying it to see what they think of it themselves. I do not recommend paying money to enter the Beta but it would be in your interest to sign up for it with the possibility of getting in.

When these issues are resolved or if they are decidely going to not be resolved I will inform the clan immediately.