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[Bishop Steiner]

MAD-3R, that is.
https://instagram.com/p/-fDXnXDPkm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0&app=desktop
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 24 November 2015 - 06:49 PM.

[Kaeb Odellas]

Why is it walking around in circles?

Testing AI?

[Xetelian]

That view makes it look pretty good. We'll see how the quirks and hitboxes work but so far I'm loving the look.

[Rhaythe]

Animations still need a lot of work... those feet, man. Like there's no weight to the mesh.

C'mon, PGI. Don't make me pull out my video of the Whale Waddle Waltz again...

[PurpleNinja]

I wonder if they'll ever fix the chicken leg animation.

[Vellron2005]

Looks sweet... can't wait till it's out for cbills..

[TheCharlatan]

Guys. Guys.
Please notice the big gun.
I might be mistaken, but it might not suffer from "teeny-guns-itys".

[Hit the Deck]

Wow it looks good..., especially in that perspective/view. Can't wait for Battletech!

[Roadbuster]

Marauder...my preciousssss!

[STEF_]

That confirms that I did well not buying it.
That mech is not the MAD, but a K.Crab cousin.

Sad.

[kanamisan]

not like the forums can get any madder then a hatter.

seriously though, it feels like the people who play the game are relaxed, while the people who spend time on the forums act like someone mercury in their hats.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Bishop Steiner, on 24 November 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

MAD-3R, that is.
https://instagram.com/p/-fDXnXDPkm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0&app=desktop
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

While watching that Instagram movie, the X-files theme kept playing in my head. I think it was the night vision filter. lol

[Ascaloth]

This is a veeeery nice self gift for my 30th birthday

[Chados]

It has been over twenty years since I last occupied the virtual cockpit of a Marauder. I was stomping around the Draconis Marches and the Rasalhague Military District in 3025 at the end of the Third Succession War, probably before a lot of you young pups were even born. The MAD-3D, a Davion design running a large laser instead of the autocannon, was one of the mechs available in Kesmai's EGA Multiplayer Online Battletech. It was very popular with Kurita, which was my faction. Warhammers were most popular in Davion and Steiner back then. I typically drove Riflemen, another Davion variant (3C, though in game it was designated the 3N) in hot world drops and by preference when available, and the Marauder the rest of the time.

The Instagram image looks very much like I remember the MAD, allowing for the distortion of 8-bit, low-res early/mid '90s graphics. It's going to be hot in default loadout, especially the 5D, which is the all-energy variant and a descendant of our 3Ds. I've been running the 3R's default loadout, with a uAC5 substituted for the AC5, on a K2 Catapult since October to get ready for this. It's what has taught me to manage more than two kinds of weapon groups in MWO.

Lot of people will run the Unseen just because they are Unseen. You'll see them a lot in the lower tiers henceforth, that's where you see the most variance in mechs, because that's where the "fun players" who run what they want tend to concentrate. If the hitboxes are good you'll see the asymmetric meta builds in the higher tiers, and the 5D's all energy format will prove popular loaded with pulse lasers, depending on the quirks. As for me, I'll drive it almost exclusively along with the Jester (I'll never leave my beloved Jester forever) til the Rifleman hits...then it's going to be hard to choose where to be. Probably the 3R(S) for the most part in the early learning phase, then the 5D once I learn to manage the heat better. It's been a real challenge in the CPLT-K2 with that PPC-heavy loadout.

The heavy queue is going to be unmanageable with the MAD, WHM, and RFL coming out over the next three months, not to mention the IIC Orion. I hope PGI is considering this, the heavy queue is already running near 40% most of the time.

[Ascaloth]

Chados, on 25 November 2015 - 03:35 AM, said:

The heavy queue is going to be unmanageable with the MAD, WHM, and RFL coming out over the next three months, not to mention the IIC Orion. I hope PGI is considering this, the heavy queue is already running near 40% most of the time.

Group drops is a solution, since the 3/3/3/3 went away

Marauder party, baby!

[Lugh]

Bishop Steiner, on 24 November 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

MAD-3R, that is.
https://instagram.com/p/-fDXnXDPkm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0&app=desktop
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

It has all the best things. good looks and pin point laser vomit. There was much rejoicing ....

https://youtu.be/yciX2meIkXI

[Hit the Deck]

Bishop Steiner, on 24 November 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

...
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

MAD-5M:

• 2x AC/5 (6t of ammo) + 3x LL (sword and board build)
  
• Endo, XL300, 1x JJ, 13x DHS

• Warhawk speed of 71.3 kph, 37 Firepower, 37% Cooling

It would be okay I guess.

Bishop Steiner, on 24 November 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

...
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

MAD-5M:

• 2x AC/5 (6t of ammo) + 3x LL (sword and board build)
  
• Endo, XL300, 1x JJ, 13x DHS

• Warhawk speed of 71.3 kph, 37 Firepower, 37% Cooling

It would be okay I guess.

[Bishop Steiner]

TheCharlatan, on 25 November 2015 - 01:31 AM, said:

Guys. Guys.
Please notice the big gun.
I might be mistaken, but it might not suffer from "teeny-guns-itys".

Hasn't hit final QA yet. Night before release, all guns get subjected to the "ice water" test.

[Daelen Rottiger]

Bishop Steiner, on 24 November 2015 - 04:36 PM, said:

MAD-3R, that is.
https://instagram.com/p/-fDXnXDPkm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0&app=desktop
So which model and build are you looking forward too?

Sure you are- you've got 30k+ posts in here !!

[Bishop Steiner]

Chados, on 25 November 2015 - 03:35 AM, said:

It has been over twenty years since I last occupied the virtual cockpit of a Marauder. I was stomping around the Draconis Marches and the Rasalhague Military District in 3025 at the end of the Third Succession War, probably before a lot of you young pups were even born. The MAD-3D, a Davion design running a large laser instead of the autocannon, was one of the mechs available in Kesmai's EGA Multiplayer Online Battletech. It was very popular with Kurita, which was my faction. Warhammers were most popular in Davion and Steiner back then. I typically drove Riflemen, another Davion variant (3C, though in game it was designated the 3N) in hot world drops and by preference when available, and the Marauder the rest of the time.

The Instagram image looks very much like I remember the MAD, allowing for the distortion of 8-bit, low-res early/mid '90s graphics. It's going to be hot in default loadout, especially the 5D, which is the all-energy variant and a descendant of our 3Ds. I've been running the 3R's default loadout, with a uAC5 substituted for the AC5, on a K2 Catapult since October to get ready for this. It's what has taught me to manage more than two kinds of weapon groups in MWO.

Lot of people will run the Unseen just because they are Unseen. You'll see them a lot in the lower tiers henceforth, that's where you see the most variance in mechs, because that's where the "fun players" who run what they want tend to concentrate. If the hitboxes are good you'll see the asymmetric meta builds in the higher tiers, and the 5D's all energy format will prove popular loaded with pulse lasers, depending on the quirks. As for me, I'll drive it almost exclusively along with the Jester (I'll never leave my beloved Jester forever) til the Rifleman hits...then it's going to be hard to choose where to be. Probably the 3R(S) for the most part in the early learning phase, then the 5D once I learn to manage the heat better. It's been a real challenge in the CPLT-K2 with that PPC-heavy loadout.

The heavy queue is going to be unmanageable with the MAD, WHM, and RFL coming out over the next three months, not to mention the IIC Orion. I hope PGI is considering this, the heavy queue is already running near 40% most of the time.

Only saving grace is my HBK-IIC should get in match pretty fast.