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[Jetfire]

Odanan, on 28 August 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

Some interesting stuff from Ask The Devs 14:



I hate you marketing guys.

I think it is pretty likely at this point there will be a nice PAX announcement. Mech 16 reveal and Open Beta dated if I had to wager $10 on it.

[Odanan]

Jetfire, on 28 August 2012 - 06:00 PM, said:

I think it is pretty likely at this point there will be a nice PAX announcement. Mech 16 reveal and Open Beta dated if I had to wager $10 on it.

That would be nice!

[Banekane]

we just have to wait and see

[The Boy]

I'll probably never see the day, but I would love to pilot a Kodiak again.

[Odanan]

You know what would give a huge flow of money to PGI? If they announced the #16 as BattleMaster and made it a Founders mech bonus for the Legendary...

[w0qj]

Perhaps MWO should also make a Founder's Pack for the Clan Invasion!
(or just call it Invader's Pack!).

[Wyver]

w0qj, on 31 August 2012 - 07:58 PM, said:

Perhaps MWO should also make a Founder's Pack for the Clan Invasion!
(or just call it Invader's Pack!).

heh nice idea,

how I see clan mechs appearing is, anyone playing on the date (august the 9th?) that the clans invade they will be invaded by clan mechs some may live others will fall and clan mechs that fall will be gathered for 'study' and so over a month or some once clan mechs are taken out and 'studied' their tech and the mechs will become available.

Anyway I would love to see announced the reseen marauder or the stone rhino, here's to hoping

[SCAR ed]

Odanan, on 28 August 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

Some interesting stuff from Ask The Devs 14: I hate you marketing guys.

nice to read mech 16 is done yet. and I second totally on the thing about the marketing guys ...

plus: PAX is over and we haven't heard anything.

[Dervim]

Yeah, I also hate marketing guys(all of them)+PAX as of late(for not revealing mech #16 nor open beta date).

[zer0imh]

WARHAMMER

[Odanan]

zer0imh, on 04 September 2012 - 04:45 AM, said:

WARHAMMER

Warhammer what?

[Odanan]

Each day I'm more convinced that the Victor will be the next mech, and the last in the first batch of IS mechs.

[Pershaw]

Anyone know anything of if or when the Locust will be added, Isn't it the most common and iconic mech in the Battletech universe ?

Edited by Pershaw, 09 September 2012 - 03:57 PM.

[Odanan]

Pershaw, on 09 September 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

Anyone know anything of if or when the Locust will be added, Isn't it the most common and iconic mech in the Battletech universe ?

Looks like you are not familiar with the Unseen/Reseen discussion.

[Odanan]

Continuing the discussion about the next Assault mech... I will defend my guess for the Victor.

Some reasons:
- we need an Assault with more ballistic hardpoints;
- we need a jumping Assault;
- we need a faster Assault.

Probably hardpoints for the Victor variations:

VTR-9A

Left Arm 2 energy
Right Arm 1 ballistics
Left Torso 1 missile, 1 ballistics
Right Torso 2 energy
Center Torso -

VTR-9A1

Left Arm 2 energy
Right Arm 1 ballistics
Left Torso 1 missile
Right Torso 1 ballistics (originally, in the Right Leg)
Center Torso -

VTR-9B

Left Arm (at least) 2 energy
Right Arm 1 (probably 2) ballistics
Left Torso (at least) 1 missile
Right Torso -
Center Torso -

VTR-9S

Left Arm (at least) 2 energy
Right Arm (at least)1 ballistics
Left Torso 1 (probably 2) missile
Right Torso -
Center Torso -

VTR-9D (with Endo Steel) - same as VTR-9K

Left Arm 2 (probably more) energy
Right Arm (at least) 1 ballistics
Left Torso (at least) 1 missile
Right Torso -
Center Torso -

The only* other possible Assaults are Cyclops, Zeus, Banshee and Charger, being Cyclops the most likely and Banshee and Charger very improbable. King Crab and Highlander are two favorites, but very uncommon and variant restricted in this period.

*if you do not consider a reseen, the Battlemaster (which we will always hope for).

Conclusion: if it's not a Victor, it's a Cyclops.

[bikerbass77]

The Boy, on 28 August 2012 - 07:51 PM, said:

I'll probably never see the day, but I would love to pilot a Kodiak again.

What would be cool is if the melee attacks were implemented along with full environment destruction so you could do the Kodiak attack from the intro of Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bears Legacy (I'm not sure whether it was DFA or Claws that did for the Jaguar warrior, but that would be a hell of a way to take someone out!)

[Belorion]

If its not a clan mech, unseen, or at least lostech (like the Highlander) then the marketing dept needs therapy.

[Odanan]

Belorion, on 11 September 2012 - 07:13 AM, said:

If its not a clan mech, unseen, or at least lostech (like the Highlander) then the marketing dept needs therapy.

Therapy? They need a good spanking.

Hans Davion, on 11 September 2012 - 06:55 AM, said:

What would be cool is if the melee attacks were implemented along with full environment destruction so you could do the Kodiak attack from the intro of Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bears Legacy (I'm not sure whether it was DFA or Claws that did for the Jaguar warrior, but that would be a hell of a way to take someone out!)

The Kodiak doesn't have functional claws.
Even if it got, clanners shouldn't use their mechs in melee combat (except for the Death from Above).

[Adridos]

Odanan, on 25 August 2012 - 07:38 PM, said:

They are not showing us the next mech (#16)... but at least we know Alex Iglesias should be working on the ortho of a new mech for the Beta... Will it be a Raven, Cicada or Cataphract? (I hope the Cataphract).

Ortho is made alongside the art. He already has it.

[Odanan]

Adridos, on 11 September 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:

Ortho is made alongside the art. He already has it.

Darn!