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[Wieland]

Odanan, on 09 April 2013 - 08:34 AM, said:

This one looks good:

What version is that?

[Odanan]

13S, I suppose.

[Target Rich]

Gosh...miss my longbow....and my Sunder....and my Mad Cat....and my Dashii....and my 210 mph owens.....and ...and...and...I am very glad I can play mecha PERIOD...

Thanks PGI for picking up this dead genre and breathing life into my old obsession...Thought it was dead after the demise of chromehounds and the abomination that Microsoft foisted on us after they took over FASA: Mech Assault (sigh).

Yea its a buggy as hell beta...but I choose to look on the bright side...its still fun even with all the bugs...and while I can't really play it on my toshiba laptop...I can play it on my desktop at home...

And I get to pilot some cool mechs...

And it is a foretaste of things to come...

So this little "FS Servant" will take some time out...smell some roses....and be thankful for what we have...and look forward to what is coming...

Gosh...miss my longbow....and my Sunder....and my Mad Cat....and my Dashii....and my 210 mph owens.....and ...and...and...I am very glad I can play mecha PERIOD...

Thanks PGI for picking up this dead genre and breathing life into my old obsession...Thought it was dead after the demise of chromehounds and the abomination that Microsoft foisted on us after they took over FASA: Mech Assault (sigh).

Yea its a buggy as hell beta...but I choose to look on the bright side...its still fun even with all the bugs...and while I can't really play it on my toshiba laptop...I can play it on my desktop at home...

And I get to pilot some cool mechs...

And it is a foretaste of things to come...

So this little "FS Servant" will take some time out...smell some roses....and be thankful for what we have...and look forward to what is coming...

Gosh...miss my longbow....and my Sunder....and my Mad Cat....and my Dashii....and my 210 mph owens.....and ...and...and...I am very glad I can play mecha PERIOD...

Thanks PGI for picking up this dead genre and breathing life into my old obsession...Thought it was dead after the demise of chromehounds and the abomination that Microsoft foisted on us after they took over FASA: Mech Assault (sigh).

Yea its a buggy as hell beta...but I choose to look on the bright side...its still fun even with all the bugs...and while I can't really play it on my toshiba laptop...I can play it on my desktop at home...

And I get to pilot some cool mechs...

And it is a foretaste of things to come...

So this little "FS Servant" will take some time out...smell some roses....and be thankful for what we have...and look forward to what is coming...

Gosh...miss my longbow....and my Sunder....and my Mad Cat....and my Dashii....and my 210 mph owens.....and ...and...and...I am very glad I can play mecha PERIOD...

Thanks PGI for picking up this dead genre and breathing life into my old obsession...Thought it was dead after the demise of chromehounds and the abomination that Microsoft foisted on us after they took over FASA: Mech Assault (sigh).

Yea its a buggy as hell beta...but I choose to look on the bright side...its still fun even with all the bugs...and while I can't really play it on my toshiba laptop...I can play it on my desktop at home...

And I get to pilot some cool mechs...

And it is a foretaste of things to come...

So this little "FS Servant" will take some time out...smell some roses....and be thankful for what we have...and look forward to what is coming...

[Wieland]

Odanan, on 09 April 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

13S, I suppose.

Sadly its from 3062.

Edited by Wieland, 09 April 2013 - 09:59 AM.

[Teewasser]

What happend to the Mad Cat??? PLz give me my Mad cat :-D

[Jack Gallows]

Teewasser, on 09 April 2013 - 11:46 AM, said:

What happend to the Mad Cat??? PLz give me my Mad cat :-D

/shot.

[Phoenix Branson]

I hope we see these wings tomorrow...

Edited by Maverick01, 09 April 2013 - 06:43 PM.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

I'm sure we see nothing tomorrow.

[Wieland]

I guess we will not see anything till atleast E3.

[Magik0012]

Wieland, on 10 April 2013 - 08:22 AM, said:

I guess we will not see anything till atleast E3.

