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[Cobweb]

Sebastian Thrawn, on 18 July 2012 - 05:53 AM, said:

is it right that we see a new mech tomorrow ?

Is it right? Yes. Is it likely...... we will have to see.

[Stefan Amaris II]

And what about the Thug?

[Technohic]

Spider. No thread started yet?

[Red squirrel]

I was totally wrong assuming an assault mech

Spiders !!!! Now we need Fireflys for them to catch

[Odanan]

Spider! Never saw it coming...

[Samuel Ryan Jennings]

Shall be interesting to see what it is next ...

[Eximar]

Mech 16 will be an assault. Zeus and Victor are highly likely, but for tonnage variety's sake, I will guess Highlander.

[Technohic]

I don't think I will go with the Spider. I have a mech picked out for each weight range as a favorite and preparing to be cash strapped, and so far, 2 of them are still founder mechs I am going to have anyway. Spider does not make my light weight at first glance. All are subject to change when I get in game to see reality.

[Lonestar1771]

please be a Zeus next, please be a Zeus next!

[Graewulf]

I'd prefer another medium. Since they're supposed to be the 'workhorses of the Inner Sphere', we should have a bigger selection of them. I'd love to see BlackJack, Enforcer, or Griffin.

[Red squirrel]

OK we all agree that it surely will be an assault mech coming next....but which one?
I think it will be one to fill the gap between 85 and 100 tons.
I bet on the Cyclops. 90t and it would be the first assault to go fastern than 54 in its default build.

On the other hand I am still hoping for the Charger (CGR-3K variant)


By the way have a look at: http://www.mwowiki.o...Confirmed_Mechs
All confirmed mechs and the specs of their standard builds on one page.

I wonder if there will be any mechs lighter than 25tons?

[Evex]

From what I've seen of the released mechs. I'm thinking the devs might be working off the 25th anniversary box set as a guide line to what mechs they are releasing concept art for. If we take a look at the actual list of mechs from the box set.

• COM-2D Commando
  
• SDR-5V Spider
  
• JR7-D Jenner
  
• PNT-9R Panther
  
• ASN-21 Assassin
  
• CDA-2A Cicada
  
• CLNT-2-3T Clint
  
• HER-2S Hermes II
  
• WTH-1 Whitworth
  
• VND-1R Vindicator
  
• ENF-4R Enforcer
  
• HBK-4G Hunchback
  
• TBT-5N Trebuchet
  
• DV-6M Dervish
  
• DRG-1N Dragon
  
• QKD-4G Quickdraw
  
• CPLT-C1 Catapult
  
• JM6-S JagerMech
  
• GHR-5H Grasshopper
  
• AWS-8Q Awesome
  
• ZEU-6S Zeus
  
• CP-10-Z Cyclops
  
• BNC-3E Banshee
  
• AS7-D Atlas

The only mechs that don't adhere to this seem to be the Raven, Centurion, Stalker and the Cataphract. For the most part the devs might be trying to get these battlemechs into the game, as the core battlemechs while still throwing in a random battlemech to keep us guessing.

[Ganthrinor]

I'm hoping to see the Highlander, but I'm fairly sure it won't happen. It's just too old and doesn't have enough variants.


It'll probably be a Zeus.

[Odanan]

After the initial shock, and putting side the awesome art, I'm kind of disappointed with the Spider. All you do with a Spider you can do better with a (if necessary, custom) Jenner.

[C Phillips]

I want the Uziel!

[Belorion]

with 26 percent of the announced mechs not appearing in the Boxxed set, I dont think that is what they are using.

[Navek]

Odanan,

Since this one seemed to be a little bit of a surprise for your predictions, do you think you'll change anything in your reasoning for predicting the next mech?

[Odanan]

Navek, on 18 July 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

Odanan,

Since this one seemed to be a little bit of a surprise for your predictions, do you think you'll change anything in your reasoning for predicting the next mech?

Well... I don't know... Spider was really a surprise. It's a crappy mech, with several variants but almost no variation. I'm really confused.

Anyway, they didn't break the method of pick non-star league (so no Highlander), non-unseen, non-Wolf Dragoons (no Imp, no Annihilator) mechs. So, the assault will be:

Cyclops, or
Banshee, or
Victor, or
Charger, or
Zeus.

Against Banshee and Charger are their awful primary variants.
Against Victor and Zeus, the lack of variation (but it looks like this is not a big problem). Victor might still be the chosen because of the jump.
Cyclops is the most likely - but after the Spider (I was expecting the Firestarter), I can't say for sure...

[Brenden]

Most likely it will be an assault, four light so far, four medium, heavy and three assault. So they need one more assault to round it out.
It could be either the Cyclops, Zeus or (God forbid) Mauler.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Hopefully the Annihilator!