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[Owl Vaughan]

Great mech, love its bulk.

[Tenrai]

Think I née one of these!

[Arithron]

This is defiantly one for my collection. The look of it, the armour and the overlapping fields of fire.

Who couldn't want this bad boy for a charge straight through the enemy lines.

[Dr Leech]

This is an ugly Mech... but can fulfill much combat-roles.

[Vunguard13]

I think I'm in love @_@

I shall name thee: MRKD-1

Edited by Vunguard13, 24 July 2012 - 08:26 AM.

[Skibble]

Heh.

I love this mech even it it does look alittle suspect. It's a great tabletop ride.

Still use the lvl1 in todays combat enviroment

[Hiroshi Kurita]

I love this mech. If I can, I'll choose this one. Since they aren't including the Mad Cat and Mad Cat MKII, I guess I'll settle for this guy.

It's either the Stalker or the Dragon, but I love Assault Mechs and missiles more. Going for the STK-3H instead of the STK-3F because I love missiles more than lasers.

Wonder if I can change the Medium Lasers for PPC or Gauss Rifles, but I sure am gonna keep the SRMs!

[var1221]

good mech

[Cybercobra]

an.. assault.. catapult.. why did i not know of this one?!
I WANT TO LOSE MY VIRGINITY TO THIS THING!

[Sky walker]

Lovely Mech. I'll surely have at least 2 of these in my hangar bay after final game release.
one of them will be pink and it'll distract enemies by both: the looks and spraying endless rain towards the enemy!

[_Comrade_]

awesome a mad cat without arms

[Adridos]

Cybercobra, on 09 August 2012 - 02:22 AM, said:

I WANT TO LOSE MY VIRGINITY TO THIS THING!

Carefull with your choice of words, especially when you say something like that about a Stalker.

[Dymitry]

Grimwill, on 09 August 2012 - 03:45 AM, said:

awesome a mad cat without arms

hmmm interesting sentence here...2 possible interpretations...

(awesome == madcat (It is called TIMBER WOLF for Kerensky's sake...) - arms) -> false

(stalker == Timber Wolf - arms) -> false

and they both are false.

[Paladin1]

Rejarial Galatan, on 08 June 2012 - 06:45 PM, said:

I did not expect to see this mech at launch. Here is why: Why take a catapult when you can just now take a stalker? Yea, you lose some speed and mobility, BUT, you get a lot more armor. Seems to me a funky choice.

You've built your decision upon a faulty assumption of roles. The Catapult is a siege weapon not really designed for close combat while the Stalker is an assault weapon designed to close with a target and destroy it by applying continuous weapons fire at all ranges. You can't really do that with a Catapult inside of 200 meters until you get within the medium laser's optimum range of 90 meters.

[Paladin1]

Kolhammer, on 21 June 2012 - 05:26 PM, said:

its like a mini-me of the Catapult but looks like it will be harder to snipe the cockpit

Actually the Catapult is a mini-me version of the Stalker. The Stalker is not only bigger (85 tons versus 65 tons for the Cat), but it's older as well with the Stalker first entering service in 2495 while the Catapult came into service in 2561.

The Stalker is also much, much, much more common on the battlefield, being the primary assault unit for all five Successor States while the Catapult is found mainly in Liao space.

[Blaze32]

Cybercobra, on 09 August 2012 - 02:22 AM, said:

an.. assault.. catapult..

Yep I alrady have a custom vairent for this mech* cant wait for the game to come out!

*4 LRM20's (8 tons of ammo), 4 med lasers,11DHS, and XL engine. The most epic LRM support!!!
Many people would crap themselves when they see 80 missiles coming at them...

About 5 volleys to strip every ounce of armor off an atlas since double armor is here...

Edited by Blaze32, 15 August 2012 - 04:28 PM.

[The Muke Of Dania]

I want me one of these suckers..

[Strum Wealh]

So, I was catching up with this thread and felt that this point needed to be addressed...

wanderer, on 08 June 2012 - 02:33 PM, said:

Actually, the downgraded -733 Highlander remained in action throughout the Succession Wars, until the Helm Core got the Star League-era design back into production. The -732 at this point is back in production on Son Hoa, in Lyran space by 3049- in part because one of the Grey Death Legion members so loved the design he poured a small fortune into getting the -732 restored to manufacture.

From TRO 3050 Upgrade, pg. 220:

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As it did within the SLDF of old, the Highlander serves in attack, fire, assault, and command lances throughout the Com Guards and Blakist Militia. Relatively few found their way into the DCMS in the 3030s, almost all of which had been completely stripped of advanced technologies, but a handful remain in service inside the Ghost regiments. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Clans are even known to have put an original Highlander onto the field.
Since the re-opening of StarCorps’ factories on Son Hoa in 3057, brand-new Highlanders have also been pouring into the ranks of Lyran BattleMech units, both regular army and mercenary. Assigned to pro-Katherine units prior to and during the FedCom Civil War, most remain within the Lyran armed forces, though some managed to find their way into the AFFS.

The HGN-732 (what most think of when they think of the Highlander) is not being actively produced as of 3049 (as the Son Hoa production facility doesn't re-open production of the -732 until 3057 and Hollis builds only the -733), and is nearly unheard-of outside of the Com Guards, the Blakists, and the Clans before 3057.

The HGN-732b was completely extinct by 2810 (near the end of the First Succession War).
The HGN-736 doesn't make its debut until 3059 and is exclusive to the Com Guards and the Blakists.
The HGN-734 doesn't make its debut until 3062.
The HGN-694 doesn't make its debut until the FedCom Civil War (3062-3067).
The HGN-738 doesn't make its debut until 3069.

That leaves the HGN-733 as the only truly timeline-appropriate variant.
The -733 line does have two known modifications (neither of which are factory-produced nor would normally be considered "variants" in their own right): the -733C and -733P (one replaces the AC/10 with an AC/20, while the other replaces the AC/10 with a PPC).

It'll be interesting to see what PGI does with regard to the relative dearth of variants.

Also, as for the aforementioned GDL member:

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Davis Montgomery McCall (born 3002, died July 8th 3065) was born and raised on the world of Caledonia.

Davis piloted a Rifleman, affectionately known as "Bannockburn", until it was destroyed during the Clan Invasion. He was then able to acquire a Highlander, which he piloted up until his death.

Davis McCall was killed in combat on Hersperus II in 3065, while defending the planet from an invasion force made up of the 22nd Skye Rangers, the 4th Skye Rangers, the Warships LAS Illustrious and the FCS Indefatigable. McCall died when two enemy 'Mechs, a Rakshasa and a Guillotine, destroyed his Highlander 'Mech and kicked in the cockpit.

[PR1VATEER]

Wow, just saw the original, and boy was it HIDEIOUS! Where as, the new MWO version rules!!!! Night and day. Congrats guys!

[Bloody]

i am bettting most will try dump the LLs and put in GRs if possible, the current heat / ROF mechanics will limit the effectiveness of this mech