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[Joseph Mallan]

My Daughter won her place in the CBT universe in an Ostol... I have a soft spot for that Mech.

[Metus regem]

Joseph Mallan, on 26 March 2015 - 04:42 AM, said:

My Daughter won her place in the CBT universe in an Ostol... I have a soft spot for that Mech.

Wow.... Just wow.... In an Ostol? One of the running joke mechs? I have more respect for your daughter, than I do for 90% of the people on this forum that cry for nerfs.

[Water Bear]

Koniving, on 25 March 2015 - 04:43 PM, said:

I'd like to have just three hours alone in a room that has the server settings for the game.
There are some things I'd change that some won't like, but at this point anything is better than what they've been doing.

Those things are harder to get working properly than you might think. I've been running a game server for probably a couple years now and there's alway some random thing or another going wrong with them. I've had the ping to my server get horrible when some ISP decided to reroute something-or-other to some hub waaaay out of the way, for instance.

[Koniving]

Water Bear, on 26 March 2015 - 05:32 AM, said:

Those things are harder to get working properly than you might think. I've been running a game server for probably a couple years now and there's alway some random thing or another going wrong with them. I've had the ping to my server get horrible when some ISP decided to reroute something-or-other to some hub waaaay out of the way, for instance.

Was referring to the Server Authorative architecture on the server side. Changing weapon settings clientside will do nothing, but changing weapon settings there on PGI/Server-side as well as how certain equipment works (namely ECM) would go a long way toward game balance. Just three hours isn't really enough time, but I could get through most of the weapon setting changes in that time with a little bit of time to make sure nothing went wrong.

Edited by Koniving, 26 March 2015 - 12:30 PM.

[Johny Rocket]

Lord0fHats, on 25 March 2015 - 04:04 PM, said:

I'd honestly expect to see a Bushwaker in the future.

We should riot if its not in the next few months, hands down my Favorite mech for the Arena

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

627, on 26 March 2015 - 12:06 AM, said:

why does everyone wants a wolfhound? Yes it's iconic but in the ned you have a slow 35t with 4 E-Hardpoints and 2? variants which are basically the same. If they stick to lore, it wouldn't even get an AMS hardpoint.

Sure you can inflate hardpoints, maybe up to 6 or 7 and spread them, here and there a quirk or so, maybe even a JJ variant. But then?

Isn't there a little missile boat available? something in the lines of an oxide? this would at least bring some variety into the light class.

Javelin.

Missiles on most of them, an ECM variant available, and there's a laser boat variant also in the timeline.

[Armorine]

Tractor Joe, on 26 March 2015 - 12:37 PM, said:

We should riot if its not in the next few months, hands down my Favorite mech for the Arena

The fafnir would love to have a word with you. Inside 600 meters

[Waffles 2pt0]

Shaio, on 25 March 2015 - 03:52 PM, said:

Crab
It has Claws! Come On!

I love this mech. Question ... Where is the cockpit ?

[Armorine]

I think it's internal. Video screens maybe

[zagibu]

If there wasn't a cannon in front of it, i would have said it's below the radar dish. Maybe the cannon is a bit off to the right.

[Shaio]

zagibu, on 26 March 2015 - 06:19 PM, said:

If there wasn't a cannon in front of it, i would have said it's below the radar dish. Maybe the cannon is a bit off to the right.

No Sign of it there.

[auniqueid]

isn't the crab already out?
those drawings look terrile... hope they clean thump a bit.

[cSand]

Dulahan, on 25 March 2015 - 04:09 PM, said:

Black Knight and Cyclops are all but confirmed, by the way. Remember the polls? They beat Grasshopper and Zeus. By a narrow margin, but they did.

OH REALLY

http://mwomercs.com/...eavy-mech-poll/

Edited by cSand, 26 March 2015 - 07:58 PM.

[auniqueid]

I don't know... it's great that they're releasing new mechs, but it doesn't seem like it's really a big deal. Anyone can pilot anything, and be honest, there's not a heck of a lot of difference. I can build an atlas that works like a direwolf and a direwolf that fees like a kin crab.

This game needs persistence -- more than just pugs and fights... there needs to be more continuity to this game.

[Artgathan]

Give me a Crab! With the new 250 CW drop limit I'll be able to bring Crabs for days!

3 X Baby Crab, 1 X Papa Crab for when it gets real.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Javelin
Assassin
Black Knight
Mauler/Devastator/Annihilator

My money is yours, so free.

[Serpieri]

Shaio, on 26 March 2015 - 07:44 PM, said:

No Sign of it there.

i'd say the radar dish is the head - since sensors are an internal component of it.

[zagibu]

Kevjack, on 26 March 2015 - 08:14 PM, said:

Javelin
Assassin
Black Knight
Mauler/Devastator/Annihilator

My money is yours, so free.

Besides the Black Knight, this could be a good pack. I don't really have a suggestion for a more interesting Black Knight replacement, though. Most IS heavy mechs we don't have yet are either much later or don't have intriguing variations at all.

Edited by zagibu, 27 March 2015 - 04:20 AM.

[Dulahan]

Kevjack, on 26 March 2015 - 08:14 PM, said:

Javelin
Assassin
Black Knight
Mauler/Devastator/Annihilator

My money is yours, so free.

I think you're close to spot on, just Cyclops instead of the Assaults you mentioned.

[Pariah Devalis]

Jimbobbob, on 26 March 2015 - 07:53 PM, said:

isn't the crab already out?
those drawings look terrile... hope they clean thump a bit.

King Crab is out. CRAB is not! Think IS Stormcrow prime. High end of the medium spectrum (well, 50 tons anyways), laserboat. Reasonably quick on its feet.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 27 March 2015 - 05:46 AM.