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[Desintegrator]

You fooled me with the Badges of the Resistance Pack 1.

So why should i spend any money on this pack ?

No, not a single dollar...

[Gaarafield]

I certainly appreciate the gesture but wish there was more time to respond to this.

Personally, I've been a bit overly busy with work and family today so didn't get to see this until after the deadline with less than a days notice.

Just asking if the deadline can be a bit longer in the future (or for this case would be great), but I appreciate the gesture nonetheless.

[KuroNyra]

Ok, so there is the Wolfhound, pretty much one of my favorite mech back in MW4.
There is the Motherf*cking Crab, how can you dare to resist that little guy?! He is famous like the Urbanmech!
There's the Black Knight... Meeh.
MAULER! MAULER! MAULER! MAULER! MAULER!

I'm in bit disapointed in the WolfHound. He lack the feel of MW4.

Edited by KuroNyra, 01 May 2015 - 01:09 AM.

[Satan n stuff]

It´s the Mauler!
*Drools*
Priced at 74 euros at the current exchange rate, not great but that's acceptable.
Preorder bonus get!

Hornviech, on 30 April 2015 - 09:49 AM, said:

3. And why is the same amount of Mechs in this package cheaper then Wave III of the Clans?
You even get more colors!

It comes to my mind that PGI is losing the focus to the Game and go more and more to money making and also take sides with IS only.

I have a more and more negative impression of PGI.

IS packs are always cheaper because the mechs have a lower Cbill value. Upgrading an omnimech costs only a fraction of what it usually costs to upgrade a battlemech.
I know some players are sitting on enough cbills for that to be irrelevant, but most players actually have to grind to kit out their mechs, so you pay extra to reduce the grind.

Edited by Satan n stuff, 01 May 2015 - 01:24 AM.

[SgtMagor]

two reasons to get pack Black Knight, and Mauler, Crab and Wolfhound the icing on the cake!. did anyone notice the WOLFHOUND carries a "full head egection system!, is PGI gonna implement mech ejection into gameplay. called it!

[KuroNyra]

SgtMagor, on 01 May 2015 - 01:27 AM, said:

two reasons to get pack Black Knight, and Mauler, Crab and Wolfhound the icing on the cake!. did anyone notice the WOLFHOUND carries a "full head egection system!, is PGI gonna implement mech ejection into gameplay. called it!

egection? You mean ejection right?

I hope the Mauler won't be the Daboku with his problem of ejection.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Daboku

Quote

The result of a Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery think tank tasked with gleaning information from the Helm Memory Core, the Daboku was unveiled in 3038 to little fanfare. A near-instant failure with flaws in almost every major system, the 'Mech was nonetheless hurried to the front lines for the War of 3039 where it became both a laughing stock and a virtual death sentence for Kuritan pilots. Problems with the CASE system protecting the ammunition bins resulted in the auto-eject triggering when the torso armor was struck in a certain manner. DCMS MechWarriors found themselves rocketing above the battlefield, often at the most inopportune moments, and ultimately took to disabling the auto-eject. Other problems included lasers that were prone to overheat, over-taxing the already burdened heat sinks, and routine jamming of the autocannon ammunition feeds, the result of an improperly designed chest cavity.

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The Daboku is a nod to Battletech: The Animated Series and the 1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook), where the production history of the Mauler was significantly changed from what had originally been published in the Technical Readout: 3050. To reconcile the divergent information, an earlier version of the Mauler was written in to have existed by the War of 3039 already.
The faulty ejection system is an in-joke referring to a toy line that was produced for the animated TV series. Specifically, the toy version of "Hawk" Hawkins' Mauler had a button on the chest that triggered the ejection seat.

[theta123]

a 9 medium laser black knight boat
yes
yes
YES

[Batch1972]

Hey Russ,

Why don't you extend it to the end of the 1st May so the rest of the world can get it...

[Nightshade24]

For those who like Solaris VII...

Wolfhound:

1 x ER PPC
2 x Small lasers


Blackknight

3 x ER PPC


Mauler

6 x AC 2

[Appogee]

Pre-order bonus is now closed, I take it?

[Uncle Totty]

Nightshade24, on 01 May 2015 - 02:00 AM, said:

For those who like Solaris VII...

Wolfhound:

1 x ER PPC
2 x Small lasers


Blackknight

3 x ER PPC


Mauler

6 x AC 2

That is the same loadout I have on my Kit Fox.

[Nexano]

I hope this Resistance Wave won't be like Trashhopper. GHR - was biggest fail in whole mech creation line of game - 70x3 tons of dissapointments. 1) Trash quirks(say that's they changing something for this mech. 2) Inappropriatly HUGE size thats compleetely aganist sarna basic mech specs(read Sarna if you want know more). 3) ******** weapon placement and distribution between torso/arms - In the end PGI created mech to large for it'weight, to slow for gabarites and totally uneffective - you can choose any role and for each of them exits mech lighter by weight and much more effective in combat and it's role cause of quirlks SIZE and survivability..
Just bought pack - hope you won't do it it again PGI.

