Another date has come and passed that was supposedly a day for downloadable content to come out. I've pretty much stopped caring, all I want is the CTF mode, the new mechs and maps I could care less about, but I'm looking forward to the CTF mode.
So, will we see the downloads before next year? 2006? when?
i dunno... a month? ;0
But for wishful thinking purposes, I'll ask for a week >>
Boid on the Xbox forums (a moderator) has stated it should be available during the last week of Jan, which is next week. If it's not out by 31st, we can all complain.
yes, yes we shall
I won't. :p
Well, 2 more days before the masses go nuts. Follow the link for Penny Arcade's take.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3
PainGod, one of the Day1 Studios programmers had this to say today:
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My apologies for the delay all. I can assure that the new content is done and in testing and should be released any day now. Being on the cutting edge of a new service is always a challenge. What do you do with players from different countries, how do you handle people joining games with new content that others do not have, what content do you give a person in Europe with a US box? All these issues and more have cropped up and are being resolved. The content has been done for some time ...
Bump. Apparently they are running into a few snags during the testing, so they may not make the 31st deadline...Just FYI if anyone cares...
Ha, and there's a big f**k you for deadlines. Sissies shouldnt make dates they can't keep.
Well hey, at least they still have unwavering support from the XBL community.
Take that for what it's worth. The MechAssault community is hit or miss. There is no middle ground, either you play good, or you're a fucking assclown. Seriously.
If assclown means "sucks" in this case, I am a registered MA Assclown. In the MA Dictionary, my picture is next to the definition of "Whipping Boy."
Wolffen, not so much gaming skills, as personality. Some people are great! For instance, if I host a 4v4 team game, and somebody on my team gets dropped, I'll still go for it. Hell, me and Freek have gone 2v4 on a few games and still came up winning. Then there are the other types, that as soon as they start to lose, they DROP, so it doesn't show up on their records. That, and talking constant shit makes you an assclown. Basically making the game fun = good. Being a stupid dick = bad.
Yeah, I heard that they're scrapping the weekly release thing, and they're shooting to just have one big DL available sometime in February..still, for how well crafted the game is, it's seriously lacking in variety, and they should really get their crap together for what is generally regarded as the Xbox Live flagship title.
I mean seriously, 5 maps is downright sad for an online DM style game. 6 if you include the Destruction-only Number 51.
Yeah, Chux and me can take down Casual Gamers #4, 5, 6, and 7. Perfect example was last night, some guy and his guest come in, both are atlases, they see me as an Uziel and Chux as a Timberwolf, me and chux hear his tell his guest "hehe yeah, we're gonna rock em in our atlases". I was all fired up to beat his ass (and I'm assuming chux was too) turns out they got dropped :( so it was a 2v1 match (in our favor) so we had to restart.
Highlight of the night yesterday: Chux, Me and like 3 or 4 other people in a game, Chux switches to an Elemental right before starting the game, his one, and only kill that round: Mr Ragnarok. It was simply beautiful to see an elemental missile trigger such an explosion :D
From dropship.com:
Just to backup FuryFox/Apokryphos. :)Quote:
The MechAssault downloadable content that was planned for January has now been pushed back to early February. Also, the "weekly release" plans have been scrapped as well. The content will now be released in one huge bundle.
My copy of MA is shelved until early Feb. then. I got tired of playing after a while, although I'll still be on to play with Chux & NGEFreak whenever they want.
BESTQuote:
Originally posted by NGEFreek
Highlight of the night yesterday: Chux, Me and like 3 or 4 other people in a game, Chux switches to an Elemental right before starting the game, his one, and only kill that round: Mr Ragnarok. It was simply beautiful to see an elemental missile trigger such an explosion :D
FRAG
EVAR!
Seriously, I only had one kill that match, but by golly I made it count!
UPDATE: From Xbox.com Forums, PainGod (one of the Day 1 developers):
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Hey All,
Just wanted to let you know that the first batch of DLC has completed its test pass and is currently in the XBOX official certification process. That means you should be seeing the new maps and 'Mechs any day now (my guess is by the end of next week). Since you waited so long we are going to combine the first four packages and release them all at once instead of a couple a weeks apart.
