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[Devil Fox]

I'm actually surprised I haven't seen anyone form the PTS put this up. First thing I noticed when I hoped on was the new trial mech line up of the RVN-2X, CDA-3C, VTR-9K and a new Champion mech.



As you can see the next Champion mech is the A1 Catapult, using a slow standard engine, both ferro and endo. A guess at it's build is Champion CPLT-A1. So do you think this is an appropriate choice for the next champion?

[GRiPSViGiL]

65 total mechbays were they on sale?

[Voidsinger]

GRiPSViGiL, on 02 August 2013 - 06:30 PM, said:

65 total mechbays were they on sale?

Not unusual at all. People have now had this game in Open Beta for 8 months. Note only 7 are free. I have 86, only 2 are free. Large stables are becoming the norm, along with the attendent problem of reloading all mech bays at the end of each game.

[Deathlike]

Voidsinger, on 02 August 2013 - 08:29 PM, said:

Not unusual at all. People have now had this game in Open Beta for 8 months. Note only 7 are free. I have 86, only 2 are free. Large stables are becoming the norm, along with the attendent problem of reloading all mech bays at the end of each game.

The sad thing is... it shouldn't be that hard to optimize that at all. After a match, you should only need to update the mech's XP, your GXP, your c-bills, and any modules you have consumed. It is almost as if the game requires EVERYTHING to be sent back which is completely silly.

In the case of mechs that are "stuck" in the game, you can still update those are necessary. I don't quite see how/why it should get EVERYTHING again.

Anyways... have you guys noticed that the Champion mechs since the Dragon (from the contest) are ALL mechs that the Founders use? They are not necessarily the same variants, but the same chassis.

Dragon -> Jenner -> Hunchback -> Atlas -> Catapult.

Edited by Deathlike, 02 August 2013 - 08:39 PM.

[Tennex]

nice find.

someone had datamined the name form an xml. but its good to see it in game

shoulda tried it out : P

[Utilyan]

I had an idea for a catapult champ a few months back......

I Think this should be the catapult champ/hero.......
Its got a LRM 20 and a large laser, Then it has the cockpit on a ear.......as a last ditch move you can eject/Launch yourself in a arch like trajectory like a missle, spotting nme's in the last moment of your life....

It comes with broke ecm.......maybe it switches between jam and ecm randomly.....
I thought about maybe give it some jump jets.....

The very TRUTH is......no matter how rediculous it appears......you know damn well you'd pay 20 bucks to drive this thing.

Sometimes even tho a mech has alot of fail, this thing wins on character, you should get bling points for having this mech.

It would be awsome look you can eject right into a enemy mech. It might be negligible damage.....but it will come with a cow bell sound. Seriously if you showed up in this mech today you would be the envy of the team. Sometimes I think the devs are trying too hard.......if this mech showed up.....it would make money flat out.

Look it has one missle hard point......one laser hard point......a broke ecm hardpoint.......and an advanced eject system..... It has a ammo hardpoint on its left foot.