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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 11:46:38 GMT -5
Just spreading the word about the new Mech Battle game. Also a link to the online forum. It's a fun game that's fairly new. Developers seem to be nice & listen to issues. I still play War robots & probably always will. But I've been enjoying the different faster pace & stuff in the new Mech Battle game too. mech-battle.boards.net
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Post by RustFiend on Jan 2, 2019 0:36:00 GMT -5
Just picked it up.
Arcade-y feel(Can swap to Powerstone camera at whim, much props). Gameplay is fast and simple. I would say it needs a lock button, but things tend to die before lock issues seem like they'd be a real problem. Feels like War Robots 4 years ago, at today's War Robots pace. Gotta unlock everything before giving it a real review, but so far, looks to be on the reasonable side for microtransactions.
Two main currencies, regular and premium. Premium currency seems reasonably obtainable, with the max possible earned at 20(FFA) or 25(Domination) per match. Just built the equivalent of War Robots's Carnage: Bot: Independence Slots: 2 Heavy, 1 Medium Ability: Rush Current Loadout: 2x Heavy Machine gun, Medium EN shield
Obtainability: 4 matches worth of non premium currency.
Third currency is the "loot box" currency, but, it's executed amazingly. -Destroyed bots drop one on the battlefield, so it's directly linked to blowing stuff up, or zipping around and scavenging -boxes drop multiple items, each box has rows of drops on it's rates screen, each batch separated by a "+" symbol denotes you will get one item from each of those batches:Eg A1, A2, A3 + B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 Means you'll get 1 A item and 1 B item.
Fills a hole War Robots hasn't done much for lately.
It performs well on my trash tier device, I can only imagine how smooth it's going to play when I replace my phone.
PS, homing missiles can miss, Rockets are dodgeable A-「fluffernutter」ing-men.
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Post by Pulse Hadron on Jan 2, 2019 1:23:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I like this game. The UI, while I’m still getting to learn it, feels snappier and more polished than War Robots. Also there’s a weapon with an explosion radius and when I fire it at a wall near me I get damage! Lol, maybe that’s a bug but it’s fun. I like that there’s multiple camera views and it shows the player count for battle as they are gathered. Mech Battle, BoT, and Robot Warfare are here to help wean me off the increasingly buggy and frustrating War Robots, or maybe all 4 will become a mainstay.
There’s also a little game called warbot.io that’s very simple and only 2.5d but I had a funny little half hour fiddling with it.
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 2, 2019 7:58:16 GMT -5
This is my new go-to game. I would say goodbye War Robots, but I know at some point I'll probably play again, but I haven't played War Robots in days and only logged in to get my supply drop. I'm enjoying MB at the moment.
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 2, 2019 9:57:58 GMT -5
I like it. Slowly getting bots and levels.
1st person cam + Miniguns is sweeeeet.
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Post by ezekielcrow on Jan 2, 2019 15:13:39 GMT -5
Tried Robot Warfare and Mech Wars..extensively. Both were halfway decent but far cry from War Robots's level of polish. Mech Battle gets a lot closer and a lot of things right. It also gets a thumbs up from me simply because I caught myself smiling while playing. It was FUN! I havent felt that way towards War Robots in a long time.
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Post by CrownBlack on Jan 2, 2019 15:19:41 GMT -5
ok screw it...just downloaded it and will give it a go
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 15:25:42 GMT -5
Here is a new forum for Mech Battle. It will be easier to use. Plus offer more to the players. Attached discord server etc. Members of this forum will have easy access to it & not have to sign up. mech-battle.boards.net/
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 10, 2019 9:51:50 GMT -5
Here is a new forum for Mech Battle. It will be easier to use. Plus offer more to the players. Attached discord server etc. Members of this forum will have easy access to it & not have to sign up. mech-battle.boards.net/And now I see this mech battle forum does not exist. Anyone know what happened to it?
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Post by anjian on Jan 10, 2019 11:25:40 GMT -5
There is a game called Mech Wars and another game called Mech Battles. I get confused between the two. Both are similar to each other especially at their stage of unfinished development and need to put more textures on their mechs. Between the two I feel that Mech Battles might be a bit more fun. Or is that Mech Wars?
The one difference is that one of them has a heat mechanic like Mechwarrior.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 10, 2019 11:59:47 GMT -5
Ok, I just tried a couple of quick games. Not sure if I was playing bots or not. Anyway, it looks promising. I'm cautiously optimistic.
Things I liked: 3, count them, 3 different views. Standard behind bot, In the cockpit, and satelite view. Makes for some nice tactical planning on the fly. Fast load times.