Thanks for waiting, I know it's been tough.
tj
Music to my ears.
Hopefully they patched in a way to use custom soundtracks during online play, but, that's just some random thought I had.
that'd be nice.
I stopped playing this game.... completly.
I used to play TNL'ers only, but since my move I haven't touched it, and with CvS2 here, itsd so much more easy to get into a match and go :)
*Checks game collection*
Whoah! I still have Mech Assault! How long has that been sitting there?
From Gamespy...
I'll believe it when I see it.Quote:
Microsoft Game Studios passed along word that the MechAssault downloadable content on the Xbox Live will be available this Thursday, February 20. This update will contain two new multiplayer maps, Hell's Kitchen and Stone Cold, as well as two new speedy BattleMechs - Raven and Corvus.
This thursday is supposed to be the big day.
From what I've seen from other sources, this date seems pretty legit to me. I'm still enjoying MA, so, the DLC is great news to me.
welp, I guess I'll prolly check out that MA game I have rotting somewhere ;0 Not that I'll get back on the MA train :\
Add in TEN new mechs and it still won't be as fun as CvS2.
The new content is up, I know someone who stayed up till 5a.m. (Eastern) and says thats when it was put up.
That is, unless you like playing on teams. And no lag. :pQuote:
Originally posted by Korly
Add in TEN new mechs and it still won't be as fun as CvS2.
Okay, like he said, new content is up. The new mech's are all right (corvus is a bit better IMO) and the new maps are pretty nice as well. Stone Cold is just all righ, and suffers a bit from "River City Syndrome", in that, as soon as all the ice pillars and what not are blown up, it's sort-of wide open, with power-ups spawning in the middle for those who want to brave it and get them. It's smaller though, so, sniping isn't as much as a viable tactic; small mechs can close the distance pretty quick and avoid the long-range tracking fire. Also, unlike the majority of River City, jump jets are pretty useful. Hell's Kitchen though, is genius. I can't really explain it all, but the design is just great. It allows for just about every viable strategy, and just about any mech can excel given you're a competent player. Plus, they have power-ups spawning on a small island in the middle of lava (covered with a very explosive structure) so it's great fun seeing who wants to risk jumping out there to get them.
Also, with people playing the new mechs so much, Ballistic upgrades are more prominent, balancing things out a bit. At least for now (I think people will get tired of the new mechs until CTF comes out).
Wish I could see the new maps and mechs and PLAY ONLINE! For some reason every time I try and DL the new content I get the Damaged/Scratched Disc screen. Which means I can no longer play online at all (since the patch is required). I called Microsoft the other day and they basicly said I was SOL untill it becomes a widespread problem and they can figure it out. FUCK YOU M$!!!!!!
Dude, that sucks. -and it's lame of them too. Wish I could help, but mine went without a hitch.
Xeno: Is MA the only game giving you fits? If so, pick up a memory card (if you don't have one yet). Copy your live account and Mech Assault saves to the memory card. Delete the live settings and MA saves off the hard drive. Copy your stuff from the memory card back to the HD. Try and download the patch again.
If that doesn't work, try to clear MA out of the load cache. Boot up 3 other games besides MA, and try one more time.
One last thing (actually, check this first): if you have any files for the new content on your HD, wipe it, and try running the download again.
The memory card thing didn't work. The error only comes up when I try and DL the new content, I can play the one player game all I want. Guess I'm fucked untill M$ fixes something.
Oh well. I tried. That sounded like some of the problems I've seen with Morrowind and the OXBM discs. Out of curiousity, can you play online with the Moto GP demo without any problems?
Boil your disk in water for like 15 seconds, take it out, dry it off, let it cool down, now try.
Yes, you've probably heard of that when you get a faulty disk, but I tried it and it got my PDO demo disk to work like a charm, so I now swear by this method.
Yes I can get the Moto GP demo to work and I play CvS2 every day online. The disc isn't damaged at all (it's still flawless) so boiling shouldn't do much. I even borrowed my bro's copy of NBA2K3 to try and DL the content for it and it worked perfectly. I think it's just a defect on the disc. I've seen the same complaint by others on other boards so it's not just me.
I may try renting a copy and DLing the content with it then just playing my copy, we'll see.