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[Thorn Hallis]

Exploding Boy, on 26 April 2012 - 04:49 AM, said:

That being said, I am personally hoping we will eventually, if not initially, have a lineup almost exactly like MW2: Mercs.

That would be great! I'd really love to see the Grim Reaper, even if I have to wait some time.

[Hayashi]

Goldhawk, on 26 April 2012 - 04:28 AM, said:

Lyran: Atlas... LOL. Wolfhound

Impossibru!

Lyran: Atlas, Atlas, Awesome, Atlas and Atlas.

[John Clavell]

Considering the model of the game and the fact mechs will be continuously added over time I don't really see what the beef is. And lets be fair. Aside from the unseen, most of these mechs are iconic to Battletech.

[WithSilentWings]

Charles Monroe, on 26 April 2012 - 02:41 AM, said:

Frankly spaking, I'm getting a bit disappointed with every next mech announcement.

Let us count a bit:

Atlas - seen in MechCommander, MechWarrior 3: Pirates' Moon, MechWarrior 4, MechCommander 2 (4 total)
Awesome - MC, MW 3: PM, MW 4 (3 total)
Centurion - MC, MW 3: PM (2 total)
Catapult - MC, MW 4, MC 2 (3 total)
Commando - MC
Dragon - MW 4: IS mechpack
Hunchback - MC, MW 4: IS mechpack, MC 2 (3 total)
Jenner - 0 total, or is there anything I'm missing?
Raven - MC, MW 4, MC 2 (3 total)

I'm not saying any of the above is a bad mech, but hey!

Am I the only one to think it is a bit silly? We are piloting the same designs over and over in every next game, while we still have a plenty of CLASSIC mechs here, which had never made a video game appearance.
I say, give me that Dervish, give me a Thunderbolt and a Battlemaster, or whatever other design we hadn't seen on screen yet! It is not likely that I personally would stick to any of those in the game, but I am most eager to see some new faces on the battlefield.
Seriously, if a Sunder* is a next mech announced, I'm leaving here. I just do not want another mech to ride the 3rd game in a row.

*yep, I know it is out of the timeline, and it won't be here; but I think you've got my point:)

Also, all of the mechs you listed are in Mechwarrior 2 Mercs. But a lot of the "classic" mechs you didn't list were also in that game.

I agree with Exploding Boy. As long as we get somewhere near the scale of MW2 at some point in the not too distant future, I'd be very happy.

Edit: link to MW2 mechs: http://www.localditc...ercs/mechs.html

Note there was also IS battle armour and Elemental armour.

Edited by WithSilentWings, 26 April 2012 - 05:13 AM.

[EDMW CSN]

Waiting for..

1) Urban Mech


2) Flash Man


3) Imp



Aren't they lovely ??
Thrash cans unite !

Edited by [EDMW]CSN, 26 April 2012 - 05:19 AM.

[DarkTreader]

Charles Monroe, on 26 April 2012 - 02:41 AM, said:

Frankly spaking, I'm getting a bit disappointed with every next mech announcement.

Let us count a bit:

Atlas - seen in MechCommander, MechWarrior 3: Pirates' Moon, MechWarrior 4, MechCommander 2, Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, BT:CHR (6 total)
Awesome - MC, MW 3: PM, MW 4, MW2: Mercs, BT:CHR (5 total)
Centurion - MC, MW 3: PM, MW 2:Mercs, BT:CHR (4 total)
Catapult - MC, MW 4, MC 2, BT:CHR (4 total)
Commando - MC, MW 2: Mercs, BT:CHI, BT:CHR (4 total)
Dragon - MW 4: IS mechpack, MW 2: Mercs, BT:CHR (3 total)
Hunchback - MC, MW 4: IS mechpack, MC 2, BT:CHR (4 total)
Jenner - MW1, MW2:Mercs, BT:CHI, BT:CHR (4 total)
Raven - MC, MW 4, MC 2 (3 total)

Fixed again.
Everyone forgets about Crescent Hawks' Inception and Crescent Hawks' Revenge. Hell, CHR was about as close to tabletop as you could get back in the day (y'know, without having a table...)

