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[Morang]

5 minutes to go?

On the one hand, they just released a patch witha mech and announced a new Hero mech. On the other, reaction to the patch was terrible, so may be they'll throw a bone to distract people from how everything is broken?

It's 4 weeks since Orion announcement today.

[Odanan]

Morang, on 16 January 2013 - 08:56 AM, said:

(...) so may be they'll throw a bone to distract people from how everything is broken?

I don't know... but about the patch, you are right... the Spider is the worst mech ever (well, at least until the Urbanmech appears).

BTW: I just killed a Spider with one alpha... poor little guy.

[Adridos]

*Sigh*

Another week to wait for a chance of new artwork.

[Odanan]

Adridos, on 16 January 2013 - 02:02 PM, said:

*Sigh*

Another week to wait for a chance of new artwork.

You know.. my prediction for 30th January might be right...

[Blood Officer 006]

What was your prediction?

[Ens]

Z E U S of course....!!!!!!! ( pretty please )

hitting the concept art in about 13 days

finally hitting the game in 8 months :|

[Norris J Packard]

Odanan, on 16 January 2013 - 04:01 PM, said:

You know.. my prediction for 30th January might be right...

No, please.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

The Spider is really useless, but it's pure FUN to pilot it! The perfect Mech to troll around! Have made some crazy kills with it.
No announcement yesterday? Hmm...maybe next week.

[Zulu Alpha Irish]

Marauder II please. Thaaaaanks.

[Stormwolf]

I'm personally open for a SL era design, especially since we already have the Highlander.

[Adridos]

Stormwolf, on 17 January 2013 - 04:22 AM, said:

I'm personally open for a SL era design, especially since we already have the Highlander.

Which one would you propose?

[Butane9000]

My reaction over the lack of mech announcement:

We can only hope for the 23rd.

[Suprentus]

I probably missed something in the discussion somewhere, but why isn't the Devastator in the list of predictions?

[Strum Wealh]

Firstly: Banshee for BattleMech 20!

Secondly: Cyclops for BattleMech (20 < N ≤ 32)!

Thirdly: It was commented upon (in an old NGNG podcast... and was mentioned thrice in this very thread (here, here, and here) and once in another) that the Devs have/had the first 32 'Mech announcements already planned out.

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Also of note is the recent "No Guts, No Galaxy" podcast (specifically, podcast #43), where one Vincent Vascaul stated (at the 50:40 to 50:55 mark) that Bryan Ekman ("Head of Design and Vision", and Creative Director and co-founder of Piranha Games) indicated at PAX that PGI has the first 32 BattleMechs already planned out.

With 19 IS BattleMechs already announced (and, in theory, a 20th IS 'Mech on the way), it seems possible that this would mean one of two things:
I.) the Clan 'Mechs are included in that "first 32", and there might only be 12 of the original 16 OmniMechs (perhaps dropping one from each weight class? ) in the initial set available to Clan players, or
II.) the first "first 32" might refer to only the IS 'Mechs, such that we could potentially end up with (at least) 32 IS 'Mechs and 16 Clan OmniMechs (and then... some sort of slowing or lull while other content, like additional maps or Community Warfare or implementation of Solaris, becomes the primary focus? )

What do you think is likely to happen after the announcement of BattleMech 20, and why?

[Butane9000]

Suprentus, on 17 January 2013 - 05:54 AM, said:

I probably missed something in the discussion somewhere, but why isn't the Devastator in the list of predictions?

Because PGI likes to just crush our dreams.

[Stormwolf]

Adridos, on 17 January 2013 - 05:38 AM, said:

Which one would you propose?

Thug, Black Knight or Crab would be great.

[Butane9000]

Strum Wealh, on 17 January 2013 - 05:55 AM, said:

Firstly: Banshee for BattleMech 20!

Secondly: Cyclops for BattleMech (20 < N ≤ 32)!

Thirdly: It was commented upon (in an old NGNG podcast... and was mentioned thrice in this very thread (here, here, and here) and once in another) that the Devs have/had the first 32 'Mech announcements already planned out.
With 19 IS BattleMechs already announced (and, in theory, a 20th IS 'Mech on the way), it seems possible that this would mean one of two things:
I.) the Clan 'Mechs are included in that "first 32", and there might only be 12 of the original 16 OmniMechs (perhaps dropping one from each weight class? ) in the initial set available to Clan players, or
II.) the first "first 32" might refer to only the IS 'Mechs, such that we could potentially end up with (at least) 32 IS 'Mechs and 16 Clan OmniMechs (and then... some sort of slowing or lull while other content, like additional maps or Community Warfare or implementation of Solaris, becomes the primary focus? )

What do you think is likely to happen after the announcement of BattleMech 20, and why?

I have to go with 32 IS mechs eventually. We all know the Clans are coming with the 16 mechs they use. What we don't know is the IS mechs they have planned. We continually make guesses. My guess of roster (unannounced in bold italics):

Lights
Flea
Commando
Spider
Urbanmech
Panther
Raven
Firestarter
Jenner

Mediums
Cicada
Sentinel
Hermes II
Blackjack
Vindicator
Trebuchet
Hunchback
Centurion

Heavies
Dragon
Quickdraw
Jagermech
Catapult
Cataphract
Grasshopper
Orion
Black Knight

Assault
Awesome
Zeus
Hatamoto-Chi
Stalker
Highlander
Cyclops
Banshee
Atlas

That's my guess of 32 IS mechs.

As for what happens after 20?

I think we'll see a lull with the Clan invasion beginning to be announced late march. It will kick off in full early April to June. I still personally think the Clans will be initially a Horde mode until they get community warfare up sometime late July to September (being realistic it could be later). I think Clan weaponry and mech chassis will be handled with a extra loot salvage system.

One community warfare is up they will probably base the maps off invasion borders. Some of the community will join the clans and we'll fight over worlds with lore worlds being off limits. Once community warfare gets rolling I think they'll implement Solaris and dueling. Probably get off their rears and implement some training mode and other cool stuff.

Also after the clan mechs are all announced they'll begin announcing IS mechs again. Though instead of the current trickle style month to month system we'll see them in "waves" every few months consisting of 1 light, 1 medium, 1 heavy and 1 assault.

Edited by Butane9000, 17 January 2013 - 06:22 AM.

[Adridos]

Stormwolf, on 17 January 2013 - 06:09 AM, said:

Thug, Black Knight or Crab would be great.

We're in for a new assault, not medium or heavy.

Edited by Adridos, 17 January 2013 - 06:13 AM.

[Norris J Packard]

Strum Wealh, on 17 January 2013 - 05:55 AM, said:

Thirdly: It was commented upon (in an old NGNG podcast... and was mentioned thrice in this very thread (here, here, and here) and once in another) that the Devs have/had the first 32 'Mech announcements already planned out.

PGI says a lot of things.

[Adridos]

Norris J Packard, on 17 January 2013 - 07:47 AM, said:

PGI says a lot of things.

What would FD be doing all this time? And as was proved by the Awesome adn Highlander release, they indeed have the art and just don't show it.