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[Ascendic]

Madcat MKII has always been my favourite mech. I mean the thing was on the cover for mech warrior 1, 2 and 3 but absent from this game? How can it be?

:sadpanda:

[Stickjock]

It can be due to the fact that the game is running in 3049... day for day... so today "in-game" is November 2nd, 3049... so, while the clans have hit the Periphery, they are still as yet unknown and have not invaded the IS...

Not until around March of 3050 (2013)... so we have time before we'll see any Clan Mech...

[XvDraxvX]

Ascendic, on 02 November 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Madcat MKII has always been my favourite mech. I mean the thing was on the cover for mech warrior 1, 2 and 3 but absent from this game? How can it be?

:sadpanda:

Dont worry i am sure it will come eventually. MWO runs 1 to 1 with the timeline of Battletech the clan invasion should kick off around March then we will have clan stuff.

I know how you feel i really want a Mad Dog or Vulture as some people know it.

[Redshift2k5]

The year is currently 3049, in the Inner Sphere

The Clans have not yet arrived, and so neither has any Clan mechs or clan technology.

Check back for Clan mechs next summer. Go strap into a trial mech

[Shadowfox1761]

Your have to wait until 3060 to get it. If I remember right its about 3049 in game right now.

[Cola]

Mad cat mk2 has never been on the cover of a game. You are mistaking it with the timber wolf. The mad cat mk2 is a 90 tonn mech made for export, built by clan diamond shark starting in 3066. It has only been in mw4.

Edited by arden, 02 November 2012 - 08:31 AM.

[Lightfoot]

I'd rather see the Turkina, looks cooler while similar to the MKII

Edited by Lightfoot, 02 November 2012 - 08:34 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

I really like the Mad Cat. The Mad Cat is what I instantly think of when someone mentions Battletech or Mechwarrior, however I always felt the Mad Cat MKII was a cop out.

I am unfamiliar with the board game, but the computer games always built up to an assault class mech. I always felt it was a way to make the Mad Cat make it to the end of the game. Basically, make sure the iconic mech can be used under any conditions. It isn't a big deal, but just always seemed a bit lousy to me.

P.S. I can't wait for the Urbanmech MK XII assault mech. All 100 tons of her shooting quad gauss and 6 large lasers...FTW...right?

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 02 November 2012 - 08:33 AM.

[Ascendic]

arden, on 02 November 2012 - 08:28 AM, said:

Mad cat mk2 has never been on the cover of a game. You are mistaking it with the timber wolf. The mad cat mk2 is a 90 tonn mech made for export, built by clan diamond shark starting in 3066. It has only been in mw4.

Ah yea you are right. Its been years and I do remember the timberwolf I thought they just changed the name later in the series I was not really up on the battletech story. Though on mechwarrior 3 case it is a mad cat not a timberwolf I think.

Timerwolf or I guess the mad cat? were my favourite. Although having the MKII as the heavier assault version was nice as the timberwolf / mad cat did get a little weaker as the game went on.

Considering in this game the assault mechs seem to be raping everything I think the MKII would be the better choice but if the storyline is 16 years behind then I guess it wont happen.

Edited by Ascendic, 02 November 2012 - 08:58 AM.

[wanderer]

Ascendic, on 02 November 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Madcat MKII has always been my favourite mech. I mean the thing was on the cover for mech warrior 1, 2 and 3 but absent from this game? How can it be?

:sadpanda:

It doesn't exist yet, for starters- MWO is set just before the Clan Wars. And it wasn't on the cover for MW1. When MW1 came out, the CLANS didn't exist yet- that is, 1989! The 'Mech on the front of the original Mechwarrior game is the now-Unseen Warhammer- and in turn that cover was a sorta-joke on the 1st edition Mechwarrior RPG, since instead of a Rifleman getting blown up from the cockpit, it was the Warhammer who had been doing the shooting on the RPG cover.

[Vassago Rain]

>sadmadcats.gif

[Dagger906]

1-1 year? Seriously? We have to wait decades to get something cool, like Fafneir?

[WithSilentWings]

Ascendic, on 02 November 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Madcat MKII has always been my favourite mech. I mean the thing was on the cover for mech warrior 1, 2 and 3 but absent from this game? How can it be?

:sadpanda:

Madcat MK2 was not on any of those covers.

[ReD3y3]

1:1 suks

I want daishi NOW

[Gimpy Warpig]

Lightfoot, on 02 November 2012 - 08:30 AM, said:

I'd rather see the Turkina, looks cooler while similar to the MKII

No way the Turkina looks cooler than mkII.

I'd take both though, more mechs the merrier.

[Conraire]

Ahem, the Madcat and Timberwolf are the same mech. Jade Falcon calls it a Madcat, Clan Wolf calls it a Timberwolf, think it's just loadout differences. Just like the Summoner/Thor, and Hellbringer/Loki, Maddod/Vulture etc. Think I matched those correctly.

And Yeah, MWO seems to be set around the same time period as MW2 Mercenaries. 2049 Just before the first clan invasion. I can't has two of the mechs I want, because they're unseen .

[MeiSooHaityu]

Conraire, on 02 November 2012 - 09:25 AM, said:

Ahem, the Madcat and Timberwolf are the same mech. Jade Falcon calls it a Madcat, Clan Wolf calls it a Timberwolf, think it's just loadout differences. Just like the Summoner/Thor, and Hellbringer/Loki, Maddod/Vulture etc. Think I matched those correctly.

And Yeah, MWO seems to be set around the same time period as MW2 Mercenaries. 2049 Just before the first clan invasion. I can't has two of the mechs I want, because they're unseen .

Actually, I believe the clans call it a Timberwolf and the Inner Sphere labeled it a Mad Cat.

[Krondor]

Conraire, on 02 November 2012 - 09:25 AM, said:

Ahem, the Madcat and Timberwolf are the same mech. Jade Falcon calls it a Madcat, Clan Wolf calls it a Timberwolf, think it's just loadout differences. Just like the Summoner/Thor, and Hellbringer/Loki, Maddod/Vulture etc. Think I matched those correctly.

And Yeah, MWO seems to be set around the same time period as MW2 Mercenaries. 2049 Just before the first clan invasion. I can't has two of the mechs I want, because they're unseen .

Actually, all the clans call it the Timber Wolf.

It got the name Mad Cat because when the Innersphere first encountered it, their targeting computers couldn't figure out if it was a Marauder (MAD) or Catapult (CAT), and kept switching between the two designations. Hence the name Mad Cat.

[StonedVet]

Dagger906, on 02 November 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

1-1 year? Seriously? We have to wait decades to get something cool, like Fafneir?

The Fafnir is a horrible horrible mech ... Huge Target that is slower then molasses in January

[MeiSooHaityu]

Lowridah, on 02 November 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:

The Fafnir is a horrible horrible mech ... Huge Target that is slower then molasses in January

Sounds like the Urbanmech