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[Valkyrie73]

Free mechs yippee
Dumb question do they come with mechbays?

[Cyborne Elemental]

I get the MASCerine for buying my Urbanmech collectors pack, first IS mech to have MASC.

I already have a Centurion D...(same hardpoints +1 energy HP) hopefully the MASC is worth it.

[One Medic Army]

FupDup, on 10 September 2015 - 04:51 PM, said:

The Clan ones are mediocre...Nova that gives a 1M right arm and Exe that gives a 1B right arm. They're pretty forgettable, really.

The IS ones are at least unique (adds JJs or MASC), although still not necessarily that great.

Hey, that 1B right arm lets the Executioner finally use a pair of arm-mounted ballistics. Previously you had to split between arm and torso, and the torso wouldn't fit a UAC/20 either.

Valkyrie73, on 10 September 2015 - 08:07 PM, said:

Free mechs yippee
Dumb question do they come with mechbays?

Always

[FupDup]

One Medic Army, on 10 September 2015 - 08:15 PM, said:

Hey, that 1B right arm lets the Executioner finally use a pair of arm-mounted ballistics. Previously you had to split between arm and torso, and the torso wouldn't fit a UAC/20 either.


Always

That doesn't seem particularly great or worthwhile...the only practical applications I can think of are right-sided sword-and-board 2 LPL + Gauss or 2 ERPPC + Gauss builds.

Edited by FupDup, 10 September 2015 - 08:26 PM.

[One Medic Army]

Wish they'd gone for the Wolverine 7M rather than the 7D.

No ballistic, but 2 ERLL in the arm, and an extra energy in the right torso.

[edit] 7D is a 6R with 1 less M, 2 less jets, and MASC.

To be clear, I don't think much can be done with the 7D. You can't fit 2 ballistics on while still having MASC, as the 6R is already about at minimum feasible speed/ammo (with it's megaquirks that boost the AC/5s significantly). So your ballistic is going to be a single UAC, AC/10, or Gauss, or nothing. You have only 1 energy hard point, so nothing going there (and it can't fit a LL, LPL, ERLL, PPC, or ERPPC), and you only have 2 missile hard points.

So yes it has MASC and jets, but the hard points really don't lend themselves to any decent build. AC/10+2SRM6s+MPL? Gauss+ML+SRM4/6s?

I'm apparently getting one, and I can't think of anything useful to do with it.

Edited by One Medic Army, 10 September 2015 - 08:46 PM.

[MechWarrior3671771]

Man I am so bummed.

I won a free corvette, but its just an '82 and not midnight metallic blue.

Fen is a sad puppy.

[RedlineHunter]

Cicada with JJ could be nice. Don't really care for the clan ones as I have no plans to get more of them.

[Anarcho]

Grisbane, on 10 September 2015 - 09:46 PM, said:

if you bring even 1 Nova in a CW drop deck, most experienced players will immediately write you off as an idiot. the Nova is not a good mech for a drop deck

Humm.... nope.

[TwentyOne]

legionofvega, on 10 September 2015 - 04:55 PM, said:

I was going to purchase a CBill Executioner but now I will wait. PGI just basically gave me 18mil CBills not to mention everything else we're getting! Freakin' awesome!

that is one big sig!

[Gas Guzzler]

Kira_Onime, on 10 September 2015 - 04:50 PM, said:

C and it's pretty lame.

Eh Right Arm ballistic is cool.

Grisbane, on 10 September 2015 - 09:46 PM, said:

if you bring even 1 Nova in a CW drop deck, most experienced players will immediately write you off as an idiot. the Nova is not a good mech for a drop deck

False!

Dual ERPPC Nova and 10 cSPL Nova are perfectly viable mechs in CW depending on the map. Obviously longer range maps like the ER PPCs more.

FupDup, on 10 September 2015 - 08:20 PM, said:

That doesn't seem particularly great or worthwhile...the only practical applications I can think of are right-sided sword-and-board 2 LPL + Gauss or 2 ERPPC + Gauss builds.

Well you can also do a Gauss in the Right arm and 6 ERML build avoiding the awful low mounted right arm hardpoints.

[Aethon]

Grisbane, on 10 September 2015 - 09:46 PM, said:

if you bring even 1 Nova in a CW drop deck, most experienced players will immediately write you off as an idiot. the Nova is not a good mech for a drop deck

They are when you learn how to use them. I have been running Novas in my drop decks from the first day I played CW; anyone who is familiar with me will tell you I do just fine in them, to say the least.

Edited by Aethon, 10 September 2015 - 11:48 PM.

[WhoopieMonster]

I purchased a the Wave III collection for my brother, so does this mean I get the reward as the purchasing account or does he get the reward as the redeeming account? I hope it is the latter, I already have top tier IIC so will get both clan rewards already.

Edited by WhoopieMonster, 10 September 2015 - 11:56 PM.

[Ano]

WhoopieMonster, on 10 September 2015 - 11:51 PM, said:

I purchased a the Wave III collection for my brother, so does this mean I get the reward as the purchasing account or does he get the reward as the redeeming account? I hope it is the latter, I already have top tier IIC so will get both clan rewards already.

It'd make more sense if it worked as "if you OWN, then you get..."

Might be worth sending a quick note to support, just to be on the safe side.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

El Bandito, on 10 September 2015 - 08:00 PM, said:

At least the gift mechs were not meta. Otherwise, there will be outcries of P2W.

MASC Wolverine ? OP

[jss78]

I love my Cicadas and the CDA-3F basically addresses my only nagging complaint, the lack of JJ. So I think this'll be my new workhorse. So now I read that PGI wants to throw it at me ... for FREE? ...AND with a c-bill bonus?

THANK YOU PGI! Love you,

MechWarrior JSS

[627]

I'm still a bit upset that all the early adopters for resistance 1 get nothing because they bought in november.

I mean that is *within* the second year of MWO, isn't it? why do you need to purchase after 1. january? That looks like an arbitrary date.

[mike29tw]

I'm seriously considering buying the cheapest MC option just for the JJ Cicada...

[Macster16]

Ummm, do we know, if any, of the quirks for these rewards mechs?

Anyway, only one in the bunch that interests me is the CDA-3F as I do love my CDAs and it looks like I'll be getting it. 2 PPC poptarter CDA looks like funz.

[TheCharlatan]

I'm gonna get a flying Cicada!
With a c-bill bonus!
And 4 Energy (of which 2 are probably gonna be high mounted)!
I'd be happy with just that...
But i also get a Nova and a Wolverine!

[El Bandito]

Titannium, on 11 September 2015 - 12:36 AM, said:

MASC Wolverine ? OP

Gonna wait for the third round of quirkening to see about that.