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[tucsonspeed6]

gavilatius, on 07 April 2014 - 08:48 PM, said:

is that the one where you hit the "nethers" of the awesome and the cockpit pops out?
and then they made it canon or something like that

All of the battletech tv show toys acted like that. The IS mechs would eject when you shot them in the groin, and the clan mechs would lose limbs ( the Thor's arms would pop out, and the Hunchbacks leg would fall off.) interestingly enough, the Axeman was the only one with a whole head ejection system. I found out much later that that was canon as well.

[Dawnstealer]

You all are making me feel really old. This was my first one (and also why I like Wolverine's so much):



It was just out in stores - a 1:48 scale Wolverine. That said? I want a Hatchetman.

[EyeOne]

tucsonspeed6, on 08 April 2014 - 05:09 AM, said:

All of the battletech tv show toys acted like that. The IS mechs would eject when you shot them in the groin, and the clan mechs would lose limbs ( the Thor's arms would pop out, and the Hunchbacks leg would fall off.) interestingly enough, the Axeman was the only one with a whole head ejection system. I found out much later that that was canon as well.

Yeah the Bushwacker would eject two if you hit the black square below the torso. Well I guess I should say it was suppose to eject but it didn't really work. The Mauler ejection worked pretty good though.

I'm sure these things are still boxed up in my parents basement, I'll have to check next time I'm there.

[C E Dwyer]

As mediocre as these phoenix variants are I ..might..might get a few, where if its the clan buster pack my money will stay firmly in my bank account.

though they are truly dull and there are two battlemasters *puke*

[Jin Ma]

Scrawny Cowboy, on 08 April 2014 - 12:26 AM, said:

I hope not, those variants are dull
Just puzzling over the minor differences to what we have now is making me yawn

Yeah they're nothing special. i'm assuming PGI is a going back and adding the variants they wanted to because when they were on crunch time they only made 3 variants for every phoenix mech.

[Duke Hector]

Ragnar Darkmane, on 08 April 2014 - 12:56 AM, said:

Thinking about how much time and resources PGI might have spent doing those rather pointless variants makes my brain hurt, especially if you consider that they could have used the time to actually work on the clan buster pack people want...

here's the thing though.... with all this hype and garbage towards mechs and mech packs anyone that tosses money at them for this is basically condoneing them to keep making mechs with a contentless game, i mean we have MORE then enough mechs right now.

they really need to get the community warfare, more maps etc those were supposed to be done LAST YEAR they said we were going to get that stuff last year.

now you guys see why i am not going to be giving them anymore of my money until they make some ACTUAL progress in this game other then mechs, or tweaks.

they don't deserve it

[Cimarb]

Dan the Ice Man, on 08 April 2014 - 08:05 AM, said:

here's the thing though.... with all this hype and garbage towards mechs and mech packs anyone that tosses money at them for this is basically condoneing them to keep making mechs with a contentless game, i mean we have MORE then enough mechs right now.

they really need to get the community warfare, more maps etc those were supposed to be done LAST YEAR they said we were going to get that stuff last year.

now you guys see why i am not going to be giving them anymore of my money until they make some ACTUAL progress in this game other then mechs, or tweaks.

they don't deserve it

While I generally agree with you on what their priorities should be, the people that make maps and community warfare are not the same people that make mechs (mostly). There may be some overlap, of course, but it is like any company - billing handles billing, sales handles sales, and tech support handles tech support. They may get your bill out on time and have some great sales people, but that has no impact on their tech support, which could be horrible.

Also, even if you and I don't particularly care for new mechs doesn't mean that no one does. There are LOTS of people buying the new mechs and talking about what the next mech will be, what they want next, etc. Contrary to some peoples beliefs, mechs ARE content. Maybe not the content you want, but they are the content that others want.

[Alaskan Nobody]

FupDup, on 07 April 2014 - 09:36 PM, said:

Technically a direct upgrade to the 3M (who uses it for 2 AMS anyways?)

