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[Ronan]

Fake or not, its pretty. And if fake, dang fine photoshop skills!

[Kanajashi]

Reitmeier, on 03 March 2014 - 10:19 AM, said:

Maybe a fake?

Well Russ just re-tweeted my tweet sharing this image so I think it would be safe to assume that its legit.

[stjobe]

Kanajashi, on 03 March 2014 - 10:26 AM, said:

Well Russ just re-tweeted my tweet sharing this image so I think it would be safe to assume that its legit.

Or that Russ likes to yank our chains... Walking PR disaster that he is

[MisterPlanetarian]

Looks like a fat Victor.


All weapons in one torso it seems aswell. (This is bad)

Edited by MisterPlanetarian, 03 March 2014 - 10:39 AM.

[RavensScar]

MisterPlanetarian, on 03 March 2014 - 10:39 AM, said:

Looks like a fat Victor.


All weapons in one torso it seems aswell. (This is bad)

The BNC-3E has a PPC in one ST, AC5 in the other and SLas in the head, so I'd be willing to bet on 3 Ballistic, 4 Energy.

Also, the stock speed is 64kph, so massive engine!

[MisterPlanetarian]

Still all important weapons in the torso. Like a 95 ton centurion although this one will be alot easier to kill.

[Wintersdark]

Even with a lot of hardpoint multiplication, I'm not really seeing how this is going to be sufficiently differentiated from the Atlas.

5 tons difference is nearly nothing, higher engine cap doesn't make a big difference (because really, XL's in a ground based large assault are terrible) as you're not likely to use a larger engine than you'd cram into an Atlas anyways. Sure, you're moving the energy hardpoints into the torso, but that's not going to change play from how one plays an atlas anyways. If anything, it's a disadvantage as you're losing arm articulation for those weapons.

I don't mean to bash it; I just really want it to be awesome and I'm not seeing how it's going to be. Alas, this is a problem you have when you're cramming in so many mech chassis, though.

Also, the Banshee really doesn't have a good selection of variants in our time frame. They exist, but in our terms they're very similar.

[wanderer]

It's got more hardpoint capacity, if less tonnage- the 4x ballistic mount right there gives you options the Atlas lacks, especially if they actually fix AC/2's. Silly example- you could mount a Gauss and three AC/2's on a Banshee, given a standard engine- which it has marginally better weight efficiency on.

If we get the -3S, that's another example of having hardpoint flexibility the Atlas often lacks.

[Monsoon]

Damocles69, on 03 March 2014 - 10:15 AM, said:

I've head tales of a banshee with jump jets.

What's not to love about a 95 ton pop tart?

You mean the La Malinche, I guess we'll be seeing plenty of them tomorrow.


Expect the 3S or 5S or both I suppose. Prepare for a mech with 8 Energy Hardpoints and still a Ballistic and Missile Hardpoint.

Edited by Monsoon, 03 March 2014 - 11:59 AM.

[Eximar]

There will be a new DPS king. The king is dead, long live the king.

[Monsoon]

Seems Bryan on Twitter stated that the King Crab was on a list. Of course, that doesn't really mean it'll be coming out any time soon...

[Zerberus]

Monsoon, on 03 March 2014 - 12:37 PM, said:

Seems Bryan on Twitter stated that the King Crab was on a list. Of course, that doesn't really mean it'll be coming out any time soon...

"A" list could also be a list of mechs that they won`t be doing, ever, for technical reasons

[Strum Wealh]

Zerberus, on 03 March 2014 - 12:40 PM, said:

"A" list could also be a list of mechs that they won`t be doing, ever, for technical reasons

*prepares popcorn and waits for Bishop to start the show... *

[MisterPlanetarian]

I hope it's the right list.

[Anyone00]

I've always had a feeling the Banshee was inevitable due to being about the only 95 ton mech with enough variants available at this point in the time line but isn't the main point of the Banshee to be a big assault mech that's relatively fast to get in melee and apply the fist?
Also it seem according to Sarna it's considered a failure in universe.

Edited by Anyone00, 03 March 2014 - 01:31 PM.

[Blackfang]

Would have loved to have seen an FD Zeus or Cyclops to be honest just because they probably would have looked epic not because they differentiate the battlefield.

[Pando]

Triordinant, on 16 February 2014 - 08:54 AM, said:

Because the 95-ton "slot" hasn't been filled and weight limits are coming, it's probably the Banshee. Releasing the Albatross two years early would've been nice, though (ComStar secret project as insurance vs. the Clans).

Source for weight limits? I've heard "CLASS LIMITATIONS" set at 3/3/3/3 but weight was not factored in.

I believe people are misinformed as always spreading bad information, but i'm always open to being corrected.

[Bilbo]

Pando, on 03 March 2014 - 01:38 PM, said:

Source for weight limits? I've heard "CLASS LIMITATIONS" set at 3/3/3/3 but weight was not factored in.

I believe people are misinformed as always spreading bad information, but i'm always open to being corrected.

It's in the CC post. If not implemented immediately upon release of the launch module it will be implemented shortly thereafter. If you drop in a 90 tonner, the mm will try first to match you against another 90 tonner.

[Domoneky]

well I was hoping for Mauler

[Monsoon]

Anyone00, on 03 March 2014 - 01:29 PM, said:

Also it seem according to Sarna it's considered a failure in universe.

Well it's it's considered a failure because the 3E was a 95-ton mech with only 1 PPC, 1 AC/5 and 1 Small Laser. It stuck all it's weight into standard 380 engine. So in MWO terms that means, it'll immediately have the engine torn out in favor of some real firepower.

Domoneky, on 03 March 2014 - 02:10 PM, said:

well I was hoping for Mauler

Probably the one were getting in 4 months for the IS Mech-of-the-month.