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[FupDup]

Jin Ma, on 13 April 2014 - 05:37 PM, said:

really? its only 10 kph slower than the 3L

3L can go 150.2 kph...more than 10 kph faster (at least, assuming you're taking advantage of your engine limit that is).

[Jin Ma]

FupDup, on 13 April 2014 - 05:43 PM, said:

3L can go 150.2 kph...more than 10 kph faster (at least, assuming you're taking advantage of your engine limit that is).

Oh IDK about engine conversinons and stuff. i meant the base speed is 86kph to raven's 97kph. Would there be that much difference in max engine speed?

Edited by Jin Ma, 13 April 2014 - 05:51 PM.

[FupDup]

Jin Ma, on 13 April 2014 - 05:50 PM, said:

Oh IDK about engine conversinons and stuff. i meant the base speed is 86kph to raven's 97kph. Would there be that much difference in max engine speed?

Well, if we check Smurfys or in-game the current 3L max engine is a 295. This lets it go 136.5 kph w/o speed tweak and 150.2 kph with tweak.

The current formula for light mechs is stock engine * 1.4, with some oddball exceptions like the slow Ravens. In the case of the Firefly, its stock engine is 150. 150 x 1.4 = 210. If we plop an XL210 in a Spider (same tonnage as Firefly) it has 113.4 kph w/o tweak and 124.7 kph with tweak.

[Jin Ma]

FupDup, on 13 April 2014 - 05:56 PM, said:

Well, if we check Smurfys or in-game the current 3L max engine is a 295. This lets it go 136.5 kph w/o speed tweak and 150.2 kph with tweak.

The current formula for light mechs is stock engine * 1.4, with some oddball exceptions like the slow Ravens. In the case of the Firefly, its stock engine is 150. 150 x 1.4 = 210. If we plop an XL210 in a Spider (same tonnage as Firefly) it has 113.4 kph w/o tweak and 124.7 kph with tweak.

Oooh IC. cool thanks

Yeah I don't like to go in a light mech that goes anything less than 130-140 maybe it would be passable

[Carrioncrows]

Russ did say Craby patties are coming

King Crab

[Jin Ma]

Carrioncrows, on 13 April 2014 - 06:16 PM, said:

Russ did say Craby patties are coming

King Crab

lol what when

[Carrioncrows]

Jin Ma, on 13 April 2014 - 06:47 PM, said:

lol what when

Once of his many twitter feeds....You can go look it up.

He didn't say it was coming out soon, just that it was definitely coming.

[Wolfways]

Carrioncrows, on 13 April 2014 - 11:24 PM, said:

Once of his many twitter feeds....You can go look it up.

He didn't say it was coming out soon, just that it was definitely coming.

Or that was his position at the time

[Carrioncrows]

Wolfways, on 13 April 2014 - 11:43 PM, said:

Or that was his position at the time

The one thing I've learned is that if Russ says something you can bet they'll make every effort to make sure it happens.

By far the more trustworthy person at PGI and surprise, most of them are....with the exception of 1 or 2.

I don't doubt it.

[SgtMagor]

Im assuming that the Crab Brothers will come as a set, a big 100ton crab needs a wingman.

[Jin Ma]

SgtMagor, on 14 April 2014 - 02:57 AM, said:

Im assuming that the Crab Brothers will come as a set, a big 100ton crab needs a wingman.

how much for the odd business man on the bottom right

[Butane9000]

Flea
Firefly
Hussar
Crab
Champion
Caesar
King Crab

These are chicken walkers for the IS that fit the timeline. We know they announced the Flea but it's stuck in limbo. The rest aren't in game nor have they been announced. Except for rumors and mutters of the Crabs.

Edited by Butane9000, 16 April 2014 - 04:33 AM.

[Jin Ma]

Butane9000, on 14 April 2014 - 05:21 AM, said:

Flea
Firefly
Crab
Champion
Caesar
King Crab

These are chicken walkers for the IS that fit the timeline. We know they announced the Flea but it's stuck in limbo. The rest aren't in game nor have they been announced. Except for rumors and mutters of the Crabs.

don't forget hussar! we can get 3/7 of the reverse joint mechs in a clan buster pack

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

[C E Dwyer]

Russ might give you crabs but I will be safe

[CycKath]

Jin Ma, on 14 April 2014 - 05:14 AM, said:

how much for the odd business man on the bottom right

I think the TF2 Spy might be offended by the description, so probably the price would likely be a blade in your back...

As for why he's included, look up spycrab

[Burke IV]

Hans Von Lohman, on 12 April 2014 - 10:50 PM, said:

There are not that many chicken walkers in the correct timeline. Maybe something from 3055, but we would need to see that artwork re-done quite a lot. Not many of those were drawn well at the beginning of BattleTech.

Avatar in 3056

they could bring the vulture and the avatar in together im sure nobody would complain

[Lykaon]

solar levitas, on 11 April 2014 - 03:18 PM, said:

The phract was supposed to be the successor to the maurader in BT lore, so maybe that? Dunno Hollow.

The Cataphract was designed to be built with the resources House Liao had and this included a few factories capable of making some marauder parts as well as shadowhawk and Phoenixhawk parts.

"Ruined by the Succession Wars,the Confederation's industrial base had been ravaged to the point that it was almost incapable of of manufacturing anything bigger than a Vindicator.However,a number of factories could still manufacture parts.It was from this mishmash of available components that the Cataphract was born."

Source Technical readout 3039.



The Phract was not an successor of the Marauder it's more like an ugly ******* child that used some of the marauder parts simply because it was what could be made by House Liao at the time.

[Jin Ma]

Lykaon, on 14 April 2014 - 05:23 PM, said:

The Phract was not an successor of the Marauder it's more like an ugly ******* child that used some of the marauder parts simply because it was what could be made by House Liao at the time.

Excuse me sir the cataphract is one of the best looking mechs in the game right now

[Butane9000]

Jin Ma, on 14 April 2014 - 05:28 AM, said:

don't forget hussar! we can get 3/7 of the reverse joint mechs in a clan buster pack

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

Fixed.

[Prezimonto]

Jin Ma, on 14 April 2014 - 05:14 AM, said:

how much for the odd business man on the bottom right

I believe that's a TF2 Spy Crab glitch reference.
https://www.youtube....d&v=hSw9pAnMwZU
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spy-crab

Edited by Prezimonto, 16 April 2014 - 05:05 AM.