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[Dawnstealer]

My bet is that it's a King Crab that you have to feed other mechs to get it up to its noted 100 tons.

Either that or an emaciated Hatchetman. come onnnnnnnnn, hatchetman! showmethehatchetman

*twitches*

[Jenkss]

Amsro, on 02 February 2014 - 08:08 AM, said:

YIKES, I'll remember to read twice post once next time!

Haha, no stress at all.

I hope they post some kind of preview on Monday, just a picture or a video. Something.

Or that guy who claims to know could always post his evidence somewhere, I seem to remember that happened a while back with the Kintaro.

[TercieI]

Jenkss, on 02 February 2014 - 08:14 AM, said:

Or that guy who claims to know could always post his evidence somewhere, I seem to remember that happened a while back with the Kintaro.

The problem with that is that if you know in advance and show/tell publicly, you won't know in advance any more.

(Or so I'd guess, I'm not in that group in MWO, but am some other places)

[Butane9000]

Wish they had put the teaser for it up before they all went home for the weekend.

[Finestaut]

Butane9000, on 02 February 2014 - 08:26 AM, said:

Wish they had put the teaser for it up before they all went home for the weekend.

And ruin all the fun we're having?

[Butane9000]

Finestaut, on 02 February 2014 - 08:56 AM, said:

And ruin all the fun we're having?

I dunno. It'd replaced talking and speculating what it is to what it can do and it's load out.

[Finestaut]

Butane9000, on 02 February 2014 - 09:01 AM, said:

I dunno. It'd replaced talking and speculating what it is to what it can do and it's load out.

There will be plenty of time to talk about loadouts after it shows up, but only one chance to speculate about what it might be,

[Butane9000]

Finestaut, on 02 February 2014 - 09:10 AM, said:

There will be plenty of time to talk about loadouts after it shows up, but only one chance to speculate about what it might be,

true, but the load out will be revealed on Tuesday which doesn't give us much time to speculate.

[100mile]

Man there are a lot of posts on this.....Lot of speculation....I determined eligibility by year of manufacture for original Mech as well as number of variants and when they were manufactured...Ignored the whole controversial title as just about any mech could be considered controversial if you spin it the right way....
20 ton mechs eligible
Hornet, Mercury, stinger* and Wasp*
25 ton mechs eligible
Mongoose*
30 ton mechs eligible
Falcon, Firefly, Hermes*, Hussar, Valkarie and of course the Urbie
35 ton mechs eligible
Firebee, Firestarter, Peregrine* and Wolfhound

*Wouldn't mind seeing these...
Would prefer seeing one of the lighter Mechs...

[MechWarrior Black Knight]

spider

[Bishop Steiner]

100mile, on 02 February 2014 - 09:23 AM, said:

Man there are a lot of posts on this.....Lot of speculation....I determined eligibility by year of manufacture for original Mech as well as number of variants and when they were manufactured...Ignored the whole controversial title as just about any mech could be considered controversial if you spin it the right way....
20 ton mechs eligible
Hornet, Mercury, stinger* and Wasp*
25 ton mechs eligible
Mongoose*
30 ton mechs eligible
Falcon, Firefly, Hermes*, Hussar, Valkarie and of course the Urbie
35 ton mechs eligible
Firebee, Firestarter, Peregrine* and Wolfhound

*Wouldn't mind seeing these...
Would prefer seeing one of the lighter Mechs...

Not speculation, but confirmed FACTS
-Light Mech
-Humanoid
- Cannot currently have MASC
-Cannot Be Harmony Gold
- Bryan says "controversial", Russ is clueless as to what that means.
- NOT PANTHER
- Must have 3 timeline/technology acceptable variants
So using these factual criteria, here is a critique of your list.

20 ton mechs eligible
Hornet, not humanoid
Mercury, not humanoid needs MASC
stinger* Harmony Gold Unseen
and Wasp* Harmony Gold Unseen
25 ton mechs eligible
Mongoose* -Possible
30 ton mechs eligible
Falcon - Possible, but very rare
, Firefly -extinct outside WOlfs Dragoons, not humanoid
, Hermes* -possible
, Hussar - Not Humanoid
, Valkyrie - Harmony Gold Unseen
and of course the Urbie - Only possible with mechlab revamp. Potentially could be part of UI2.0, so it IS possible, though unlikely.
35 ton mechs eligible
Firebee, Primitive Mech, essentially extinct
, Firestarter, -Possible
Peregrine* - Clan Mech
and Wolfhound -Possible.

And you forgot the Thorn and the Javelin.

[Raven-kell]

I am not worthless! But I'm not a hero either................

[Finestaut]

Butane9000, on 02 February 2014 - 09:13 AM, said:

true, but the load out will be revealed on Tuesday which doesn't give us much time to speculate.

Which is why we must cherish the time we have together!

[Bront]

I'm guessing we'll get a sneak peak on Monday.

Mongoose or Javelin would be interesting. Firestarter less so, but it's probably one of those 3.

[Bagheera]

<tongue in cheek>

Okay guys, I think we have been looking at this all wrong. PGI is really going for "controversial" as much as possible, which is why the next hero mech not only brings our timeline to the year 3053 and adds melee to the game, but it also has ECM. Furthermore, as there are only 2 canon variants, the third variant will be PGI's made-up hero version which adds JJs. Want to master the Scarabus? Got to buy the hero!

Behold!

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Scarabus

</tongue in cheek>

In all honesty though, I'd drive one.

Edited by Bagheera, 02 February 2014 - 10:57 AM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

I'd say its more controversial because those damn trees are still indestructible.





Oops.

[Komagn]

mwhighlander, on 02 February 2014 - 11:10 AM, said:

I'd say its more controversial because those damn trees are still indestructible.





Oops.

Still a tease !! Firestarter.

Edited by Komagn, 02 February 2014 - 11:32 AM.

[Devil Fox]

Sephlock, on 02 February 2014 - 04:13 AM, said:

Wait what? Which ones fit into that category?

Spector... the main configuration uses Null Signal technology and the Light Chameleon Cloak which both have been lost permanently to date.

Edited by Apostal, 02 February 2014 - 11:35 AM.

[Lord Perversor]

Apostal, on 02 February 2014 - 11:34 AM, said:

Spector... the main configuration uses Null Signal technology and the Light Chameleon Cloak which both have been lost permanently to date.

Must point that Null Signal it's pretty much what ECM does right now. (need to rely in plain sight to spot it instead radar

Would be quite controversial if it's the 1st Light mech where all the variants are ECM capable.

Edited by Lord Perversor, 02 February 2014 - 11:45 AM.

[zagibu]

Firestarter now (A, H, S1, no idea about hero, but no ECM on it), Javelin later.

S1 will have different/worse placements of energy slots than A.