MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

[Stuka87]

I want to hope for the best, but sadly experience has taught me to expect the worst.

 

[SMOGZINN]

What? How can you not have customization in a mercenaries game? Shows just how clueless these guys are.

Right, if you can't customize your mech then it is just a really slow shooter.

 

[Rifter]

What? How can you not have customization in a mercenaries game? Shows just how clueless these guys are.

They did say this in the article linked in OP:

"Unlike MechWarrior Online, where players can customise their mech chassis in a variety of ways, MechWarrior 5 will stick to the lore and force players to choose between strictly defined roles. “It’s great for a PVP game because the level of customisation is huge,” Bullock tells me. “But if we allowed that in MechWarrior 5, you essentially negate the free market. There’s no need to keep your eyes peeled for that Jenner JR7-F that has Ferro-Fibrous armour if you take your JR7-D and just put Ferro-Fibrous armour on it.""

So from that it looks to me like little to zero customization.

 

[SMOGZINN]

There’s no need to keep your eyes peeled for that Jenner JR7-F that has Ferro-Fibrous armour if you take your JR7-D and just put Ferro-Fibrous armour on it.""

So from that it looks to me like little to zero customization.

Kind of short sighted. The 'Free Market' (which I already see is going to have at least some micro-transactions before the end) could just as easily be for parts as whole mechs. Instead of looking for a Jenner JR7-F with Ferro-Fibrous armor you just make Ferro-Fibrous armor rare on the market, and limit the amount of it in supply so you might not be able to get enough of it to outfit your Jenner right away.

 

[Rifter]

Kind of short sighted. The 'Free Market' (which I already see is going to have at least some micro-transactions before the end) could just as easily be for parts as whole mechs. Instead of looking for a Jenner JR7-F with Ferro-Fibrous armor you just make Ferro-Fibrous armor rare on the market, and limit the amount of it in supply so you might not be able to get enough of it to outfit your Jenner right away.

Yeah exactly, I agree. They are doing this IMO so they can sell the "premium/most sought after" mech variants for real cash through micro transactions, something they could not do if everyone could just make there mech into any variant through customization..

 

[Elcs]

I like the idea of no or limited customisation because it fits in quite well with Battletech Lore.

But I distrust PGI strongly.