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[Nathan Foxbane]

If this gets done by the end of September I will buy a Jester, Titanium White, and name it Smilin' Bob-Cat.

[occusoj]

Thats good to hear, finally theres a chance something gets done for the Catapults.
Better appearance is nice but I hope they also give players a reason to chose the K2 appart from nostalgia.

[Chuck Jager]

This is really only a graphics change if I am reading it correctly. If so I do not see any of the changes while I am playing, and a bigger visual weapon can also possibly translate into a bigger hitbox. If the hitboxes are tweaked so the damage is spread amongst the center and the rest of the mech it may be better. Really strange to say because it is so XL friendly to the point of making the center torso for almost every hit (VCR arms too)

[C E Dwyer]

Ear on the C's need more readjustment than the PPC's other than that, we do need the old ones back

[MATRAKA14]

Please no square laser mounts and tiny ballistics for this one, please!




Also i would love the return of the small boxes



And please don't get rid of the doors ...

Edited by MATRAKA14, 17 June 2015 - 03:08 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Chuck YeaGurr, on 17 June 2015 - 02:49 PM, said:

This is really only a graphics change if I am reading it correctly. If so I do not see any of the changes while I am playing, and a bigger visual weapon can also possibly translate into a bigger hitbox. If the hitboxes are tweaked so the damage is spread amongst the center and the rest of the mech it may be better. Really strange to say because it is so XL friendly to the point of making the center torso for almost every hit (VCR arms too)

Since the arms are such targets on K2s, not really an issue.

[Zordicron]

Bishop-
I dont twitter(maybe I should start)

Could you drop a line to Russ, so long as he is maybe looking at Catapults, if he could do a little to the Catapult, of what he did with the Jenner?

If the Cat. could use the ST armor a bit better, IMO it would be enough to maybe even move it up a tier. Even if not, it might at least get people to stop saying the Cat. is a fragile mech.

Just don't see as many on the field anymore, and I miss that, it's an iconic mech like the Atlas to the mechwarrior games.

[Grey Ghost]

Twitter said:

Bishop Steiner ‏@BishopSteiner
@russ_bullock well thank you very much for the heads up, silly, but it's kept me from using my K2. Look forward to using her again!

Russ Bullock ‏@russ_bullock
@BishopSteiner thing is I have been looking at the current one just now - looks pretty close to me lol

Hmm...

Edited by Grey Ghost, 17 June 2015 - 07:04 PM.

[El Bandito]

It is a good news but not very interesting for me. K2 changes are not going to affect game play much. I personally want the smaller launchers back for the C1 and the A1 on top of it. Even smaller if I equip SRMs.


AND NO VCR!

Edited by El Bandito, 17 June 2015 - 07:22 PM.

[Lordred]

Give me back

MY LIGHTNING

CANNONS!



that is all. (Screenshots by me, in a galaxy long ago)

[Alistair Winter]

Lordred, on 17 June 2015 - 09:46 PM, said:

Give me back
MY LIGHTNING
CANNONS!



that is all. (Screenshots by me, in a galaxy long ago)

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god! I wish PGI would improve the PPC graphic effect!

And the sound.

[Lordred]

This K2 is so ashamed he self detonates.

[Y E O N N E]

Eldagore, on 17 June 2015 - 06:12 PM, said:

Bishop-
I dont twitter(maybe I should start)

Could you drop a line to Russ, so long as he is maybe looking at Catapults, if he could do a little to the Catapult, of what he did with the Jenner?

If the Cat. could use the ST armor a bit better, IMO it would be enough to maybe even move it up a tier. Even if not, it might at least get people to stop saying the Cat. is a fragile mech.

Just don't see as many on the field anymore, and I miss that, it's an iconic mech like the Atlas to the mechwarrior games.

Be very, very careful what you wish for. The small size of the side torso boxes is what makes this 'Mech XL-friendly, and being XL-friendly is about all it has going for it. It's what lets it carry any sort of potent payload at speed. Bear in mind, a Timberwolf would be bottom-tier if it were equipped with an Inner Sphere XL. An XL-equipped Stalker is also garbage, but a Stalker doesn't need an XL to bring a devastating payload because it can't move with great speed.

I'm really not convinced that the Catapult is as bad as people are making it out to be. If the EBJ is so far considered pretty good, there's very little that makes it better than the Jester outside of Clan lasers simply having more range and damage.

[EvilCow]

Are they considering a mech rescale? the real problem is there.

[Wintersdark]

EvilCow, on 18 June 2015 - 01:55 AM, said:

Are they considering a mech rescale? the real problem is there.

no.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Flak Kannon, on 17 June 2015 - 01:11 PM, said:

Thanks Bishop for the intel.

I think I still run the most 'odd' K2 around.

1 Ac20
1 ErPPc
3 ML


I like its versatility.

Having some different visuals on her might be kinda neat.

I had ran that K2 for a LONG time. Called it the Snaggle Tooth. It was an interesting build that was very fun and versatile.

Post PPC quirks, I run a more pedestrian 2 PPC and 2 A/C5 build. If it wasn't for the PPC quirks, I might have still been running the Snaggle.

Good to hear the PPC barrels will be getting looked at. I'm hoping the A1 arms may follow suite too.

Lastly, maybe a CT hitbox adjustment like the Jenner got....maybe...maybe .

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 18 June 2015 - 02:29 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

MeiSooHaityu, on 18 June 2015 - 02:27 AM, said:

I had ran that K2 for a LONG time. Called it the Snaggle Tooth. It was an interesting build that was very fun and versatile.

Post PPC quirks, I run a more pedestrian 2 PPC and 2 A/C5 build. If it wasn't for the PPC quirks, I might have still been running the Snaggle.

Good to hear the PPC barrels will be getting looked at. I'm hoping the A1 arms may follow suite too.

Lastly, maybe a CT hitbox adjustment like the Jenner got....maybe...maybe .

you know that most, if not all PPC quirked mechs apply those same quirks to ERPPCs, too, right?

[MeiSooHaityu]

Bishop Steiner, on 18 June 2015 - 06:12 AM, said:

you know that most, if not all PPC quirked mechs apply those same quirks to ERPPCs, too, right?

I've heard that, but when I tested the Vindicator 1AA, I wasn't too sure I saw a big difference. All I knew was that it ran too hot.

Maybe Snaggle Tooth could benefit because it runs only 1 PPC to begin with, but my K2 with 2 ERPPCs and 2 A/C5s would be far too hot I think.

Maybe I'll look into it more, but it seems like firing 2 ERPPCs in anything under an Assault is always too hot. I know I don't have to fire them together, but I also have to ask myself, what is worse? 90m min range and a bit less max range, or more shots before overheating.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 18 June 2015 - 06:36 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Lordred, on 17 June 2015 - 10:04 PM, said:

This K2 is so ashamed he self detonates.

That is a beautiful looking explosion!

[CDLord HHGD]