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[hornet331]

LordKnightFandragon, on 20 June 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

Mech 13 and still not a sign of either....Are they saving the best for last?

*cough*
Trebuchet
*cough*

would love to see the rampage... but since its so rare I doubt we will see it

[P O W]

my vote is for a Crab, always been a fan of it. be nice to see any of the SL era designs to be honest.

[WoollyMimmoth]

P O W, on 20 June 2012 - 02:44 PM, said:

my vote is for a Crab, always been a fan of it. be nice to see any of the SL era designs to be honest.

Most of the SL era mechs are in the evil clutches of [REDACTED] in 3049. That's why it is extremely unlikely that we will see them (anytime soon)

Edited by Ares McMannus, 20 June 2012 - 02:49 PM.

[Kobold]

Well I guessed right on the stalker, and I was "close" on the Trenchbucket. I guessed Dervish, a 55 ton missile mech that could jump. Instead we got a 50 ton missile mech that can jump in some configurations. (interestingly, we have 3 50 ton mechs now)

This leaves my remaining guesses:

Light with ballistic weapons - Firestarter (might be too similar looking to the Commando though. Flea would do the job, but would anyone actually use it?)

Heavy Energy Boat - Flashman (though given its lack of variants, we may see the Orion instead. Both are 75 tonners)

Jumping Assault - Highlander. Just because.

[Myc]

Apparently not a popular choice, but my fav in MW4 was the Loki. I love my 360 torsos and the Loki and Raven were about 75% of my play time. For an assault. . . . . Daishi of course!

P.S. Next choice in heavies would be the Black Knight or Mad Cat.

P.P.S. No fleas please.

P.P.P.S. Giant robots are cool. Just let me drive whatever.

[Kobold]

Myc, on 20 June 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

Apparently not a popular choice, but my fav in MW4 was the Loki. I love my 360 torsos and the Loki and Raven were about 75% of my play time. For an assault. . . . . Daishi of course!

*twitch*

Myc, on 20 June 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

P.S. Next choice in heavies would be the Black Knight or Mad Cat.

*twitch* *twitch*

Myc, on 20 June 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

P.P.P.S. Giant robots are cool. Just let me drive whatever.

*urge to kill... fading...*

[Zyster]

Give me a Highlander and a Bushwacker and I will be happy for years to come.

[Alfred VonGunn]

Langstes, on 20 June 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

A Shadow Hawk or Archer

Won't be Shadow Hawk yet.. They just gave us a Medium.. Flea or Orion.

[xxReloads]

i dont care what mech as long as its awesome

[Skadi]

Wait hold on, let me color it rq,

There, much better!

[Tincan Nightmare]

Well they threw us a medium instead of a light, breaking their pattern to date, so it could be any of the other 3 weight classes. I'd say Panther or Wolfhound for light, Grasshopper or Orion for heavy, and Victor or Banshee for assault.

[Avelox]

Warhammer would be very nice. Always nice to dream

[Xmador]

RG Grunt, on 20 June 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:

Sign me up for a Axeman nothing like spliting some tin cans with a multi ton axe

Melee ain't part of the game at launch, which means the Axeman would be pointless. If it was, I'd agree with you and include the Hatchetman

[Death Mallet]

A Thug would be awesome.

[WarHammer LLTS]

WarHammer!

[Biglead]

Sundiver, on 20 June 2012 - 01:49 PM, said:

Cyclops need the real C3 mech.

You ain't lyin!

[jadedfalchon]

I don't know how many people actually know the history of the inner sphere or the mechs? So I'll get all nerdy here(sorry).

If this is set for 3049 then anything from the 3050 catalog will probably not appear.
Also, any mechs deemed star league should also not really show up along with Clan mechs because of special tech.
This game comes across as 3049 inner sphere fighting.

Also, I don't know litigation specifics for this game but FASA had litigation problems with the people on the MACROSS anime and there's limited usability on some of those clone mechs. (Battlemaster, locust, rifleman, archer, wasp, stinger, maruader, Phonex hawk, valkyrie, ostol, ostroc, warhammer, shadow hawkm griffin, wolverine, crusader, thunderbolt) I don't expect to see any of these.

I think we will see some more light mechs to medium to give more of an example what was expected in mech combat.

The mechs chosen would come from below:
light mech: 30 tons = spider (fastest mech on the battlefield and produced by all houses)
light mech: 35 tons = firestarter (my fav for burning and scouting and common mech with distinctive design)
light mech: 35 tons = Panther (tough ******)
Medium mech: 40 tons = Assasin (common and a large scout)
Medium mech: 40 tons = Hermes II (decent scout mech)
Medium mech: 45 tons = Vindicator (all purpose mech fairly common)
Medium mech: 45 tons = Blackjack (medium fire support - lowend jagermech)
Medium mech: 55 tons = dervish (fire support)
Heavy mech: 65 tons = Jagermech (can't have rifleman so next best thing with great fire support)
Heavy mech: 70 tons = Grasshopper (my fav heavy with jump jets)
Heavy mech: 75 ton = Orion (One of the most common and modified in the btech universe)
Assualt mech: 80 tons = Victor (80 tons with jump jets)
Assault mech: 90 tons =Cyclops (command and control specialist)

I don't expect these mechs::
Light mech: 30 tons = Javelin (missle dependent)
Medium mech: 55 tons = Scorpion (four legged but quick. would work differently than other mechs. a design challenge)
Medium mech: Hatchetman (they said no melee. The hatchet is part of the overall weight not extra)
Heavy Mech: Axeman (they said no melee. The hatchet is part of the overall weight not extra)

Edited by jadedfalchon, 20 June 2012 - 03:47 PM.

[Spleenslitta]

I've been thinking. Yeah i know....Me thinking with my date expired brain? That sounds like the beginning of a joke.

In any case- The dev's said in the medium video that the medium mechs were the most common mechs on the battlefield.
100 ton assault mechs are without a doubt the most uncommon mechs out there.

They have broken their weightclass release partern so it wouldn't be farfetched for them to give us yet another medium mech because they are supposed to be so common.
I would prefer another jump capable light though.

[Ettibber]

Avias, on 20 June 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I would put money on the locust being one of the next two mechs they release.

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

...that would cause problems for me...raven or locust...the choices...

jadedfalchon, on 20 June 2012 - 03:15 PM, said:

I don't expect these mechs::
Assualt mech: 85 tons = Stalker (Basically a weapons platform but also a huge target)

<cough cough> that's already in...

[A big brave boulder of meat]

Trebuchet is a good mech but I still wish it was the Dervish...It would be really neat to see the art design for the Crab....Yeah, Make it the Crab, I need to see this.

(I also would enjoy the Spider or Panther..)

Edited by TrollvomiT, 20 June 2012 - 03:20 PM.