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[Tkhaw]

MonkeyDCecil, on 14 September 2014 - 08:04 PM, said:

Just say no to marriage. There is no reason to marry.

I do

[SgtMagor]

Is PGI going to show concept art of wave 2 mechs or screen shots of the mechs in game today?

[Odanan]

SgtMagor, on 15 September 2014 - 03:44 AM, said:

Is PGI going to show concept art of wave 2 mechs or screen shots of the mechs in game today?

A week ago they said they will.

[Ovion]

CycKath, on 14 September 2014 - 06:55 PM, said:

Aside from your use of the incorrect names, totally agree.

Wonder what they are going to use instead of A-Pods on the Loki though...

The most likely do appear to be:
The 25T Mist Lynx (Koshi), though it's max speed of 120 at 25T is a little sad, I'm sure it'll be fine, the Kit Fox and Adder have been.
The 40T Viper (Dragonfly) while ugly as hell, goes a respectable speed, looks like a Clan Cicada+ stats wise and I'm fine with that. Hoping it has the 4MG, 3 Flamer, 2 ERML C variant if released..
The 60T Mad Dog (Vulture) - mmm, fire support.
The 65T Hellbringer (Loki) is... mostly meh, unless is has leg weapons, in which case I'm happy. : D
The 80T Gargoyle (Man O' War) is hideous, but a speedy assault mech, which I don't really have and pretty much the only option it can be without certain techs.

I'd also be happy to see the 30T Arctic Cheetah (Hankyu), especially the E variant with it's set of 6 MGs.
And the 65T Ebon Jaguar, because it's the goddamn Cauldron Born, one of my favourite mechs ever.
I had it in K'nex ffs!
Unfortunately, it's unlikely as the Cauldron Born wasn't seen in the Inner Sphere till the Battle of Luthien in 3052.

As to the A-Pods. They're basically half-ton ballistics mounts.
So the 2 simplest ways to do it would be:
4 Ballistic Slots. Any build that would have an A-Pod gets an MG instead. The Hellbringer has 4 A-Pods, for 2T total, meaning 4 MGs plus 1T of ammo. This fixes the 'problem' with least fuss and only 'costs' 1 Crit slot for the ammo.
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4 Ballistic Slots with a new weapon: A-Pods.
A-Pods are a one-shot MG, that fires 1000 rounds of MG ammo (1/2T) with a 45 (90)M range, and a 15M spread at 45M (30 at 90M).
So it's basically a super-short range, one use super-MG.
At 1M it'd do around 80 damage to a single-ish point.

Maybe do it at 500 rounds of MG ammo for 40 damage point blank. that'd probably be more 'balanced'.

And I would promptly fill every Ballistics point I could with them!

MonkeyDCecil, on 14 September 2014 - 08:04 PM, said:

Just say no to marriage. There is no reason to marry.

Tell my fiancee that.
Personally, I'd rather just go to the registry office (there are tax breaks and such associated with marriage) and save the money of the wedding.
But the lady wants~

Edited by Ovion, 15 September 2014 - 07:08 AM.

[CDLord HHGD]

Tkhaw, on 14 September 2014 - 04:22 PM, said:

Good luck with that!

Unfortunately have to skip spending on MWO these days...

The wedding ring beckons

A moment of silence for a falling brother **SILENCE**.

Been married 14 years now, it's tough, but with the right person, it's worth it.

Ovion, on 15 September 2014 - 06:32 AM, said:

Personally, I'd rather just go to the registry office (there are tax breaks and such associated with marriage) and save the money of the wedding.
But the lady wants~

I spent 500 bucks on my wedding... Most of that was cake and the dress. Rented the church for $50. the pastor was also a car salesman I worked with at the time so he did the ceremony for free. Her uncle owned an Arby's so he catered.

[Odanan]

cdlord, on 15 September 2014 - 08:35 AM, said:

I spent 500 bucks on my wedding...

That much!?

[Tkhaw]

Sadly, in my culture, a wedding cost more than $500!!!

You got it cheap!

[Ovion]

The average (western) wedding from what I've gathered costs between £2,000 and £20,000.
I'm told Indian weddings can get a bit obscene with the average cost being £40,000+.

Clan pack info should hopefully be up soon.

[Nathan Foxbane]

CycKath, on 14 September 2014 - 06:55 PM, said:

Aside from your use of the incorrect names, totally agree.

Wonder what they are going to use instead of A-Pods on the Loki though...

Armor? My CN-9D packs slightly more armor coverage, stock. The Hellbringer has medium weight armor coverage (a pitiful 8 tons) to free up the tonnage and crit space needed to boast such impressive weapons configurations.

[Charli3 Tang0]

...King Crab is coming...

[Wieland]

Charli3 Tang0, on 15 September 2014 - 11:13 AM, said:

...King Crab is coming...

And the Centurion CN9-AH, Atlas AS7-S, Mad Dog is the Clan bonus, and the Man o War is the assault in Wave 2

[JudgeDeathCZ]

So 2 be sure if I got full clan pack(I have all extra stuff from pre-order on all mechs like colours and camo) and full phoenix+saber pack all pre-ordered then I will get all extra mechs and goodies?

Edited by JudgeDeathCZ, 15 September 2014 - 11:24 AM.

[Odanan]

Wieland, on 15 September 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:

And the Centurion CN9-AH, Atlas AS7-S,

Where did you get that info?

Wieland, on 15 September 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:

Mad Dog is the Clan bonus, and the Man o War is the assault in Wave 2

I agree with you.

[Ovion]

http://mwomercs.com/...ogram-feedback/

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

2 100 Ton Hero Mechs, a 50 Ton Hero Mech, 1 60T Hero Mech and 2 60T mechs, 2 cockpit items, 2mil in c-bills and 7 free mechbays.

Edited by Ovion, 15 September 2014 - 11:51 AM.

[BarHaid]

It is good to be alive!

[MonkeyDCecil]

Nice day to be a Whale.

[CDLord HHGD]

The CN9-AH returns to the battlefield!

Thank you PGI!!!!

[Ovion]

No clans today, Wednesday at 4pm (canadatime) http://mwomercs.com/...70-clan-wave-2/

Edited by Ovion, 15 September 2014 - 12:42 PM.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Ovion, on 15 September 2014 - 12:34 PM, said:

No clans today, Wednesday at 4pm (canadatime) http://mwomercs.com/...70-clan-wave-2/

I really want to know what variants other than Primes and how they will handle the A-pods.

[phalanx]

Ovion, on 15 September 2014 - 12:34 PM, said:

No clans today, Wednesday at 4pm (canadatime) http://mwomercs.com/...70-clan-wave-2/

Not leaving us Speroids out in the Cold, we got a new Atlas variant AS7.

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A Tech II Atlas variant from the Lyrian Commonwealth. It has DHS and a pair of Streaks SRM2s otherwise identical to the 7D .
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We also got the Return of the CN9-AH, returning from its forced retirement.

Finally, we got Confirmation of the King Crab. This was the big surprise, because while I did expect the new Inner Spere mech to be an Assault, I was betting on the Mauler(it was confirmed back in the Spring). This is exciting because it gives us a mech that we were not even sure we were getting, but it does mean we will have to wait on the Mauler(as well as ANY Assaults like the Cyclops,Zeus,Hatamoto-Chi,etc.). On the plus side, it does mean that next IS mech to be announced is likely to be a Heavy or Light(So you Urbanmech people still have hope.).

In the meantime, it does open up debate about whether the King Crab can be added to a "Clanbuster" team build.

Edited by phalanx, 15 September 2014 - 01:07 PM.