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[Sephlock]

Corbon Zackery, on 20 January 2014 - 07:54 AM, said:

If its light and controversial there are a few choices.

Urbanmech
Firestarter
Hollander


My guess is its going to be the Hollander.

YES!

And if there is nothing in that slot, there should be a giant lance!

[Axeman1]

I would rather it be a wolfhound so I could add it to my "Appeared in the cartoon" collection.

[Karyudo ds]

Butane9000, on 20 January 2014 - 09:54 AM, said:

Wolfhound is controversial because for a light it's big, it's heavy (at 35 tons) and it's slow. More of a brawling light but it'd be easily susceptible to higher tonnage mechs. But considering it was designed to directly counter the Panther it's unlikely we'll see it.

I'm pretty sure it was in MW4 however with no Panther to be found. So the logic for it's design may not mean much. It means even less when you have a mechlab anyway.

Axeman1, on 20 January 2014 - 12:22 PM, said:

I would rather it be a wolfhound so I could add it to my "Appeared in the cartoon" collection.

I would rather have the Javelin so I could add it to my "Appeared as a mini with the Citytech game" collection Although stats for the Wolfhound came with that game too. I would almost rather have the Firestarter but I'm curious either way.

[Belorion]

Khobai, on 20 January 2014 - 01:20 AM, said:

the wolfhound would be 100% pointless though

1) doesnt have three different variants
2) less hardpoints than jenner
3) no jumpjets

I don't know that 2 or 3 are actual reasons for not including it. They always add extra hard points to mechs, so that's kind of a non-issue, and not having jump jets is hardly a reason to dis-include it.

There actually are 3 variants.

WLF-1
WLF-1A
WLF-1B

[Gaan Cathal]

Ryoken, on 18 January 2014 - 03:04 PM, said:

The Wolfhound may be popular, but it was firstly only used by the Kell Hounds and Wolfs Dragoons. Can the two merc units be called a particular faction?

"Popular Faction" and "Mary-Sue Faction" are fairly interchangeable so I'd say yes, they qualify.

[NRP]

Meh, like we really need another useless light.

[HammerSwarm]

Hollander would be sweet but not terribly timeline appropriate.

It's a mech without a comparable mech in game. no light support mechs currently in game.

[Iqfish]

I would really love to see the Hollander, but just for funzies.

Imagine shooting the Gauss with that thing, it should fly at least 20 meters backwards from the recoil.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

[EDIT - change of opinion]

In my opinion there is nothing more controversial than ECM, but not just ECM, but something to take ECM to new heights of abuse. Who are the contenders:

Firefly - ECM and Jump and a crapload of hardpoints.

Hussar - ECM and a new landspeed record, maybe...

Javelin - ECM and lots of missile ports. Remember way back to... yesterday when Russ said they were originally worried about the Oxide originally having 6 missile hardpoints (reduced to 4), and how it was foolish in retrospect... well, compared to a 4x SSRM2 ECM Javelin, yes, because this mech will be stupidly powerful and they would not sold another Oxide (or other hero mech) ever.

Edited by Agent 0 Fortune, 20 January 2014 - 03:20 PM.

[Ambuscade]

Oh how I would absolutely love the Firestarter to make it into the game!

The controversy could be easily be one of the two things. The first is it boats flamers and they have limited viability at the moment. The second is that it boats flamers and will be released with a corresponding flamer buff that makes them an intimidating threat.

Either way, I hope it is the Firestarter. Even if it is only a hero released, the knowledge that it made it in will keep me going!

Ambuscade

[zagibu]

IqfishLP, on 20 January 2014 - 02:44 PM, said:

I would really love to see the Hollander, but just for funzies.

Imagine shooting the Gauss with that thing, it should fly at least 20 meters backwards from the recoil.

Gauss rifles have no recoil.

[East Indy]

From the Technical Readout: 3025 —

Quote

UrbanMechs were, in fact, among the last defenders of the Star League, fighting for control of vital urban centers as civil authority collapsed around them. Many were destroyed in the carnage, which is why the 'Mech is rarely seen outside Liao space.

It's a good bet Russ and the boys draw from primary sources (another reason why we should all maintain print libraries, and not always rely on Sarna).

Edited by East Indy, 20 January 2014 - 06:52 PM.

[luxebo]

Karyudo ds, on 20 January 2014 - 01:03 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure it was in MW4 however with no Panther to be found. So the logic for it's design may not mean much. It means even less when you have a mechlab anyway.

Wolfhound was in MW4 Black Knight and Mercs. Panther was in Mekpak 3.1. That thing was one of the lightest poptarts in that game.

[Sephlock]

Gaan Cathal, on 20 January 2014 - 02:38 PM, said:

"Popular Faction" and "Mary-Sue Faction" are fairly interchangeable so I'd say yes, they qualify.

Well the WoB blew them up, so there's that...

HammerSwarm, on 20 January 2014 - 02:42 PM, said:

Hollander would be sweet but not terribly timeline appropriate.

Neither is Angel ECM.

IqfishLP, on 20 January 2014 - 02:44 PM, said:

I would really love to see the Hollander, but just for funzies.

Imagine shooting the Gauss with that thing, it should fly at least 20 meters backwards from the recoil.

East Indy, on 20 January 2014 - 06:50 PM, said:

From the Technical Readout: 3025 —


It's a good bet Russ and the boys draw from primary sources (another reason why we should all maintain print libraries, and not always rely on Sarna).

On the other hand, there weren't a kajillion Yen Lo Wangs either, and yet we have plenty of those...

[Will9761]

I hope for either a Wolfhound or Urbanmech.

[Jae Hyun Nakamura]

And again you forgot the Mongoose MON-76: 3MPL, 1SL, ECM, 10 DHS

[627]

anyone noticed the lack of a bishop steiner post?

It must be the urbie, I bet they made an agreement and he's now under NDA. And on the 4th we'll see some kind of deputy dawg!

now, where's my tin foil hat?


Would buy it instantly, though...

Edited by 627, 21 January 2014 - 05:56 AM.

[Ryoken]

Gaan Cathal, on 20 January 2014 - 02:38 PM, said:

"Popular Faction" and "Mary-Sue Faction" are fairly interchangeable so I'd say yes, they qualify.

particular faction not popular faction!
And Mary-Sue Faction would be Davion!

[627]

Who is this mary sue everyone keeps talkin about? I fight for an aggressive, imperialistic mastermind who wants to conquer the inner sphere

Edited by 627, 21 January 2014 - 05:58 AM.

[Josef Nader]

The Hollander is out. It doesn't have enough variants. It can't be in the game, unless they're going to let one or more of the variants count as medium mechs.

I'd love to see the Firestarter, or the Firefly. I'd also really like to see the Javelin as a fast, jumpy 30 ton commando, but with SRMs being how they are right now...