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[Rebas Kradd]

That along with the Vindicator and Mauler, which are already in various stages of development.

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[Nicholas Carlyle]

Can you copy/paste the tweets for those of us at work who can't visit twitter?

[Faith McCarron]

Well we know we'll get the Mauler now that they've nerfed AC/2s to a sad place.

Wolfhound....do we really need another 35 ton energy boat?

[Joseph Mallan]

In both cases the reply is they are on a list be it short or just A list.

Faith McCarron, on 21 April 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Well we know we'll get the Mauler now that they've nerfed AC/2s to a sad place.

Wolfhound....do we really need another 35 ton energy boat?

If it works like it does on TT... I'd replace my (F)Atlas with one! Wolfhounds were the sturdiest dam Mechs I had ever seen!

[Nicholas Carlyle]

Faith McCarron, on 21 April 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Well we know we'll get the Mauler now that they've nerfed AC/2s to a sad place.

Wolfhound....do we really need another 35 ton energy boat?

Unless PGI totally messes with the Mauler's hardpoints...it's going to be beastly. Same with the King Crab.

Wolfhouse...meh. Panther...meh.

[Pygar]

Well they better get them hammered out already... cuz if they wait until clan mechs are released people will barely even notice those.

Other thoughts: Panther instead of Wolfhound, Crab instead of Vindicator... GrassHopper or Guillotine would be awesome additions to the Heavy Mech class- and please for the love of all things green and good PLEASE release a medium or heavy mech that can carry ECM.

[Harathan]

Faith McCarron, on 21 April 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Well we know we'll get the Mauler now that they've nerfed AC/2s to a sad place.

Wolfhound....do we really need another 35 ton energy boat?

Why not? The Wolfhound is the tank of the Light class, could be interesting.

The Mauler, I dunno. That's a big F'ing torso.

[Fang01]

Faith McCarron, on 21 April 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Well we know we'll get the Mauler now that they've nerfed AC/2s to a sad place.

Wolfhound....do we really need another 35 ton energy boat?

Yes.

[Bishop Steiner]

Panther and Wolfhound are sadly just about DOA due to PGIs hardpoint system, or lack there of.

What is one single thing the Jenner or Firestarter can't do better than either? FS9 is as fast or faster than either, the Jenner is markedly so. Both match or vastly exceed the hard points and the FS9s hitboxes really would be difficult to improve on.

Heck, you'd be hard pressed to get the Panther to 100 kph.

Don't get me wrong, I WANT both mechs in. I just don't see the point, currently.

[FupDup]

Harathan, on 21 April 2014 - 10:32 AM, said:

Why not? The Wolfhound is the tank of the Light class, could be interesting.
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All 35 ton lights in-game now have equal armor as the Wolfie. The Firestarter may or may not have better hitboxes than the Wolvie, it depends.

[Bishop Steiner]

Harathan, on 21 April 2014 - 10:32 AM, said:

Why not? The Wolfhound is the tank of the Light class, could be interesting.

The Mauler, I dunno. That's a big F'ing torso.

again, name one thing that the WLF does the FS9 doesn't do better? Same speed, similar size, can't improve the hitboxes on the FS9, and better hardpoint variety. Plus the FS9 jumps.

[topgun505]

Panthers do not have sufficient variants available in this timeline.

[Joseph Mallan]

topgun505, on 21 April 2014 - 10:40 AM, said:

Panthers do not have sufficient variants available in this timeline.

But a Hero or a Champion variant would fill the bill nicely.

[Fang01]

Then you give them improved pitch and yaw angles

[Jin Ma]

Just to organize it for myself

Wolfhound 35tons
Panther 35tons
Vindicator 45tons
Mauler 90tons
King Crab 100tons

[Bishop Steiner]

Khajja nar Jatargk, on 21 April 2014 - 10:41 AM, said:

Then you give them improved pitch and yaw angles

Not enough reason by itself. A twisty but slow Mech is still gonna be dead. And yeah, this coming from an Urbanmech fan.

[Joseph Mallan]

Bishop Steiner, on 21 April 2014 - 10:39 AM, said:

again, name one thing that the WLF does the FS9 doesn't do better? Same speed, similar size, can't improve the hitboxes on the FS9, and better hardpoint variety. Plus the FS9 jumps.

If you are willing to accept TT. WLF tank better somehow! I have seen a Wolfhound Shrug off a battle lance weapon's fire! It scared the heck out of my team.

[FupDup]

On a side note, the Wolfhound might turn out to be somewhat okay-ish because it will share the same engine limit as the Firestarter and Raven 3L, while also being able to carry at least 5 MLas.

The Panther, on the other hand, will probably have a max engine of XL200. This would give it a top speed of 101.8 kph after speed tweak. Its hardpoints seem lackluster but not horrible. Maybe some kind of long-range energy like an ERPPC or w/e, and have SSRMs in the CT missile slots?

[Faith McCarron]

Harathan, on 21 April 2014 - 10:32 AM, said:

Why not? The Wolfhound is the tank of the Light class, could be interesting.

The Mauler, I dunno. That's a big F'ing torso.

The Tank of the light class? How will it be any different from an FS9-S? Other than not having jump jets, that is.

Joseph Mallan, on 21 April 2014 - 10:43 AM, said:

If you are willing to accept TT. WLF tank better somehow! I have seen a Wolfhound Shrug off a battle lance weapon's fire! It scared the heck out of my team.

So....magic? We need the Wolfhound because....magic?

[Goose]

Joseph Mallan, on 21 April 2014 - 10:30 AM, said:

If it works like it does on TT... I'd replace my (F)Atlas with one! Wolfhounds were the sturdiest dam Mechs I had ever seen!

I won't call it un-neat, but I don't think anyone will keep the 210Std in it anymore then they do in a Firestarter …

In fact, you could go fake it with a 'Starter-S 'Starter-A right now: Std engine, no jets, and desperate for heat sinks. Just remember "Man-shaped requires all the armor …"

Edited by Goose, 23 April 2014 - 12:21 PM.