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[CDLord HHGD]

I think she's a damn fine looking mech. Can't wait till I get mine.

[maddogmaddux]

Totally echoing the request for the PHX.

PGI you want my money? PHX.

[MechPorn]

!!The iconic BattleMech returns!!

[MeiSooHaityu]

TB Xiomburg, on 08 December 2015 - 12:51 PM, said:

!!The iconic BattleMech returns!!

Better call Kenny Loggins, because you're in the DANGER ZONE!

[CDLord HHGD]

MeiSooHaityu, on 08 December 2015 - 01:09 PM, said:

Better call Kenny Loggins, because you're in the DANGER ZONE!

[Armored Yokai]

Looks more like a Bombardier

[Malleus011]

If I were to get to make slight tweaks, I'd make the hands and feet bigger. Feet espescially.

[rolly]

Sorry. gotta say it. Those head laser.... Johnny Five is Alive or WALL-E on 70 tons worth of steroids?



I LOVE YOU ARCHER. Have my LRM babies.

Edited by rolly, 08 December 2015 - 01:33 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Sarlic, on 08 December 2015 - 11:45 AM, said:

Anyone else prefer this?

I certainly do.

I find the Archer terrible. Like the cockpit...is out of scale. I prefeer have the cockpit higher.


Let the flame begin!

not I. Get tired of mechs with the "same ol" features.

maddogmaddux, on 08 December 2015 - 12:31 PM, said:

Totally echoing the request for the PHX.

PGI you want my money? PHX.

You mean PXH?

Not familiar with PHX.....

Armored Yokai, on 08 December 2015 - 01:15 PM, said:

Looks more like a Bombardier

No. Bombardiers look like Archers.

rolly, on 08 December 2015 - 01:30 PM, said:

Sorry. gotta say it. Those head laser.... Johnny Five is Alive or WALL-E on 70 tons worth of steroids?



I LOVE YOU ARCHER. Have my LRM babies.

....damn you...once you see it....... it cannot be unseen....

Malleus011, on 08 December 2015 - 01:20 PM, said:

If I were to get to make slight tweaks, I'd make the hands and feet bigger. Feet espescially.

agree, though I think the fists are more important.

[rolly]

WAaaaa- LEE

Arr-CHER

R-CHR? Someone please photoshop the WALL-E torso on there with the WALL-E Arm paddles!

Though with fists like that, I so wish punching was enabled in this game. Would be nice if they looked a bit more "crowbar-ish"
Either way I #!*&@!^@ love it.

Edited by rolly, 08 December 2015 - 01:47 PM.

[Hawk819]

I hereby call it: total missile spam of LRM 5!

PGI, I hate to ask this and i will regret it. . . Please make sure that at least one has 8 missile hardpoints with quirks for LRM 5 @ 50% cooldown and rate of fire. Thank you!

[Ryoken]

Thank you Alex! Thank you MWO art dep! Thank you a 1000 times! It's bought! You kept the spirit of my most favourite unseen and brought it to 2015!

Now please make LRMs high speed direct fire weapons that are not influenced by ECM. (ECM would impact Artemis however) Indirect LRM fire only should be an option against stationary targets and require a designated no weapon firing spotter and in no way be usefull against moving targets. They never worked that way and indirect fire was only used in those very rare cases in tabletop where the enemy did dig in.

[Odanan]

dervishx5, on 07 December 2015 - 06:42 PM, said:

Well turns out this image was true:

Even in the right order of appearance?
(now we need a Union dropship like that)

EDIT: ninjaed on the dropship.

Edited by Odanan, 08 December 2015 - 03:45 PM.

[Steinar Bergstol]

stVillain, on 07 December 2015 - 06:09 PM, said:

So the hero mech... potentially another wolf's dragoons mech. If that's the case they should get their own faction in CW.

Could be they go with a Kell Hounds hero instead aince Morgan Kell drives an Archer. Sure, Jaime Wolf may be one of the most prominent characters in BT and an Archer pilot, but the Dragoons already got Natasha and her warhammer, so it makes sense to me at least that they'll give the Archer hero to another iconic unit like the Hounds.

[Ryoken]

Steinar Bergstol, on 08 December 2015 - 02:52 PM, said:

Could be they go with a Kell Hounds hero instead aince Morgan Kell drives an Archer. Sure, Jaime Wolf may be one of the most prominent characters in BT and an Archer pilot, but the Dragoons already got Natasha and her warhammer, so it makes sense to me at least that they'll give the Archer hero to another iconic unit like the Hounds.

Do not forget Alexander Carlyle who also did pilot an Archer in the Blood of Heroes novel. Sure he is not as prominent as Morgan and Kell - yet he is a name to remember.

[Steinar Bergstol]

Ryoken, on 08 December 2015 - 03:51 PM, said:

Do not forget Alexander Carlyle who also did pilot an Archer in the Blood of Heroes novel. Sure he is not as prominent as Morgan and Kell - yet he is a name to remember.

Well, true, but then we already have two Gray Death Legion heroes in the Pirate's Bane (Locust) and Gray Death (Shadow Hawk). With both of Alexander's parents already represented I think the GDL will get the Archer as well.

[rolly]

Here's a thought: Instead of the WALL-E/Johnny Five Medium Laser eyes of doom, why not stack them? Two stacked on top of each other, with the top one set back a bit would be a different look all together.

[Karl Marlow]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 December 2015 - 05:33 AM, said:

you mean Fake Thomas Marik? Meh, he may pilot one, but he is not exactly "notable" for piloting one.

ideal war was written before the whole double BS was dreamed up.

[ExplicitContent]

Anyone know when PGI is going to post this one?

[Wildstreak]

Levi Porphyrogenitus, on 07 December 2015 - 09:17 PM, said:

Those arms, when lifted, will be at or above the height of the cockpit. The CT hardpionts are the best energy mounts ever. The missile mounts are also more than high enough to do the job well regardless of terrain.

All in all it seems like a really nice ride. I'm very eager to my hands on them.

Arms will probably be bent at the elbow like other Mechs with elbows so they will not be the height of the CT slots.
CT mounts are not the best, to use both is limited to MLs/MPLs, if you want ridge peeking with range, you only get 1 LL/ERLL.

Lightfoot, on 07 December 2015 - 09:41 PM, said:

Will they fix LRMs tho? Because right now they don't stand up to lasers and AC's at all. LRMer's have to cower behind rocks especially if they are slow. All know this.

Why fix them? LRMs do max damage (they shouldn't) 95% of the time so long as the shooter knows how to fire them.