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[Ashnod]

The seventh btw is still closed beta, not open

[Mills V3]

I'd give a strong vote for the Enforcer because, well, look at my user icon. But some other non-Unseen 3025 or possible 3050 designs (no particular order, off the top of my head):

Clint, Dervish, Whitworth, Wolftrap, Vindicator, Blackjack, Hermes, Assassin, Sentinel

[Harlequin]

Re-Imagined Battlemaster BLR-1G please !

[Jack Gallows]

They seriously just need to announce the Orion already. I'd say it's the best candidate for the next heavy, assuming they go beyond having 4 of each type (they still need one more assault.)

For Assaults, I want to see the Victor or the Cyclops.

Edited by Jack Gallows, 03 August 2012 - 04:56 AM.

[MikeMan]

They could do the GRH/GTL as variants of a single class.

[Odanan]

MikeMan, on 03 August 2012 - 05:11 AM, said:

They could do the GRH/GTL as variants of a single class.

??

[Chunkymonkey]

No mech?

[RealFat]

Can not wait for the Vulture to be added. I think that has to be by far one of my favorite, if not favorite, mechs to date.

[tyrone dunkirk]

When the clans first show up in the news feed, I will die if they don't patch the image through to us similar to what they did with the original reveal of the Atlas via Twitter.
Man, did I follow the **** out of that. And I don't even have a twitter.
Anyways, that would be really cool, and suspenseful.

[ZetaFalcon]

my favorite was the shadowcat,
sniff sniff

[Kar Ivan Skripken]

Braedin, on 29 June 2012 - 07:32 AM, said:

none of the original 14 mechs in the game will be next. let alone in the game do to legal reason. that being said, i hope for either the lancelot or the black knight. i also cant wait for the blackjack

Sucks that the Marauder II wont make it in due to legalities. I loved it's freakishly alien appearance and it's rediculesly huge, low slung battle ships for arms. Love those PPC's! Sigh... What are the rest of the original 14 mechs that won't be in it so i don't get my hopes up?

[Odanan]

Fathomir, on 05 August 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

Can not wait for the Vulture to be added. I think that has to be by far one of my favorite, if not favorite, mechs to date.

Vulture (Mad Dog) looks cool, but it is under armored and with a badly designed weapon layout. Seriously: most of the 3050 clan mechs are crap (despite the clan weapons).

[Odanan]

Before the bashing begins, let me explain why the Vulture is a badly designed mech:

Mad Dog Primary:

2x LRM-20 (6 heat each)
2x Large Pulse Laser (10 heat each)
2x Medium Pulse Laser (4 heat each)

Heat Dissipation: 24

LRMs and Large Pulse Lasers have basically the same range so you should use them together, right? But you can´t, because of the overheat. So, that's a long range mech that is not able to use all it's long range weapons effectively.

I would replace the 2 Large Pulse Lasers by 4 Medium Pulse Lasers and some more ammo for the LRMs (which can only fire 6 times each). The mech could sustain a heavy indirect fire support role and still quickly dispatch any surviving targets that got up close.

Other example:

Mad Dog C:

2 Gauss (1 heat each)

Heat Dissipation: 24

Come on! That's a classic bad usage of heat/heatsinks. Replace one Gauss by an ER PPC. You would still get 8 tons to play with: add more armor, jump jets, short range weapons, etc.

[Odanan]

(or Target Computer)

[Odanan]

Ohh well, new mech tomorrow?

[Phoenix Branson]

The next mech announcement should be on 08/08/12.

Hoping for the Mauler!

Edited by Maverick01, 06 August 2012 - 04:51 PM.

[Chairman Meow]

Besides the part where clans suck and I would rather play 3025...

Give us:
Javelin
Mauler
Hatchetman
Crab
King Crab
Scorpion
Goliath
Wyvern
Exterminator
Black Knight
Thug
Assassin
Panther
Whitworth
Enforcer
Vindicator
Griffin
Victor
Zeus
Quickdraw
Urbie
Wolverine
Raven
Axman
Hoplite
Annihilator

Sorry, I got carried away =(

[enoofu]

You can't go wrong with the Shadow Hawk, it being used by all the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, the Clans, Star League and most Merc units have one. Its also been used for over 500 years, as one of the first Mechs.

[Odanan]

AC/5 and LRM-5 as main weapons? That's not very impressive...

[Chiros]

Screw Shadow Hawk.
Warhammer would be nice but it is obviously not going to be in-game, at least not yet. Same with Marauder (and screw the Project Phoenix versions).

Next mech we'll get is very likely an assault mech... and since we have no jump capable assault mechs yet, one of those. So... Emperor, Victor or Highlander would be good bets. Or some other assault with jump jets and also in common use (so no Marauder II).
EDIT actually, no Emperor. Emperor production stopped during Second Succession War and was resumed in '57...

Edited by Chiros, 07 August 2012 - 04:31 AM.