[CoffiNail]

MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries has all of those mechs as playable

[Hayashi]

[EDMW]CSN, on 26 April 2012 - 05:18 AM, said:

Aren't they lovely ??
Trash cans unite !

Fixed that for you.

CoffiNail, on 26 April 2012 - 05:20 AM, said:

MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries has all of those mechs as playable

Still the best MechWarrior to me. I'm hoping MWO breaks that.

[CoffiNail]

Hayashi, on 26 April 2012 - 05:30 AM, said:

Still the best MechWarrior to me. I'm hoping MWO breaks that.

Very much agreeing!

[wwiiogre]

Yep here is to hope.

Firestarter
UrbanMech

King Crab
Crab

Scorpion
Goliath the ATAT of BT

Chris

[Angelicon]

wwiiogre, on 26 April 2012 - 06:35 AM, said:

Yep here is to hope.

Firestarter
UrbanMech

King Crab
Crab

Scorpion
Goliath the ATAT of BT

Chris

Holy cow man, your "must have" list is my "please don't" list

[Samuel Maxwell]

While I can understand the OP's thought process, if Charles leave because the Sunder is the next 'Mech announced, he shall not be missed.

[Jonas]

Given the game setting is in 3050, there kinda have to have certain Mechs. I mean I would hope we do see more and maybe ones thaat haven't been some of the others, but lets face it Mechs are still handed down form father to son and so on house units have better gear but still there are only so many of a certain Mech in the Inner sphere so the more common the Mech the more often you will see them.

[Stormwolf]

IMO, we really need the following in MWO in addition to the usual suspects:

Light:
Mercury
Falcon
Locust
Spider
Javelin

Medium:
Dervish
Trebuchet
Griffin
Wolverine
Shadow Hawk

Heavy:
Axman
Ceasar
Cataphract
Warhammer
Marauder

Assault:
Devastator
Crockett/Katana
Stalker
Imp

[Naughtyboy]

Stormwolf, on 26 April 2012 - 07:18 AM, said:

IMO, we really need the following in MWO in addition to the usual suspects:

Light:
Mercury
Falcon
Locust
Spider
Javelin

Medium:
Dervish
Trebuchet
Griffin
Wolverine
Shadow Hawk

Heavy:
Axman
Ceasar
Cataphract
Warhammer
Marauder

Assault:
Devastator
Crockett/Katana
Stalker
Imp

*sniff* *sniff* i think i luv ya man...sooo many nice mechs in that list..the dream i have almost every night is to see all mechs from 3025 to 3050 TROs...i know its a bit to much ..but hey what can i say..

[Atayu]

How about adding the peacekeeper, or the warhawk.

[Grithis]

Atayu, on 26 April 2012 - 07:34 AM, said:

How about adding the peacekeeper, or the warhawk.

Warhawk is first seen in the Clan invasion next year. Peacekeeper is post- Jihad.

While I have my problems with the current mech lineup, I see that many people like it, therefore good business direction. I just hope they balance the selection out after launch and maybe step up the pace of release.

Edited by Grithis, 26 April 2012 - 07:54 AM.

[Evex]

The way I see it is the developers are releasing mechs currently towards the sound of specific roles. To this I'm assuming each mech class will have three mechs, which will cover the scout, brawler, and assault/defense role. Lets take a look at the mechs we have currently.

Lights:

Commando: Brawler
Jenner: Fire Support
Raven: Scout

Mediums:

Centurion: offense/defense
Hunchback: Brawler
Unknown mech : ?

Heavy:

Dragon: offense/defense
Catapult: fire support
Unknown mech: ?

Assault

Atlas: offense/defense
Awesome: offense/defense
Unknown mech: ?

[wwiiogre]

Cyclops,

commander role

chris

[Terbius]

'the only time you should worry about a soldier, is when they STOP complaining'
-The Thin Red Line

love it or leave it. if you dont like the direction the devs are taking the game, vote with your money. I personally think they are doing an excellent job.