Yeah.. that is my guess as well.

[Morang]

PGI previously needed to maintain hype (because of scarcity of content available and because beta was closed for some time), so mechs were announced well ahead of release. Now that they are releasing a mech and an hero per month, they need to shove it down players' throats to make money. So don't expect new announcement to replace Heavy Metal ad on front page, because Heavy Metal brings money now, and Battlemech 20 won't do so much to retain already established and busy playerbase. Even if it will be Mad Kitteh instead of IS Assault, I suppose.

Still it's a shame that they hadn't completed 5th "light-medium-heavy-assault" quartet. Should've done this on the New Year 3050.

[Dulahan]

So do we have any concrete info on what hardpoints the Highlander variants will have yet? Even better if some idea of costs?

[Dyson Ring]

Dulahan, on 10 April 2013 - 11:25 AM, said:

So do we have any concrete info on what hardpoints the Highlander variants will have yet? Even better if some idea of costs?

All I'm hoping is that I can make a HGN-732 into a HGN-732b, or a quasi-Highlander IIC

[Dulahan]

Honestly, I'm trying to decide if it is a mech I even want yet. So far it looks almost like it's nothing more than a slightly lighter Atlas with Jumpjets. Similar armament. Possibly different arrangement, but same rough capabilities. If that's the case? I probably want a different mech for the time being. If it isn't? I might still want one! And I'm at that stage of C-bills burning a hole in my pocket I could get something now.

[Erasus Magnus]

The Birdeater, on 08 April 2013 - 03:31 AM, said:

Banshee all day, but i've nothing against a 100 ton mech with quad LB 10-X AC's and quad Med Pulse.

did someone mention annihilator?? *looks around*

[Strum Wealh]

Dulahan, on 10 April 2013 - 11:25 AM, said:

So do we have any concrete info on what hardpoints the Highlander variants will have yet? Even better if some idea of costs?

According to Ask the Devs 27, what we're getting is the HGN-732, HGN-733, HGN-733C, and HGN-733P.

Garth Erlam, on 03 December 2012 - 04:27 PM, said:

Q: How will mechs that have less than 3 variants achieve the elite and master tier levels of the mech trees? For example, the Highlander has been announced to only have 1 variant at launch (possible this has changed) [Tvae]

A: I only knew one variant at the time, saying something like "the only variant I know of is the HGN 732." The variants are: HGN-732, HGN-733, HGN-733C, HGN-733P.

HGN-732: "standard" variant equipped with a Gauss Rifle, FF Armor, and CASE
HGN-733: "low-tech" variant replacing the GR with an AC/10
HGN-733C: sub-variant replacing the AC/10 with an AC/20
HGN-733P: sub-variant replacing the AC/10 with a PPC

The HGN-732, HGN-733, and HGN-733C would necessarily have the same general layout (a minimum of one (1) ballistic hardpoint in the Right Arm, a minimum of two (2) energy hardpoints in the Right Torso, a minimum of one (1) missile hardpoint in the Left Torso, and a minimum of one (1) missile hardpoint in the Left Arm), but would likely vary by the exact number of hardpoints (and the -733C not having a Lower Arm Actuator).

The HGN-733P would necessarily have a minimum of one (1) energy hardpoint in the Right Arm, a minimum of two (2) energy hardpoints in the Right Torso, a minimum of one (1) missile hardpoint in the Left Torso, and a minimum of one (1) missile hardpoint in the Left Arm.

Going by the loadout on Heavy Metal (as listed on MWOWiki), it seems that the HGNs could have approximately seven (7) hardpoints apiece (up from the minimum of five (5) needed for each variant's canonical loadout).

[Odanan]

Strum Wealh, on 10 April 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

[accurate and detailed info]

That's pretty much everything.

[Dulahan]

Thank you! Looks like Centurions it shall be for me next.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Erasus Magnus, on 10 April 2013 - 01:21 PM, said:

did someone mention annihilator?? *looks around*

[Adridos]