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#14061 xVLFBERHxT

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:58 AM

I would love him as well as his ugly brother Posted ImagePosted Image .

#14062 Steinar Bergstol

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 06:05 AM

The crazy thing is, of course, that unlike in the TT game the MWO Charger might actually be good rather than a laughingstock thanks to high enginecap and many energy hardpoints. Really drives home the differences between TT Battletech and MWO, doesn't it?

That said, I always did enjoy using the Charger in TT by, you know, charging at every opportunity and then kicking the ******** once I was in close. Small lasers? Bah! They're just there for decoration! :D

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 06:17 AM

View PostSteinar Bergstol, on 31 July 2016 - 06:05 AM, said:

The crazy thing is, of course, that unlike in the TT game the MWO Charger might actually be good rather than a laughingstock thanks to high enginecap and many energy hardpoints. Really drives home the differences between TT Battletech and MWO, doesn't it?



i thought the same. and the mech looks cool.
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Posted 31 July 2016 - 06:40 AM

View PostTrapJaw80, on 31 July 2016 - 06:17 AM, said:


i thought the same. and the mech looks cool.
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It does right? I suspect Alex Iglesias already did the concept art (considering the Charger was in the same poll that gave us later the Zeus and Cyclops).

The Charger is simply one of those "must haves" mech in MWO. The (many) variants are deliciously different from each other.
(I know the Hatamoto with that robot-samurai thing is more popular, but in MWO it would be an inferior mech in every way)

#14065 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:00 AM

View PostJuodas Varnas, on 31 July 2016 - 05:48 AM, said:

As long as he brings his more attractive brother, the Hatamoto-chi. Posted Image

Hatamoto Chi? Sorry son, this is Battletech not Gundam.

Plus why settle for Kurita's cheap knockoff, when we can have the real mack daddy......
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Edited by Bishop Steiner, 31 July 2016 - 07:04 AM.


#14066 Juodas Varnas

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:03 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 07:00 AM, said:

Hatamoto Chi? Sorry son, this is Battletech not Gundam.

Hmmm?
Sorry, i didn't hear you over the Phoenix Hawk crying in the corner.

#14067 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:05 AM

View PostJuodas Varnas, on 31 July 2016 - 07:03 AM, said:

Hmmm?
Sorry, i didn't hear you over the Phoenix Hawk crying in the corner.

That's Macross.... far less cheesy than gundams. Learn your anime, GOSH!

You trying to turn this into a circus freakshow?

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 31 July 2016 - 07:06 AM.


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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:13 AM

Also....let's hope they don't use this as the basis...
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or we gonna have a mech that makes the Awesome look like Kate Moss Posted Image

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:15 AM

Warhawk F variant please, the chassis needs some love and a ballistic torso would be huge. It can't be that hard to add and I'd buy it day one.

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:17 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 07:13 AM, said:

Also....let's hope they don't use this as the basis...
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or we gonna have a mech that makes the Awesome look like Kate Moss Posted Image


i loled so hard Posted Image Posted Image.

View PostFearNotDeath, on 31 July 2016 - 07:15 AM, said:

Warhawk F variant please, the chassis needs some love and a ballistic torso would be huge. It can't be that hard to add and I'd buy it day one.


in this case victor 9a too Posted ImagePosted Image

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:17 AM

View PostTrapJaw80, on 31 July 2016 - 06:17 AM, said:


i thought the same. and the mech looks cool.
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Seriously, the only thing why I have difficulty taking the Charger seriously is that teeny-tiny popgun pistol. If it's that small, you don't want to go waving it around in public.

Move that fifth SL to torso, and I agree it's a cool 'mech. I'd also like this one MWO though I generally hate assaults.

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 07:46 AM

View Postjss78, on 31 July 2016 - 07:17 AM, said:

Seriously, the only thing why I have difficulty taking the Charger seriously is that teeny-tiny popgun pistol. If it's that small, you don't want to go waving it around in public



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Edited by TrapJaw80, 31 July 2016 - 07:46 AM.


