All weapons are current with the theme of the MechWarrior saga (Inner Sphere and Clan). Alone with much better graphics and audio the gameplay is much improved. Yeah, looked into it a bit and the memory core was in 3028, my mistake. This game is a huge jump from Mechwarrior 2. It'd be really cool if they get the dates lined up perfectly with all of the events happening in the Battletech Timeline.īut, again, this is why I was hoping it'd be set in 3015 - no double heat sinks, no ER PPCs or pulse lasers, and no dirty Clanners! So that means the IS 'mechs (i.e., me!) should have a decent fighting chance against those dirty Clanners once the invasion starts in 3050. So, really, doing an offset like this could work really well.Īctually, I think the Helm Memory Core was discovered in 3028, and then got into the hands of the Successor States after a few years since the Gray Death Legion was basically handing copies of it out like candy on Halloween. 3051 is when the Gray Death Star League tech is discovered (if I remember right) and when new lines of IS 'Mechs start coming out. So, when the game starts to get a little stale (depending of course on when in the year it is released), new 'Mechs, new gear, new stuff. 3049 (2012) will be all Inner Sphere type activities, 3050 (2013) would be an easy expansion with the Clan invasion. This will actually work out well if you think about it. In 2012, when the game is launched, it will be 3049. As of this writing it is 2011 and the year is 3048 within the game. MechWarrior® Online™ is running an offset timeline of the BattleTech® Universe.
What year is MechWarrior® Online™ taking place?Ī.