News from the confrence

[Overread]

Right now bug fixing
Big FREE update coming with quality of life updates and some customising choices.

Accellerated combat mode
More missions
Mech lab and store quality of life updates
Granular difficulty settings for different areas of the game
French, German and Russian Language coming

Lots of hints of a future more mechs paid DLC but no details

[Dorok]

More mechs DLC? I'll skip myself. I would prefer top model blondes pilots guild DLC.

Seriously, I would expect more from DLC. But I suppose they would cost too much. Ha well, I'm not a player that fit withe the Paradox DLC, well bought the few of Tyranny, but it's more the exception than the rule.

[Overread]

They didn't actually say anything about the DLC content - more mechs was the only hint. Nothing on price, release, size or anything so its a fair way off yet.

[DanteYoda]

Granular difficulty settings for different areas of the game

Can't wait..

[Chaon]

New mech DLC would be interesting to see details. I would expect more than just a couple chassis and their variants. Something like 4-5 chassis plus 1-3 variants per chassis would be okay for $5.

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Overread:

They didn't actually say anything about the DLC content - more mechs was the only hint. Nothing on price, release, size or anything so its a fair way off yet.

Ok but for price and size, it's Paradox, but there's a few exceptions even with them, so everything possible.

In dreamland I would request for Christmas more DLC like:
- Reinforce a lot the events and unique pilots including with a player option of no random pilots only a bunch of unique. Have events linked, and even some missions related to pilots. This could be done though more than one DLC, each adding more unique pilots and events, and a sum adding the extra player option of only unique pilots.
- Challenge missions adding pool of random missions that request specific mech categories (Light/Medium and so on). Could be done with a few DLC.
- A second campaign that would be shorter but more restrictive and a rush. Argo is stolen but a team escape with the small ship and then campaign starts with a restricted load of mech plus few mech at choice of player among those owned and and eventually restricted by category. At end, the team get back the Argo and all the precious mech.

EDIT: How I forgot, more skills/classes, seriously it's short and I wonder if the Gut specialization is worth of anything, it looks so pointless I suppose I'll have force myself to try it.

[rakshasa72]

Can you specify the source of this information?

[Lack of Stuff]

I predict more mech visual varient DLC. They already have the Umbra so the framework is done and it doesn't touch gameplay so no balance consideration needed. Easy money.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by rakshasa72:

Can you specify the source of this information?

I'd imagine pdxcon, missed the first part so idk.

[kaibarnard]

More missions will be nice and quality of life updates are always good to have - sounds like they've listened to some key easily fixed concerns (as well as bugs) so two thumbs up looking forward to it

Paid DLC - maybe depending on price and content

[Hewlett Craphard]

I really hope by "more missions", you mean "another campaign".

[Overread]

I'd expect a free update to be more mission types within the existing campaign. A new campaign I'd expect to be paid DLC content.

A free update might include a sub-quest story arc though or events; but I wouldn't expect a whole new campaign from it.

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Overread:

I'd expect a free update to be more mission types within the existing campaign. A new campaign I'd expect to be paid DLC content.

A free update might include a sub-quest story arc though or events; but I wouldn't expect a whole new campaign from it.

Your first Paradox game? :-)

[Hewlett Craphard]

Originally posted by Overread:

I'd expect a free update to be more mission types within the existing campaign. A new campaign I'd expect to be paid DLC content.

A free update might include a sub-quest story arc though or events; but I wouldn't expect a whole new campaign from it.

Well, no, not a FULL campaign, of course. Just something to keep people interested and immersed until more in-depth content is made.
With so much lore behind BattleTech, this game needs a lot more content and it needs it FAST.
This is why I continually harp on about the fact that people should be able to have the ability to make custom campaigns (what we used to call "modules", back in the day), similar to what one can do with StarCraft and StarCraft II.

[Overread]

Originally posted by Dorok:

Originally posted by Overread:

I'd expect a free update to be more mission types within the existing campaign. A new campaign I'd expect to be paid DLC content.

A free update might include a sub-quest story arc though or events; but I wouldn't expect a whole new campaign from it.

Your first Paradox game? :-)

Nopes, but not every Paradox game is Crusader Kings 2 ;)
Asides a new campaign is a huge amount of content - cinemantics, scripted story, map changes, etc....
Like I said a few subquests built into the existing campaign would be neat for free ,but it would be the most I'd expect. For more serious content updates I'd expect (and be happy to) pay

[Chinless Chad]

I want to be able to switch your crew out or have more choice in who you work for. I want off the Arano Express Bus.