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[Odanan]

No mech today?

PGI, you certainly know how to make a bearded man cry. ;(

[Scrawny Cowboy]

Milking content perhaps. If they were to announce concept art (which would undoubtedly be the King Crab hehe) it will shelve the delayed hype for the Trenchbucket's implementation.

[Khanahar]

While we're extolling this thread's merits, besides being highly entertaining and the place in the Gen Forum where you can find all the BT grognards (who are awesome), the list in the beginning is:
1) Interesting
2) Informative
a) About 'mechs around in the time period
About what 'mechs will be added to the game in what order (announcement order roughly follows implementation)
3) Fracking cool.

Oh, and did we mention it heads off a LOT of stupid threads we used to get all the time?

Edited by Khanahar, 20 February 2013 - 05:29 PM.

[Odanan]

Lonestar1771, on 20 February 2013 - 08:46 AM, said:

This thread is lacking moar ZEUS!!™. The shoulder plate looks like a roulette table.

That Zeus is so cool I wouldn't mind to have it instead of the Banshee...

[SgtMagor]

this Zeus

[The Boneshaman]

I have hacked PGI mainfraim and found the next mech they will be annoucing for march april and may.






































shhhhh dont tell any one about this thay will never know
i wanted to turn the images in to sopilers but i know not how to do it.

[ParadigmShifter]

Dire Wolf

[Lonestar1771]

The Boneshaman, on 20 February 2013 - 06:37 PM, said:

Snip

[Anyone00]

RX-78-2: we already have a fast 60 ton mech; sure it's jump jet capabilities are nice but two machine guns and a ERPPC is just a mediocre weapons load out for a mech of that size; without melee in the game it's capabilities are just too far nerfed. It almost just an over-sized Spider with more armor and a CN9's arm shield but large enough to make it a much, much easier target Plus torso mounted cockpits are just a rare experimental tech at this point in the time line. The thing isn't even primarily designed for in gravity ground engagements anyways.

The Phoenix Hawk LAM is an unseen.

[Merky Merc]

Banshees have like... 3 hardpoints? I don't see the point in having an atlas clone minus all the weapons.

Can I have a chicken walker with arms and a slim torso ffs?

[Merky Merc]

Thontor, on 20 February 2013 - 10:16 PM, said:

Well, that's the price you play for speed with a standard engine.. And really that's all the Banshee has going for it, speed.

But it's not even fast?

[Odanan]

Merky Merc, on 20 February 2013 - 09:57 PM, said:

Banshees have like... 3 hardpoints? I don't see the point in having an atlas clone minus all the weapons.

Can I have a chicken walker with arms and a slim torso ffs?

It's not hard to make it a decent mech:

Odanan, on 25 November 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

I'm not saying it will be the Banshee, but with some hardpoint love, it would be doable:

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Banshee BNC-3E

LA
LT 3b (AC/5)
CT
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 3e (PPC)
RA

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Banshee BNC-3M

LA
LT 3e (PPC, Medium Laser)
CT
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 3e (PPC, Medium Laser)
RA

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Banshee BNC-3Q (they should skip this one)

LA
LT
CT
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 6b (AC/20)
RA

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Banshee BNC-3S (slower)

LA
LT 1b (AC/10)
CT 1e (Small Laser)
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 5e, 1m (PPC, 5 Medium Lasers, SRM6)
RA

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Banshee BNC-4S (slower, DHS) 3050

LA
LT 1b (LBX/10)
CT 2e (Medium Pulse Laser)
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 4e (2 ER PPC, 2 Medium Pulse Lasers)
RA

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Banshee BNC-5S (DHS, XL Engine) 3053?

LA 2e (2 Medium Lasers)
LT 1b, 1e (Gauss, Medium Laser)
CT 1e (Small Laser)
H 1e (Small Laser)
RT 3e (2 ER PPC, Medium Laser)
RA 1m (SRM6)

The Banshee S series (BNC-3S, BNC-4S, BNC-5S) are the best assault mechs of IS for this timeline.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Thontor, on 20 February 2013 - 11:14 PM, said:

fast is a relative term. For a 95 tonner, 64.8 kph is fast. Capable of 75 kph with the engine upgraded to a 400 and speed tweak.

The Banshee 3E could be fast as a stock HBK-4G with Standard Engine 200. That's damn fast for an 95 ton assault Mech and one of the rerasons why i would pilot the BNC. Even the 3E variant.

[Lonestar1771]

I vote for this to be the new assault

[Sennin]

I didn't want to be the first to tell you this Lonestar but the small cockpit that allows Mecha-Godzilla to mount that Clan ER-PPC in the head isn't introduced until 3067 by the Federated Suns. Hence Mecha-Godzilla does not fit the appropriate timeline.

[Sinitron]

i'll smack your beehive, bub, so forget about the wasp and give me a fresh crab

[Lonestar1771]

Sennin, on 21 February 2013 - 10:30 AM, said:

I didn't want to be the first to tell you this Lonestar but the small cockpit that allows Mecha-Godzilla to mount that Clan ER-PPC in the head isn't introduced until 3067 by the Federated Suns. Hence Mecha-Godzilla does not fit the appropriate timeline.

[Ens]

forget godzilla

get some zeus!!!

[Odanan]

Hey, Birdeater. I just saw your first post in the thread, right in the first day. Man, it's been a long road...

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Odanan, on 22 February 2013 - 08:35 AM, said:

Hey, Birdeater. I just saw your first post in the thread, right in the first day. Man, it's been a long road...

Yeah and i'm still here!

PS: And i still want the Firestarter!

Edited by The Birdeater, 22 February 2013 - 09:31 AM.