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[Variant1]

We all know that the clan invasion will come to an end soon, and the only way to go is forward. So after the clan invasion will come the fedcom civil war (steiner vs davion), and after that the blake jihad.

I think we can all agree the Word of Blake lore is controversial, but i think we can all agree the mechs look sick. For those of you who don't know who the Word of blake are, they are a splinter faction of Comstar.

If pgi does release WoB mechs i think those mechs should have a red HUD much like the clans have blue HUD in order to differentiate them from the IS. Teammates should be in orange and squad-mates in yellow for even more coolness.

Question is: would you like to see and play those mechs?


edit: can't seem to make a poll, where changes made to forums?

Edited by Variant1, 23 November 2014 - 07:42 PM.

[BlakeAteIt]

They are still IS-based 'mechs.

[Variant1]

BlakeAteIt, on 23 November 2014 - 06:49 PM, said:

They are still IS-based 'mechs.

Well the manufacturing plant yes since they did capture a lot of plants, but the design is their own. Would you like to play those mechs though?

Edited by Variant1, 23 November 2014 - 07:21 PM.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

Variant1, on 23 November 2014 - 05:37 PM, said:

We all know that the clan invasion will come to an end soon.

CW is being designed around the event of the Clan Invasion. Its going to be around for a while.

Maybe one day we'll visit other events, though.

[Lynx7725]

They are IS omnis. So kind of the worst of both worlds in the MWO meta.

[RockmachinE]

I highly doubt this game will ever get so far. Highly highly doubt it. It took them years to make something that resembles a full game in terms of content, I don't think they'll ever get to this point.

[Lynx7725]

Louis Brofist, on 23 November 2014 - 07:28 PM, said:

I highly doubt this game will ever get so far. Highly highly doubt it. It took them years to make something that resembles a full game in terms of content, I don't think they'll ever get to this point.

Of course, after one season of Clan War, PGI could advance the clock to the Jihad period, and viola, IS Omnis.

[RockmachinE]

Lynx7725, on 23 November 2014 - 07:30 PM, said:

PGI could

[Kain Demos]

Rouken, on 23 November 2014 - 07:25 PM, said:

CW is being designed around the event of the Clan Invasion. Its going to be around for a while.

Maybe one day we'll visit other events, though.

After a few years I wouldn't mind leaping forward to the FedCom Civil war era.

Anything after that though and I wouldn't be interested.

[Lynx7725]

Kain Thul, on 23 November 2014 - 07:35 PM, said:

After a few years I wouldn't mind leaping forward to the FedCom Civil war era.

Anything after that though and I wouldn't be interested.

But but but, think of the fighting with ForestryMech! GIANT CHAINSAWS!

[Malcolm Vordermark]

Lynx7725, on 23 November 2014 - 07:30 PM, said:

Of course, after one season of Clan War, PGI could advance the clock to the Jihad period, and viola, IS Omnis.

Seasons are not a thing anymore. Resets may happen if something goes horribly wrong.

[InKerenskyWeTrust]

Rouken, on 23 November 2014 - 07:36 PM, said:

Seasons are not a thing anymore. Resets may happen if something goes horribly wrong.

Or amazingly right, just saying, kind of depends on what side of the conflict you are on.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Lynx7725, on 23 November 2014 - 07:26 PM, said:

They are IS omnis. So kind of the worst of both worlds in the MWO meta.

From what Ive heard mixtech mechs are gonna be the worst of both worlds. Imagine IS mechs with Clan restrictions but can mount clan equipment *shudder*. Id rather they just said no to mixtech in that case

[Lynx7725]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 23 November 2014 - 08:43 PM, said:

From what Ive heard mixtech mechs are gonna be the worst of both worlds. Imagine IS mechs with Clan restrictions but can mount clan equipment *shudder*. Id rather they just said no to mixtech in that case

By the time the WoBbie Omnis came out, mixed tech is canonical -- they had at least 2 decades to figure the in-lore problems out.

Thing is, if IS mechs function under Omni restrictions (i.e., no change of engine, no upgrades), they would actually fare worse than Clan Omnis. IS variability and customization is one big advantage negating the Clan weapon and construction advantages in MWO specifically.

[Josef Nader]

Urgh, the Word of Blake designs are terrible, and I hope the Jihad never makes it into this game. I'd be much more happy if we stopped at the Fed-Com Civil War.

[Kain Demos]

Lynx7725, on 23 November 2014 - 08:45 PM, said:

By the time the WoBbie Omnis came out, mixed tech is canonical -- they had at least 2 decades to figure the in-lore problems out.

Thing is, if IS mechs function under Omni restrictions (i.e., no change of engine, no upgrades), they would actually fare worse than Clan Omnis. IS variability and customization is one big advantage negating the Clan weapon and construction advantages in MWO specifically.

I thought the IS never managed to mount Clan weapons?

In the 3060s they have their own Omnis and a lot of other stuff derived from clan tech but I don't recall them ever mounting clan weapons onto IS 'mechs.

[R Razor]

Personally I'm not really looking forward to having to kill my beer handlers............that's all Davions are really good for anyway..............and yeah, I think the WOB stuff would be pretty cool as long as PGI implements them in a way that is good for the game overall.

[Lynx7725]

Kain Thul, on 23 November 2014 - 10:07 PM, said:

I thought the IS never managed to mount Clan weapons?

In the 3060s they have their own Omnis and a lot of other stuff derived from clan tech but I don't recall them ever mounting clan weapons onto IS 'mechs.

WoBBies started coming out in the '70s, so some of the IS mechs IIRC started mixing techs. Not always, some cases, but starting to become more common during and after the Jihad.

[STEF_]

I don't like that kind of stuff at all.
Happy FASA costumer here.

[TehSBGX]

Lynx7725, on 23 November 2014 - 07:36 PM, said:

But but but, think of the fighting with ForestryMech! GIANT CHAINSAWS!

I'd Totally run a Forestymech, it would be hilarious.