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[Avimimus]

I called it

[pbiggz]

Oh how I wish...

[Avimimus]

Sources of this supposition:
- No 45 tonner next month
- Mention of a break from the usual release pattern
- Mention of a light and a heavy (Flea? and CTF-3L??)
- The technology is already being integrated for the Clan package

[SgtMagor]

how about superchargers, and triple strength myomer.

[CCC Dober]

The Executioner (Gladiator) would be perfect to introduce that kind of technology. Think of it: a 95 ton jumping and 86 kph death dealing juggernaut.

[Iacov]

i like lights...getting the flea would be fun

[Green Mamba]

MY predictions are that more Deadlines will be missed

[A Man In A Can]

CCC Dober, on 15 March 2014 - 12:38 PM, said:

The Executioner (Gladiator) would be perfect to introduce that kind of technology. Think of it: a 95 ton jumping and 86 kph death dealing juggernaut.

Don't forget the Firemoth (Dasher) I predict given the wait-till-the-last-minute nature of development the Flea will be released at the same time (or around there) as either of these two Clan mechs. Or essentially, as a reinforcement pack come December, or as a full second wave come next year.

[Xeno Phalcon]

Iacov, on 15 March 2014 - 12:53 PM, said:

i like lights...getting the flea would be fun

Don't hold your breath, you'll expire long before you see a flea, also likely there will not be masc prior to clans release.

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Buddahcjcc ‏@buddahcjcc 14h
@russ_bullock yay! When's the Flea? ANY timeframe at all? Its better than a year late

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Russ Bullock ‏@russ_bullock 3h
@buddahcjcc no eta yet, using modelling time on clans and other mechs

[MisterPlanetarian]

Mauler/King Crab and a 70-75ton heavy for April and May I think. Unless Bryan Ekman was really stretching the whole "it's on a list" then we won't see the king crab for a few months. There is also a chance it's on the release schedule list and has been in work for some time and I want to belive.

Either way the Mauler was confirmed so we will probably see it in april or may.

The Heavy is the real question, but it will most likely be a 70 or 75 tonner. I'm guessing a Black Knight or Hammerhands.

[Avimimus]

What the Mauler and King Crab are confirmed?

P.S. Didn't realise that so few clan mechs had MASC - I just tend to assume they go for fast assaults...

[A Man In A Can]

King Crab in 2015 with the Clanbuster variant released that year as a Clanbuster package deal (just like the Phoenix pack), along with the Black Knight, Wyvern, and Hussar. Wouldn't people just go Gaga over that pack if it were released?

I'm calling it right now.

The Hammerhands unfortunately is a Jihad mech for MWO when its mandatory third variant comes out in 3071.

Edited by Mechwarrior Mousse, 16 March 2014 - 04:27 PM.

[CCC Dober]

Avimimus, on 16 March 2014 - 01:44 PM, said:

What the Mauler and King Crab are confirmed?

P.S. Didn't realise that so few clan mechs had MASC - I just tend to assume they go for fast assaults...

Oh they are pretty fast on average, thanks to XL reactors for the most part. Here is the 3050 lineup from sarna.net

(80t) Gargoyle: 86.4 kph
(85t) Warhawk: 64.8 kph
(95t) Executioner: 64.8 kph (86.4 kph with MASC)
(100t) Dire Wolf: 54 kph

Below you see the current MWO Assault Mechs for comparison

(80t) Awesome: 54 kph
(80t) Victor: 64.8 kph
(85t) Battlemaster: 64.8 kph
(85t) Stalker: 54 kph
(95t) Banshee: 64.8 kph
(100t) Atlas: 54 kph

To put it in perspective, an IS Mech that is on par with a Clan Mech in terms of speed, is usually at a disadvantage in terms of firepower and/or durability. The introduction of Light Fusion Engines changes things for the better.

[pbiggz]

Avimimus, on 15 March 2014 - 12:19 PM, said:

Sources of this supposition:
- No 45 tonner next month
- Mention of a break from the usual release pattern
- Mention of a light and a heavy (Flea? and CTF-3L??)
- The technology is already being integrated for the Clan package

No 45 tonner? I'm pretty sure we ARE getting a 45 tonner.

[tucsonspeed6]

Avimimus, on 15 March 2014 - 12:19 PM, said:

Sources of this supposition:
- No 45 tonner next month
- Mention of a break from the usual release pattern
- Mention of a light and a heavy (Flea? and CTF-3L??)
- The technology is already being integrated for the Clan package

Sources of these sources? The only news I've heard about future mechs are that a 45 ton mech is coming from someone (Rus?) on Twitter and that Mauler concepts were being sketched as of a couple weeks ago from Brian on NGNG.

[Bartholomew bartholomew]

pbiggz, on 17 March 2014 - 09:39 AM, said:

No 45 tonner? I'm pretty sure we ARE getting a 45 tonner.

From what I understand. the next medium in line is the Vindicator. And was supposed to be released around nowish..

[Lord Perversor]

About the King Crab and the Mauler theories.

PGI recognized Alex iglesias *was working* on a Mauler design but so far we know still on drawing board and not a physical mech (in Theory PGI have like 8-12 mechs already desgined in advance just to work in future releases like when they pulled the Phoenix pack 6 mechs total )

About the King Crab Bryan said it's on a list and it's been suggested internally...

Anyway next mechs is either a med or a Heavy.. but russ said no med on next release so...


Fixed the King Crab data.

Edited by Lord Perversor, 08 April 2014 - 02:36 PM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Avimimus, on 15 March 2014 - 09:29 AM, said:

I called it

@OP ahahaha, you ain't getting shit this month.

If you're lucky, maybe a new camo skin and a delay on private lobbies.

[Onmyoudo]

This month there is a mech pack, but no new mechs. You're getting variants of mechs your already have for the next two months and that's what's "different".

[Rhaythe]

People are *still* griping about the Locust. It shocks me that there's still a clammor for the Flea.