KickStarter BattleTech Pre-Release Thread

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http://harebrained-schemes.com/blog...ions-about-battletech-join-us-on-monday-9-28/

Heads up, first stream starts in an hour: http://www.twitch.tv/ngngtv

 

[Abu Antar]

Edit: Ninja'd

There will be a stream interview hosted by No Guts no Galaxy about the game in less than an hour and a half, with Weisman, Gitelman and Mulvihill.

http://www.twitch.tv/ngngtv

 

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It's live:



They're going to show the Kickstarter pitch video.

 

[Starwars]

Who are these people talking now, and why should I care about what they have to say?

 

[m_s0]

So who's that guy again?

 

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Who are these people talking now, and why should I care about what they have to say?

They're the hosts of the stream.

These guys are on full shill duty for BattleTech! I'll tell you when the HBS guys show up.

 

[m_s0]

That guy's intro was borderline Lloyd Kaufmanesque

Yeah, not worth jumping in now. It's shilling with technical difficulties.

 

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Looks like Mike Stackpole's going to have a creative role on the game.

Right, they're showing the pitch video.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

ks video now.

 

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Good video. Now they're being interviewed.

 

[undecaf]

So they're basically funding the storyline with KS.

 

[Starwars]

Not too excited about the multiplayer stretch goal but it makes a lot of sense.

Still...

 

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Now there's a live Q&A with questions taken from the Twitch chat.

There will be non-mech vehicle units. They're not committing to infantry, though.

There'll be a "scenario designer" to create your own skirmish scenarios, but no official modding support beyond that.

(Jordan initially thought "modding" was modifying your mechs, heh. That's in.)

Mech melee confirmed. It's not just shootan'

There will be mini-stretch goals for special/rare mechs and stuff like that in between the major stretch goals.

There will be a voice acting stretch goal, but it won't be for full voice acting, just key characters and key events.

 

[undecaf]

Jordan said the game will be more of a tactical combat game with RPG elements (by comnparison to Shadowrun), that was known already, but someone with an account could ask how far are they intending to push the RPG elements (reactivity, C&C, branching, etc).

 

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Music done by the composer of Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

Jordan said the game will be more of a tactical combat game with RPG elements (by comnparison to Shadowrun), that was known already, but someone with an account could ask how far are they intending to push the RPG elements (reactivity, C&C, branching, etc).

Pretty sure it's just gonna be mech pilot stats.

They're also taking the Shadowrun writing team. Sorry men, no more Shadowrun games.

Mike Stackpole will be writing novellas. Looks like there will be social media stretch goals or something like that, and if they get achieved he writes more.

 

[Jimmious]

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In multiplayer, if they can get it, they'd like to investigate but can't commit to more than 1v1 PvP.

If they get to the open-ended game stage, you'll be able to manage a mercenary company with multiple lances of mechs (but you only have a single lance in any one battle)

Seems like travel time will be a factor.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

"Different lances deployed on multiple battlefields"

 

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Jumpjets confirmed. Death From Above!

You will be creating your own mercenary company from scratch (it's not one from the lore). They're still not sure how you will interact with the companies from the established lore.

Interview over. They're doing another one tonight where they'll try to ask the questions they didn't get to.

Not hugely interesting, but what can you expect I guess.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Mech melee fawk yes.

 

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Archive here:

 

[Kiste]

 

[J_C]

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[Cosmo]

This is all well and good, but if they want my pledge they'll need to prove they can deliver proper AI and difficulty.
I can close my eyes with an RPG-lite like S:R but with a tactical game like this one it's a deal-breaker...

 

[Abu Antar]

Music done by the composer of Shadowrun: Hong Kong.



Pretty sure it's just gonna be mech pilot stats.

They're also taking the Shadowrun writing team. Sorry men, no more Shadowrun games.

Mike Stackpole will be writing novellas. Looks like there will be social media stretch goals or something like that, and if they get achieved he writes more.

After previous Kickstarters having these and them failing to deliver properly, I am against this.