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[Barantor]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 December 2015 - 06:11 PM, said:

or Morgan Kell, leader of the Kell Hounds.... and actually a more notable combat pilot that Wolf. Thanks to plot armor, mystic mumbo jumbo, etc.......

Morgan Kell version we might get ECM to make that 'mystic' stuff happen lol.

[Bishop Steiner]

Barantor, on 07 December 2015 - 06:13 PM, said:

According to Russ' tweets we are getting a Catapult rescale starting this month, but I have no idea how long it will take.

Jesus Box null when TAG on CT. Will be a better hill humping LRM launcher than the Cata that is for sure.

Gotta see the feet before I buy though... if Alex stuck dinky lil ballerina feet on it..... no sale! Archer gotta have clown shoes!!!

[stVillain]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 December 2015 - 06:11 PM, said:

or Morgan Kell, leader of the Kell Hounds.... and actually a more notable combat pilot that Wolf. Thanks to plot armor, mystic mumbo jumbo, etc.......

I'd take a Kell hound's Hero mech. Was just thinking because the Wolf's Dragoons have that particular variant that they themselves produced.

Barantor, on 07 December 2015 - 06:14 PM, said:

Morgan Kell version we might get ECM to make that 'mystic' stuff happen lol.

an ECM LRM 40 launcher... yay!

Edited by stVillain, 07 December 2015 - 06:21 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

stVillain, on 07 December 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

I'd take a Kell hound's Hero mech. Was just thinking because the Wolf's Dragoons have that particular variant that they themselves produced.

yeah, but that'll probably be one of the available ones.

[Barantor]

stVillain, on 07 December 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

I'd take a Kell hound's Hero mech. Was just thinking because the Wolf's Dragoons have that particular variant that they themselves produced.



an ECM LRM 40 launcher... yay!

Wouldn't be the first one?

[Malleus011]

Now that is a fine looking Archer. Can't wait to see the rest.

Time to buy stock in LRM manufacturers ...

[Revis Volek]

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

This looks like a Dragon redux.

Maybe the high mounted energy hardpoints is its savior.

Edit: It also kinda looks like the combination of a Dragon+Maddog.

with Sad Cat arms.

[SgtMagor]

its a BIG looking bruiser of a mech, mighty big mitts ...just hope we don't have to wait another year to get one!!!

Edited by SgtMagor, 07 December 2015 - 06:38 PM.

[El Bandito]

MOVE CATAPULTS, GET OUT THE WAY. GET OUT THE WAY YO, GET OUT THE WAY!

Archer will be my new darling. Those abundant launchers on top of abundant energy points for back up. The high mount TAG slot. The 5 more tons I can cram LRMs with. Yes please.

Edited by El Bandito, 07 December 2015 - 06:38 PM.

[Deathlike]

El Bandito, on 07 December 2015 - 06:36 PM, said:

MOVE CATAPULTS, GET OUT THE WAY. GET OUT THE WAY YO, GET OUT THE WAY!

Archer will be my new darling. Those abundant launchers on top of abundant energy points for back up. The high mount TAG slot. The 5 more tons I can cram LRMs with. Yes please.

But.. it has no JJs...

[El Bandito]

Deathlike, on 07 December 2015 - 06:38 PM, said:

But.. it has no JJs...

I am not gonna brawl in the Archer. With its high mounted missiles and energy slots, I don't need no JJs.

[DaZur]

I've always had a soft spot (Or would that be a hard spot?) for the Archer...

Meh... I might as well resign I'm attracted to all sub-par mechs!!

[dervishx5]

Well turns out this image was true:

[Barantor]

El Bandito, on 07 December 2015 - 06:36 PM, said:

MOVE CATAPULTS, GET OUT THE WAY. GET OUT THE WAY YO, GET OUT THE WAY!

Archer will be my new darling.

FWL can finally have their classic support lance of an Archer, 2 trebs and a centurion... not that it works in this game, but it is possible lol.

Archer is my jam, not because of LRMs in this game but mostly because I just like the idea of it. Some folks like the rifleman, but I'm all about dat Archer

[Thunder Child]

The question I have to ask is.... will it have the bay doors! IT MUST HAVE THE BAY DOORS!
Because you'll notice that, with the exception of the Catapult (and maybe the Stalker...?), every mech that has been "standardized" has had it's bay doors removed for dinky little box launchers.
I can see it now, the Archer just having open racks like the Maddog.

[Bishop Steiner]

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

Well turns out this image was true:

was there ever a doubt?

[Lynx7725]

El Bandito, on 07 December 2015 - 06:36 PM, said:

Archer will be my new darling. Those abundant launchers on top of abundant energy points for back up. The high mount TAG slot. The 5 more tons I can cram LRMs with. Yes please.

Archer. The mech you can stare at a wall with, TAG someone through the war, and massage said someone with love rockets..

Sadly, at 70 tons vs. my current 75 ton Orion LRM boat, I have to look and think carefully at the weapon mounts and quirks before committing to this purchase.

[Bishop Steiner]

it's kind of a shame Alex couldn't keep the big battlefists... but that was probably one of the distinguishers they had to avoid to not be HG LAwsuit bait. Just hoping it don't have tiny feet, too.....

[DaZur]

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

Well turns out this image was true:

Not completely until we see that lovely Union class Drop ship...

[Bishop Steiner]

Lynx7725, on 07 December 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

Archer. The mech you can stare at a wall with, TAG someone through the war, and massage said someone with love rockets..

Sadly, at 70 tons vs. my current 75 ton Orion LRM boat, I have to look and think carefully at the weapon mounts and quirks before committing to this purchase.

well, with STD engines, you only get a 1.5 ton advantage over the 70 tonner with the Orion. Counting structure, maybe a 1 ton adv. Suppose the question is....would that 1 ton be worth not having the high mounted TAG?

Mind you, with XLs, you free up another 1.5 tons.... but then you leave your squishy STs as tempting bait for a Medium Mech jock like myself who loves nothing more than cornering LRM boats.....