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[King Chimera]

Does anybody see mechs like the Brigand, using some clan tech like a fusion engine, as possibility in MWO?

Edited by Xiyumos, 16 May 2015 - 07:37 AM.

[Ragtag soldier]

son, you're so slow that sound was an urbanmech lapping you.

[King Chimera]

Ragtag soldier, on 16 May 2015 - 07:47 AM, said:

son, you're so slow that sound was an urbanmech lapping you.

I don't forum much. ;-;
I'll get that urbie some day, just you wait.

[FupDup]

There's also some Clan mechs with IS tech. The Wulfen is a good example, using an IS XL Gyro to save weight and also using IS Stealth Armor to be sneakier, while all other parts are Clan-made.

[martian]

Xiyumos, on 16 May 2015 - 07:37 AM, said:

Does anybody see mechs like the Brigand, using some clan tech like a fusion engine, as possibility in MWO?

Pardon? Brigand is built with the common IS technology. No ClanTech present.

FupDup, on 16 May 2015 - 08:22 AM, said:

There's also some Clan mechs with IS tech. The Wulfen is a good example, using an IS XL Gyro to save weight and also using IS Stealth Armor to be sneakier, while all other parts are Clan-made.

Yes, Wulfen is from 3137. Now we are in 3051 (or maybe 3050 or 3052; PGI itself seems quite unsure ).

[King Chimera]

martian, on 16 May 2015 - 09:34 AM, said:

Pardon? Brigand is built with the common IS technology. No ClanTech present.


Yes, Wulfen is from 3137. Now we are in 3051 (or maybe 3050 or 3052; PGI itself seems quite unsure ).

It doesn't really say anything about the engine of MW4 Mercs, but on the wiki it has a fusion engine. In MWO only clannies have fusion engines.

[Hawk819]

Yes, well, when old man Kerensky took off with the King Crab and other designs from the Old Star League, the Clans built themselves off those `Mechs till Clan Coyote developed the OmniTechnology that we now have with the Timber Wolf, etc. Most of those designs are still in use with Solahma and Second-line troops. Such as the Hunchback C and IIC variants. It's what Task Force Bulldog and Serpent faced with the Jags.

IMO, plenty of them to go around.

[martian]

Xiyumos, on 16 May 2015 - 09:42 AM, said:

It doesn't really say anything about the engine of MW4 Mercs, but on the wiki it has a fusion engine. In MWO only clannies have fusion engines.

LOL, no.

Fusion engines are used to power both IS and Clan BattleMechs (very rare exceptions exists, however).

What type of engine do you think your IS 'Mechs in MWO have?

[Pariah Devalis]

Xiyumos, on 16 May 2015 - 09:42 AM, said:

It doesn't really say anything about the engine of MW4 Mercs, but on the wiki it has a fusion engine. In MWO only clannies have fusion engines.

Negative. Standard engines are fusion engines. It is how they work. Then we have Clan Extra-Light and Inner Sphere Extra-Light engines. And eventually extra-extra light engines....

[Tarogato]

Xiyumos, on 16 May 2015 - 09:42 AM, said:

It doesn't really say anything about the engine of MW4 Mercs, but on the wiki it has a fusion engine. In MWO only clannies have fusion engines.

It's all IS tech.

It's equipped with a STD 150 fusion engine, just in the way that a Firestarter is equipped with a STD 210 fusion engine and a Timberwolf is equipped with a Clan XL 375 fusion engine.

Brigand is also equipped with ER Medium Lasers, with is typical IS technology in the 3060's.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Xiyumos, on 16 May 2015 - 09:42 AM, said:

It doesn't really say anything about the engine of MW4 Mercs, but on the wiki it has a fusion engine. In MWO only clannies have fusion engines.

All current BattleMechs run on fusion engines. 'Mechs which use Internal Combustion Engines, Fission Engines, or Fuel Cells are freakishly rare. The Clans have more compact XL engines as befits their greater advancements in military technology.

[Mcgral18]

I'd love some isMLs for the Nova.

6 MLs 6 ERSLs, 60 alpha, no ghost heat, similar heat (but more range).

[Bilbo]

Mcgral18, on 16 May 2015 - 09:53 AM, said:

I'd love some isMLs for the Nova.

6 MLs 6 ERSLs, 60 alpha, no ghost heat, similar heat (but more range).

That wouldn't be broken at all.....

[Tarogato]

Anyways, to answer your question in the OP...

probably not. We won't be seeing IS mechs with Clan technology in MWO because MWO is set in the early 3050's (presently 3052 or thereabouts). Much of the intermingling of technology doesn't start until at least 3057.

What we might see, however, are IIC mechs. They are Clan versions of IS mechs. Things like the Hunchback IIC, Commando IIC, Highlander IIC, Shadowhawk IIC. PGI used to hold the position that IIC mechs were never going to be introduced to the game, but more recently they've stated that they are considering it and that it's a definite possibility. Some of the IIC mechs are Unseen, so there are complications as to whether they will be remodeled, or simply use the same models as the Phoenix mechs already in the game. Or they might not even be included. But not all IICs are Unseen. There's also the added complication that some IICs are different tonnages from their IS counterparts.

Edited by Tarogato, 16 May 2015 - 09:58 AM.

[TWIAFU]

Tarogato, on 16 May 2015 - 09:56 AM, said:

Anyways, to answer your question in the OP...

probably not. We won't be seeing IS mechs with Clan technology in MWO because MWO is set in the early 3050's (presently 3052 or thereabouts). Much of the intermingling of technology doesn't start until at least 3057.

What we might see, however, are IIC mechs. They are Clan versions of IS mechs.

3050-3060

Weapons

*ER PPC
*ER Large Laser
ER Medium Laser - 3058
ER Small Laser - 3058
*Large Pulse Laser
*Medium Pulse Laser
*Small Pulse Laser
Ultra AC/2 - 3057
*Ultra AC/5
Ultra AC/10 - 3057
Ultra AC-20 - 3060
LB 2-X AC - 3058
LB 5-X AC - 3058
*LB 10-X AC
LB 20-X AC - 3058
*Gauss Rifle
Swarm LRM - 3052
Thunder LRM - 3052
Arrow IV Artillery - 3044
Single-Shot - 3030
*AMS
*Streak SRM-2
Streak SRM-4 - 3058
Streak SRM-6 - 3058

Electronics

*Narc
Targeting
*C3 Network
*Beagle Active Probe
*Guardian ECM Suite

Construction Materials

*Double Heat Sink
*CASE
*MASC
Triple Strength Myomer - 3050
*Endo Steel
*Ferro-Fibrous Armor
*XL Engine

* Currently have.

The earliest we see the IIC refits is 3055, and they are;

Locust IIC
Phoenix Hawk IIC
Griffin IIC
Shadow Hawk IIC
Rifleman IIC
Jenner IIC
Warhammer IIC
Marauder IIC

But 3055 through 3058 has a great deal of new IS and Clan mechs to look forward to, prototype and second line included.

Edited by TWIAFU, 16 May 2015 - 10:47 AM.