AntharPrime, on 07 July 2012 - 07:49 PM, said:
So based on this and the current year that the game setting will be I think that they next two mechs will be...
Assault: Emperor, this have plenty of variants for future play and is house specific for both the Lyran Commonwealth and the Capellan Confederation. The following guesses are Xanthos and Striker for the same reasons and the Annihilator just because Wolf's Dragoons used it.
The
Emperor is extinct in 3049, not resuming production until 3057. Likewise the
Xanthos (extinct pre 3rd SW, reproduced 3068). The
Striker, again and doesn't show up again till 3056.
Annihilators are not produced for anyone save Wolf's Dragoons, making them painfully rare elsewhere (read: not at all) until the Jihad era, which is even later still.
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Light: Talon, this only has three variants but it is house specific for both the Lyran Commonwealth and the Free Rasalhague Republic. My backup guess is the Razorback for the same reason though it only has one variant.
The
Talon is again extinct and doesn't show up till 3067. The
Razorback wasn't even produced
at all until 3063!
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Edit: If they do release a heavy or a medium then it could be a Flashman or a Sentinel.
The only possible ones of the bunch, as downgraded versions of both were produced (in Lyran space) throughout the Succession Wars and into 3049. My handy-dandy sig link is very, very good for seeing what's possible in 3049, BTW...but make sure you check if a design stopped production. Many did, their facilities wrecked in some fashion as noted above only to be revived (if that) much later when the tech levels began rising in the Clan War era.
Edited by wanderer, 09 July 2012 - 12:37 PM.