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[Xenois Shalashaska]

Put a ac20 + 5 machines gun with 3 mediums lasers and this thing would be unstoppable

[mad kat]

I've been after a hero BJ for a while now and only last night i thought i wish there was one. After tearing up mechs in my 1X (5-6) kills per game is quite do-able. The BJ just seem's to suit me and i get on quite well with machine guns and the more the merrier. I was gonna hold off on any more MC purchases until the timber wolf but this could just sway me.

Plus i could do with a hero medium to compliment my DK, Hugginn (another vulture build) and my firebrand.

[MonkeyCheese]

K im sold, its the mech + the hardpoints + jjs + the sweet paint job and I already have a 235xl from another mech.

Hurry up patchday

[Ruccus]

As a long time Blackjack BJ-1 pilot I'm liking the Arrow; would've loved to see a maximum engine size in the 250 to 275 range, but I do fine with the current BJ-1 engine limitations.

I definitely see an AC20 build with three MGs (the two other MG mounts will be blocked by the AC20) looking good, and with the center energy hardpoint combined with six 'throwaway' MG mounts it brings zombie builds into the equation.

Edited by Ruccus, 03 June 2014 - 01:13 AM.

[GrandLocomon]

Love the paint. Love that its a mini 6 MG jager. If I were willing to spend money on this game [god damn hit detection being non-functional] I'd be buying this as soon as it were released.

[mad kat]

I don't know why people are whinging about the speed, it's plenty fast enough and the BJ is a pretty agile mech in the first place.

Can you fit quad ac2's in this baby?

[MonkeyCheese]

Ruccus, on 03 June 2014 - 01:09 AM, said:

It looks like a center LPL, a pair of MLs, and 6 MGs will fit with a standard 225 or 235 engine.

Dude watch the vid thats the exact stock build with 2 outta 4 jjs

[Ruccus]

MonkeyCheese, on 03 June 2014 - 01:13 AM, said:

Dude watch the vid thats the exact stock build with 2 outta 4 jjs

Yeah, I edited my post after realizing it. I like a single heavy weapon (AC10, LB10X, Gauss) with five MGs too.

Edit: Looks like they haven't replaced whatever the heck someone stole out of the Blackjack's cockpit, either. I've always wonder what was in that hole with the wire hanging out of it.

Edited by Ruccus, 03 June 2014 - 01:21 AM.

[MonkeyCheese]

Ruccus, on 03 June 2014 - 01:14 AM, said:

Edit: Looks like they haven't replaced whatever the heck someone stole out of the Blackjack's cockpit, either. I've always wonder what was in that hole with the wire hanging out of it.

It's for a warhorn

[Joseph Mallan]

Hans Von Lohman, on 02 June 2014 - 10:39 PM, said:

The stats are definitely setup for this to be a zombie mech. Of course I would replace the Large Pulse laser with a normal or ER large laser

3 Ballistics in each arm
1 Energy in each side torso
1 Energy in the center torso
4 jump jets
1 AMS
235 max engine size

Comes standard with:

Standard 235 engine, FF armor, Endo Steel skeleton, 2 jump jets, Double Heat sinks
6 MG's
2 medium lasers in the side torsos
1 large pulse laser in the CT

In other words it is setup for a zombie mech scheme.

Aren't Arrows a Ranged attack weapon??? This Hero should be called Shiv!

[MonkeyCheese]

Joseph Mallan, on 03 June 2014 - 01:46 AM, said:

Aren't Arrows a Ranged attack weapon??? This Hero should be called Shiv!

Pebble thrower more like it

[GrandLocomon]

The shiv... I like it!

Dat purple ... so pretty...

[Joseph Mallan]

Also could you have at least used a FWL scheme properly?

[Onmyoudo]

I'm glad we got all these rubbish heroes out of the way so we can start getting some other mechs again.

[SirLANsalot]

FupDup, on 02 June 2014 - 10:43 PM, said:

Shoulda had a higher engine limit. >.>

Agreed, this is the 2nd Hero mech they have come out with, that its stock end is its max eng where as usually its some different eng and the hero goes above the limit of the rest of its chassis.

[Joseph Mallan]

MonkeyCheese, on 03 June 2014 - 01:49 AM, said:

Pebble thrower more like it

You know a sand blaster(Now known as a media blaster in our shop) is pretty effective in its own right!

[Cavendish]

Kilo 40, on 03 June 2014 - 12:23 AM, said:

I have to say, a mech named "The Arrow" without a single missile hard point, and nearly all ballistics, is pretty weird.

Its more a reference to the fact that the ballistic weapons hits like an arrow, always on target At least thats my guess!

[Joseph Mallan]

Cavendish, on 03 June 2014 - 02:55 AM, said:

Its more a reference to the fact that the ballistic weapons hits like an arrow, always on target At least thats my guess!

Then the fool who named it never fired Machine Guns!

[Gasoline]

Dunno about the armor distribution, but the stock config looks pretty potent. The purple looks really awesome metallic (usually I always paint my mechs in Steiner colors, so this might be the second to keep default - after the GB since this is hilarious to paint... ).

The CT hardpoint is below the cockpit, so pretty low mounted. If you plan on swapping the Large Pulse Laser with an ER Large, consider putting that in a ST mount, so you can at least do a bit hill humping. Otherwise swap in a Large Laser and upgrade the mediums to medium pulses. Looks like fun to play and no need for going XL.

[Alcom Isst]

FupDup, on 02 June 2014 - 10:43 PM, said:

Shoulda had a higher engine limit. >.>

MonkeyCheese, on 02 June 2014 - 10:43 PM, said:

Have to say LOVE the hero paint for once, still gonna be a one trick pony but It will do that one trick well, pity about the engine size tho.

So 93kph is its max where the 1x can get to 116kph

Hans Von Lohman, on 02 June 2014 - 10:45 PM, said:

I was hoping it would be faster than a 235 engine.

Deathlike, on 02 June 2014 - 10:47 PM, said:

Slow engine...

The engine size in comparison to all the other Blackjacks seems fine to me, especially with the jumpjets and 9 weapon hardpoints. All of the other Blackjacks have a max engine of 235, except for the all-energy no-jumpy BJ-1X which gets a 295.

However, as a smaller medium, the 235 max engine Blackjacks could use a max engine upgrade.

Edited by Alcom Isst, 03 June 2014 - 03:19 AM.