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Posted 04 December 2014 - 10:48 PM

View PostCaptain Stiffy, on 04 December 2014 - 10:43 PM, said:


But can you really pull a battlmech over?

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 03:54 PM

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Of course the LAMs do well, they are completely out of balance with the TT.


It's worth noting that LAMs got a long-needed revamp on both construction and movement with modern rules- they move now like a WiGE vehicle in AirMech mode, rather than the "jump anywhere on the field" of the original rules. They also can't carry larger weapons at all, meaning stuff like the Clantech WoB hybrids were only packing things like CERLL's at best- and they can't use crit-heavy stuff like ferro or endosteel (or XLs!) leading to standard engine, fragile-composite internal structure designs being the top flight in the Jihad era for LAM construction. And AirMech or fighter-configuration mode LAMs suffer horribly from LB-X and flak for the same reasons other airmobile vehicles do.

(Record Sheets 3085 for a quick-start version of the LAM rules, Interstellar Operations will have the full rules.)

#9883 Ovion

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 05:30 PM

On top of my all-mechs image,
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and doing individual frames for someone, I figured I'd whack them all in one cycling image:
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No particular point... just interesting.

Edited by Ovion, 05 December 2014 - 05:31 PM.


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Posted 06 December 2014 - 05:15 PM



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Posted 07 December 2014 - 11:22 AM

It looks like we will have the first Star League Royal variant on the game, the KGC-000b.

Does it mean we will get the ECM Stalker later?

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Posted 07 December 2014 - 11:30 AM

I can't even summon the words to describe how happy I am with the KGC release, and the last few months.

Locust Hero, KGC release, royals now in game, 6B KGC (that I get for free!), Clan W1+W2, Resistance, reward mechs, CW coming, the info that Russ understands we're not joking about the Urbie (and concept art has been done). :D

Edited by Ovion, 07 December 2014 - 11:31 AM.


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Posted 07 December 2014 - 11:37 AM

View PostOvion, on 07 December 2014 - 11:30 AM, said:

I can't even summon the words to describe how happy I am with the KGC release, and the last few months.

Locust Hero, KGC release, royals now in game, 6B KGC (that I get for free!), Clan W1+W2, Resistance, reward mechs, CW coming, the info that Russ understands we're not joking about the Urbie (and concept art has been done). :D

Yes, and if the Community Warfare is any close of what we are expecting, PGI can count on my money for the next few years.

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Posted 07 December 2014 - 07:41 PM

View PostSteinar Bergstol, on 03 December 2014 - 02:59 AM, said:

Looks like the Kurita version might be MWO's interpretation of the 1st Ghost Regiment paintjob.

As for the Marik one my first thought was: Constructicon!
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Posted 07 December 2014 - 08:16 PM

View PostOdanan, on 07 December 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

It looks like we will have the first Star League Royal variant on the game, the KGC-000b.

Does it mean we will get the ECM Stalker later?


Oh please,

They still have to add the Commando 1C to the game.

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 05:32 AM

http://youtu.be/8lCf7lMHURI?t=56s

Lore check. Kerensky requested the Atlas design, not the KGC which actually predates Kerensky.

http://www.sarna.net...as_(BattleMech)

Edited by cdlord, 08 December 2014 - 05:33 AM.


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Posted 08 December 2014 - 05:35 AM

View Postcdlord, on 08 December 2014 - 05:32 AM, said:

http://youtu.be/8lCf7lMHURI?t=56s

Lore check. Kerensky requested the Atlas design, not the KGC which actually predates Kerensky.

http://www.sarna.net...as_(BattleMech)

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From Sarna:
"Designed by Cosara Weaponries in 2741 at the request of General Aleksandr Kerensky for an assault 'Mech that could "cripple or destroy another 'Mech in one salvo," the King Crab is one of the most fearsome BattleMechs to have ever existed."

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 06:02 AM

The King Crab, big mech,, big mech guns, big mech destroyer, end of story!

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 06:08 AM

View PostSgtMagor, on 08 December 2014 - 06:02 AM, said:

The King Crab, big mech,, big mech guns, big mech destroyer, end of story!


Until I jump on top of it with a Kit Fox, and use cSPL's to boil it in it's own shell, and dip the insides in garlic butter.

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 06:32 AM

View PostMetus regem, on 08 December 2014 - 06:08 AM, said:


Until I jump on top of it with a Kit Fox, and use cSPL's to boil it in it's own shell, and dip the insides in garlic butter.

Shall I bring the fava beans?....

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 06:38 AM

View PostCimarb, on 08 December 2014 - 06:32 AM, said:

Shall I bring the fava beans?....


Yes, yes you should my Star Captain.

And that is something I learned from Iraqwalker when hr did it to me, when I was in a Dire Wolf....

Edited by Metus regem, 08 December 2014 - 06:39 AM.


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Posted 08 December 2014 - 07:49 AM

View PostOdanan, on 08 December 2014 - 05:35 AM, said:

????
From Sarna:
"Designed by Cosara Weaponries in 2741 at the request of General Aleksandr Kerensky for an assault 'Mech that could "cripple or destroy another 'Mech in one salvo," the King Crab is one of the most fearsome BattleMechs to have ever existed."

I stand corrected. I only remembered Kerensky's quote on the Atlas.

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 10:10 AM

View Postcdlord, on 08 December 2014 - 07:49 AM, said:

I stand corrected. I only remembered Kerensky's quote on the Atlas.

Don't worry, it happens to the best of us. ;)

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 11:38 AM

View Postcdlord, on 08 December 2014 - 07:49 AM, said:

I stand corrected. I only remembered Kerensky's quote on the Atlas.

That's it...
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Posted 08 December 2014 - 11:56 AM

View PostCimarb, on 08 December 2014 - 11:38 AM, said:

That's it...
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Don't you clanners issue a trial or something? Simply firing me is a bit.....Pedestrian..... :D

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 12:13 PM

View Postcdlord, on 08 December 2014 - 11:56 AM, said:

Don't you clanners issue a trial or something? Simply firing me is a bit.....Pedestrian..... :D

We were going to, but the Nova Cats said this was too much of a violation to allow. They then issued a Trial of Grievance, but to avoid your untimely death I told them I would simply absolve you from the thread by forwarding their above message.





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