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[Morang]

(Reading TRO 3025)

AC/2 - right arm
AC/2 - left arm
MLas - right arm
MLas - left arm
MLas - right TORSO
MLas - left TORSO

Torso, man.

TORSO.

[Hador]

Blackjack and Jagermech will make for some nice dakkadakka indeed.

[Mechteric]

Nice arts!

[Orzorn]

Morang, on 07 November 2012 - 12:10 PM, said:

(Reading TRO 3025)

AC/2 - right arm
AC/2 - left arm
MLas - right arm
MLas - left arm
MLas - right TORSO
MLas - left TORSO

Torso, man.

TORSO.

Well obviously he moved the medium lasers to his arms in the mechlab!

Edited by Orzorn, 07 November 2012 - 12:20 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

Wow

Sorry Alex, this is the worst MWO mech design yet. I know the original is not going to win any beauty pageants either, but overall.. bleagh

[waysted]

InnerSphereNews, on 07 November 2012 - 11:00 AM, said:

Twin UAC-5s barked into action...

...until they jammed and everyone died...

And that's the REST OF THE STORY!

[Morang]

To clarify my previous post: Great art as always, and Blackjack was predictable (as now is Orion... am I right?). But these hardpoints cramped in the arms upsets me. I know that old art shows it like this, but if you prefer artwork over TROs - why no lasers in the arms of CDA-2A? Now we're in the realm of adjusting canon Battletech configs for perhaps balance purposes... I'm worried. What's bad in giving the Blackjack less controllable but more staying firepower as per TRO with torso hardpoints? Jagermech resemblance? Damn it, they have 20 tons between them - it's even greater relative distance than 25 tons between Orion and Atlas (I heard that some devs think that Orion is too Atlas-like by loadout... ehm, so what? Great tonnage difference is enough).

[Stormwolf]

Love the Blackjack, but I was really hoping for a Dervish.

[Brian Banzai]

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Whew,

[AlexEss]

I assume, seeing as it lacks lower arm actuators it can match the Wang step for step when it comes to weapons.. In fact it is even more versatile

I know it still does not replace the -AH but at least now people have a medium that potentially can load a AC/20 in the arm. Or am i completely wrong..?

[Alex Iglesias]

hmm, the torso lasers was one that just flat out slipped past me, i should have know better than to trust them tro arts.

i'll fix that in the orthos

[Morang]

Thank you, very much appreciated and glad if I was helpful.

[SilentSooYun]

Not my favourite Mech, but a very nice interpretation.
Looking forward to shooting it in game

[AlexEss]

speaking of Othos... would anyone esle kill for a book (digital or otherwise) with the orthos and other concept art of the mechs in this game... I know i would pay some very nice money for that.

[Stormwolf]

Well, atleast we'll have six variants.

[OnLashoc]

NERDRAGE LEVEL OVER 10,000!!!

OH NOES!

[Gristle]

SquareSphere, on 07 November 2012 - 11:21 AM, said:

... THIS IS SO WRONG! This is Omni mech version, the battlemech NEVER had UAC5s as default weapons! This mech breaks the time line. The omni Blackjack wasn't available until 3057, that's post Tukkayyid!

if they were going to start announcing "future" mech they should have started with Clan invasion mechs

I'm calling out who ever decided to include this mech at this phase!

It's fluff man. The story is about A blackjack, not necessarily one of the variants that will be in MWO.

[Morang]

Stormwolf, on 07 November 2012 - 12:35 PM, said:

Well, atleast we'll have six variants.

I doubt we'll get them all. BTW I'm still missing a Commando COM-1C with a ballistic hardpoint.

[Orzorn]

Morang, on 07 November 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

To clarify my previous post: Great art as always, and Blackjack was predictable (as now is Orion... am I right?). But these hardpoints cramped in the arms upsets me. I know that old art shows it like this, but if you prefer artwork over TROs - why no lasers in the arms of CDA-2A? Now we're in the realm of adjusting canon Battletech configs for perhaps balance purposes... I'm worried. What's bad in giving the Blackjack less controllable but more staying firepower as per TRO with torso hardpoints? Jagermech resemblance? Damn it, they have 20 tons between them - it's even greater relative distance than 25 tons between Orion and Atlas (I heard that some devs think that Orion is too Atlas-like by loadout... ehm, so what? Great tonnage difference is enough).

Don't worry man, the same thing has happened before with the Dragon having no lower arm actuator. Its just an art fudge and will be fixed, same as the Dragon.

[Toothless]

Hey cool. At the rate they put out mechs, its nice to have about a years notice the Blackjack will one day be in game.