Mech Warrior Online: Rifleman Video Series

Here are a series of videos where I play the Rifleman 60 ton Heavy Battlemech.

Variants:
RFL-3N
RFL-3C
RFL-5D
RFL-LK

The below video is my first drop in the Rifleman, RFL-3N, with two AC5 and 6 Medium Lasers. I get 6 kills and 3 assists on 628 damage in a Polar Highlands Assault match.

MechWarrior Online: Walk MS and Extra Life Fundraisers for 2016

Here you will find the fundraisers I will be doing in 2016 while playing MechWarrior Online.

Walk MS 2016

For the third year in a row I will be raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society while playing three 12 hour sessions of MechWarrior Online on April 21, 22, and 23.

Donate to Walk MS Here

Extra Life 2016

Raising money for Rady Children's Hospital San Diego while playing MechWarrior Online for 24 hours straight on October 6 and 7. This will be my fourth year in a row of doing this 24 hour event!

Donate to Extra Life Here

MechWarrior Online: Marauder Video Series

Here are a series of videos where I pilot the Classic heavy class BattleMech, the Marauder.

Variants:
MAD-3R
MAD-5D
MAD-5M
MAD-BH2



In the below video I pilot the Hero Marauder, the Bounty Hunter II, MAD-BH2, in a Viridian Bog Assault match. The mech is outfitted with two Large Pulse Lasers and five Medium Lasers. I get 3 kills and 6 assists on 736 damage. Not an outstanding match, but it was fun.

MechWarrior Online: Inner Sphere vs Clan IIC Duel

What: Inner Sphere and Clan IIC medium, heavy, and assault mech duel
Who: Ozzy Jacknife (Inner Sphere) and Thell (Clan IIC)
Where: www.twitch.tv/gimpy21
When: December 17, 2015 at 6 PM Eastern

Ozzy and Thell will be going head-to-head to see which mechs are the best! There will be one fight in each weight class (medium, heavy, assault) to determine who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk!

AND... The person who picks the winner of each match and is closest to the damage done by the winner will get a 24 hour Premium Time code.

Raw video highlight from the match is here: http://www.twitch.tv/gimpy21/v/30570051
Twitch didn't like my choice of intro music so the first minute is muted.


Watch the "highlights" of the duel here"

MechWarrior Online: Gimpy Talks About Trial Mechs, Snipers, and How to Build a New Mech

A new MechWarrior Online player visited my Twitch channel, www.twitch.tv/gimpy21, the other night and had some questions. So, I took a break from my normal routine and the below video is the result. A number of other viewers thought I did a good job and asked me to put it up on YouTube for other new players. So, if you're new to MechWarrior Online, I hope you find this useful. :)

Topics
-00:00:00- Trial mechs, assigning weapon groups, basic tactics
-00:08:00- When to buy your first mech and upgrading a mech
-00:18:47- Sniping and sniper mechs
-01:01:35- Buying and building a new mech 

MechWarrior Online: Hellbringer (Loki) Video Series

Here are a collection of videos where I run the Hellbringer (Loki). A 65 ton Heavy Clan mech capable of equipping ECM.

In the below video I pilot the Hellbringer with a LB-20X, five Medium Lasers, and ECM. It is a fun comeback win (down 4-7) where I get four kills and four assists on 555 damage.

MechWarrior Online: MechWarrior Academy on Public Test Server

It's finally here and, despite a few bugs (PGI knows about most of them), the new player tutorial and training portion for MechWarrior Online is very well done.

I spent about three hours playing around in the Academy and had a blast!

Check out my experience in these Twitch highlights.

Part 1: http://www.twitch.tv/gimpy21/v/13224216
Part 2: http://www.twitch.tv/gimpy21/v/13223955

MechWarrior Online: Zeus, ZEU-6S, Video Series

Here are a collection of videos where I pilot the Zeus, ZEU-6S, 80 ton Assault mech. My favorite build is two AC5 and four Medium Pulse Lasers. It doesn't sound like much, but with modules and current quirks, the AC5 hit at full strength out to just over 800 meters and cycle fairly quickly. The four Medium Pulse Lasers are not to be taken for granted either because when they all hit they do more damage than an AC20 and they cycle faster.

