MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Dev AMA Recap

[MeiSooHaityu]

Yesterday PGI had their first developer AMA yesterday on Discord for MechWarrior 5: Mercs. I think there was technically 2 of them for different time zones, but I am not sure.

Critical Rocket has posted a recap of the session at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. The video is below...

 

[Marauder3D]

Anyone have the recap of the AMA today, January 30?

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Anyone have the recap of the AMA today, January 30?

Yeah, Critical Rocket posted one...

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Critical Rocket has posted the roundup for AMA Session #3...

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Also, a new screenshot posted for the AMA. The Centurion looks like it has seen better days.

 

[Marauder3D]

Is that combat damage on the legs? Where is the femur! Looks great.

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Is that combat damage on the legs? Where is the femur! Looks great.

It's hard to tell, but I think it is combat damage.

At first I thought the Centurion was just partially disassembled for repair, but then I noticed the lower part of the shield on the arm was bent outward and some structure framework for the top of leg was twisted. I think therefore it is a little of both (damage and repair).

I wonder how much under the surface detail we are going to see in the game (or is this a one-off occurrence for story)? If it is common to see a mech torn down that far, it might be the first time we have really seen the underpinnings in detail in a PC game.

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

A new AMA recap is live (Session 4). This one tackles Career and Replay-ability…

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

The new MechWarrior 5 (Session 5) AMA: Second General AMA...

 

[Lord_CoH]

Oh my word, I almost had kittens when the chap said "Epic Store Exclusive" in the first question.

You should put a health warning on these AMAs...

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Edit: no fear folks, it's going to be multi-store.

 

[unclecid]

welp..there goes another game i wont be buying for a long while.
HATE game exclusivity be it to one platform or only one way to buy it.

i dont get it.
i mean basic business sense says if ya want to make money sell it as cheap as ya can to as many as ya can.
and yet in the gaming industry it seems to be the opposite....sell as high as ya can to as few as ya can.

and then they wonder why some folks pirate.

 

[Lord_CoH]

Huh, just realised I'm guilty of it too - the guy was talking about it but then said it would be multi store, so no fear @unclecid

 

[The Shadowhawke]

welp..there goes another game i wont be buying for a long while.
HATE game exclusivity be it to one platform or only one way to buy it.

i dont get it.
i mean basic business sense says if ya want to make money sell it as cheap as ya can to as many as ya can.
and yet in the gaming industry it seems to be the opposite....sell as high as ya can to as few as ya can.

and then they wonder why some folks pirate.

Tend to agree.

This particular game I consider well worth the $39.99 I plunked down on it a year ago. If we're looking at some exclusive content and price for MW5M, I won't be buying on launch day like I did here.

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Thank goodness it's a multi-store game. If it was an Epic exclusive, I wouldn't have been too happy about that.

 

[Timaeus]

i dont get it.
i mean basic business sense says if ya want to make money sell it as cheap as ya can to as many as ya can.
and yet in the gaming industry it seems to be the opposite....sell as high as ya can to as few as ya can.
.

There is an opposite business sense that says sell something as a limited product at a premium, and you'll make more money. See any and all luxury brands.

But MW5 isn't going be locked a single store as other have already pointed out.

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

The new MechWarrior 5 (Session 6) AMA: Terrain Generation AMA...

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

Critical Rocket has posted his round-up from the latest AMA for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (AMA #7 on UI)…

 

[Jade_Rook]

Thanks for the update! The AMAs aren't at a time when I can listen to them, so these summaries are really helpful.

 

[MeiSooHaityu]

You're welcome! I love watching/listening to this stuff anyway, so I have no problem taking some time to post it.

We have to be coming close to the end of them though. If PGI is still on target for their launch, the beta should be starting in August and the release in September.

We are getting close.