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[Death Mallet]

How about a Thug?

Not as pretty as the Warhammer, but at least its got a similar play feel.

[Neovenator]

At this point the Thug is not an option either. If your looking to have a mech with 2+ PPCs you need to be thinking about the Awesome or the Catapult K2 variant (which they have shone in game pics/vids) which has twin PPCs.

[Death Mallet]

What's wrong with the Thug?

[Paladin1]

Nothing's really "wrong" with it, other than it's extremely rare at this point in the timeline and hasn't been in production for about 300 years.

[Vladdaimpaler]

Well rare as in rotation there is a few thousand of em sitting on some small planet somewhere....

[Vanidor]

My favorite mech was always the Thunderbolt. I sure hope they have it in MWO.

My favorite mech was always the Thunderbolt. I sure hope they have it in MWO.

My favorite mech was always the Thunderbolt. I sure hope they have it in MWO.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

There isn't any mech I can think of at the moment that you can MechLab to totally replicate the Warhammer. You could fit 2 PPC's on a Cataphract but not the SRM6. If its just the 2 PPCs then you can do that with any of the heavier mechs.

[Kodiak Jorgensson]

Vladdaimpaler, on 07 June 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:

Well rare as in rotation there is a few thousand of em sitting on some small planet somewhere....

yeah its called terra, where comstar kept the majority of its star league tech...

[Rayah]

Neovenator, on 07 June 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:

At this point the Thug is not an option either. If your looking to have a mech with 2+ PPCs you need to be thinking about the Awesome or the Catapult K2 variant (which they have shone in game pics/vids) which has twin PPCs.

Or a Swayback with no other weapons and about 40 heat sinks

[Namwons]

Nik Van Rhijn, on 07 June 2012 - 08:01 AM, said:

There isn't any mech I can think of at the moment that you can MechLab to totally replicate the Warhammer. You could fit 2 PPC's on a Cataphract but not the SRM6. If its just the 2 PPCs then you can do that with any of the heavier mechs.

you can actually put two PPC's into the side torsos of a Catapult C1 plus two SRM6 inplace of the LRM racks

[Major Bill Curtis]

Death Mallet, on 07 June 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

What's wrong with the Thug?

It's a Star League 'mech. They haven't done any Star League 'mechs, and for good reason. Put one in and no one will drive anything else, since the SL 'mechs are better. They're also incredibly rare in 3049, with very few in operation outside of the Com Guard.

[Namwons]

Here u go. The CataHammer. 2x PPC, 2x SSR6 (2tons ammo) 2x MMlas. 4/6/4 w/BAP and 12 tons FF with Endo

[Solis Obscuri]

Thug's 3025 canon.

Hasn't been produced with DHS, endo-steel and CASE for a few centuries, but Earthwerks produced the downgraded -10E version until the production lines on Tikonov were sabotaged by retreating CCAF troops in 3028.

However, with the Awesome already providing an Assault-class PPC boat, I doubt we'll see the Thug. The CPLT-K2 is probably the closest thing to a Warhammer (in terms of loadout) we'll be seeing for a while.

[Kobold]

Besides looks, the mechlab will let you cobble together enough variants to replicate the majority of the styles of mech you want. They won't be exact copies, but they will be close. You could easily turn any of the stock heavies into a twin PPC mech, as they all have at least two energy mounts. The question is just what else you can fit.