The video below takes place in Viridian Bog (one of my least favorite maps for Assault mechs without jump jets) during the Blood Money Event (Possible 500k C-Bills Bonus) and get 6 kills and 2 assists on 924 damage.

MechWarrior Online: Warhawk B, WHK-B, Video Series

Here are a collection of videos where I run the Warhawk B, WHK-B, 85 ton assault Clan battlemech. I primarily run it as a LRM boat with four LRM15, three Medium Pulse Lasers, and a TAG.


In the below video I fail to carry my solo queue drop team to victory. I get 3 kills and 7 assists on 1244 damage in Tourmaline Desert.

MechWarrior Online: Griffin 2N, GFN-2N, Video Series

Here is a collection of videos where I pilot the Griffin 2N, GFN-2N. The Griffin 2N is an ECM capable 55 ton medium class battlemech.

The builds I am using are:
2 ER Large Lasers and 4 SRM4 with Artemis
1 ER Large Laser and 4 SRM6 with Artemis

In the below video I pilot the Griffin 2N with 2 ER Large Lasers and 4 SRM4 with Artemis in River City. I get 4 kills and 3 assists on 775 damage.

MechWarrior Online: MASC and VoiceAttack Conspire to Kill Gimpy

This is my first public use of voice command software, VoiceAttack, and MASC in an Executioner mech. I had tested it out earlier in the day in the Testing Grounds where I thought I had it working correctly. I was very wrong. :D

MechWarrior Online: Gimpy Talks About Clan Mechs, Game Modes, and Missile Mechs

A new player was watching my Twitch stream the other night and he had a few questions about MechWarrior Online. So, since my dinner was waiting for me, I spent the next 30 or so minutes answering his questions. The video recording is below. :)



Smurfy link: http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab

MechWarrior Online: New Mech Lab on Test Server

The next version of the MechWarrior Online Mech Lab is now up on the Public Test Server. I spent about 90 minutes trying it out and experiencing the bugs. It is obviously not ready to be released to the "live" server, but it is still a good improvement over the current Mech Lab and I like it.

Take a look at the recording I made last night, May 7, 2015.

http://www.twitch.tv/gimpy21/c/6660374

The first 30 minutes is a walk around the Mech Lab. The remaining hour is spent finding and playing with the bugs to be forwarded to PGI.

I'm not putting the video up on Youtube, because this is an evaluation of a feature still in development and testing.

MechWarrior Online: Multiple Sclerosis 2015 Chairty Event

Next weekend, April 24-27, I will be playing MechWarrior Online for 12 hours each day to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I will, of course, be streaming the entire event on my Twitch channel, www.twitch.tv/gimpy21, and will have Premium Time codes to give away. You can find the event details on the MechWarrior Online forum: http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/195479-multiple-sclerosis-fund-raising-event-2015/

Piranha Games was kind enough to schedule their biggest Community Warfare event, The Battle for Tukayyid, the same weekend. So, I will be getting lots of Community Warfare time in and I don't have to feel guilty about it! :D

If you would like to make a donation, please visit my donation page: www.StompingOutMultipleSclerosis.org

Thank you in advance.

MechWarrior Online: Wolverine Video Series

Here are a series of videos where I pilot the Wolverine. The Wolverine is a 55 ton medium mech.

In this video I pilot the Wolverine, WVR-6R, with two AC5 and one Medium Laser in River City. I get 3 kills and 6 assists on 1002 damage. The damage appears a little high, but an Artillery Strike helped and I typically do 500+ damage with this build. It's a good damage dealer thanks to the AC5 and general ballistic quirks it has.

MechWarrior Online: Community Warfare Beta

Piranha Games (PGI) gave us an early Christmas present and released the Community Warfare Beta five days early on December 11, 2014. Match making on the planets was a little rough around the edges because there was no way to see how many other people were queuing up, but that was resolved on December 18 when they added the number of attackers and defenders to the search planet window and allowed us to see how many people were actually preparing to drop on a planet for your faction. These small changes have really decreased wait times.

The new game mode, Invasion, is really fun thanks to Drop Ship mode where each player is able to bring four mechs between 140 and 240 tons total. Currently Clan drop decks are somewhat limited due to there only being eight Clan mechs available to the whole community. However, Inner Sphere drop decks have been surprisingly fun in trying to find the "perfect" combination of mechs.