Edited by Nexano, 01 May 2015 - 03:04 AM.

[TheLuc]

I think its a good pack but the price is a turn off, oh well looks like ill be stuck grinding.

[warner2]

The Black Knight will be as big as a Grasshopper.

All of these 'mechs, like all IS 'mechs, will be defined by their quirks. For example the Wolfhound looks cool but whether it is any better than Firestarter comes down solely to quirks.

Firestarters, Thunderbolts and Stalkers are good because of quirks. If a 'mech isn't quirked, it is basically not good enough (when did you last see a Cataphract?).

My Grasshopper is not good enough because it doesn't have the quirks. These 'mechs are just more potential trash.

Nexano, on 01 May 2015 - 02:59 AM, said:

I hope this Resistance Wave won't be like Trashhopper. GHR - was biggest fail in whole mech creation line of game - 70x3 tons of dissapointments. 1) Trash quirks(say that's they changing something for this mech. 2) Inappropriatly HUGE size thats compleetely aganist sarna basic mech specs(read Sarna if you want know more). 3) ******** weapon placement and distribution between torso/arms - In the end PGI created mech to large for it'weight, to slow for gabarites and totally uneffective - you can choose any role and for each of them exits mech lighter by weight and much more effective in combat and it's role cause of quirlks SIZE and survivability..
Just bought pack - hope you won't do it it again PGI.

Look at that Black Knight. Look at the Grasshopper. The BK will be the exact same 'mech, more or less, other than the model? It will be big!

Edited by warner2, 01 May 2015 - 03:07 AM.

[Nexano]

warner2, on 01 May 2015 - 03:08 AM, said:

(when did you last see a Cataphract?).

I can see it each day when my unit pushes on CW. While GHR only usable by ppl who cry about money throwed away, or don't understand mech effectiveness basics.

[Kelenas]

Was kinda considering getting in on the next resistance pack, but this one seems like a bit of a let down. I have firestarters, thunderbolts and a sparky, and as cool as the mauler looks all the other mechs seem super redundant. I lover laser boating more than most, but 3/4 of the pack having 0 missile or balistic hard points is quite sad.

Edited by Kelenas, 01 May 2015 - 03:18 AM.

[G SE7EN7]

Why are the faction packs near (if not exactly) identical to the last resistance packs????
Would buy today if i wasnt rebuying the same **** again.
Sucks that you leave me with no choice but not to waste my money on content i already own.
Otherwise would buy, damn you pgi, why cant you put effort into the IS packs. The clan packs are ALWAYS awesome.

Edited by G SE7EN7, 01 May 2015 - 03:39 AM.

[Nightshade24]

G SE7EN7, on 01 May 2015 - 03:39 AM, said:

Why are the faction packs near (if not exactly) identical to the last resistance packs????
Would buy today if i wasnt rebuying the same **** again.
Sucks that you leave me with no choice but not to waste my money on content i already own.
Otherwise would buy, damn you pgi, why cant you put effort into the IS packs. The clan packs are ALWAYS awesome.

The crab is an iconic mech that lore wise has pracitcally 50% less repair bill.

Repair and rearm is coming to game and this may be the ONLY mech in game with a quirk to lower it's repair bill.

That and the grasshopper and black knight are nearly complete oppasites on the energy boat spectrum and the mauler is nothing like the zeus,

Panther and wolfhound is simular as well but not quite the same, the wolfhound will have more of an armour bonus and such.

Nathan K, on 01 May 2015 - 02:57 AM, said:

That is the same loadout I have on my Kit Fox.

hehe.

Personally I would throw two mediums but 2 er smalls doesn't seem to bad.

[EAP10]

Sereglach, on 30 April 2015 - 06:17 PM, said:

I fully expect to see the first IS Omnimech sale cost just about as much as the Clan packages, even if that is quite a ways off, because those mechs start coming with all the upgrades pre-applied, as well. The same applies if we start to get into packages of IS mechs that are coming with just as high of base c-bill costs as clan mechs. However, because of technology differences, those mechs are quite a long ways off, as well.

I hope they will be the same price.

[Nightshade24]

Sevronis, on 30 April 2015 - 10:54 AM, said:

And the Clan Wave 3 pack has mechs that werent first seen by IS until 3052 or 3053. Common sense would state here that they decided to advance the game's time line to 3053.

Also, at least now I understand why there was talk of omnipods. By the time I looked at the site today, it was fixed lol.

Don't forget CW does clan vs clan combat, which the Couldron born and shadowcat has been sighted in combat in 3050