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[Soy]

BOILERPLATE - **** off about Clan Heroes, k thx

Check it out, been thinking about this for 2 months now...

Lights... 6 out of 8 have hero variant
Pirates Bane, Locust
The Death's Knell, Commando
Anansi, Spider
Oxide, Jenner
Huginn, Raven
Ember, Firestarter
Only 2 missing are recent light additions, Urbs and Panther.

Mediums... 9 out of 11 have hero variant
X5, Cicada
Arrow, Blackjack
St. Ives' Blue, Vindicator
Yen Lo Wang, Centurion
Grid Iron, Hunchback
Loup De Guerre, Trebuchet
Sparky, Griffin
Golden Boy, Kintaro
Gray Death, Shadow Hawk
Only 2 missing are the recent Enforcer, and Wolverine (outlier).

Heavies... 6 out of 8 have hero variant - but 2x Dragon so 7 total
Fang, Dragon
Flame, Dragon
IV FOUR, Quickdraw
Jester, Catapult
Firebrand, Jagermech
Ilya Muromets, Cataphract
Protector, Orion
Only 2 missing are the recent Grasshopper, and the Thunderbolt (outlier]).

Assaults... 7 out of 9 have hero variant
Pretty Baby, Awesome
Dragon Slayer, Victor
Hellslinger, Battlemaster
Misery, Stalker
Heavy Metal, Highlander
La Malinche, Banshee
Boar's Head, Atlas
Only 2 missing are the recent Zeus, and the [somewhat] recent King Crab.

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If you look at it like that, I think it would seem logical that either the Wolverine or Thunderbolt would make a nice Hero. If I was making the decision based on the above list and this logic, I'd pick the Thunderbolt because there's less Heavy options in general.

What do you guys think? Maybe consider looking at it from a different critical perspective, like, is there any glaring opening where a niche is missing a Hero in one of these classes? The only thing I can see is that there's no Heavy Poptart, for example. But maybe other people see other vacancies.

Edited by Soy, 13 June 2015 - 02:08 PM.

[Monkey Lover]

Clans needs a hero in every class

[Soy]

******* hell, you people, now I'll boilerplate the thread cuz of that ****...

[Monkey Lover]

Soy, on 13 June 2015 - 02:07 PM, said:

******* hell, you people, now I'll boilerplate the thread cuz of that ****...

Personally I like the light hero's. The price is cheaper and even when they're not as good.they're still useable.

I vote for the panther.

Edited by Monkey Lover, 13 June 2015 - 02:10 PM.

[Soy]

I definitely think the MC cost of things has an impact on this stuff.

I see 20 Pirate's Bane for every 1 Hellslinger...

[Alistair Winter]

Seriously, the game is 3 years old. PGI should reduce the prices for hero mechs already. A Boar's Head costs 7500 MC (and so would a King Crab hero mech), which is about $37 worth of MC, unless you're buying MC in bulk.

By comparison, I can buy a brand new a la carte IS Assault Mech (e.g. Mauler) for $35 and get 3 different mechs, one of which has the 30% C-bill bonus.

There are plenty of Hero mechs I want in MWO, but the pricing is just ridiculous. I haven't been excited by a Hero mech release in ages. You get so much more value for money from pre-ordering mech packs.

A Black Knight hero mech with custom geometry cockpit might change my mind though.

[Soy]

I love the honesty. Cuz you're right. And the flip at the end where you're like, hey, they might whale me on the 'right' one. xD

ps - Since we spoke directly once again, here's the obligatory Erlend Oye song for you, Alistair.

Spoiler

Edited by Soy, 13 June 2015 - 02:29 PM.

[Milocinia]

Alistair Winter, on 13 June 2015 - 02:18 PM, said:

Seriously, the game is 3 years old. PGI should reduce the prices for hero mechs already. A Boar's Head costs 7500 MC (and so would a King Crab hero mech), which is about $37 worth of MC, unless you're buying MC in bulk.

By comparison, I can buy a brand new a la carte IS Assault Mech (e.g. Mauler) for $35 and get 3 different mechs, one of which has the 30% C-bill bonus.

There are plenty of Hero mechs I want in MWO, but the pricing is just ridiculous. I haven't been excited by a Hero mech release in ages. You get so much more value for money from pre-ordering mech packs.

A Black Knight hero mech with custom geometry cockpit might change my mind though.

I echo what Alistair says. Heroes are currently vastly overpriced in the higher tonnage region and should really be the price that champion mechs are.

You get a unique hardpoint layout, some camo that isn't really world breaking and 30% Ceebies bonus. Well as he said, look at what you get in the pre-order mech packs. I know these are pre-orders and packs but still, it makes the price of the high tonnage heroes look awful which they are.

A rework of the prices is needed and if necessary the lower tonnage heroes bumped up in price while the higher tonnage heroes are lowered.

[process]

Wolverine and Thunderbolt heroes are the most overdue.

[Brody319]

We need another Stalker Hero.

[Monkey Lover]

Brody319, on 13 June 2015 - 03:52 PM, said:

We need another Stalker Hero.

I would have to buy an ac40 or dual gauss stalker.

[Mavairo]

Thunderbolt.

[Lostdragon]

Add a one shot item that lets you turn any mech into a hero (ie gives it the cbill bonus) and spend the rest of the day counting the monies.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Crab has a nice possibility for a Hero mech.

1 Energy on each torso with 1 Missle rack on each torso as well as ballistic arms.
I forget where the picture is, but it had 1 PPC on each torso, with a ring of SRM's around the PPC shroud, looked pretty beefy.

[Nothing Whatsoever]

I'd vote Wolverine too.

[Ace Selin]

Thunderbolt

[Speedy Plysitkos]

Summoner and Kodiak.

oh wait...

[Dino Might]

Need a second Locust hero. And then a third. Only then will I consider other mechs.

[Soy]

Damn, I was spot on with this.

xD