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Posted 31 July 2016 - 08:42 AM

View Postjss78, on 31 July 2016 - 07:17 AM, said:

Seriously, the only thing why I have difficulty taking the Charger seriously is that teeny-tiny popgun pistol. If it's that small, you don't want to go waving it around in public.

Move that fifth SL to torso, and I agree it's a cool 'mech. I'd also like this one MWO though I generally hate assaults.

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 08:43 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 07:05 AM, said:

Learn your anime, GOSH!

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#14075 Ovion

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 08:57 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 07:05 AM, said:

That's Macross.... far less cheesy than gundams. Learn your anime, GOSH!

You trying to turn this into a circus freakshow?
Macross has an entire series where the main character fights and destroys mechs with a guitar, and The Power of Love stopped a battleship.

Say what you will, it's not less cheesy.

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 09:00 AM

View PostFearNotDeath, on 31 July 2016 - 07:15 AM, said:

Warhawk F variant please, the chassis needs some love and a ballistic torso would be huge. It can't be that hard to add and I'd buy it day one.

We really need that!
(and Diana's hero Warhawk, for the jumpjets)

View PostTrapJaw80, on 31 July 2016 - 07:17 AM, said:

in this case victor 9a too Posted ImagePosted Image

Yeah, that one too.
(begging for it since the Victor concept art reveal)

View PostOvion, on 31 July 2016 - 08:57 AM, said:

Macross has an entire series where the main character fights and destroys mechs with a guitar, and The Power of Love stopped a battleship.

Say what you will, it's not less cheesy.

You don't dare talk bad about Macross.

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 11:02 AM

View PostOvion, on 31 July 2016 - 08:57 AM, said:

Macross has an entire series where the main character fights and destroys mechs with a guitar, and The Power of Love stopped a battleship.

Say what you will, it's not less cheesy.

Note I said "Macross", not Macross 7, Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, Macross Zero. I consider anything after the original as bald cash grabs. Gundams are just silly from beginning to end. (with exception of one series...can't recall which... The 08th MS Team? Which was a pretty decent basic war story...but the robots were still pretty stupid)

But given a choice, I'd take Votoms, over either.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 31 July 2016 - 11:05 AM.


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Posted 31 July 2016 - 11:05 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 11:02 AM, said:

Note I said "Macross", not Macross 7, Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, Macross Zero. I consider anything after the original as bald cash grabs. Gundams are just silly from beginning to end.

But given a choice, I'd take Votoms, over either.

Why not Dougram?
(Totally not because that's where the Scorpion is from. HONEST)

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Posted 31 July 2016 - 11:13 AM

View PostJuodas Varnas, on 31 July 2016 - 11:05 AM, said:

Why not Dougram?
(Totally not because that's where the Scorpion is from. HONEST)

I like most of the Dougram designs (although aside from the Dougram/Shadowhawk I think in many ways Btech improved on them (in some depictions)...as the art was mediocre), but never really got into the story. Votoms tells a great war story, as a whole.

I mean I could go on a long list of "Good/Bad" Anime....
(Good: Macross, Mospeada, Venus Wars, Patlabor, New Dominion Tank Police, VOTOMs, Appleseed, Spaceship Yamato, Akira, Guyver, Wings of Honneamise, etc. BAD:... Anything Dragon Ball, Evangelion, ALL Macross Sequels, most things revolving around teenagers, and "cute" animal mascots.....)

Anime is like Scotch... it's either great, or horrible, with very little in between
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Posted 31 July 2016 - 11:37 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 31 July 2016 - 11:13 AM, said:


I mean I could go on a long list of "Good/Bad" Anime....
(Good: Macross, Mospeada, Venus Wars, Patlabor, New Dominion Tank Police, VOTOMs, Appleseed, Spaceship Yamato, Akira, Guyver, Wings of Honneamise, etc. BAD:... Anything Dragon Ball, Evangelion, ALL Macross Sequels, most things revolving around teenagers, and "cute" animal mascots.....)

Anime is like Scotch... it's either great, or horrible, with very little in between
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Macross Zero, Plus and Frontier were all good, Seven and Macross II were bad, I've not seen Delta yet so no option on it yet...





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