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#17821 Requiemking

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Posted 29 October 2017 - 06:29 PM

View PostFupDup, on 29 October 2017 - 06:16 PM, said:

I'll chime in to remind everyone that a good compromise on the Hellhound issue would be for the MW4 version to be canonized as its own 100% entirely separate mech under a new name like Warhound or Bloodhound. There, no lore broken.

That would be fine by me.

#17822 SgtMagor

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Posted 29 October 2017 - 06:54 PM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 29 October 2017 - 05:19 PM, said:

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wonder how I would have done had I released this for the old MWO Marauder redesign contest?


sweet piece, would have been a kewl ride. thx for the show.

#17823 Odanan

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 07:14 AM

2 days?

#17824 FLG 01

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:14 PM

An unconventionally bold choice like the Vapor Eagle, Stooping Hawk or Rabid Coyote would get my attention, but the current favourites like Black Lanner or Hellhound don't appeal to me very much.

Compare the Stooping Hawk to the Black Lanner for example. Sure, the latter is probably the superior Mech, but it is also similar to the Stormcrow in its mission profile (fast heavy Medium), relying on mobility and firepower. The Black Lanner shifts the balance somewhat more to the mobility.
The Stooping Hawk however is radically different design: relatively slow, without being too slow, and extremely durable. Give it defensive quirks and you got a Mech that plays a lot different compared to your usual Clan mediums.

Again, it's probably not the best 55t Clan Mech - that would be the Vapor Eagle imo - but it represents a style I would love to try on the Clans.

#17825 xVLFBERHxT

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:25 PM

View PostCK16, on 29 October 2017 - 06:06 PM, said:

Hardly anyone would know about the Hellhound/Conjurer with out the MW4 version. and Even fewer would care or notice about the Woverine IIC. NO ONE KNOW CARES ABOUT THE CONJURER honestly. Many more care about the MW4 Hellhound Req, sorry your thoughts are like .01% here of the MWO/Btech population


I care for the Conjurer

#17826 TheArisen

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 12:50 PM

We should put together a list of all mechs in game with MASC variants and also new chassis. MASC is sriously under utilized

#17827 The Lighthouse

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:14 PM

View PostOdanan, on 30 October 2017 - 07:14 AM, said:

2 days?


I mean, based on recent quality of mechs we've been seeing, are you guys seriously still waiting for announcement?

#17828 FLG 01

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:22 PM

View PostTheArisen, on 30 October 2017 - 12:50 PM, said:

We should put together a list of all mechs in game with MASC variants and also new chassis. MASC is sriously under utilized


Well, here it is for the IS:

New Variants (future variants allowed)

LCT-5W
WLF-5
FS9-M3
PHX-7S
CN9-D3D
TDR-10SE


New Mechs with MASC (only up to 3067)

Mercury
Stinger
Flea
Fireball
Mongoose
Thorn
Falcon
Spector
Hermes
Vulcan
Snake (Hero only)
Stealth
Stag
Hitman
Beowulf
Men Shen
Tessen
Argus
Grand Dragon
Exterminator
Caesar
Rampage


(I excluded units with too much MWO-incompatible tech like melee; however I included Mechs that can be altered with relative ease; some cases are debatable, of course, and I may have missed a few units)

Edited by FLG 01, 30 October 2017 - 01:29 PM.


#17829 Odanan

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:39 PM

View PostTheArisen, on 30 October 2017 - 12:50 PM, said:

We should put together a list of all mechs in game with MASC variants and also new chassis. MASC is sriously under utilized

I heard you called for MASC mechs and got here as fast as I could.
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View PostThe Lighthouse, on 30 October 2017 - 01:14 PM, said:

I mean, based on recent quality of mechs we've been seeing, are you guys seriously still waiting for announcement?

YES.

#17830 FLG 01

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:43 PM

View PostOdanan, on 30 October 2017 - 01:39 PM, said:

I heard you called for MASC mechs and got here as fast as I could.
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FTFY

#17831 Odanan

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 01:56 PM

View PostFLG 01, on 30 October 2017 - 01:43 PM, said:

FTFY

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With so many good renditions out there, you need to post the ugliest one?

#17832 FLG 01

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 02:02 PM

View PostOdanan, on 30 October 2017 - 01:56 PM, said:

With so many good renditions out there, you need to post the ugliest one?

I think it's a darn funny image! Also, it's not the ugliest rendition. Posted Image
Of the canon renditions, two are acceptable, one is awkward, and one is ugly. That one is the awkward rendition (I think you can see why...).

#17833 Pariah Devalis

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 04:29 PM

View PostFLG 01, on 30 October 2017 - 02:02 PM, said:

I think it's a darn funny image! Also, it's not the ugliest rendition. Posted Image
Of the canon renditions, two are acceptable, one is awkward, and one is ugly. That one is the awkward rendition (I think you can see why...).


Here ya go. I heard "ugly," and if anyone knows ugly...

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Edit: I not so secretly hope it looks like this in MWO. One, it would be frikkin' hilarious. Two, BATTLE CHICKEN!

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 30 October 2017 - 04:36 PM.


#17834 Hauptmann Krause

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 04:57 PM

Blanner with a **** ton of heavy lasers and machine guns would be hilarious fun.

#17835 TheArisen

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 05:53 PM

View PostFLG 01, on 30 October 2017 - 01:22 PM, said:


Well, here it is for the IS:

New Variants (future variants allowed)

LCT-5W
WLF-5
FS9-M3
PHX-7S
CN9-D3D
TDR-10SE


New Mechs with MASC (only up to 3067)

Mercury
Stinger
Flea
Fireball
Mongoose
Thorn
Falcon
Spector
Hermes
Vulcan
Snake (Hero only)
Stealth
Stag
Hitman
Beowulf
Men Shen
Tessen
Argus
Grand Dragon
Exterminator
Caesar
Rampage


(I excluded units with too much MWO-incompatible tech like melee; however I included Mechs that can be altered with relative ease; some cases are debatable, of course, and I may have missed a few units)


I would buy a TBolt 10SE same day if they sold it a la Griffin 2N

#17836 FLG 01

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 06:08 PM

Yep, the TDR-10SE is cool. I personally would love the PXH-7S, it's like the current PXH-3S - just with useful hardpoints.

In fact I would buy reinforcement packs for real money if they were offered. PXH-7S, MAD-9M, or ZEU-9WD would be must-buy units for me. If the price is ok I can imagine I would not be the only one...

#17837 Johnny Z

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 06:09 PM

+1 for Sting, Valkyrie, Wasp, since I am not sure what this topic is about. :)

#17838 TheArisen

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Posted 30 October 2017 - 07:11 PM

View PostJohnny Z, on 30 October 2017 - 06:09 PM, said:

+1 for Sting, Valkyrie, Wasp, since I am not sure what this topic is about. :)


Haha I was talking about Masc equipped variants of mechs in game and that I'd buy a reinforcement pack like the Grfn 2N. FLG expanded on that.

#17839 Odanan

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Posted 31 October 2017 - 03:34 AM

View PostJohnny Z, on 30 October 2017 - 06:09 PM, said:

+1 for Sting, Valkyrie, Wasp, since I am not sure what this topic is about. Posted Image

Who called for the Valkyrie?
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Edited by Odanan, 31 October 2017 - 07:43 AM.


#17840 xVLFBERHxT

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Posted 31 October 2017 - 03:49 AM

Nice one Odanan!





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