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[Xarian]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 October 2014 - 10:57 AM, said:

Yup..... or one could have Jump Jets, and actually get that mech INTO the fight.

It'll hop right into the fight and promptly get eaten! And after you spend 4-5 tons on Jump Jets (you didn't think you'd be able to actually "hop" with 1-2 JJ, did you?), the net difference in tonnage is more like 8 or 9!

[Bishop Steiner]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 11:04 AM, said:

It'll hop right into the fight and promptly get eaten! And after you spend 4-5 tons on Jump Jets (you didn't think you'd be able to actually "hop" with 1-2 JJ, did you?), the net difference in tonnage is more like 8 or 9!

and worth it. Laser boats need mobility.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 October 2014 - 11:07 AM, said:

and worth it. Laser boats need mobility.

330 Std on the Black Knight, so it is only around 9kph slower than the Timby (which the current meta laser vomit does not mount JJs either) and it could mount 6 ML and 2 ERLL, so

Jump Jets didn't save the Quickdraw mind you, and they have around the same hardpoints (except missiles in the head not the torso).

[Xarian]

WM Quicksilver, on 04 October 2014 - 11:16 AM, said:

330 Std on the Black Knight, so it is only around 9kph slower than the Timby (which the current meta laser vomit does not mount JJs either) and it could mount 6 ML and 2 ERLL, so

Jump Jets didn't save the Quickdraw mind you, and they have around the same hardpoints (except missiles in the head not the torso).

And one variant has a sword

[ManDaisy]

You blacknight voters represent everything wrong with mwo. Vote grasshopper!

Edited by ManDaisy, 04 October 2014 - 11:41 AM.

[kapusta11]

ManDaisy, on 04 October 2014 - 11:35 AM, said:

You blacknight voters represent everything wrong with mwo.

Haha, you've made my day 10/10.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 11:23 AM, said:

And one variant has a sword

It won't have a sword in MWO.


After reading this thread, i took my reserve vote, and went Grasshopper

[Xarian]

DV McKenna, on 04 October 2014 - 11:43 AM, said:

It won't have a sword in MWO.

Well, not with that attitude anyway.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 11:48 AM, said:

Well, not with that attitude anyway.

They can't get collisions right (and they are still missing), let alone melee combat that would include said collisions.

[Alex Warden Wolf]

oh COME ON... as much as i like the Blackie for nostalgic reasons.. the grasshopper is so much better,,,

[SpiralFace]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 11:23 AM, said:

And one variant has a sword

Yeah, as well as a hatchet, but we're probably never going to see THOSE versions in this game.

Grasshopper all the way. Will be a much better beast in this game.

[Carrioncrows]

Vote Grasshopper!!!

Because: Reasons

Awesome Reasons.

[Vassago Rain]

El Bandito, on 04 October 2014 - 10:56 AM, said:

Don't be fooled by false advertising. It is the Dark Age BLK-NT-5H, which has little resemblance to the actual design.

But hey, if one prefer looks rather than capability, then I have no words but to shake my head slowly.

And the OP is so poorly made but anyone with a brain can see that.

MWO robots only superficially resemble the 1700s battletech cave paintings they're based on.

[Xarian]

I found some early gameplay footage of the BL-9-KNT

El Bandito, on 04 October 2014 - 10:56 AM, said:

And the OP is so poorly made but anyone with a brain can see that.

I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU!
*sobs*

Edited by Xarian, 04 October 2014 - 12:05 PM.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 12:02 PM, said:

I found some early gameplay footage of the BL-9-KNT

I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU!
*sobs*

Then you learned your lessons poorly. As for the video, while funny, I believe the BT Black Knight descends more from Arthurian legend than parodies of said legend.

[Wingbreaker]

Xarian, on 04 October 2014 - 10:34 AM, said:

Take off those rose colored glasses

Says the guy that then makes an argument for a sword.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

[Xarian]

Wingbreaker, on 04 October 2014 - 12:23 PM, said:

Says the guy that then makes an argument for a sword.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

Not with that attitude.

[Eagle Falconhawk]

Definitely Grasshopper. A 75-tonner without JJs that can't carry missles or ballistics would be not good.
In fact it would be bad.

[Davers]

WM Quicksilver, on 04 October 2014 - 11:16 AM, said:

Jump Jets didn't save the Quickdraw mind you, and they have around the same hardpoints (except missiles in the head not the torso).

Not having JJs didn't save the Orion either. And that is what the Black Knight is, an all energy Orion. Same speed, same engine cap.

[Xarian]

Eagle Falconhawk, on 04 October 2014 - 12:44 PM, said:

Definitely Grasshopper. A 75-tonner without JJs that can't carry missles or ballistics would be not good.
In fact it would be bad.

You're saying this as though the Grasshopper is significantly different. It's 70 tons, cannot carry ballistics, and has a single missile hardpoint in its head. That's one single crit slot. Your choices are: LRM5, SRM2, SRM4, or SSRM2.

Edited by Xarian, 04 October 2014 - 12:51 PM.