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[Davegt27]

Simple question

Should the TW be classed as an Assault Mech?

Kind of thinking about my poor Jager at only 65 tons
What I would give for more tonnage on the Jager

The TW at 75 tons wow! Ten tons more capacity no wonder people cry about it all the time

Your thoughts

[cSand]

Nah


just aim for those juicy side torsos

Edited by cSand, 06 November 2014 - 04:33 PM.

[Brody319]

No, because there is a version of the mad cat that is an assault. Just imagine a Twolf with 90 tons, instead of 75.
http://www.sarna.net...i/Mad_Cat_Mk_II

Edited by Brody319, 06 November 2014 - 04:46 PM.

[Foxfire]

With jump jets.

There's also a Light and Medium version, along with another Heavy version but those don't come along until the Dark Ages timeline.

Edited by Foxfire, 06 November 2014 - 04:34 PM.

[Master Maniac]

lol I eat Mad Cats for breakfast. Why are we crying about them?

[Impyrium]

No. It is not heavy enough. The Jager is an entire ten tons lighter- I don't get the OP's point?

[Fishbulb333]

Hnngh...Jager with 10 extra tons would be terrifiying.. 4 IS uac/5's with plenty ammo and maybe a couple medium lasers?

[Dragomir Zelenka]

Davegt27, on 06 November 2014 - 04:32 PM, said:

Your thoughts

My first thought is that you shouldn't drink before you post.

Actually, that's my second thought as well.

I don't really have it within me to bother coming up with a third thought for this thread.

[Lil Cthulhu]

Does the IS not have any 75 ton heavies?

What's that? The Orion is 75 tons?

Oh, well I guess you could pilot that instead.

Edited by Lil Cthulhu, 06 November 2014 - 04:56 PM.

[ShadowWolf Kell]

So much angst over the Timber Wolf. Just wait till the Shadow Cat comes out.

[Scratx]

Timber Wolf is a heavy mech, get used to it. Otherwise, are we going to classify the Cicada as a light mech? A Dragons as a medium? What?

No sense, the suggestion makes.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Lil Cthulhu, on 06 November 2014 - 04:52 PM, said:

Does the IS not have any 75 ton heavies?

What's that? The Orion is 75 tons?

Oh, well I guess you could pilot one of those instead.

FTFY, Cataphract is 70

[Lil Cthulhu]

WM Quicksilver, on 06 November 2014 - 04:55 PM, said:

FTFY, Cataphract is 70

fixed

[Davegt27]

I think my next Mech will be an Orion or a Cat not sure which
The Orion looks cool so it might win out

The TW is so over powered it needs to be an Assault

Edited by Davegt27, 06 November 2014 - 05:11 PM.

[MechPorn]

Maybe if you whine enough...they will classify it as an assault, like when the peeps whined about LRMs.

[WVAnonymous]

No. It's a "weight class" not a mission statement.

[Project_Mercy]

Both sides have plenty of 70 and 75 ton mechs. It's just that most of the IS ones, the canonical ones that make up the backbone of the IS mechs are CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT from MWO for reasons nobody at PGI cares to give a reasonable explanation for. *coughmarauderwarhammerlongbowarchercough* Which is why we end up with terrible snowflake mechs like the Orion and the Grasshopper.

I mean, imagine if we had a Mechwarrior 3058 game where we left out all the 3050 clan mechs because we're too lazy to draw new ones. You'd find the 3058 mechs don't make for a balanced stable.

Edited by Wraeththix Constantine, 06 November 2014 - 05:18 PM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

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

Is it me or does the Mad Cat not have jump jets?

Speed 86.4 km/h

Usually it says something about jump distance

Why do all of ours have jump jets when in TT the Pryde seems to be the only one that does?

[Project_Mercy]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 06 November 2014 - 05:18 PM, said:

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

Is it me or does the Mad Cat not have jump jets?

Speed 86.4 km/h

Usually it says something about jump distance

Why do all of ours have jump jets when in TT the Pryde seems to be the only one that does?

? The JJ's are part of the S omnipods. It's there in Sarna. Though the 5th one is in the S's CT now.

[Risko Vinsheen]

Davegt27, on 06 November 2014 - 05:11 PM, said:

The TW is so over powered it needs to be an Assault

The Timber Wolf is 75 tons, so it's a Heavy. 80-100 tons is Assault class.

Whether or not it's overpowered is irrelevant. The Firestarter has more hardpoints than some Mediums, are we going to classify it as a Medium? If we're classifying 75 tons as Assault class the Orion would be Assault, too.