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Poll: Would you buy this? (539 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you buy this for 40 dollars?

  1. Yes, take my wallet (304 votes [56.40%])

    Percentage of vote: 56.40%

  2. I'd wait for cbills (184 votes [34.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 34.14%

  3. No interest in crabs. (51 votes [9.46%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.46%

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#121 The Silent Protagonist

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Posted 28 January 2014 - 03:03 AM

This needs to happen. This must happen. If this doesn't happen, then animal heads will begin appearing in beds. Think of all the money those unfortunate few would have to spend on cleaning their sheets (needs some mega detergent, voice of experience here!) You wouldn't want to be the catalyst for all that, would you?

View PostCoralld, on 15 January 2014 - 02:37 PM, said:

I so want PGI to put in Operation Cancer, I really, really do... I can see it now.

PGI: Hey guys, for this patch we are releasing Operation Cancer mech pack with the Crab and King Crab, so get your melted butter ready because the future is crabs.

What MWO would look like for the next month or so...
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And the game, nay, the world would be better for it.

Edited by Lt XKalibur, 28 January 2014 - 03:12 AM.


#122 MustrumRidcully

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Posted 30 January 2014 - 07:55 AM

Are we there yet?

#123 Coralld

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Posted 30 January 2014 - 04:12 PM

Can you feel it Mr. Crabs?
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#124 Krujiente

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Posted 02 February 2014 - 03:00 AM

I can't hear anything over my desperate need to have crabs.

#125 HammerSwarm

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Posted 02 February 2014 - 07:47 AM

PGI! please people want the carb! They want it soon! can we see some new IS mech announcements and official art work? I mean I loved the days personally where we had mech art for the future and each mech announcement came from a pool we could argue about!

Show us your plans, and we'll be excited, let us know the clab is coming and we'll stop pinching each other in excitement...I promise!

Edited by HammerSwarm, 02 February 2014 - 07:49 AM.


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Posted 03 February 2014 - 09:52 AM

I greatly back up the idea once PGI has a moment to make new mechs that they should introduce the Crabs. I have some bias as I am in the birth time of Cancer but none the less I support your efforts and hopefully it gets implemented one day.

I am not currently in the buying mood for things, but if it is more reasonably priced maybe.

#127 Jarl Dane

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Posted 04 February 2014 - 04:13 PM

CRABS.

We need them. Nooooooow.

#128 Redshift2k5

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Posted 04 February 2014 - 04:54 PM

The King Crab may seem "overpowered" compared to some current chassis in the current meta... but the Daishi is coming in four months, and this is an Inner sphere mech I feel can make even a Daishi pilot think twice.

Plus a lot of people will be happy to buy Clan mechs and buy a King Crab.

#129 Coralld

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Posted 04 February 2014 - 07:31 PM

View PostRedshift2k5, on 04 February 2014 - 04:54 PM, said:

The King Crab may seem "overpowered" compared to some current chassis in the current meta... but the Daishi is coming in four months, and this is an Inner sphere mech I feel can make even a Daishi pilot think twice.

Plus a lot of people will be happy to buy Clan mechs and buy a King Crab.

Oh dear god, my buddies and I were talking about this today and the strong potential for the Clans to have AC60 Dire Wolf's and Warhawk's.

And when that day comes I will be on the roof of my house screaming "CRABS, My kingdom for some CRABS!!"

#130 Tesunie

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Posted 04 February 2014 - 07:42 PM

View PostCoralld, on 04 February 2014 - 07:31 PM, said:

And when that day comes I will be on the roof of my house screaming "CRABS, My kingdom for some CRABS!!"


Sounds like a personal problems you shouldn't be shouting... :( (Couldn't help myself!)


Anyway, I was personally hoping that the "new" mech coming out was either an Urbanmech, or that they would have played a trick with the teaser info and made it the Panther or... A CRAB! But alas, no. We got a Firestarter. (Cool mech still, but I want me some crabs!)

#131 Jarl Dane

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Posted 09 February 2014 - 05:45 AM

What about the CRABS? OH THE CRABMANITY.

Return once more to the top of the forums crab topic! Return!

Also:

A Firestarter is nice, they mention those a ton in the novels. But yeah, it's no crab.

#132 Enzane

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Posted 09 February 2014 - 06:07 AM

View PostEnzane, on 31 October 2013 - 05:58 AM, said:

Hands down, King Crab. I want this mech.

Pictures Here

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It's been awhile but I just had to bump myself.

I want THIS mech by THIS artist! I will bet they would just give PGI the rights to the ALREADY built mech. Just to have that artists name in the game! DO IT PGI! MAKE ME HAPPY!!!

#133 Coralld

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 11:12 AM

Bump for more Crabs.

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#134 Pariah Devalis

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:25 PM

Craaaab people. Craaaab people....

#135 Tesunie

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:43 PM

There is hope for the King Cab! They have announced that a new Assault is being introduced in March! However, they didn't say what mech nor what tonnage it is... (It's probably best to presume that the missing 95 ton slot will get filled in, but who knows...)

#136 Coralld

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Posted 15 February 2014 - 12:20 PM

View PostPariah Devalis, on 14 February 2014 - 06:25 PM, said:

Craaaab people. Craaaab people....

You just had to say it didn't you?


#137 Whatzituyah

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 02:03 AM

View PostCoralld, on 30 January 2014 - 04:12 PM, said:

Can you feel it Mr. Crabs?
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This comes to mind when you show that

#138 Camulos

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 05:29 AM

I'd buy it.

#139 Knightshadowsong

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 07:50 PM

I'm sorry. Crab and King Crab are Parifrancy mech's. SOOO out of date that every major and minor power in the Inner sphere stopped using them YEARS ago (according to Lore) Plus as cool as another all energy mech would be. there just so Ugly that they'd make an anorexic start eating again.

I'd like to see something a bit more... Current time line like Mauler. (Case in point the Awesome shouldn't even be available yet because it was made AFTER wave one of the clan invasion.)

#140 Tesunie

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 08:06 PM

View PostKnightshadowsong, on 16 February 2014 - 07:50 PM, said:

I'm sorry. Crab and King Crab are Parifrancy mech's. SOOO out of date that every major and minor power in the Inner sphere stopped using them YEARS ago (according to Lore) Plus as cool as another all energy mech would be. there just so Ugly that they'd make an anorexic start eating again.

I'd like to see something a bit more... Current time line like Mauler. (Case in point the Awesome shouldn't even be available yet because it was made AFTER wave one of the clan invasion.)


Umm, I'm slightly confused as to where you are coming up with this lore? Either I've been very mistaken (which I wont really doubt with BT lore sometimes), but the Crab was not "outdated" or "not used because it was old". It ended up not being used for a long time because there wasn't very many of them left to use. They started (the Crab) to be reproduced around 3050ish with the technology granted by the Helm Memory Core. Comstar gave the Combine a bunch of Crabs during one (3rd succession I believe) war to help them out, but they downgraded a lot of the tech when they did give it away.

The King Crab was used to fight the clans and was described as a "Clan Buster" design, as it seems to preform well against the Clans.

Crab: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Crab
King Crab: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/King_Crab

(PS: I love how the Crab's (and the King Crab) look, and would love to see them placed into the game under Alex's conception of them. He drew some sketches that have roamed around the forums, and I love how they look.)

If you want to do with "antiquated" designs, then the Atlas should be old and not desired, as it was made by the SLDF, just like the Crab was... :lol:





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