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[Woodstock]

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

Energy 50 tonner

Jump jets on one variant

ECM (10 years from now)

Just sayin ... Could be a nice mech

[Nathan Foxbane]

sl and b variants were only deployed by the Star League Defense Force and SLDF Royal Divisions respectively. They are considered extinct at this point in the time line.

The Clans may still have some in their Toumans, but even the Comguards do not field them.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 05 October 2014 - 02:39 PM.

[Glaive-]

I really hope the Crab gets in sooner or later. The design itself is pretty unique and would give it a pretty low profile. Of course, knowing PGI, they will probably make it huge for whatever reason.

[Woodstock]

The same could be said for the black Knight ... but thats being considered strongly

[EgoSlayer]

Russ said in the Town Hall meeting that the next IS pack Medium and Light choices were 'a no brainier' or something to that effect. Crab as the medium makes a lot of sense.

[LT. HARDCASE]

EgoSlayer, on 05 October 2014 - 02:43 PM, said:

Russ said in the Town Hall meeting that the next IS pack Medium and Light choices were 'a no brainier' or something to that effect. Crab as the medium makes a lot of sense.

We've pretty much run out of decent mediums. The Assassin will be in the poll with a bunch of trash mechs (Clint? Enforcer?), making it the "no brainer" he foresees.

Edited by Kevjack, 05 October 2014 - 02:52 PM.

[Rhent]

The Phoenix Hawk would be a no brainer.

[EgoSlayer]

Kevjack, on 05 October 2014 - 02:51 PM, said:

We've pretty much run out of decent mediums. The Assassin will be in the poll with a bunch of trash mechs (Clint? Enforcer?), making it the "no brainer" he foresees.

There isn't going to be a poll for the light or mediums. The decision on them is already made. The assassin is out because it doesn't have the requisite time line appropriate number of variants. The Crab really doesn't have much difference between two of the time line correct variants either though. Dervish might be another option though. There isn't much left in the TRO 3050 with enough variants.

Rhent, on 05 October 2014 - 02:55 PM, said:

The Phoenix Hawk would be a no brainer.

Phoenix Hawk is unseen - so it's a lawsuit with HG. Certainly a no-brainer to not include it.

Edited by EgoSlayer, 05 October 2014 - 03:00 PM.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Most of the "no brainer" 'Mechs left in the timeline are in the 40 ton range. There are actually some good 'Mechs in there. Everything else, including the Crab, Enforcer, and Dervish does not have enough variants. Same reason we won't see the Merlin (3058 TRO, but developed in 3010). As I said above the "b" and "sl" variants have so far been off limits. It hurts some of the 'Mechs we could see, but makes sense from a lore standpoint.

[aniviron]

The big thing everyone is missing- if we get a King Crab, we better get a normal one too!

[Zerberus]

Rhent, on 05 October 2014 - 02:55 PM, said:

The Phoenix Hawk would be a no brainer.

And a legal nightmare (see also Unseen, Harmony Gold) with the potential to end the game outright.

[El Bandito]

Sentinel is going to look amazing when it comes out.

[Woodstock]

I thought the model style was 'similar' between the crab and the king crab (not surprisingly)

So maybe they could use some hidden assets to do the crab.

That said I would LOVE the assassin!

So either of those would be a win for me!

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

The Crab and the Bushwacker both have great potential for hitboxes, with their low-slung profiles.

I fully expect the Crab to show up in some kind of ComGuard pack, and the Bushwacker as an Invasion Response pack.

[Blue Boutique]

Where's the pilot in that crab?

[Ashnod]

EgoSlayer, on 05 October 2014 - 02:59 PM, said:

Phoenix Hawk is unseen - so it's a lawsuit with HG. Certainly a no-brainer to not include it.

Zerberus, on 05 October 2014 - 03:15 PM, said:

And a legal nightmare (see also Unseen, Harmony Gold) with the potential to end the game outright.

except unseen mech's are already in the game.. HG doesn't have claim to it anymore.

Wolverine, Griffin, Shadow hawk, Thunderbolt, & Battlemaster..

Edited by Ashnod, 11 October 2014 - 01:52 AM.

[Vassago Rain]

Ashnod, on 11 October 2014 - 01:49 AM, said:

except unseen mech's are already in the game.. HG doesn't have claim to it anymore.

You need to learn yourself some history.

Dougram robots aren't macross robots.

[AlexEss]

Well as Russ and PGI decided to go the route of letting us rewrite history i guess it would not be completely out of range to introduce some non-canon mech variants.

[Belorion]

Nathan Foxbane, on 05 October 2014 - 02:38 PM, said:

sl and b variants were only deployed by the Star League Defense Force and SLDF Royal Divisions respectively. They are considered extinct at this point in the time line.

The Clans may still have some in their Toumans, but even the Comguards do not field them.

Extinct doesn't seem to be a reason for PGI to not include variants... heck the whole Highlander chassis is supposed to be ultra rare.

[Bishop Steiner]

A little boring, honestly, though visually, Alex has done some nice concepts. I'm good with or without.