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[Damien Tokala]

Is there no thug?!
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Thug

[El Bandito]

Eventually. IS will get the Mauler first as an Assault.

Edited by El Bandito, 01 July 2015 - 04:22 AM.

[Damien Tokala]

Don't get me wrong, I may be clan, but I've always had love for the mauler. It was the first battlemech I've ever laid my eyes on when I found mechwarrior 2 mercenaries in a thrift store 50 cent bin

[MeiSooHaityu]

Why on Earth?

This is Battletech, Why on Terra...

It appears to be a timeline thing. The mech only had 2 variants before 3050. That's probably a big reason for why we haven't seen it yet. Still, PGI will invent variants, so there is a chance it may happen sooner vs later.

[Damien Tokala]

Sooner or later they need to remove the 3 variant perk system...

[Damien Tokala]

We also need the flashman!

[Juodas Varnas]

MeiSooHaityu, on 01 July 2015 - 04:26 AM, said:

Why on Earth?

This is Battletech, Why on Terra...

It appears to be a timeline thing. The mech only had 2 variants before 3050. That's probably a big reason for why we haven't seen it yet. Still, PGI will invent variants, so there is a chance it may happen sooner vs later.

Mauler has only 1 variant in the current timeline... But we'll be getting 4... 3/4 Mauler variants that will be in the game will be completely made-up. Is that how desperate PGI is to keep that stupid ******* 3 mechs to master rule?...

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 01 July 2015 - 04:42 AM.

[Hit the Deck]

After looking at the hardpoints, I doubt that many people will be interested on this 'Mech.

[Kiiyor]

Thug kinda looks like an Awesome to me, and most of the variants have the same loadouts.

Nice mech though.

[CDLord HHGD]

Slightly upgraded "MWO" Thug.

[Damien Tokala]

The thug would make for an interesting ppc spam fighter, with a ton of space left over for heatsinks, as well as ammo. It might not hit extremely hard, but it can be extremely efficient

Edited by Damien Tokala, 01 July 2015 - 04:50 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Damien Tokala, on 01 July 2015 - 04:47 AM, said:

The thug would make for an interesting ppc spam fighter, with a ton of space left over for heatsinks, as well as ammo. It might not hit extremely hard, but it can be extremely efficient

Except, this game would ruin the sweet sweet cool running monster that a Thug is.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Juodas Varnas, on 01 July 2015 - 04:42 AM, said:

Mauler has only 1 variant in the current timeline... But we'll be getting 4... 3/4 Mauler variants that will be in the game will be completely made-up. Is that how desperate PGI is to keep that stupid ******* 3 mechs to master rule?...

Yes, that's how desperate they are.

Hey, the three chassis rule stinks. There's nothing worse than leveling that variant you hate to use the 1 or 2 variants you actually like.

Just don't expect the 3 chassis rule to go anywhere. It's a part of the business model they put together and is ingrained in the game. It might change. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Damien Tokala]

Joseph Mallan, on 01 July 2015 - 05:00 AM, said:

Except, this game would ruin the sweet sweet cool running monster that a Thug is.

Have you forgotten the aws-8q perks...

ENDLESS PPC VOMIT

[Joseph Mallan]

Damien Tokala, on 01 July 2015 - 05:04 AM, said:

Have you forgotten the aws-8q perks...

ENDLESS PPC VOMIT

Endless? Can you over heat at all firing 3 PPCs then 2PPCs on a cycle?

[Damien Tokala]

When I say endless, I mean a steady stream of volley fire. And trust me, I've tested this, and built it with as much efficiency as I can, I can stream fire them up to 24 single shots before I shut down.

Do the math, these perks are broken.

[Juodas Varnas]

Damien Tokala, on 01 July 2015 - 05:17 AM, said:

When I say endless, I mean a steady stream of volley fire. And trust me, I've tested this, and built it with as much efficiency as I can, I can stream fire them up to 24 single shots before I shut down.

Do the math, these perks are broken.

Quirks* are so broken, that nobody even uses Awesomes!

Everyone must feel soooo bad playing such a broken, op mech, like the Awesome, which is why you can never see them in-game!
It's definitely not because the mech still ******* sucks even with the quirks!
Because it's literally a barn with knuckle-dragging gorilla arms.

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 01 July 2015 - 05:22 AM.

[SnagaDance]

While I love the look of the mech it doesn't bring anything new with the way MWO game mechanics work. At 80 tons, 2 (low) arm mounted PPC and those Torso Srm's it's just an Awesome.

Or an Awesome 8T to be more precise, as cdlord already illustrated with his Smurfy-build. In fact I use the exact same build under the name 'Thugsome'.

Edited by SnagaDance, 01 July 2015 - 05:40 AM.

[Damien Tokala]

Well.... At least the thug won't be as fat as the awesome...

[Alexandrix]

I'd like to see what Alex could do with the thug.
I liked it in MW2:Mercs