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[Luscious Dan]

Krispy Fiend, on 20 July 2015 - 08:07 AM, said:

Yeah, the C variants for these mechs look beastly, that's why I was kicking myself for not having seen them coming up for sale sooner.

For me, I wasn't in the "willing to spend real money on content" phase yet when the pre-order bonus was in effect. I've probably spent a bit more than I would have liked by now, so I'm not sure if I want to do the Origins pack or not. Still have a bit of time to decide... I've been waiting for a Hunchback IIC for ages. Not sure if I'm interested in the rest though.

[BLOOD WOLF]

I just rebuilt my pc, so i couldn't get any new packs, looking forward to the huch IIC

[Krispy Fiend]

Luscious Dan, on 20 July 2015 - 08:26 AM, said:

For me, I wasn't in the "willing to spend real money on content" phase yet when the pre-order bonus was in effect. I've probably spent a bit more than I would have liked by now, so I'm not sure if I want to do the Origins pack or not. Still have a bit of time to decide... I've been waiting for a Hunchback IIC for ages. Not sure if I'm interested in the rest though.

I went ahead and did it because I just started playing MWO back around late February, and since I enjoyed the game I figured I'd plop down some cash as I would any non-free to play game. But I feel the same way in that I don't want to end up spending hundrends and hundrends on one game. I ended up dropping the cash on origins because of my soft spot for the Jenner IIC and Hunchback IIC, but I'm not sure if I can bring myself to put anymore in. But knowing my luck, they'll throw in the Kodiak with the next Clan set, and I'll be right back to where I was before.

[Zaldier]

Wonder what today's preview will be ?

/ponders

Edited by Balvier, 20 July 2015 - 09:08 AM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Balvier, on 20 July 2015 - 09:06 AM, said:

Wonder what today's preview will be ?

/ponders

Probably videos of Sean Lang fighting someone, piloting each of the new mechs. And showing some of the mechlab shenanigans with them.

[Zaldier]

Gas Guzzler, on 20 July 2015 - 09:13 AM, said:

Probably videos of Sean Lang fighting someone, piloting each of the new mechs. And showing some of the mechlab shenanigans with them.

Oh I think I remember that from the EXE and EJ count down.

[Cryzak]

Any idea will those mech are playable when day changes or do i need to wait whole day?

[Luscious Dan]

I assume there will be a patch download that goes live during the day tomorrow, after which you'll be able to play with the new toys.

[KursedVixen]

bad arcade kitty, on 19 July 2015 - 10:33 PM, said:

>All Clans use the shadowcat

no
not in the current time line

see http://mwomercs.com/...cussion-thread/

PGi has already blown lore out of the water and into outer space so this really means nothing. And smoke jaguar would be in danger of dying out as in being destroyed in Operation bulldog.

also according to your table there we shouldnt have 3/4 of these mechs unless we're smoke jaguar.

Edited by KursedVixen, 20 July 2015 - 11:26 AM.

[IIIuminaughty]

Luscious Dan, on 20 July 2015 - 07:27 AM, said:

Seriously? If he doesn't want his, I'll take more lovlely Shadow Cat variants in my mechbay. Customer support, please feel free to inject his mechs to my account

Didn't buy it, too ugly

[Wildstreak]

Never thought Smoked Cat camo looked good until seeing these two.

Now all you eager Cheetah and Cat players need to play those Mechs so I can finally use my Ebons!

[Luscious Dan]

It'll be nice to play as a heavy without the massive wait times... though it was actually kinda cool how I made it through many seasons of Archer on Netflix while waiting for games to start while eliting up my Thunderbolts and Ebon Jags the last month or so

Anybody have camo in mind yet for the new mechs? Once I get the patterns unlocked for wave 3, I plan on doing Ghost Bear, Gorm with a fade to Default Green on the feet. Slate for the ice chips instead of white. Gorm/green/slate is my go-to color combo on all my IS mechs as well, and looks really slick in the Ghost Bear pattern.

I'll also do some of the variants as Clan Wolf, with the default/gorm/gorm for my colors.

The final variants will likely be shiny black from the Jade Falcon pattern. That sheen is pretty cool on other colors, not just the green The accent color will likely be Gorm because Gorm.

I don't know what a Gorm is, but obviously I like it.

[Twilight Fenrir]

That Shadowcat sure can jump! My god! I am going to have sooooo much fun with that mech <3

And at last, the question has been answered... the Arctic Cheetah missile hardpoints follow the arm crosshairs, both side to side and up and down.

Edited by Twilight Fenrir, 20 July 2015 - 04:03 PM.

[RedEagle86]

Stupid, stressed out and unthinking comment. Sorry all.

Edited by RedEagle86, 21 July 2015 - 05:54 PM.

[The Great Unwashed]

Odd, having two large pulse lasers and lower arm actuators is half the fun

Edited by The Great Unwashed, 21 July 2015 - 04:59 AM.

[spectralthundr]

IIIuminaughty, on 20 July 2015 - 11:43 AM, said:

Didn't buy it, too ugly

I don't really see what the problem is with the look of the shadowcat. I think people tend to forget what it looked like in past Mechwarrior games if they're trying to claim it's ugly.

[The Great Unwashed]

The only thing that troubles me about it is the odd cockpit shape (external). But now that you mention it, looking back at the MW3 and MW4 designs, the cockpit isn't as nice as I remembered. Sarna version is ok


More character...

Edited by The Great Unwashed, 21 July 2015 - 05:06 AM.

[Twilight Fenrir]

RedEagle86, on 21 July 2015 - 04:53 AM, said:

Did anyone else notice in the Shadow Cat's release notes that you cannot have Lower Arm Actuators on the -A and -B variants? Even though the stock loadout has 'acceptable' weapons (No LBX/AC/Gauss/ERPPC). 1 Laser each arm on the -A and 1 missile on each arm on the -B, and no lower arm actuators on either of them.

I'm not sure... The mech specs still say you can have 20 degrees lateral movement with 2 actuators, and 10 degrees with one.. So... One or the other is a typo...

Maybe they're just not installed by default, and their explaination is silly?

Edited by Twilight Fenrir, 21 July 2015 - 05:29 AM.

[Pariah Devalis]

RedEagle86, on 21 July 2015 - 04:53 AM, said:

Did anyone else notice in the Shadow Cat's release notes that you cannot have Lower Arm Actuators on the -A and -B variants? Even though the stock loadout has 'acceptable' weapons (No LBX/AC/Gauss/ERPPC). 1 Laser each arm on the -A and 1 missile on each arm on the -B, and no lower arm actuators on either of them.

Yeah, I thought that odd, too. I wanted to give my B arms hands.

[Luscious Dan]

Twilight Fenrir, on 21 July 2015 - 05:18 AM, said:

I'm not sure... The mech specs still say you can have 20 degrees lateral movement with 2 actuators, and 10 degrees with one.. So... One or the other is a typo...

Maybe they're just not installed by default, and their explaination is silly?

If you put the arms from the other variant on there, it can have actuators...