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.