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[Verrue]

Anyone seen a Fang lately or a Pretty Baby ?


Im nearly the last Flame .


Which mech you dont see anymore of late ?

[aniviron]

We should set up an equivalent of the IUCN list where we rank mechs according to wildlife standards (for those not in the know, it goes extinct, critical, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened, and least concern). Anything you haven't seen in over two months goes on extinct, anything you're guaranteed to see if you drop for an hour is least concern.

Off the top of my head, the only mechs that I can think of as extinct are the AWS-8V, COM-3A and HBK-4J, though I'd guess there are others (I'm a bit fuzzy on the CDA variants).

[Silentium]

Dude, the Flame is a unicorn, even more rare and precious than the founder's HBK-4G. We should make this into a bingo game.

[Vassago Rain]

Founder hunch, hunch J, all awesomes, quickdraws.

We had a game last week with two quickdraws Vent came alive with speculation and loud 'oooo!'s and 'aaaah!'s.

[Varin Kell]

As a regular Awesome pilot, I can confirm that I feel like a giant panda when I drop. Including people trying to hunt and poach me for use in Chinese medicines. They say that Ground Awesome Center Torso cures impotence.

Edited by Varin Kell, 29 October 2013 - 07:38 PM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

You simply don't see these mechs EVER because they are literally so bad, any other alternative is better.

[Ingvay]

Awesome, Dragon, and to some degree the Quickdraw (although I always did well with my QDR 5K) are all chassis that are rare to see in-game these days.

The community speaks on this by what they drop with.

[Curccu]

Hmmm Stalker 4N and Hunchie 4J both are super rare (and useless)

[Ledabot]

Nothing here compares to the CDA-2A and 2B. The cicada is the least used mech in the game anyway without having 2 completely useless variants.

[Vassago Rain]

I saw a fang last patch.

Felt like I'd spotted big foot.

[Taxxian]

Mechs that are never used?

SDR-5V, JR7-K, RVN-2X, TBT (except maybe 7M), all Dragons, all Awesomes, STK 4N/5S, all Quickdraws, VTR 9K

Soon extinct: all Locust

[NuclearPanda]

I frequently drop in Awesomes (and love piloting them). One with a 385XL engine, 2xLPLs and 4xMPLs. That baby with speed tweak does close to 90!

The other one is a super deadly LRM boat w/ Artemis, TAG and 2xMLs.



I NEVER see Fangs out there.

[Verrue]

i dont mind being the underdog mech , in fact its really morale uplifting to kills a savor of the month mech with a lesser valued one.

On the plus side, running an extinct mech make you quite unique on the battlefield

[oldradagast]

Lights: Any Commando aside from the ECM one, and even they are rare. Locusts are probably soon to be extinct. Note that tonnage limits may bring these guys back with a role as filler-scout.

Mediums: Trebuchet. I can't even recall the last time I saw one, and if they ever do show up in battle, they die super-fast things to their grossly oversized frames. Note that I suspect the Griffin is on the DOA list thanks to lacking ballistics and having all its weapons dependent on the right torso, but that's just a guess.

Heavies: Quickdraws are basically dead. I haven't seen one of these oversized things for weeks now. Dragons are rare, but they do seem to have a "cult following."

Assaults: Obviously, the Awesome. I still do see them now and again. They are still functional as LRM boats, though Stalkers do almost everything better and even certain Battlemasters can handle LRM's better. Awesomes do have a "cult following" of folks who are determined to win games with them.

Edited by oldradagast, 30 October 2013 - 08:07 AM.

[Ryokens leap]

I was QQing about this on patch day when they announced the missile fix to Dragons. I basically said who cares, u fixed a broken chassis. Now don't get me wrong, I've run Dragons almost exclusively since CB cause I'm stubborn, but I've realized I was in denial and have since moved on. If they want to fix something it's the ct hit box, tons of other mechs have hit box fixes, so fix the Dragon already. The recent heat nerf to PPC killed the 1c and the gauss nerf ( I know LTP) killed the Flame for me, as well as all other Dragons. The Fang and 1n are actually alright with 2 ac5 and med las. Come on Brian Eckman ur a Dragon guy, pull some strings and give the Dragons some love.

[Mister Blastman]

Dragons make me sad. I want them good again. Won't happen really til they fix absurdities like pinpoint damage.

[Thaar]

Just yesterday I saw 2 Awesomes in the same team.... I thought they were extinct by now!

[Lord Perversor]

Silentium, on 29 October 2013 - 07:18 PM, said:

Dude, the Flame is a unicorn, even more rare and precious than the founder's HBK-4G. We should make this into a bingo game.

flame it's not so rare, also my fav hero mech so far.
Fangs on the other hands are quite harder to spot...

[Bagheera]

<--- Last of the Founder's HBK-4Geehecans.

My pick for extinct variant: TBT-5N, haven't seen one of those I think ever. What's the term for a species that just never existed to begin with?

It's either a 3C without the speed boost or a 5J without the jump jets, depending on how you look at it. Since there were 5 TBT variants on release there was literally no reason to buy the 5N. And, since TBT's are pretty much universally terrible I rarely see any of them at all, much less the completely obviated 5N.

Edited by Bagheera, 30 October 2013 - 10:52 AM.

[Aluminumfoiled]

Saw a Pretty Baby about a week ago, my whole lance stopped and stared at it for a bit. Pilot was like WHAT? "Rare to see the yellow crested Pretty Baby in it's natural environment."

Last time I saw a Treb was when I dropped in one. I got up to a 1.3 W/L over 900 matches or so and then the PPC nerf. I did need that 1, yes 1 ERPPC for 0-1600 range. I never had more than 3 weapons unless I was LRMing it. 7K can be useful. But it was sooo much effort. Wins fell with nerf. I can do the same in a Quickdraw and live much longer, let alone a Pract, assault or any other heavy. Poor mediums.