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[N a p e s]

For all the trenchbucket fans (cricket, cricket), your wish has been answered.

We'll be getting a hero for the chassis for today's patch. Here's the sneak peek from NGNG.

[Flaming oblivion]

The thing with that mech the only viable weapon for 4 of the hardpoints are streaks , with hit detection on srms , and the way lrms work in competitive play. And you couldn't boat lrms in that thing either the tonnage is to low. I see it as a below average mech , far below average, just my 2 cents though.

Edited by Flaming oblivion, 20 May 2014 - 08:32 AM.

[Deathlike]

I'm not sure on the tube limits, but it's similar to a Griffin-3M, except the 3M has 5 more tons to work with and the torso energy is helpful to keeping TAG (though it's better in the arm) or backup weapon uptime (like a PPC).

The large arms of the bucket are still going to be problematic (in addition to it's height+size), so while it can be like a hero-made Griffin-3M, it will get taken down faster than one.

[Trevor Belmont]

I'm ALL over this one. I love Trebs!

[Morang]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwolf

[Koniving]

Napes339, on 20 May 2014 - 08:29 AM, said:

For all the trenchbucket fans (cricket, cricket), your wish has been answered.

We'll be getting a hero for the chassis for today's patch. Here's the sneak peek from NGNG.

Good news is this means partial to full overhaul on the weapon visualization which in turn means some modifications to hitboxes.
...maybe.

I could see a 3 streak, 2 laser, 1 LRM-20 rig (in the side torso where the 'impact' of its size on the hitbox will be minimal).

[A Man In A Can]

Was that a Wolf clan warhorn I just heard in the last few seconds of that vid?

Now if only that Treb did a really animated torso twist to the rear like that Dragon in All Systems Nominal...that would have been priceless.

[Pygar]

Not a Trebuchet fan...but I do like the paint job.

[Koniving]

Mechwarrior Mousse, on 20 May 2014 - 08:40 AM, said:

Was that a Wolf clan warhorn I just heard in the last few seconds of that vid?
Now if only that Treb did a really animated torso twist to the rear like that Dragon in All Systems Nominal...that would have been priceless.

Nah, I'd prefer the Clan Wolf warhorn to sound more like the very first howl in MW2. Far less generic and much more characteristic.

Though I wonder what Clan Ghost Bear's warhorn would sound like?

(For the love of god don't do a generic horn blow. But if you do...make it a bugle!)

[TercieI]

Really cool paint job on a Trebuchet. Now that's lipstick on a pig!

(Comment on appearance only)

As for function, no real feeling from me, never driven them. Just hope the Blackjack hero is coming soon.

Edited by Terciel1976, 20 May 2014 - 08:45 AM.

[Redshift2k5]

I like it's Fleur-de-Lis pattern. We should call the Tabernack.

[Adridos]

So much for elegant looking Trebuchets...

[Joseph Mallan]

Napes339, on 20 May 2014 - 08:29 AM, said:

For all the trenchbucket fans (cricket, cricket), your wish has been answered.

We'll be getting a hero for the chassis for today's patch. Here's the sneak peek from NGNG.

Shouldn't it be bigger with that name? And shouldn't it be more Long range seeing it is named after the largest Trebuchet?

[Koniving]

On a side note: I noticed they broke the throttle stick again. He didn't push it forward or back to go forward.

I know half of the mechs have it going 'backwards' for some reason.

[Name140704]

Joseph Mallan, on 20 May 2014 - 08:46 AM, said:

Shouldn't it be bigger with that name? And shouldn't it be more Long range seeing it is named after the largest Trebuchet?

Please stop using logic! That does not fly around here.

[Barantor]

I'm one of the few I know of that bothered eliting the treb and this one just seems very 'meh' to me. Looks like it wants to do what the kintaro does light hunting.

The plus side is that it could stream volley lrms against pugs, bad side is it doesn't really have anything unique like the normal trebs.

[Koniving]

Joseph Mallan, on 20 May 2014 - 08:46 AM, said:

Shouldn't it be bigger with that name? And shouldn't it be more Long range seeing it is named after the largest Trebuchet?

Eh, it's already slightly taller than most 55 ton mechs (trebs in general). Though featuring a few LRM-15s would be pretty big on it.

Now, I would have liked to have seen 6 to 8 missile launchers and 2 energy hardpoints.
Too hard to use all of that with streaks, but you could boat SRM-2s. Whoosh! o.O; It'd be a great way to test hit registration with SRMs. Or enough LRM-5s to demonstrate the extremely high necessity of shifting LRM firing times to have longer reloads without hurting their DPS (as their DPS is great, spam is not; front loading it a bit more and increasing reload time to compensate would make everyone from LRM user to LRM target much happier). But I'm in fantasy land.

I think I'll pick one up (already have all the Trebuchets) in the not-too-distant future.

Edited by Koniving, 20 May 2014 - 08:53 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Psycho Farmer, on 20 May 2014 - 08:48 AM, said:

Please stop using logic! That does not fly around here.

I can fly. I have Flaming wings!

See!

[Dawnstealer]

That isn't a hatchetman or a king crab

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

*starts holding breath*

Edited by Dawnstealer, 20 May 2014 - 08:55 AM.

[Deathlike]

Barantor, on 20 May 2014 - 08:50 AM, said:

I'm one of the few I know of that bothered eliting the treb and this one just seems very 'meh' to me. Looks like it wants to do what the kintaro does light hunting.

Well, I've mastered 3 of them, with the 7M probably being the most disappointing (although, it is probably related to build than anything... 3C was mighty annoying).

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The plus side is that it could stream volley lrms against pugs, bad side is it doesn't really have anything unique like the normal trebs.

It's unique in that it has more missile hardpoints (even if you could fit just 4LRM5s on it, it would be significant over trying to lob 2 LRM15s). The 7M has a NARC missile hardpoint (1 tube) and that MAY change in the dynamic hitbox updates, but ultimately it does something unique. It simply won't compete as well as the Griffin-3M.

The 3M has better hitboxes and a wicked speedy torso twist... something that the Trebuchet does not have (it has the most limited of arm extensions over every mech in the game, minus the AC20 arm Highlander-733C and Victor-9B and 9S.

Edited by Deathlike, 20 May 2014 - 08:56 AM.