The Warhammer and the Marauder will eventually show up in Battletech, but not in Urban Warfare

[Nebula Serpent]

Someone finally asked Mitch and Jordan at Mechcon during the Q&A. HBS are not legally barred from using them. It's mostly a question of manpower and that they do not have enough personell to implement them. They will not show up in Urban Warfare, so expect something post-summer 2019 at the soonest. Everyone at HBS love the Unseen and they are aware that they promised them during the Kickstarter, they just had to postpone them due to the legal challenges. But Mitch just confirmed it, they will come.

I hope that finally clears things up.

Here's the link (huge love to the audience member asking it): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/343727858?t=06h54m01s

Also, ->

I think the take-away for Harebrained Schemes and Mitch & co. is to be more transparent with the fans these days. Communication have been pretty lacking in 2018 compared to the previous years, and while PGI and CGL have all gone out of their way to at least implicitly give us clarification on the status of the Warhammer and the Unseen following the end of the legal case, HBS have unfortunately been dead silent about this. It would be nice with more transparency or community interaction like on the old forums, especially when it's a question that has come up again and again but without any form of response.

The only way we could hear about this was thanks to an audience member at Mech Con getting the microphone, and if not for that person, we probably still wouldn't have any confirmation. So just for future reference, it would be nice to have more transparency and response to what the community wants to know about in the future.

 

[Havamal]

Pinned for now.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

I just heard this on PGI's MECHCON Twitch Livestream.

Jordan and Mitch said that they were especially intent on providing BATTLETECH gamers the Marauder and Warhammer because they both had been in BATTLETECH's Kickstarter.

: )

SWEET!

 

[Prussian Havoc]

Pinned for now.

It was indeed an official statement. : )

I hope someone soon posts a Twitch Clip of the segment.

 

[Nebula Serpent]

So now all the studios, Catalyst Game Labs, Piranha Games Interactive, and Harebrained Schemes are officially able to use the Unseen. If you check the Mechwarrior 5 trailer, both the Warhammer and the Marauder are in it, and Catalyst Game Labs are using the Marco Mazzoni's Marauder art for the 35 year anniversary of the tabletop game with a Combat Manual featuring the artwork.

Just so everyone is clear on this now.

 

[Havamal]

It was indeed an official statement. : )

I hope someone soon posts a Twitch Clip of the segment.

I'm aware. Pinned for now. Unpinned later for space.

 

[Azuvector]

So glad to hear this finally. The biggest questions that remain on this are:

1. Why is the Marauder so difficult to do, given it was in the alpha?

2. Why has HBS not even attempted to communicate on this until now? It'd have saved everyone a lot of heartache about it.

 

[Nebula Serpent]

It was indeed an official statement. : )

I hope someone soon posts a Twitch Clip of the segment.

It's in the OP with a timestamp.

 

[Ken-Sw]

This in From Mechcon
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-news-on-certain-legal-issues.1088504/page-50
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-battletech-but-not-in-urban-warfare.1132922/

 

[Camicon Dachass]

DRINKS! DRINKS FOR EVERYONE! AND CIGARS!

THE UNSEEN ARE SEEN! THE UNSEEN ARE SEEN!

 

[Havamal]

Ionized beam Light Show baby!

 

[Nebula Serpent]

I think the take-away for Harebrained Schemes and Mitch & co. is to be more transparent with the fans these days. Communication have been pretty lacking in 2018 compared to the previous years, and while PGI and CGL have all gone out of their way to at least implicitly give us clarification on the status of the Warhammer and the Unseen following the end of the legal case, HBS have unfortunately been dead silent about this. It would be nice with more transparency or community interaction like on the old forums, especially when it's a question that has come up again and again but without any form of response.

The only way we could hear about this was thanks to an audience member at Mech Con getting the microphone, and if not for that person, we probably still wouldn't have any confirmation. So just for future reference, it would be nice to have more transparency and response to what the community wants to know about in the future.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

I think the take-away for Harebrained Schemes and Mitch & co. is to be more transparent with the fans these days. Communication have been pretty lacking in 2018 compared to the previous years, and while PGI and CGL have all gone out of their way to at least implicitly give us clarification on the status of the Warhammer and the Unseen following the end of the legal case, HBS have unfortunately been dead silent about this. It would be nice with more transparency or community interaction like on the old forums, especially when it's a question that has come up again and again but without any form of response.

The only way we could hear about this was thanks to an audience member at Mech Con getting the microphone, and if not for that person, we probably still wouldn't have any confirmation. So just for future reference, it would be nice to have more transparency or indication of what the community wants to know about in the future.

As I recall, Mitch and Jordan traded a nod before Mitch launched into his “very polished and definitive” statement about the inevitability of the Unseen coming to BATTLETECH.

If I was a betting man, I’d wager that question was a planted one. But then I’m not inclined to betting and we’ll never know for sure, : )

Any which way, maybe for 2020 we’ll be ringing in the New Year with some BATTLETECH Warhammers! :christmas_tree:

 

[Nebula Serpent]

As I recall, Mitch and Jordan traded a nod before Mitch launched into his “very polished and definitive” statement about the inevitability of the Unseen coming to BATTLETECH.

If I was a betting man, I’d wager that question was a planted one. But then I’m not inclined to betting and we’ll never know for sure, : )

Any which way, maybe for 2020 we’ll be ringing in the New Year with some BATTLETECH Warhammers! :christmas_tree:

No, I don't think there was any plans for this response, I guess they perhaps were expecting such a question, maybe?

Anyway, we have plenty of Battletech with both Urban warfare and the incredible Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries, so I guess we can be patient

 

[Voranth]

As I recall, Mitch and Jordan traded a nod before Mitch launched into his “very polished and definitive” statement about the inevitability of the Unseen coming to BATTLETECH.

I took that as him granting permission to go ahead and release the info there and then.

 

[King of Zoot]

It's not like the mechs can just appear in the game after the judge slams the gavel. Rhey have to be budgeted time and money and locked down in the dev schedule before they can be announced.

 

[Azuvector]

It's not like the mechs can just appear in the game after the judge slams the gavel. Rhey have to be budgeted time and money and locked down in the dev schedule before they can be announced.

And given they were promised in the original kickstarter, budgeting time and money to complete them from the already-existing alpha assets shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Packrat]

Given the lack of updates on the matter, I had legitimately given up hope of getting these mechs, so this news is beyond wonderful!

Now I can't help but wonder if this also opens up the potential for the other Unseen PGI models like the Phoenix Hawk, though not having been in the initial Kickstarter pitch, I imagine such mechs would come in a paid expansion if they come at all.

 

[Camicon Dachass]

And given they were promised in the original kickstarter, budgeting time and money to complete them from the already-existing alpha assets shouldn't be an issue.

Since we're not privy to the workflow and asset management of HBS, we don't actually know how what kind of time and monetary investment it will take to introduce the Unseen.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

I took that as him granting permission to go ahead and release the info there and then.

Off the cuff? Spur of the moment? Such a large and long-sought announcement?

Nah... not likely imo.

But hey, it matters not. We're eventually getting the Marauder and Warhammer! : )