Things that need work: no vertical look - similar to War Robots no targeting reticule targeting is iffy
So far so good. Better than the last couple of War Robots alternatives I tried, Robot Warfare and Mech Wars
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 13:46:34 GMT -5
Here is a new forum for Mech Battle. It will be easier to use. Plus offer more to the players. Attached discord server etc. Members of this forum will have easy access to it & not have to sign up. mech-battle.boards.net/And now I see this mech battle forum does not exist. Anyone know what happened to it? It was down a few days. I was getting spam from gold loader services. I started to question if it's really worth trying to create that place. Then a few other decisions were made. I figured I'll just leave it up. See if it becomes useful. The wordpress forum on the developers site isnt user friendly.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 10, 2019 15:07:58 GMT -5
So, I just took a chance and bought the starter pack. It came with 2 plasma guns that are only available at level 8 and a light bot with sprint and 4 light weapons. I loaded it up with rockets that I thought would fire like Orkans. Played one match with it and went through the whole match with this one bot. It was fast like a Pursuer with guns like a Blitz, but the rockets didn't fire like Orkans and I actually had to aim them carefully, which is harder than it sounds cause there's no aiming crosshairs. P2W? Jury's still out cause many of those on the battlefield could have been bots. Still cautiously optimistic.
Side note, neither of the other bot games got me interested enough to spend money, but this one did. The models are simplistic, but the maps are pretty cool so far and the action is fun and sometimes intense.
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 10, 2019 15:12:30 GMT -5
Ok, I just tried a couple of quick games. Not sure if I was playing bots or not. Anyway, it looks promising. I'm cautiously optimistic. Things I liked: 3, count them, 3 different views. Standard behind bot, In the cockpit, and satelite view. Makes for some nice tactical planning on the fly. Fast load times. Things that need work: no vertical look - similar to War Robots no targeting reticule targeting is iffy So far so good. Better than the last couple of War Robots alternatives I tried, Robot Warfare and Mech Wars Sweet!
I play a few games every couple of days (Real Life has been pretty busy) and so far I like it.
The very BEST thing about it is that the Devs listen. Then they fix issues VERY quickly. Homing missiles just got nerfed since they were being spammed. They will get some or all of their strength back, but only after they implement the countermeasuers. Flares baby... freaking flares! War Robots could benefit from having something to make Hydras miss... maybe a candidate for a useful module... if they weren't based on that stupid currency masquerading as a resource, power cells. But I digress.
Give it time.
Some basics:
Machine guns are good at range.. especially grouped. I don't think there is any reason to not have at least one build that is primarily meant to use them.
Mini guns are GREAT up close... like in-your-grill up close (I found 1st person camera is the best way to aim and use them in CQB situations, but that's just me)
The unguided rockets are... well... I think I may still need practice with them as I haven't found the best way to employ them yet.
Homing missiles (Hydra Equivalent) and the laser guided ones are good... but since they have been nerfed are much more balanced. They don't seem to have much range limitation. (Tip... if you are targeted by a laser guided missile from someone that is pretty close, you can stand next to the person that launched it and it will hurt them too... )
Plasma is sorta like a Gekko... but the longer you keep it on target the more damage it does. 4x light Plasma on a Zephyr is pretty fun. I have had issues with the medium and heavy variants... unless they have tweaked them in a recent update, buyer beware.
Cannons may or may not be shotgun like... one of the weapons in the family has shotgun in the description but they seem to work more like a closer ranged, higher RoF Nashorn... I use one of the medium versions on my Atlas with 4x MGs and it seems to work well when my MGs are reloading... again, still not 100% sure what the best way to use it is... but it works so far.
Good bots to try for that I have used (others may be good but I don't know yet) are:
Zephyr
Independence Atlas Armageddon Polaris
Good luck and hope to see you there!
IMO, YMMV
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 10, 2019 15:14:08 GMT -5
So, I just took a chance and bought the starter pack. It came with 2 plasma guns that are only available at level 8 and a light bot with sprint and 4 light weapons. I loaded it up with rockets that I thought would fire like Orkans. Played one match with it and went through the whole match with this one bot. It was fast like a Pursuer with guns like a Blitz, but the rockets didn't fire like Orkans and I actually had to aim them carefully, which is harder than it sounds cause there's no aiming crosshairs. P2W? Jury's still out cause many of those on the battlefield could have been bots. Still cautiously optimistic. Side note, neither of the other bot games got me interested enough to spend money, but this one did. The models are simplistic, but the maps are pretty cool so far and the action is fun and sometimes intense. I spent some money too. I've been playing a couple of weeks now and have enjoyed it. There are some games where I dominate the bots, other games where it goes down to the wire between a couple of humanoids. I've found that adding several friends, you'll be able to squad or go against humans as much or as little as you want. Or just farm silver, either way it is simple, fast paced and fun. I realized last night that I had not raged quit once or got upset like I have with War Robots. It is so refreshing. I've shelved War Robots for now.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 10, 2019 15:16:16 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE the sounds in the game though. And some of the explosions are just beautiful. Like the rockets I'm using. They fire 1 rocket at a time so it's a good thing I have 4 of them. They don't travel fast, maybe like Tulus and Pins, so you really have to lead your target. And if you miss, even a near miss, they just keep going and miss. So they do take skill. But, if they land...wooboy, they do tremendous damage. Not a 1-salvo kill like Orkans, but compared to the other weapons available at my level in the game? Pretty powerful. High risk, high reward.
