42 replies to this topic

[Dettmam]

People,

Is it serious no one else wants to see a 75 tonner at 95KPM with 3 LL and 5 ML (stock)?

Come on, the mech is god damn cool!

[Spheroid]

nobody wants more laser vomit. Also the Flashman is ugly.

[Mystere]

Demand? Denied!

[CycKath]

Spheroid, on 19 July 2015 - 09:15 PM, said:

nobody wants more laser vomit. Also the Flashman is ugly.

Really? Ortho line-art for upcoming refreshed version of TT Flashman miniature.

[Juodas Varnas]

We're already getting the Black Knight, which is 75 ton Laser Vomit.

What we need is Vulcan @ 40tons (we currently have only a single 40 tone mech - Cicada and it plays more like a Light than a Medium)

[Matthew Ace]

Juodas Varnas, on 19 July 2015 - 09:25 PM, said:

We're already getting the Black Knight, which is 75 ton Laser Vomit.

What we need is Vulcan @ 40tons (we currently have only a single 40 tone mech - Cicada and it plays more like a Light than a Medium)

No. What we need is a build-up of the 40 ton line, not just the Vulcan.

You know.... Clint, Hermes II, Vulcan, Assassin, Whitworth, Sentinel.

Viper (IS designation Dragonfly) and Mongrel (IS designation Grendel), and maybe the Phantom for the clanners.

Edited by Matthew Ace, 19 July 2015 - 10:01 PM.

[El Bandito]

Spheroid, on 19 July 2015 - 09:15 PM, said:

nobody wants more laser vomit. Also the Flashman is ugly.

Begone, heathen! Clearly you have no faith in Alex. He can do even better job than this beauty.

Juodas Varnas, on 19 July 2015 - 09:25 PM, said:

We're already getting the Black Knight, which is 75 ton Laser Vomit.

What we need is Vulcan @ 40tons (we currently have only a single 40 tone mech - Cicada and it plays more like a Light than a Medium)

I will skip the BK entirely if there is a chance of Flashman arriving. The high mounted hardpoints are too hard to resist.

As for the 40 ton Medium, I want the Assassin for missiles. Cicada covered the dakka part already.

Edited by El Bandito, 19 July 2015 - 09:40 PM.

[Juodas Varnas]

El Bandito, on 19 July 2015 - 09:35 PM, said:

As for the 40 ton Medium, I want the Assassin for missiles. Cicada covered the dakka part already.

If you think we need a missile based 40 tonners (besides X-5), i'd much rather get the Whitworth,

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 19 July 2015 - 09:46 PM.

[El Bandito]

Juodas Varnas, on 19 July 2015 - 09:43 PM, said:

If you think we need a missile based 40 tonners (besides X-5), i'd much rather get the Whitworth,

We don't talk about the "Tin Woodsman" here.

Whitworth is possibly the most forgotten current tech mech.

Edited by El Bandito, 19 July 2015 - 09:50 PM.

[Matthew Ace]

El Bandito, on 19 July 2015 - 09:35 PM, said:

Begone, heathen! Clearly you have no faith in Alex. He can do even better job than this beauty.







I will skip the BK entirely if there is a chance of Flashman arriving. The high mounted hardpoints are too hard to resist.

As for the 40 ton Medium, I want the Assassin for missiles. Cicada covered the dakka part already.

Juodas Varnas, on 19 July 2015 - 09:43 PM, said:

If you think we need a missile based 40 tonners (besides X-5), i'd much rather get the Whitworth,

El Bandito, on 19 July 2015 - 09:49 PM, said:

We don't talk about the "Tin Woodsman" here.

Whitworth is possibly the most forgotten current tech mech.

Now now guys, why don't we have BOTH.

They both play differently anyway.

[627]

wait, you want this guy?

[Escef]

About the only thing the Flashman brings to the table is the top speed. Everything else is already done as well or better by existing (or soon to arrive) mechs.

[bad arcade kitty]

viper where

[ColonelMetus]

I also demand the man of flash

[aniviron]

I'd like to see the Flashman, yeah. I don't think it's what this game needs most right now, but maybe in the next round of IS mechs. It's probably my favourite IS heavy, but we already have a lot of those. I guess it has the potential to be a good 75 ton IS heavy though, so there's that- but there's still a half dozen IS mechs I want to see first, like the Thug, Javelin, Sentinel, Assassin, etc.

[lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol]

A challenger appears!

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

We just need a Trash Can Collection:

Urbanmech
????
Flashman
Imp

I can never remember the best medium option...

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Juodas Varnas, on 19 July 2015 - 09:43 PM, said:

If you think we need a missile based 40 tonners (besides X-5), i'd much rather get the Whitworth,

Oh my god it looks like the Vindicators cousin. Ill take it.

[martian]

Dettmam, on 19 July 2015 - 09:13 PM, said:

People,

Is it serious no one else wants to see a 75 tonner at 95KPM with 3 LL and 5 ML (stock)?

Come on, the mech is god damn cool!

There are some pros and cons ...

Pros:
1) High arm-mounted hardpoints
2) Flashman is a respected 'Mech in BattleTech. I like FLS-7K in the Succession Wars era, FLS-8K in the Clan Invasion era and FLS-9M in the modern era.

Cons:
There are (or soon are going to be) three very similar energy-based 'Mechs:

• 65 tons - Thunderbolt with its four most used energy variants (TDR-5SS/9S/9SE/Tallman)
  
• 70 tons - Grasshopper - again, all variants are energy-based (nobody cares about that small missile hardpoint anyway)
  
• 75 tons - Black Knight - upcoming 'Mech; all its variants will be energy based too

So honestly, Flashman would be just the fourth 'Mech in the line of more or less same 'Mechs.

And of course, the quirks would be the most important thing.

[TheArisen]

martian, on 19 July 2015 - 11:08 PM, said:

There are some pros and cons ...

Pros:
1) High arm-mounted hardpoints
2) Flashman is a respected 'Mech in BattleTech. I like FLS-7K in the Succession Wars era, FLS-8K in the Clan Invasion era and FLS-9M in the modern era.

Cons:
There are (or soon are going to be) three very similar energy-based 'Mechs:

• 65 tons - Thunderbolt with its four most used energy variants (TDR-5SS/9S/9SE/Tallman)
  
• 70 tons - Grasshopper - again, all variants are energy-based (nobody cares about that small missile hardpoint anyway)
  
• 75 tons - Black Knight - upcoming 'Mech; all its variants will be energy based too

So honestly, Flashman would be just the fourth 'Mech in the line of more or less same 'Mechs.

And of course, the quirks would be the most important thing.

That's why we need the Falconer, Penetrator (mostly energy but 1 missile), Bandersnatch over the Flash. The BK is even going to have a 375 max engine rating. So the FM is just repetitive.