Paul and Garth (from the MechWarrior Online Team) held a Reddit AMA (all the cool kids are doing AMAs now you know!) Â ;)
For anyone who couldn’t attend.. no transcript needed! Â Everything is on Reddit, in a fairly easy format to read and follow.. Â just follow that link up above!
Even MWO, which is set in 3049, can’t escape the Unseen/Reseen questions (and, by that point in the timeline, the ‘Mechs don’t fill as big a whole in the lineup). Â This Q&A from the AMA (I feel I need more acronyms here) covers the MWO response.. which is similar to the MWT response from that AMA.. ‘no, it’s a legal thing’.
- Hey Paul, great job so far :) My question:
- Considering the fact that FlyingDebris is doing full redesigns of every chassis being included in MWO, would you please address the possibility of unseen/reseen designs? To most of us, it seems as if his work would preclude any legal problems from arising, though we would certainly understand if it were not something PGI wanted to risk. I think the fanbase would be incredibly appreciative of a simple nod in one direction or another.
- Why must you do this to me? What did I do to you?
- FlyingDebris IS doing anÂ
awesome great job at redefining the looks of the classic Mechs. When it comes to the unseen/reseen designs, there is always the question of legal matters. No, we don’t need to go pointing fingers at anyone but it’s the reality of the situation. Our fearless leaders Russ and Bryan would be the only ones to be able to make the call on the inclusion of those Mechs. There’s nothing really technical keeping us from including them, it’s a matter of making sure the variant/chassis we come up with is worth the time and money needed to invest in getting them done. - Now I came in here promising myself not to dodge any questions but from the bottom of my heart… yeah yeah.. trolls have hearts… I am not the one to answer this question for you.
And this answer.. this is the best answer, and is part of the reason I love the MWO guys:
- Is there plans to change the mechanic for unjamming the UAC/5 so that it can’t be easily circumvented with a simple keyboard macro?
- Our plan to unjam the Ultra AC/5 is to include a DDR dance mat with any MC purchase you make and you will have to score 350,000 points or higher on Difficult setting while doing the Gangnam Style dance…. okay okay… serious… We know it’s an issue… no one likes it… I tried it and threw my keyboard across the studio. We are looking at possibly just making it a time penalty to firing the weapon again instead of playing DDR.
Be sure to check out the whole AMA, lots of good information in there.