I'll try to record a game and post it tonight or tomorrow.
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 11, 2019 8:25:11 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE the sounds in the game though. And some of the explosions are just beautiful. Like the rockets I'm using. They fire 1 rocket at a time so it's a good thing I have 4 of them. They don't travel fast, maybe like Tulus and Pins, so you really have to lead your target. And if you miss, even a near miss, they just keep going and miss. So they do take skill. But, if they land...wooboy, they do tremendous damage. Not a 1-salvo kill like Orkans, but compared to the other weapons available at my level in the game? Pretty powerful. High risk, high reward. I'll try to record a game and post it tonight or tomorrow. For sure, the sounds are awesome! I have not used rockets too much yet, gonna level a few though....
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 11, 2019 9:27:38 GMT -5
And they finally made it so that you can get a pic of hangar shots... Here's me:
I'm upgrading pretty slowly since I don't get to play often... but the starter pack helped.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 11, 2019 9:53:23 GMT -5
I'm really like this game so far. Way better than Robot Warfare with its sudden price jumps and Mech Wars with it's uninspired game play.
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Post by Why? on Jan 11, 2019 10:13:10 GMT -5
Hey, I'm having problems with mech battle using emulator. Can anyone help?
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 11, 2019 10:25:37 GMT -5
I'm really like this game so far. Way better than Robot Warfare with its sudden price jumps and Mech Wars with it's uninspired game play. What's your IGN?, I'll add you if you'd like to squad up sometime...
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 11, 2019 10:58:50 GMT -5
Hey, I'm having problems with mech battle using emulator. Can anyone help? I'll ask the folks I talk to that play it if any are using one... will get back with you.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 11, 2019 10:59:50 GMT -5
I'm really like this game so far. Way better than Robot Warfare with its sudden price jumps and Mech Wars with it's uninspired game play. What's your IGN?, I'll add you if you'd like to squad up sometime... It's the same as my War Robots name. OmegaGuyver.
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 11, 2019 11:18:20 GMT -5
What's your IGN?, I'll add you if you'd like to squad up sometime... It's the same as my War Robots name. OmegaGuyver. I think we need the numbers next to your name... kinda like the pilot ID in War Robots. You can see mine on my hangar shot (add me if you want!)
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 11, 2019 13:33:06 GMT -5
It's the same as my War Robots name. OmegaGuyver. I think we need the numbers next to your name... kinda like the pilot ID in War Robots. You can see mine on my hangar shot (add me if you want!) That's an insanely LONG number! I'l add a pic of my hangar! I don't have enough platinum to open my 5th slot yet though and I'm unwilling to commit to too many upgrades. I've been outbrawling mechs bigger than me, so I'm happy with what I have.
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Post by Bui Dui on Jan 11, 2019 14:03:53 GMT -5
Thanks, tried it out today and liked it very much.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 11, 2019 14:12:28 GMT -5
And...get this... you can upgrade more than one thing at the same time!
Add in the reduce by ad feature, upgrades so far are a cinch! I think my War Robots days are numbered!
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Post by Fanghorn on Jan 11, 2019 14:55:59 GMT -5
And...get this... you can upgrade more than one thing at the same time! Add in the reduce by ad feature, upgrades so far are a cinch! I think my War Robots days are numbered! I know my War Robots have been next to nil....haven't played in a couple of weeks until last night I play 4 games. Won zero of them. Scored 1.4 mil my first game but still lost. The silver payout is a joke compared to MB.
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Post by Koalabear on Jan 11, 2019 16:25:19 GMT -5
Omg I think there's friendly fire! My team won and we were doing that empty mags and firing into each other thing. I had a shred of HP...and I died!! Lol! That is so cool!
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jan 11, 2019 16:57:25 GMT -5
Omg I think there's friendly fire! My team won and we were doing that empty mags and firing into each other thing. I had a shred of HP...and I died!! Lol! That is so cool! I think, but don't quote me, that it's limited to explosive weapons... but it may very well be that other weapons hurt too... if so... I may have inadvertently killed a few friendly bots that were just standing still shooting enemy bots... oops.
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