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[Aegis Kleais]

Suskis, on 24 April 2012 - 06:13 AM, said:

I don't understand all this Dervish love. 10 armor points in the arms and then you have srm ammo! 2 ML hits and you have exposed ammo... not to mention the 4 armor points in the rear torso locations: 1 single ML hit and you're in. and, again, you have LRM10 ammo! this mech blew up every time I played it...

This actually won't be true, necessarily.

The devs stated that they will be keeping the tonnage and critical space of the weapons from TT rules, but they are game-based adjusting the damage, reload, range, etc. A weapon's damage potency in this game is yet to be seen.

[DocBach]

Adridos, on 24 April 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

He was responding to your post about Ravens slugging it out with them, obviously.

Plenty of Ravens in the AFFC, thanks to the Liaos getting them shot out from under them. The Davion's fixed them, though, by pulling out all those cheap CapCom doohickeys and replacing them with a large laser and armor.

Edited by DocBach, 24 April 2012 - 01:55 PM.

[Soviet Alex]

Suskis, on 24 April 2012 - 06:13 AM, said:

I don't understand all this Dervish love.

Let's see, it's faster than the Centurion, has 1 ton less armour but we can add more in the mech-lab, has jump jets as standard, 2 energy (LA & RA) hardpoints & 4! missile ones. Lots of potential there. Yeah, you can blow through the armour & touch off the ammo with a couple of good hits, but the same is true of every light & medium mech with balistic or missile weapons.

[Ghostmammoth]

Voted for the Deveastor since I wrote the orginal stats for the mini game way back in the day..

[Dmitri Ravenoff]

I have no idea why I like Dervish so much but I always have. Good all around fighter, good speed for the weight, jump capable and fair but unispired damage profile. Load one of the SRM-2's up with Infernos and "burn baby, burn!"

I'd put one them up against a Hunchback anywhere but a city. (and I LOVE the Hunchback!)

Edited by Dmitri_Ravenoff, 24 April 2012 - 05:24 PM.

[Wergild]

I am a sucker for light mechs and had to vote Raven...

[tyrone dunkirk]

Thorn Hallis, on 24 April 2012 - 06:37 AM, said:

Yepp, because it translates into bling bling over BOREDOM.

... what's so boring about firepower? You make Davions saaaad

[tynaiden]

Suskis, on 24 April 2012 - 06:13 AM, said:

I don't understand all this Dervish love. 10 armor points in the arms and then you have srm ammo! 2 ML hits and you have exposed ammo... not to mention the 4 armor points in the rear torso locations: 1 single ML hit and you're in. and, again, you have LRM10 ammo! this mech blew up every time I played it...

Then yer doing it wrong.
J/k ;]

I honestly didn't have much trouble with ammo explosions back when we played Level 1 3025 nor Level 2 3050. Unless of course you tried to hug a Hunchback. Otherwise it did well in support and some skirmishing. Kind of plinky with the damage spread from missiles but with its maneuverability on a variety of terrain it could nearly always be in the perfect range of whatever appropriate launcher set while piling on the to-hit modifiers for the opposition.

And that's just the early version, the 7D and 8D it became less plinky and more devilish in the harassment and skirmishing it could do.

[B3RZ3RK3R]

If the Black Knight does make it into the game, despite the poll's count, I hope the Dev's stick to the artwork with the more humanoid appearence than the MW4 one. Though, the extra side plate the BK had in MW4 was especially useful against incoming missles (Just torso twist as the salvos are homing in.) so would be neat if that was implemented.

Edited by B3RZ3RK3R, 25 April 2012 - 01:34 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

tyrone dunkirk, on 24 April 2012 - 06:02 PM, said:

... what's so boring about firepower? You make Davions saaaad

Because all the firepower is of no use when the Devastator gets an Arrow IV to the knee because it got TAGged by the Raven that hid in a cloud of ECM.

Edited by Thorn Hallis, 25 April 2012 - 02:18 AM.

[Hayashi]

Thorn Hallis, on 25 April 2012 - 02:18 AM, said:

Because all the firepower is of no use when the Devastator gets an Arrow IV to the knee because it got TAGged by the Raven that hid in a cloud of ECM.

I'd hate to break it to you, but if only one of those is getting ingame, that's not gonna happen, either way. ;-)

[Karl Streiger]

No Arrro

Hayashi, on 25 April 2012 - 05:08 AM, said:

I'd hate to break it to you, but if only one of those is getting ingame, that's not gonna happen, either way. ;-)

No Arrow nor TAG nor ECM nor BAP? - so scouting would become a really hard job

[Hayashi]

Karl Streiger, on 25 April 2012 - 06:00 AM, said:

No Arrro
No Arrow nor TAG nor ECM nor BAP? - so scouting would become a really hard job

Naw, I meant either the Raven or Devastator. You can't play them off against each other unless both make it through.

[RUDE GUNS]

Dmitri_Ravenoff, on 24 April 2012 - 05:24 PM, said:

I have no idea why I like Dervish so much but I always have. Good all around fighter, good speed for the weight, jump capable and fair but unispired damage profile. Load one of the SRM-2's up with Infernos and "burn baby, burn!"

I'd put one them up against a Hunchback anywhere but a city. (and I LOVE the Hunchback!)

Thats Like saying I would put a Nova Cat against any mech except for....on..... wide open maps or hot maps...lol... every mech has its best maps load outs etc...some better suited than others..... you cnt compare apples to oranges... It's all about how you like to play... I am a mech noob in a sense I didn't start playing the game until MW4 but fell in love with it..lol.. no really...hahahaha... so I dnt have much exp with these mechs other than the "RAVEN" and the "BLACK KNIGHT" so i hope both make it in ;-p

Edited by RUDE GUNS, 25 April 2012 - 06:42 AM.

[Adridos]

RUDE GUNS, on 25 April 2012 - 06:41 AM, said:

...so I dnt have much exp with these mechs other than the "RAVEN" and the "BLACK KNIGHT" so i hope both make it in ;-p

Just do not forget Black Knight in MW 4 is a completely different mech than the one we will get. I mean, they changed it a lot, it odes not even have jump jets for real.

[Hayashi]

Adridos, on 25 April 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

Just do not forget Black Knight in MW 4 is a completely different mech than the one we will get. I mean, they changed it a lot, it odes not even have jump jets for real.

What's MW4?

[Rhavin]

Raven is in, however it doesn't mean the other 3 choices are out !

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

Hayashi, on 25 April 2012 - 07:46 AM, said:

What's MW4?

Modern Warfare 4. It is comming out this summer, have you not heard of it?!?!

[JadeTimberwolf]

question is will we see #10

Edited by JadeTimberwolf, 25 April 2012 - 10:37 AM.

[Adridos]

Alaric Wolf Kerensky, on 25 April 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:

Modern Warfare 4. It is comming out this summer, have you not heard of it?!?!

Black Ops 2, but it is the same thing, just with a different name.

Also, I am so sad that even though the Raven won, we got a stupid Bushwacker instead.