Robot Arena 3

[WeN]

RA1,RA2 And RA3 Don't need DLC.

[Bobyasianboy]

I actually don't mind DLC, but in this case if there is DLC, it means the devs won't want to support mods early on in the game's life because as soon as people start making mods, it'll make the DLC pretty much redundant. They even said in the original Q&A that mod support won't be in the initial game and they're essentially using the steam workshop as a bot exchange.

[Thyrus]

remember that there are two GTM members involved. my guess is clickbeetle for some reason. Considering the years of working on DSL 2.2 he might have talked about it

[Gauche Suede]

I actually don't mind DLC, but in this case if there is DLC, it means the devs won't want to support mods early on in the game's life because as soon as people start making mods, it'll make the DLC pretty much redundant. They even said in the original Q&A that mod support won't be in the initial game and they're essentially using the steam workshop as a bot exchange.

Not really, as long as the DLCs good enough (and big enough) people would still buy it regardless of mods (ie Crusader Kings 2)

[RedSawn]

Or buy it anyway even though everybody hates your company now (Payday 2)

[Vincent]

I don't think they're actually ready for "gold" release on Steam in May.  Even if the Devs are willing to keep updating it with new features and contents... they're actually in danger of getting bad reviews and thumb downs early on and that can ruin their major sale reach. Simply because most people don't take their time to read the details when buying. This happens a lot on Steam.

I highly suggest moving it to Early Access on May. It's safer and people (mostly) understood what Early Access means in active development and won't likely down vote because of incomplete project.

[Clickbeetle]

Hey everyone... so last Friday, I had the awesome opportunity to visit the Encore office, meet some of the devs, and see the game so far.  Firebeetle came too--he's definitely looking forward to RAIII even though he's not very involved with RA2 these days, and he had some good ideas.

I thought I'd pop in here and, as a trusted member of GTM, help allay some of the fears floating around.

I can't give any details about the game unless I get it cleared with the dev team first, but I can say this: RAIII is in good hands.  The team actually seems really enthusiastic about making a worthy successor to RA2.  This is no quick cash-grab for the return of Battlebots and Robot Wars--they told me they actually started planning the game before the Battlebots reboot was announced.

Without getting too specific, there are of course still some issues that need to be worked out before the final release, but nothing to cause major concern.  If you have a question along the lines of "will X ruin the game", then the answer, based on what I've seen so far, is "no".

In conclusion: Don't panic.  RAIII is very promising and I'm looking forward to the release. 

[DeadGenocide]

This is no quick cash-grab for the return of Battlebots and Robot Wars--they told me they actually started planning the game before the Battlebots reboot was announced.

Wait some of you all didn't know that?

[Badger]

Hey everyone... so last Friday, I had the awesome opportunity to visit the Encore office, meet some of the devs, and see the game so far.  Firebeetle came too--he's definitely looking forward to RAIII even though he's not very involved with RA2 these days, and he had some good ideas.

I thought I'd pop in here and, as a trusted member of GTM, help allay some of the fears floating around.

I can't give any details about the game unless I get it cleared with the dev team first, but I can say this: RAIII is in good hands.  The team actually seems really enthusiastic about making a worthy successor to RA2.  This is no quick cash-grab for the return of Battlebots and Robot Wars--they told me they actually started planning the game before the Battlebots reboot was announced.

Without getting too specific, there are of course still some issues that need to be worked out before the final release, but nothing to cause major concern.  If you have a question along the lines of "will X ruin the game", then the answer, based on what I've seen so far, is "no".

In conclusion: Don't panic.  RAIII is very promising and I'm looking forward to the release. 

I have 1 question, I'm not sure if you can answer it, but I hope you can.

Is the damage model functionally identical to RA2?

[cephalopod]

Glad to hear it Click!

[yugitom]

Trov

You alright there, Craaig?

[cephalopod]

Trov

You alright there, Craaig?

Damn I'm more tired than I thought I was. Just saw red and assumed. Apologies :P

[Kossokei]

Trov

You alright there, Craaig?

You alright there, Tom?

It's Trov. Y'know, brother is Firetrovaner, of the Trovbros. Builder of 6 Impossible Things, Cuendillar, Drumblebee, Razer, Chaos 2, Plunderbird 5, Mecha Mouser Catbot and Megatron.

[yugitom]

Trov

You alright there, Craaig?

You alright there, Tom?

It's Trov. Y'know, brother is Firetrovaner, of the Trovbros. Builder of 6 Impossible Things, Cuendillar, Drumblebee, Razer, Chaos 2, Plunderbird 5, Mecha Mouser Catbot and Megatron.

Of course, silly me. Although, Trovbros has a nice ring to it, haha.

Anyway, as Craaig said, good to hear, Tr- Click. I think it's cool how they're keeping in touch with the community like this. My hopes for RA3 have certainly gone up.

[Clickbeetle]

I have 1 question, I'm not sure if you can answer it, but I hope you can.

Is the damage model functionally identical to RA2?

I can answer this, because the answer is "I don't know."  I only saw the bot lab and some arenas--no combat yet.

[Resetti's Replicas]

The big question for me is: will I be able to build a servo-powered weapon like Panic Attack's forks or Razer's claw, that actually works?

[Vincent]

How come no one want to talk about Early Access program?

It's kinda a big deal if they don't want to get down-voted early on.

[Clickbeetle]

How come no one want to talk about Early Access program?

It's kinda a big deal if they don't want to get down-voted early on.

I didn't think about it at the time but I'll definitely mention it now.

Though they are monitoring this thread so they might already be aware.

[Reier]

Would it not be a bad idea for them to register an account here and make their own thread if they're already watching this one? Seems like it would just cut out a lot of the crap they'd have to sift through in this thread.

[Thyrus]

There would be two threads they had to read. And they would still only answer on steam