People who intelligently fight LRM/Streak/SRM weapons?
Nothing ruins an LRM boat's day faster than someone who can use cover and knows the LRM boat is there - but nothing ruins an LRM skirmisher's (or streak or SRM boat's) day faster than a wall of AMS

[arghmace]

FupDup, on 07 April 2014 - 09:36 PM, said:

Pretty much a pointless variant. Just a 5S with a missile swapped for an energy.

You couldn't be more wrong. First of all it switches 1 missile for 2 energies. Secondly, both of those new energies are in the RT like the 5SS so I expect them to be up beside the cockpit, which is a huge bonus. Thirdly, it has double-AMS. Best TDR variant by a long mile, all hail power curve.

Not to mention those SHD variants that completely cement the fact that SHD is the only medium you ever need. Way too good, sigh...

[Alaskan Nobody]

arghmace, on 08 April 2014 - 09:21 AM, said:

Way too good, sigh...

Have you really tried to use the torso twist on those things - compared to the other mediums I mean?

[Artgathan]

FupDup, on 07 April 2014 - 09:36 PM, said:

Technically a direct upgrade to the 3M (who uses it for 2 AMS anyways?)

I don't know about you, but I personally found putting two AMS on it (with a TAG) and standing 50m behind an enemy LRM boat, simultaneously shooting down everything it fires while TAG'ing it, to be hilarious.

[Dawnstealer]

So no new mech this update, hm? Damn.

[Ngamok]

Dawnstealer, on 08 April 2014 - 12:17 PM, said:

So no new mech this update, hm? Damn.

What did you expect. These guys don't believe in any sort of communication. People don't log in to play because no one knows what's going on.

[Cimarb]

Ngamok, on 08 April 2014 - 01:02 PM, said:

What did you expect. These guys don't believe in any sort of communication. People don't log in to play because no one knows what's going on.

This was an off week. The updates go in two-week intervals. We got one on the 1st, and next one is on the 15th, which is when Russ said we would get the "new set of mechs"

[Fang01]

Heh, since you guys mention clanbusters...I'd love a champion.

[Jody Von Jedi]

Quickdraw, Quickdraw, Quickdraw, With ballistics please.

[Ngamok]

Cimarb, on 08 April 2014 - 01:34 PM, said:

This was an off week. The updates go in two-week intervals. We got one on the 1st, and next one is on the 15th, which is when Russ said we would get the "new set of mechs"

It's not even that. I've been here long enough to know when the patches come out. but the fact remains they don't let us know anything and people get bored with no news coming down the pipe. How long has the last new map been out? HPG was December. When is the new one coming? This month? Does anyone know? Going 4 months is pretty long.

[Gas Guzzler]

Cimarb, on 08 April 2014 - 01:34 PM, said:

This was an off week. The updates go in two-week intervals. We got one on the 1st, and next one is on the 15th, which is when Russ said we would get the "new set of mechs"

I'm pretty sure its a set of new variants for current mechs. That's what he made it sound like when asked to be more specific.

[Gas Guzzler]

Ngamok, on 08 April 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

It's not even that. I've been here long enough to know when the patches come out. but the fact remains they don't let us know anything and people get bored with no news coming down the pipe. How long has the last new map been out? HPG was December. When is the new one coming? This month? Does anyone know? Going 4 months is pretty long.

In their defense they are probably scrambling trying to meet deadlines because they know how angry people get when they miss their deadlines. I would like to see news too, but they are doing work so I'm giving them a pass for the time being.

[Ngamok]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 April 2014 - 03:53 PM, said:

In their defense they are probably scrambling trying to meet deadlines because they know how angry people get when they miss their deadlines. I would like to see news too, but they are doing work so I'm giving them a pass for the time being.

That's great. I mean I haven't quit. but it's disheartening when I look at Team Speak and fewer and fewer people are logging in because it's been the same thing for the past 4 months. People get bored playing the same maps with a new mech once a month for 4 straight months and nothing new being presented to them.