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[Tom Sawyer]

perhaps a king crab

pass the quad 20's please and all other mechs go ahead and just line up

[Bishop Steiner]

MeiSooHaityu, on 13 March 2014 - 08:07 AM, said:

I'm just tired of all the humanoid mechs as of late. We need some bird mechs (fusalage with reverse joint legs) LOL.

Something like the Catapult or Raven. Saddly, I don't think there was a lot of earlier mechs like this. I suppose I will need to wait for the Bushwacker

Mercury, Sentinel and Champion are all walker/pods but do not use chicken walker/digitigrade legs. The Mongoose and Thug (in some renders) are (faux for the Thug) digitigrade, but is a humanoid (so is more like a Faun or some Minotaur representations) Firefly, Hornet and Hoplite are all pretty non existent outside the Dragoons and Com Guards.The Crab and King Crab are amongst the only chicken walkers available in time line.

So aside from retconning some Primitives or the TRO 3058 "SLDF" designs, we are limited until at least the 3055 TRO designs start showing up.

Sorry

[Cimarb]

Is there a reason the Piranha wasn't mentioned as a possible non-Omni Clan mech? I want to run around with 12 MGs laughing maniacally...

[FireSlade]

Cimarb, on 13 March 2014 - 12:00 PM, said:

Is there a reason the Piranha wasn't mentioned as a possible non-Omni Clan mech? I want to run around with 12 MGs laughing maniacally...

Because PGI fears the 6 MG Spider. Can you really see them saying "what the hell lets add a 20 ton mech with 12 CMGs, 2 CERML, and a CERSL all while letting it run at 151kph." Get a wolf pack of these suckers and it is "Game Over"

[AlmightyAeng]

FireSlade, on 26 February 2014 - 09:01 PM, said:

Damn I love that version. Put the Atlas's glowing eyes on it and you have one hell of a scary mech.

Hell, give the ATLAS it's Atlas glowing eyes. :/

[Jin Ma]

MeiSooHaityu, on 13 March 2014 - 08:07 AM, said:

I'm just tired of all the humanoid mechs as of late. We need some bird mechs (fusalage with reverse joint legs) LOL.

Something like the Catapult or Raven. Saddly, I don't think there was a lot of earlier mechs like this. I suppose I will need to wait for the Bushwacker

CRABS NAO

[FupDup]

FireSlade, on 13 March 2014 - 12:40 PM, said:

Because PGI fears the 6 MG Spider. Can you really see them saying "what the hell lets add a 20 ton mech with 12 CMGs, 2 CERML, and a CERSL all while letting it run at 151kph." Get a wolf pack of these suckers and it is "Game Over"

What's important to remember is that by virtue of being 20 tons, the Piranha would have the same armor capacity as the Lolcust. And I think we all know how "durable" the Lolcust is... Plus, you might have a hard time squeezing in enough MG ammo to last for a decent length of time (stock comes with just a single ton). Although it would certainly have nice damage output, provided that your enemy isn't good enough at playing the game to 1-shot you.

[SgtMagor]

if i'm not be lagged to horribad, I can hit them tiny lil speed demons, yup yup I can (this is a Locust free zone)

[Odanan]

Talking about Clan mechs, I just noticed how powerful the Hellbringer/Loki will be, considering you will be able to max the armor.

With 4.5 tons of extra armor, you will have a 65 tons mech running at 80+ speed, with ECM, Target Computer and 24 tons of weapons to play with (24 tons of Clan weapons is a lot). And if it looks anything like this...

Spoiler

Dang, I think we have a winner.

[SgtMagor]

Hellbringer, is looking for

Edited by SgtMagor, 14 March 2014 - 03:18 AM.

[Odanan]

SgtMagor, on 14 March 2014 - 03:13 AM, said:

Hellbringer, is looking for
[Warhammer]

Iconic mech, but one more Macross mech poorly adapted to Battletech.

Look that SRM box size: it's ridiculous. Of that size, it would be adequate only for a huge single-shot rocket launcher. They look more like Arrow-IV missiles.

SRMs in reality have the size of RPGs and weight up to 10 kgs each (1 ton contains 100 SRMs).

PS: this is a Macross mecha, not a Battletech mech. The Warhammer is (unfortunately) this:

Spoiler

or even this (better):

Spoiler

Get used to it.

Edited by Odanan, 14 March 2014 - 04:09 AM.

[Cimarb]

What SgtMagor is saying is that the Hellbringer/Loki IS the Warhammer - just the Clan redesign of it. I didn't like the Loki at all in TT, but the similarities to the Warhammer are amazing and I will be naming my Loki "Warhammer" for every variant, lol.

[ssm]

Vindicator is confirmed (by Russ, via Twitter), but not for april.

[Odanan]

ssm, on 14 March 2014 - 12:58 PM, said:

Vindicator is confirmed (by Russ, via Twitter), but not for april.

Interesting!
So, it will be a heavy?

Lancelot!

[Strum Wealh]

ssm, on 14 March 2014 - 12:58 PM, said:

Vindicator is confirmed (by Russ, via Twitter), but not for april.

Odanan, on 14 March 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

Interesting!
So, it will be a heavy?

Lancelot!

IMO, the more interesting question is, "Why have they decided that they 'won't follow the usual pattern'?" at this particular time.

Has there been some issue in setting up the Vindicator, or is there some special event (for which another chassis would be more appropriate in some manner) planned...?

[BarHaid]

Strum Wealh, on 14 March 2014 - 01:57 PM, said:

IMO, the more interesting question is, "Why have they decided that they 'won't follow the usual pattern'?" at this particular time.

Has there been some issue in setting up the Vindicator, or is there some special event (for which another chassis would be more appropriate in some manner) planned...?

Perhaps they are going in reverse still: Assault, heavy, medium, light. We did just have the Firestarter, and then the Banshee.

[Wieland]

Odanan, on 14 March 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

Interesting!
So, it will be a heavy?

Lancelot!

Well, doesnt seem to be a heavy.

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@DavidSykes28 @jecrego2k14 April and May is going to be a little different than usual - wont follow the usual pattern.

My guess is, we will not get any new chassis at all.
I am betting on a hero in each patch.

They had planned to release the Griffin and Wolverine there, until we pointed out that the Sabers original announced release date was February/March.

Edited by Wieland, 14 March 2014 - 05:22 PM.

[SgtMagor]

yup yup, Black Knight hero

[Odanan]

Wieland, on 14 March 2014 - 05:18 PM, said:

Well, doesnt seem to be a heavy.

My guess is, we will not get any new chassis at all.
I am betting on a hero in each patch.

They had planned to release the Griffin and Wolverine there, until we pointed out that the Sabers original announced release date was February/March.

You might be right.

[Will9761]

There are some mechs I'm concerned about. We won't see the Executioner and Fire Moth until we see the Flea, but in order to get the Flea we need MASC first. As for the Hellbringer, this mech would get ripped to shreds in a second by heavy firepower, and the Mad Dog's big-nosed cockpit is going to be a giant bulls-eye.

P.S., why is the the Kodiak not listed in the Clan Mech section?