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[Rubberanvil]

Appuagab, on 06 November 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

WTF, it has completely same lower legs as Warhammer.

Laziness and (un)intentional thumbing nose at Harmony Gold would be my guess on the legs.

[B L O O D W I T C H]

[Hollow Earth]

Appuagab, on 06 November 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

WTF, it has completely same lower legs as Warhammer.

Rubberanvil, on 06 November 2015 - 02:46 PM, said:

Laziness and (un)intentional thumbing nose at Harmony Gold would be my guess on the legs.

Interesting thing about that, In the anime series Super Dimension Fortress Macross, the Destroid Tomahawk (Warhammer) and Destroid Defender (Rifleman) used the same leg assembly to save on costs. There is also a third mech to do the same thing the Destroid Phalanx (Longbow). The Destroid Spartan (Archer) uses it's own leg assembly.

So i am willing to bet that the reuse of legs is a sneaky reference to their Macross heritage.

Also the TRO of the Warhammer and Rifleman's leg assembly look similar anyways. though the Rifleman has fatter feet.

Edited by Hollow Earth, 06 November 2015 - 03:10 PM.

[Deathone]

Marauder , Warhammer and now the Rifleman. Why do PGI release only unseen heavy mechs ? Three in a row ?

Oftopic: I want to play Conquest ! Please vote for Conquest game mode!

[Twilight Fenrir]

What happened to announcement posts... having an announcement... rather than just a link to the store front? It would be nice if they talked about it a little bit, tell us why we need this new mech... Of course, we all know why we need this new mech... but still, it's just good marketing to have SOME sort of presentation besides, "Tadah"

[mgto]

Great, I was able to resist any mech purchase from the day mwo went online.. and now this.. I'm in

[NocturnalBeast]

Rubberanvil, on 06 November 2015 - 02:46 PM, said:

Laziness and (un)intentional thumbing nose at Harmony Gold would be my guess on the legs.

No, it is lore-appropriate. Many battlemechs were originally produced at the same factories and some shared components between different models to save cost, speed up production and make mechs easier to maintain. In WWII the Germans used VW parts in their tanks for similar reasons.

[Fractis Zero]

I'm hoping that giant antenna and radar ontop means it will have some serious PTS sensor range perks!

[Stingray Productions]

InnerSphereNews, on 06 November 2015 - 10:22 AM, said:

https://mwomercs.com/rifleman

WHAT!!! Are you kidding!!! this is AWESOME!!!! How is it possible that now you can release 3 of my most favorite mechs! No question about it, I'm going to own Marauder, Warhammer, and Rifleman! I feel like this is a dream...........

[Repasy Cooper]

Fractis Zero, on 06 November 2015 - 03:43 PM, said:

I'm hoping that giant antenna and radar ontop means it will have some serious PTS sensor range perks!

^ ^ ^ THIIIIIIIISSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it would be GREAT if every single mech chassis/variant had different PTS sensor ranges. If they based it on the fluff for the sorts of communication equipment that were installed in mechs, that would be great. As an example, some early variants of mechs may have lower grade sensors and communication equipment. If that had an influence on the mech's targeting speed/range, would be preeeeeetty neat!

[Rum Duke]

Mein Gott, it could have a single hardpoint and I'd still want to marry it.

[Khan MacGonzo]

That Rifleman is goddamned sexy!

But... can you say "H-H-H-H-Headshot!!!"

[Frytrixa]

After a long time we have a "Shoulder-Mech" again YAY !!!

[LordLosh]

NO!
you having nothing worth mentioning in the month of November to look forward too. You just say everyone is 100% on clan wars wave 3 but no one really knows what that means. You are dealing with a month packed with block buster games coming out. Good luck with sales but your not getting any more out of this whale and for the first time I hope this is the worst sale to date to give you a wake up call that you need to do better then just crank out mechs.

[braveheart95]

Would have been nice to see the Crusader but I guess I will have to wait a bit longer....

[Heckbird]

When Russ first announced the Marauder at the town hall meeting he specifically said that they weren't going to do a bunch of individual packages for unseen mechs. He said that they were just testing the waters with the Marauder.

Now were 3 individual mech packages in.

Can we just get a big mech package! Even if the Marauder II is the only assault in the timeline. Make it like the saber package and have just a medium mech package. Normally for whats offered in the collector's pack for 3 mechs is $60. Now fans are paying $120 for all 3 mechs.

[Odanan]

Heckbird, on 06 November 2015 - 04:53 PM, said:

When Russ first announced the Marauder at the town hall meeting he specifically said that they weren't going to do a bunch of individual packages for unseen mechs. He said that they were just testing the waters with the Marauder.

Now were 3 individual mech packages in.

Can we just get a big mech package! Even if the Marauder II is the only assault in the timeline. Make it like the saber package and have just a medium mech package. Normally for whats offered in the collector's pack for 3 mechs is $60. Now fans are paying $120 for all 3 mechs.

Or $60 for the 3 most iconic IS heavy mechs ever and a lot of extra stuff - that's a very good deal, specially if you consider the Clan omnimechs cost $55 each (a la carte).

Archer should be released next as standalone (with Morgan Kell's ECM hero), and then: Project Phoenix II:
- light: Wasp
- medium: Phoenix Hawk
- heavy: Crusader
- assault: Longbow
[reinforcements]: Stinger and Valkyrie

[NocturnalBeast]

Odanan, on 06 November 2015 - 05:12 PM, said:

Or $60 for the 3 most iconic IS heavy mechs ever and a lot of extra stuff - that's a very good deal, specially if you consider the Clan omnimechs cost $55 each (a la carte).

Archer should be released next as standalone (with Morgan Kell's ECM hero), and then: Project Phoenix II:
- light: Wasp
- medium: Phoenix Hawk
- heavy: Crusader
- assault: Longbow
[reinforcements]: Stinger and Valkyrie

Unfortunately, those are the unseen mechs that will need the most reimagining to avoid copyrite issues.
Unfortunately ho

[ChapeL]

20 USD$ for 3 mechs, 3 mech bays and a few goodies is a good value. Not to mention that if you don't like the mech being sold you can just skip it. The bad part of the traditional mech packs was sometimes only the assault or heavy was interesting to me. ( Ex: the Phoenix pack, I didn't care for the Shadow Hawk or Locust but I had to buy them in order to get the Thunderbolt )

[Twilight Fenrir]

Odanan, on 06 November 2015 - 05:12 PM, said:

Or $60 for the 3 most iconic IS heavy mechs ever and a lot of extra stuff - that's a very good deal, specially if you consider the Clan omnimechs cost $55 each (a la carte).

Archer should be released next as standalone (with Morgan Kell's ECM hero), and then: Project Phoenix II:
- light: Wasp
- medium: Phoenix Hawk
- heavy: Crusader
- assault: Longbow
[reinforcements]: Stinger and Valkyrie

Replace that Longbow with a Marauder II, and you can mark that baby sold... once I have money again :x