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[LT. HARDCASE]

Christof Romulus, on 23 March 2015 - 07:47 AM, said:

Assault is a difficult weight class.

Anything sub 100 gets scrutinized unless it has amazing hardpoint inflation (Stalker). Anything that IS 100 will be compared directly against the Atlas, invariably indicating that the Atlas has been surpassed.

Currently we have 3 80 tonners, 2 85 tonners, 1 90 tonner, 1 95 tonner, and 2 100 tonners. Just for that reason alone I would look for a 90 or 95 ton mech.

While I am not a fan of the Mauler, it would be a contender, as would the Cyclops.

as looking through the 90s and 95s on Sarna, and found most of the potential mechs:

90 tons:

Cyclops
Juggernaut (3057)
Mauler


98 tons:

Cerberus (3054)
Nightstar

I'll take a Nightstar. Need more non-humanoid mechs, plus its design apes the Marauder.

[Chagatay]

Like others in the thread, Annihilator all the way. The mech is a ballistics poster boy (well...besides Kraken but that is Clan) and is quite possibly the ugliest mech ever. A real challenge for the artists just like the Kintaro (because the original art is hideous as well).

They can even add the Gausszilla hero as well and quirk it to allow more gauss rifles to fire at once because why not 5 gauss rounds (makes the Ilya cry inside) to the face.

[Bishop Steiner]

[Metus regem]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 March 2015 - 10:09 AM, said:

That I'd take in a heart beat... but only if they use your design as a starting point....

We really need to start a campaign to get you signed on for piece work with PGI....

[Bishop Steiner]

Metus regem, on 23 March 2015 - 10:12 AM, said:

That I'd take in a heart beat... but only if they use your design as a starting point....

We really need to start a campaign to get you signed on for piece work with PGI....

of course, for the in game model, the AC barrels would be 25% of the diameter shown.....Because ideas like armored shrouds and looking cool are irrelevant.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 23 March 2015 - 10:15 AM.

[DivineEvil]

I'd love an Emperor. Gonna be a Mauler most likely.

[Christof Romulus]

Kristov Kerensky, on 23 March 2015 - 09:35 AM, said:

Russ directly mentioned the Mauler coming as the next IS Assault in the last town hall, so I think it'll be the Cyclops.

[Nullmancer]

while i also like the thought of the annihilator, it wouldnt be really appropriate for lore reasons, as it technically never was used by the inner sphere. It should be considered a pre-clans battlemech. It never saw use by the successor states, being built in the very late stages of the star league and taken along with the remains of the star league military on their exodus.

i know people could care less about lore, but its totally a clan battlemech. totally.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Annihilator

what i'd like to see is a couple comstar packs with nifty white paint. first set can be basic star league era designs like the Mongoose, Sentinel, ummm uh, and Thug, light to assault, also note that they can be used as a star league set as well of course, since comstar's stockpile of mechs is essentially what the star league military left behind.

the second set would be the clanbuster package, with mechs that comstar upgraded for the battle of tukayyid. The list of clanbuster mechs goes like Hussar, Wyvern, Champion, Black knight and King crab.


or could do a Royal battlemech set, instead of focusing on Comstar. Royal variants being improved versions of normal star league mechs that were not shared with the member states.


but whatever, the individual mechs i'd like to see are the sentinel, whitworth and javelin. I got a thing for crappy mediums and the Javelin would be a sweet, sweet ride.

Edited by Nullmancer, 23 March 2015 - 10:53 AM.

[aniviron]

Every answer in this thread that isn't the Thug is wrong and makes me sad.

[Vandomar]

Please God, let it be my beloved Mauler.

[Damocles]

aniviron, on 23 March 2015 - 12:42 PM, said:

Every answer in this thread that isn't the Thug is wrong and makes me sad.

+Thug Jose hero variant. (FIX JJs.)

[Anyone00]

The Annihilator is doable since the gauss rifle charging limit was put in but as Nullmancer pointed out it's a Wolf's Dragoon/semi-Clan mech.

[One Medic Army]

Anyone00, on 23 March 2015 - 03:40 PM, said:

The Annihilator is doable since the gauss rifle charging limit was put in but as Nullmancer pointed out it's a Wolf's Dragoon/semi-Clan mech.

Well, we already get the KingCrab, which was Comstar only, and IIRC the clans had a few too.

[Gas Guzzler]

Should be Mauler or Cyclops. I actually think they should have a pack with the Cyclops as the Assault and the Mauler as a reward for early order or something. Everyone wants that thing!

[AkoolPopTart]

Probably in the wrong time period, but that heavy gauss is so hot.

[Malleus011]

The Dracs need their Hatamoto.

[SgtMagor]

http://www.sarna.net...u_Albatross.jpg

[Xetelian]

El Bandito, on 23 March 2015 - 07:40 AM, said:

Annihilator. Time to kick open the power creep and lemme have my Quad AC10 mech.

Yes please.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Id love a Mauler next.

[Butane9000]

Cyclops, we're missing another 90 Tonner