VonFrundsberg, on 12 August 2014 - 12:23 AM, said:
http://i.imgur.com/GmRsQ5g.jpg
Posted in one of the other Announcement threads. The whole Atlas-Steiner relationship has been overblown by /tg/ and the CBT forums, as well as that story about Duke Kelswa-Steiner and his blood-crazed last stand in an Atlas against invading Clanners. The Griffin is probably the "most Steiner" 'Mech in MW:O.
As a scientist I'm not really all that impressed by the graph without seeing the source or the original data.
The graph indicates that the Federated Suns field more Atlas Assault'Mechs in 3039, but Sarna indicates that the Federated Suns lost the capacity to produce their Atlas AS7-S during the FedCom Civil War (FCCW 3062-3067), while the Lyran Alliance and the Draconis Combine continued to introduce and produce their own variants.
Yes I know the FCCW hasn't happened yet (super excited to get more 'Mechs from that era), but it's also not 3039 anymore. At the very least it is 3050 with the onset of the Clan Invasion.
Either PGI is using stats from Clan Invasion era (which I don't have the data for) or they are ignoring overall total stats as the Lyran Alliance & Draconis Combine took the lead in Atlas production after the FCCW. So I guess it really depends on what you want to look at? Overall statistics, or era specific statistics. If the latter then neither of us have a compelling argument.
I'm also VERY confused why a member of House Steiner would be arguing against the inclusion of one of the most famous Assault'Mechs in BattleTech history, while a member of House Davion is attempting to support such a claim... You know what screw it, you're right! Nope, from now on House Davion lays claim to any Atlas sales in the future!