The Invasion maps have been modified since December 11 because it was very easy to rush and eliminate the enemy cannon without much mech on mech combat being needed. PGI came up with a quick solution by adding three small generators that need to be eliminated before the main objective can be attacked. The generators are a little too easy to destroy, but PGI is aware of the issue and has commented on the issue and may be increasing the damage a generator can take before being destroyed.

Overall, Community Warfare in MechWarrior Online is very fun and is close to being what many of us have been waiting for since the game was announced. I cannot wait for more maps and additional features. Good job, PGI!

Below are some videos of a few matches I have played.

Death's Hand Brigade's first real win in Community Warfare on the planet Wing against House Marik. I had an issue with the Twitch recording at about minute 8, but it clears up around minute 13. I know that sounds like a long time, but the match was almost 30 minutes long!


Gimpy's First 2000 damage match in Community Warfare


In the below video, Death's Hand Brigade's 3rd Battalion defends the planet Waldorff from Marik aggression. It turns into a very close game and flying spiders are squashed at about 20 minutes in. :D

MechWarrior Online: King Crab, KGC-000, Video Series

Here is a series of videos where I run the King Crab, KGC-000, assault mech.

Builds I have run are:
Two AC20 and two PPC
Four UAC5 and two Medium Lasers
Two Gauss Rifle and two PPC


The video below is the first match I ran the two AC20 and two PPC build while in Terra Therma. I get 6 kills and 1 assist on 433 damage.

MechWarrior Online: Mech Quirks

The November 4 patch brought probably one of the bigger updates to MechWarrior Online... Mech Quirks for Inner Sphere mechs. Although a handful of Inner Sphere mechs were given quirks (some positive, some negative) a while back, the list was fairly short or the quirks were not very effective.

The MWO community was not impressed and generally ignored quirks unless they effected one of their favorite mechs in a negative way (e.g. negative torso twisting and chassis turning on Victors). Not a big deal until the Clans arrived back in June. Clan mechs have been dominating the battlefield since then and most Inner Sphere mechs have been viewed as being sub-par or lacking. Piranha Games took these views to heart and stepped up their introduction of quirks to all of the existing Inner Sphere mechs.

The results so far have been impressive. Not everyone is happy with which mechs got which quirks, but overall, I feel they have made a positive difference in the game play by bringing some Inner Sphere mechs up to a similar damage potential as the Clan mechs. In the past week, I have noticed more variation in the Inner Sphere mechs being played and not quite so many Clan mechs on the battlefield.

Of course, it is still early and Clan mechs will be getting their quirks adjusted soon. But, if you haven't played MechWarrior Online recently, I suggest you do and take one of your old Inner Sphere mechs out for a spin. There are some nice changes and you might be surprised.

Be sure to check out this site that, as far as I can tell, has all of the quirks for all of the Inner Sphere mechs, It's very useful and easy to use.

MechWarrior Online: Resistance Collection

A few weeks back during a town hall meeting Russ Bullock, President of PGI, mentioned their biggest money makers have been the mech packs they have released in the past (Founders, Phoenix, Clans Wave 1 and 2) and they would continue to release mech packs as a result. A sound business decision.

So, the newest mech pack is the Resistance Collection. A collection of four Inner Sphere chassis (three variants each)... Panther (35 tons), Enforcer (50 tons), Grasshopper (70 tons), and Zeus (80 tons). Not a bad collection of fairly well know Inner Sphere mechs. How they will hold up in today's MechWarrior Online is unknown though.

However, with quirks being added to existing Inner Sphere mechs on November 4 to make them more competitive with Clan mechs, it is a good assumption these new Inner Sphere mechs will have quirks to make them competitive as well.

The Resistance Collection looks to be another great value and lets people who were not around for the Founders or Phoenix programs or who could not afford the Clan packs to purchase a somewhat reasonably priced top tier Inner Sphere mech package ($80) to qualify for a special King Crab assault mech being released in mid-December.

Be sure to visit the The Resistance Collection page for more information. And, yes, I have the top tier Wrath pack already.

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Extra Life 2014 Aftermath

Please check out my Extra Life 2014 Aftermath post on the MechWarrior Online forums when you get the chance. Thanks!

http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/173521-extra-life-24-hour-charity-event/

Also, below is a match that took place in the 23rd hour of the 24 hour MechWarrior marathon to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.