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[Damian Frost]

Since the Clans have been announced and we know clan tech will be coming out in the near future, do any of you think that they will release any of the Clan variant Inner Sphere mechs like the Hunchback IIC, Highlander IIC, and Orion IIC or allow us to be able to build our own if they allow mix tech to the game. Open for discussion, please keep it on topic and clean.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I sort of expect them to release a few of the key IIC versions eventually, but not for years. They've got too many front-line Omnimechs and Invasion-era IS Battlemechs to justify retreads that often wouldn't even have enough variants to be viable entries (and wouldn't work as variants of the original chassis line).

We might see some solahma IIc mechs after we get things like the Vulture, Cauldron Born, Koshi, Bushwacker, Gunslinger, Night Gyr, Loki, Turkina, Mauler, Devastator, Shadow Cat, etc.

Edited by Levi Porphyrogenitus, 12 January 2014 - 05:36 PM.

[Durant Carlyle]

I'd say they will eventually make it into the game. However, I would expect four things before any IIC 'Mechs arrive:

1. More Inner Sphere BattleMechs
2. The Clan OmniMechs from the Invasion package
3. Inner Sphere OmniMechs
4. More Clan OmniMechs

So yeah, as Levi said, quite a while yet.

[Butane9000]

Clan has 16 omnimechs in their front line. These are the famous ones and 8 of which are in the invasion package.

Besides that they use their early omnimechs (Shadowcat) and second string omnimechs (rebuilt IS chassis like the Hunchback IIC). The problem with the rebuilt IS mechs is not all of them are the same tonnage. Here's a few we could see:

Jenner IIC
Hunchback IIC
Highlander IIC

All of those have the same tonnage as their IS counterparts.

[Durant Carlyle]

Butane9000, on 12 January 2014 - 08:04 PM, said:

Clan has 16 omnimechs in their front line. These are the famous ones and 8 of which are in the invasion package.

Besides that they use their early omnimechs (Shadowcat) and second string omnimechs (rebuilt IS chassis like the Hunchback IIC). The problem with the rebuilt IS mechs is not all of them are the same tonnage. Here's a few we could see:

Jenner IIC
Hunchback IIC
Highlander IIC

All of those have the same tonnage as their IS counterparts.

IIC 'Mechs are not rebuilt Inner Sphere 'Mechs. They are original designs based on Inner Sphere designs, but changed to suit Clan philosophy and using all Clan technology. That's why only some of them resemble their Inner Sphere originals.

[zztophat]

Isn't the jenner IIC basically the Oxide?

[Escef]

zztophat, on 12 January 2014 - 10:10 PM, said:

Isn't the jenner IIC basically the Oxide?

With jump jets and built using clan technology.

So, not really, no. There's a similarity in that we are looking at an all missile load out, but the Jenner IIC is a mass production reengineering of the mech from the ground up. Whereas Hero mechs are generally considered rare/one-of-a-kind customized versions of a production mech.

[Whatzituyah]

What about IS copy attempts of Clan mechs http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rakshasa