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[InnerSphereNews]

COUNTDOWN TO BLOOD ASP

Mech Release May 15th

PREORDER THE BLOOD ASP

BLOOD ASP: Preview Live Stream

Join Daeron and Phil as they check out the BLOOD ASP!

Starting at 12 PST - 3 PM EST

Watch the Preview Stream Today on NGNG TV!

https://www.twitch.tv/ngngtv

Don't worry if you can't attend the Livestream

an archive will be uploaded to youtube afterward!

BLOOD ASP: Quirks

BLOOD ASP: Scale Comparison

Blood Asp vs Mad Cat MKII

Blood Asp vs Cyclops

BLOOD ASP: Solaris 7 Division Placement.

Drum Roll Please .......

BAS-PRIME Division 1

BAS-PRIME(S) Division 1

BAS-A Division 1

BAS-B Division 1

BAS-C Division 1

BAS-D Division 1

BAS-RA 'RANCOR' Division 1

BLOOD ASP: Faction Camo Pattern

Previewed in the Mech Lab

BAS-A with Clan Ghost Bear Camo Pattern

BAS-B with Clan Jade Falcon Camo Pattern

BAS-C with Clan Smoke Jaguar Camo Pattern

BAS-D with Clan Wolf Camo Pattern

BLOOD ASP: Desktops

BLOOD ASP: Titles and Badges

STANDARD TITLE:

The Blood-Eye

BADGE:

COLLECTORS TITLE:

The Fang

COLLECTORS BADGE:

*Collectors edition comes with both titles and badges

PREORDER THE BLOOD ASP

[FireStoat]

This looks to be a very fun mech to pilot, similar to the Madcat Mk II. I must admit, I like the visual appearance much more over the Madcat Mk II as well. The standard pack comes with superb omnipod options as well. Very well done, PGI. Now, the real question will come down to what walking animation it's given as well as the quirks that will be assigned. As it's an Omnimech with locked equipment, I'm hoping for some strong perks of taking the 8/8 omnipod loadouts.

Edited by FireStoat, 09 May 2018 - 05:41 PM.

[Creepus]

Oh for God sake!! Why are his shoulder guns so small? Look at his guns on art and look at his guns on screenshots.
What a punch into my balls...
Blood Asp looks like Hauptmann from MW4 now but with two shoulder guns.

Edited by Creepus, 09 May 2018 - 10:50 AM.

[Helsbane]

Yeah, I was hoping for long shoulder mounted weapons, not a mid 80s boom box on each shoulder...

[Daemonara]

Really looking forward to pilot this mech!
Smaller guns are gonna be better ingame, but yeah it did look a bit better with the longer ones in the art work.

Edit: Love the badges btw, especially the standard pack one! Can we please please get a pink one next time though? Pretty please with a cherry on top? <3

Edited by Daemonara, 09 May 2018 - 11:20 AM.

[Nema Nabojiv]

PGI FLIP THE GOOSE PLZ!

[Sniper09121986]

Nema Nabojiv, on 09 May 2018 - 11:21 AM, said:

PGI FLIP THE GOOSE PLZ!

Yeah, would make more sense to have it in the upper gun slot. Seems to be the case in canon though.



That being said there is D right torso with multiple ballistic hardpoints so there should be a way to bump the goose at least there.

[Tordin]

Creepus, on 09 May 2018 - 10:45 AM, said:

Oh for God sake!! Why are his shoulder guns so small? Look at his guns on art and look at his guns on screenshots.
What a punch into my balls...
Blood Asp looks like Hauptmann from MW4 now but with two shoulder guns.

Exactly my thought aswell. Looks like a clan hauptman...
And yes, make the shoulder barrels longer, flip the goose waffles and make the ballistics be in the highest hardpoints.

[Nelos Kniven]

I'm basically happy
High shoulder mounts, I'm thinking ECM dual LB20x brawler... It can't take an Urbie at point blank though

[Jay Leon Hart]

[Darksoul719]

Creepus, on 09 May 2018 - 10:45 AM, said:

Oh for God sake!! Why are his shoulder guns so small? Look at his guns on art and look at his guns on screenshots.
What a punch into my balls...
Blood Asp looks like Hauptmann from MW4 now but with two shoulder guns.

Seriously there is a huge difference between the concept art and IGM for the ballistic mounts and its so disappointing. I was hoping for the iconic long barreled ballistic mounts but nope we get what is essentially a sawed off rifle pls fix. Along with the cockpit looking too large to add another complaint about the model.

Edited by Darksoul719, 09 May 2018 - 01:35 PM.

[Vellron2005]

Please flip the gauss barrels..

Other than that..

<3

[Bonfor]

Huh...big difference on those shoulder barrels compared to the concept art. I didn't pre-order this one because I figured the huge barrels, while they looked cool, would have made the torsos an easy target. Now, with snub-nosed barrels, assuming the hit boxes are otherwise decent, I'll have to reconsider it.

[C337Skymaster]

Yeah, I have to jump on the criticism train and agree that shortening the shoulder-mounted gun barrels takes a LOT away from the appearance of the 'mech. I understand that it'll make the 'mech easier to side-torso, but honestly, having those shoulders protruding like that even as they are makes that pretty easy for any sharp-shooter. I'd rather have side-torso armor buffs and have the huge gun barrels than have tiny barrels that don't look right.

Along similar lines, in the thumnail that brings us to this webpage in the first place, the arm laser hardpoints are asymmetrically loaded: Rather than having mediums on the inside and larges on the outside (or vice versa), the larges are on the right of each arm and the mediums are on the left of each arm. PLEASE tell me that's just because the operator loaded the lasers out of order and they'll be symmetrical at launch, in the default configuration.

[LordLosh]

Love it, BUT I do agree it would work better, look better, and feel better if the ballistic mount was flipped to the higher spot and stuck out just a bit more.
That badge is awesome will be switching to it soon.

[Glaive-]

Am I totally trippn' or was this mech/patch always due for release on the 15th? I could've sworn it used to be due on the 22nd


Edit: Guess I've been seeing things all this time wow

Edited by armyunit, 09 May 2018 - 03:15 PM.

[CK16]

Can the Mk II trade rifle barrels with this? Funny the Mk It's are to long to the art and here ppl want long ones xD

[Nightbird]

Please ensure the PRIME isn't a direct downgrade of the Deathstrike, thanks!

[Ruccus]

While it still looks better than average, I'm a bit disappointed in the 'flattening' of the mech. From the concept art I'd hoped it would be designed more round than flat in which straight on it would have a slightly smaller profile but at a 3/4 and side profile it would be weaker than a humanoid mech.

Those shoulder mounts also aren't the ones I ordered - they should be about 2/3rds as tall but extend out past my cockpit. Initial impressions I think I'll give the overall design a 7 out of 10; once I get into the cockpit and skill it up it may grow on me.

[BTGbullseye]

Like everyone is saying, the ST pods definitely look out of place being that tall, and will be a massive target for anyone shooting you. I wouldn't change anything in this design besides chopping the height of the pods in half if there is only 1 weapon in it.