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[Dawnstealer]

Koniving, on 20 August 2014 - 08:51 AM, said:

You'll appreciate this.

Yeah, that's pretty much the only way to fight them: play peak-a-boo, don't expose yourself at range, focus on taking out a side torso first (rather than CT, halving their weapons), and then focus on the other torso. Perfect.

Even knowing what to do, it's hard, and it should be.

Great post, as always, Kon.

I'd like to see a Grasshopper in that situation: not as "tanky," but quicker and more agile. Not sure which traits would be more survivable.

[Mcgral18]

Deathlike, on 20 August 2014 - 09:00 AM, said:

Linkage is appreciated here.

Though, I kinda suspect a heavy, before we go Mauler or something along those lines.

The right side:



Though, this is from May 23rd apparently.

https://twitter.com/...2684160/photo/1

Edited by Mcgral18, 20 August 2014 - 09:13 AM.

[Deathlike]

Well, according to the pics, they seem to be sorted by weight class... so go figure.

[Ngamok]

Dawnstealer, on 20 August 2014 - 07:06 AM, said:

Oh, man - right?? I'd love to have my Steiner Zeus to stomp around in, but I think the Grasshopper is the more likely heavy to drop.

As for the Mauler...would be interesting. Definitely a heavy-hitter to deal with the Clan mechs, but then again, all those guns are low-slung in a barn-sized torso. Not sure it will hold up to the withering fire the TBR and Direwhale can bring to the table.

All you guys must hate the Guillotine because I think it looks way cooler than the Grasshopper.

[Blakkstar]

Mcgral18, on 20 August 2014 - 09:13 AM, said:

Harmony Gold lawsuit incoming in 3....2...

[Andross Deverow]

Blakkstar, on 20 August 2014 - 09:17 AM, said:

Harmony Gold lawsuit incoming in 3....2...

F**K Harmony Gold, the Bas*ards are holding back my favorite mechs.

Regards

Edited by Andross Deverow, 20 August 2014 - 09:21 AM.

[SgtMagor]

I think 1the next mech is  an assault. Mauler  maybe Zeus. the only way the King Crab will show up  is in the Clan Buster pack at firstmy call!

Edited by SgtMagor, 20 August 2014 - 09:23 AM.

[Angel of Annihilation]

pulupulu, on 20 August 2014 - 06:48 AM, said:

I really think IS could use a dual gauss assault to deal with clan.

Though, I honestly don't know what heavy IS can get to even up with timberwolf. A 75 ton jumpjet heavy?

Marauder but......you can't see the unseen hehe.

[Ngamok]

Corbon Zackery, on 20 August 2014 - 07:11 AM, said:

Will assume that it will be a light mech. The list for light mech is thinning out a bit.

My choice:
Javelin

I'd like to see the Javelin with a few extra Missile hard points. It has decent speed for a 30 tonner (Starts with a 180 @ 97.2 KPH) so you can get it to go 140+ with upgraded engine sizes (up to a 250 engine I think). Could be the Jenner - Oxide but missiles in the torsos rather than arms. Also the 10F is all energy instead of all missile 10N so they can be played totally different. The only other model available is the 10P because the others are 3053 and forward. Also the hero mech listed has clan tech in it.

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

[Gyrok]

Dawnstealer, on 20 August 2014 - 07:15 AM, said:

Mercury and Hermes are out because they're both MASC mechs, right?

Panther would be a good bet - they seem to be releasing more faction-specific mechs.


Warhammer's out - Harmony Gold owns the rights. Same with the Archer, Longbow, Marauder, and Pheonix Hawk. A few others who are slipping my mind at the moment.

Rifleman...as well...

[Duke Hector]

well i am going to call two right one. we only have two 70 ton mechs. the Cataphract and the Summoner. the rest are 60 or 65 tons

its either going to be the grasshopper http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Grasshopper

or the guillotine http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Guillotine

or POSSIBLY the Excalibur http://www.sarna.net...ur_(BattleMech)

those are the only ones that have enough variants

the thing is i am leaning more to the grasshopper (yuck another human looking mech)

but i would prefer the guillotine because its not a human looking mech

Edited by Dan the Ice Man, 20 August 2014 - 09:38 AM.

[Andross Deverow]

Gyrok, on 20 August 2014 - 09:36 AM, said:

Rifleman...as well...

Harmony Gold says NO!!!!!!
Regards

[_NARCoMAN_]

Alistair Winter, on 20 August 2014 - 07:16 AM, said:

Isn't the Mauler the only confirmed and unreleased IS mech at the moment?

Yeah, but these are the same bunch that call Shadowhawks as Trebuchets. For all we know, it could be a Lancelot

[Alex Warden]

PPPPPLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!

[Bishop Steiner]

Dawnstealer, on 20 August 2014 - 06:32 AM, said:

So with the roll-out of the Vindicator (nice job, PGI - it has me debating it, and I'd typically rather scrub myself with a cheese-grater than buy a Liao mech), what's next?

The Flea is still sitting out there, awaiting the implementation of the MASC, but that one's probably a ways off.

I know the King Crab is on the radar, but I think it's still a ways out (probably part of a Clanbuster pack).

Grasshopper? Seems like it's most likely, but who can say.

So far, the count of mechs looks like this:

Lights: 6
Mediums: 10
Heavies: 7
Assaults: 7

That seems to suggest the next would be a Light.

What think you, dear reader?

Vindicator Hero: DON'T DO IT

[Strum Wealh]

Blakkstar, on 20 August 2014 - 09:17 AM, said:

Harmony Gold lawsuit incoming in 3....2...

Harmony Gold has no claim against anything shown in that photo.

The Unseen/Reseen currently in MWO are from Crusher Joe (the Locust) and Dougram (everything else in the Phoenix packages); none of them come from Macross.

[Trevor Belmont]

[Ph30nix]

Kitane, on 20 August 2014 - 06:36 AM, said:

Light enough I think

whats that crap on its knee? someone needs to remove that tumor

[Ph30nix]

Andross Deverow, on 20 August 2014 - 09:41 AM, said:

Harmony Gold says NO!!!!!!
Regards

shouldn't those be coming into public domain soon?
Frankly i don't understand alot of the situation with harm gold crap ive read up on most of the legal stuff i mean and i know that current standing is due to a out of court settlement with non disclosure agreements.

[Navid A1]

I remember a PGI dev actually saying something about the mauler being in the pipeline in an NGNG podcast when he is asked about any new mechs...
Don't know which podcast it was..!