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[Frost Lord]

Ramrod AI, on 02 October 2015 - 08:26 AM, said:

Quirks are going to make or break this mech. The Mauler and Black Knight are useless and pointless mechs that you'll see sparingly on the field. Would be nice if this thing has some REAL energy quirks. Energy duration is the big point for me.

black night is alright it can be challenging in some places but its damage output is grate, but i can see a lot of people having problems with it. the mauler on the other hand is exceptional I average 3-5 kills a game, its cheesy as hell 2x ac 20 or quad ultra ac 5 quad ppc lrms, srms its hard to go wrong. and those shoulders are no trouble at all.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

Desintegrator, on 02 October 2015 - 07:09 AM, said:

Oh man, this Mech looks like ****.

Good that I didn't bought it...

i like that last picture more then mara+waha. much more.

[WonderSparks]

Cranky Puppy, on 02 October 2015 - 08:56 AM, said:

Bought the FULL RESISTANCE 2 package.
I like the Mauler...really good mech.
Black Knight major fail....no JUMP JETS.....best to use a Grasshopper Mech.
The CRAB Mech....not expecting much at all.

The New WAR HAMMER Package....I like it....Mech is 70 tons and 9 max offensive weapon hardpoints. AMS is considered a Weapon Hardpoint for some reason.

ATLAS Mech..8 Max Weapon Hardpoint and is 100 tons....this 100 tonner needs more weapon hardpoints. Come on PGI time to upgrade this mech and bring it back to being KING OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

Far as I know, NO Black Knight has jump jets. Could be wrong, but either way you ought to check Sarna if you want an idea what a 'Mech is going to look like.

And as far as the Atlas "not being the king of the battlefield", last I checked it never really was. Sure, it packs some punch, but it's more armor than firepower. Even so, it is thirty tons heavier than the Warhammer, so even with its one less hardpoint it can still pack heavier weapons without as large a need for an XL engine.


Finally, your disdain for the Crab is noted. Now the world knows you do not like it, congratulations.
Now you can leave those of us that do like it to bask in its awkward glory.

[Dawnstealer]

Looking at the pics, VERY cool-looking mech, but it's going to have to be piloted like a Stalker: keep your nose pointed at the enemy or you're going to die fast.

Cranky Puppy, on 02 October 2015 - 08:56 AM, said:

ATLAS Mech..8 Max Weapon Hardpoint and is 100 tons....this 100 tonner needs more weapon hardpoints. Come on PGI time to upgrade this mech and bring it back to being KING OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

agreed with this: the Atlas needs some help.

Also just noticed something:



That's the new Caustic Valley, isn't it. Nice work, PGI.

Edited by Dawnstealer, 02 October 2015 - 09:56 AM.

[Ironclaw Buzzardier]

Looking nice! In regards to its size, looks like the torso is actually shrunk from the images from the TT stuff. This is really looking sweet, can't wait to see the regular variants (with fancified paints), better side shot to see how far the back sticks out, cockpit view (hoping for plenty of nose in view, even more than dragon), and of course scale comparisons... looks like it migh be cicada/ shadowcat size in the images

[Harshaw]

We are just a bunch of people looking forward to getting crabs. It's like college all over again.

[RoboPatton]

I have high hopes for this bot. I'm pretty much done w pre-ordering anything (especially IS) these days, not worth the bonuses imo. That said I'm riding out my R2 purchase.

I like this mech, because it reminds me of my Bulldog. He's ugly. Ugly to the point that he's lovable.

Just praying it's not a DOA, dust collector.

[Frytrixa]

can't wait to play mommy crab and baby crab together

[RoboPatton]

I ran out of Toilet Paper at the worst time today. Had to walk in a way that gave me a visual of this mech. I started snapping my hands, like claws. I laughed.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

thats a HELL of a WEIRD mech.... but i dont like marauder. I dont like warhammer..... so maybe ill buy this one....

[Speedy Plysitkos]

Am I the only one , that see there ALIEN on FURY 161 ? ........

Edited by Titannium, 02 October 2015 - 11:54 AM.

[MrEdweird]

My complaints on the design are that:
1. I think they could have made the cockpit slope a bit steeper to make the design look sleeker and really make it work because the torso kind of betrays the cool look of the legs. Right now it looks like a sort of...baby cyclops.
2. The nose looks a bit silly to me. I wish they would have capped it off a bit more and made something cooler out of the laser ports like integrating them into the nose...lasers on the nose look out of place, though the side torso PPCs on the Blood Pact one look nice.
3. I'm sad that they didn't do the upper thigh/knee addon plates be a grate like on the concept art, just a nondescript flat piece of metal. Otherwise the legs look great.

Overall, I think the forward-most and cockpit areas are what keep this design from being perfect in my eyes. Those legs just look too damn cool for a less-than-perfect torso.

Either way, I love the overall thing and look forward to trying the 350XL and jumpjet variants...hopefully there will be one geared towards large amount of MLas/MPLas.

Edited by Edweird, 02 October 2015 - 12:05 PM.

[Inflatable Fish]

Edweird, on 02 October 2015 - 12:04 PM, said:

My complaints on the design are that:
1. I think they could have made the cockpit slope a bit steeper to make the design look sleeker and really make it work because the torso kind of betrays the cool look of the legs. Right now it looks like a sort of...baby cyclops.
2. The nose looks a bit silly to me. I wish they would have capped it off a bit more and made something cooler out of the laser ports like integrating them into the nose...lasers on the nose look out of place, though the side torso PPCs on the Blood Pact one look nice.
3. I'm sad that they didn't do the upper thigh/knee addon plates be a grate like on the concept art, just a nondescript flat piece of metal. Otherwise the legs look great.

Overall, I think the forward-most and cockpit areas are what keep this design from being perfect in my eyes. Those legs just look too damn cool for a less-than-perfect torso.

I don't know, I kinda like it. reminds me of some old school fighter plane or Capitol mechs from Warzone.

[GrimRiver]

I love the way it looks, it kinda reminds me of that robot from district 9 and those aliens from the oddworld games.

[Ace Selin]

Looks really cool, gonna play horribly, but looks really cool.

Edited by Ace Selin, 02 October 2015 - 03:21 PM.

[R1CK D0M]

Oh man that shnoz is so huge. I wanna see what the cockpit view looks like

[Strum Wealh]

Sereglach, on 01 October 2015 - 11:35 AM, said:

Hopefully there's some symmetrical claw variants out there (if they add in a way to cosmetically alter the claw visuals I'd pay money for that . . . once flamers are fixed). If not, it's still an awesome mech, by OCD will just be nagging me a little when I pilot it. I can live with that.

Maybe they were invoking the spirits of the Fiddler Crab and/or the Ghost Crab, both of which are known for their asymmetric claw arrangements?

Fiddler Crab


Ghost Crab

[wolf in Boots]

Ramrod AI, on 02 October 2015 - 08:26 AM, said:

Quirks are going to make or break this mech. The Mauler and Black Knight are useless and pointless mechs that you'll see sparingly on the field. Would be nice if this thing has some REAL energy quirks. Energy duration is the big point for me.

This just mean: You don't even try Mauler
That is not useless as you guess.
But in Black knight I agree with you, it need real energy quirks!

[Tarzilman]

Looks fantastic!
Most beautiful mech imho. Hope the hitboxes will be ok.

And I'm happy to have another reason now to post this one again:

[Davers]

Titannium, on 02 October 2015 - 11:52 AM, said:

Am I the only one , that see there ALIEN on FURY 161 ? ........

Man, I was just going to post that the Crab looked like an Alien in this pic. Nice to know I'm not alone!