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[Wintersdark]

Bishop Steiner, on 11 January 2016 - 09:32 PM, said:

Piranha aint an Omni.

I give absolutely zero fuvks.

I want the Piranha for the same reason I wanted the Urbanmech.

Because it's unspeakably awesome. Ridiculous, yes. Non meta? Absolutely.

But I want my token light that is just [b]awesome[/]. As Alex said, it would literally vanish in the muzzle flash of 12 machine guns burning abton of ammo every 16 seconds.... But doing 10dps to armor alone.

A good mech? No. But one so hilariously awesome I'd love it to pieces.

[Navid A1]

Ultimatum X, on 11 January 2016 - 09:42 PM, said:

Don't Care / Don't Care / Night Gyr / Blood Asp


Because screw the timeline!

I like how you think... Blood asp ftw
only 2 variants have heavy lasers though... replace those with ERs and you have 4 blood asp variants with current timeline weapons: (Prime, A , B , C)
variant B has ECM...

[Gas Guzzler]

I still think the Kingfisher would be more interesting than a Turkina. And it is a prime candidate for ECM, looking at the F variant (with a GR and a extra ton of ammo instead of the HAG 30). I think its arms would be in a good spot, especially compared to an Executioner, and it will have nice humanoid hit boxes. I seriously think it will be not bad...

[J0anna]

Light - Cougar
Medium - Viper
Heavy - Night Gyr
Assault - Blood Asp

Face it, they will get NO quirks (or possibly negative quirks), be as fragile as glass and move like they're stuck in molasses. Might as well shoot for the best we can.

[Natural Predator]

Viper and Kodak are on my short list of wish fulfillment.

Outside of that nova cat, Turkana, black Lanier, night gyr, fire falcon, linebacker

And I would like to see clan nova cat and steel viper as factions

[BD RAIDR]

Ragnar Baron Leiningen, on 11 January 2016 - 10:03 PM, said:

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And I would like to see clan nova cat and steel viper as factions

Me too. If the current time in-game is roughly 3053, I hope PGI introduce them this year.

[Hades Trooper]

Lorian Sunrider, on 11 January 2016 - 01:45 PM, said:

He's actually been talking about individual mech packs like how the Unseen's have been released.

Check the twitter thread if you don't believe me.

Edit: Oooor he keeps changing his mind.

Russ and/or PGI changing there minds? Unheard of !!!

[Gas Guzzler]

Hades Trooper, on 11 January 2016 - 10:19 PM, said:

Russ and/or PGI changing there minds? Unheard of !!!

He is probably going to do both. Kodiak single pack and then 4 mech pack. Not sure about order though, he might be deciding to do the 4 mech pack first.

[Hades Trooper]

Mawai, on 11 January 2016 - 02:06 PM, said:

/rant on

I realize that I am shooting a dead horse ...

/rant off

i think you mean whipping a dead horse,

AdamBaines, on 11 January 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:

Omnis I like....

Fire Falcon - Light
FireMoth - Light
Viper - Medium
Phantom - Medium
Pouncer - Medium
Linebacker - Heavy
Supernova - Assault

And how about Non- IIC 2nd line Mechs?

Vixen - Light
Hellhound - Medium
Glass Spider - Heavy
Stone Rhino - Assault

And I think the Babbon would be just plain fun like the Urbie is for the IS.

Get me a Stone Rhino and i'll have to buy the top tier pack then

[FupDup]

Bishop Steiner, on 11 January 2016 - 09:32 PM, said:

Funny Fupdup will push for a useless kingfisher but back you on not liking a useless Crossbow

And never asked you to agree with me. SImply put out my reasoning. The "Good" mechs are a given. I'd like to see some lesser mechs make it, period.

TBH, too many people push for "meta" mechs that it's almost an irrelevant thought.

Night Gytr bores me, end of story. Whether any of you agree, I honestly don't give a ****.

Kingfisher is at least playable with spamming low-tonnage medium/small lasers, just like how the Gargoyle and many Exe builds have to get by. Crossbow, however, is the one of the candidates for the crown of derpiness.

The Linebacker sure as heck ain't meta either with its ginormous XL385 engine on a 65 ton mech, but it has at least some modest redeeming qualities about it. It's basically a super-sized Adder (same speed, lol) with way more durability and better cooling.

Edited by FupDup, 11 January 2016 - 10:38 PM.

[SkaerKrow]

Light: Fire Falcon / Medium: Grendel / Heavy: Night Gyr / Assault: Kingfisher

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Navid A1, on 11 January 2016 - 09:45 PM, said:

I like how you think... Blood asp ftw
only 2 variants have heavy lasers though... replace those with ERs and you have 4 blood asp variants with current timeline weapons: (Prime, A , B , C)
variant B has ECM...

I don't think people understand how much a Harbinger of Death the Blood Asp would be. Would it suffer from size and hitboxes? Most likely. Would I care?

Absolutely ******* not.

Edited by Sigilum Sanctum, 11 January 2016 - 10:42 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Bishop Steiner, on 11 January 2016 - 09:32 PM, said:

And never asked you to agree with me. SImply put out my reasoning. The "Good" mechs are a given. I'd like to see some lesser mechs make it, period.

Then why don't you want the Kingfisher to make it?

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 11 January 2016 - 10:37 PM, said:

Kingfisher is at least playable with spamming low-tonnage medium/small lasers, just like how the Gargoyle and many Exe builds have to get by. Crossbow, however, is the one of the candidates for the crown of derpiness.

The Linebacker sure as heck ain't meta either with its ginormous XL385 engine on a 65 ton mech, but it has at least some modest redeeming qualities about it. It's basically a super-sized Adder (same speed, lol) with way more durability and better cooling.

Depends on the variant, but the crossbow at least has moderately high hard points, which the linebacker sites not. Depending on which at they go by. And BTW? Crap mechs are going to happen, in fact a lot already have, in case you missed that

Gas Guzzler, on 11 January 2016 - 10:42 PM, said:

Then why don't you want the Kingfisher to make it?

I actually haven't campaigned against it, is you actually read my posts. I only have used it as an example of the inconsistent reasoning behind used. Kingfisher ain't my first choice, but I honestly could care less which assault mashed it as they all bore me.

[FupDup]

Bishop Steiner, on 11 January 2016 - 10:51 PM, said:

Depends on the variant, but the crossbow at least has moderately high hard points, which the linebacker sites not. Depending on which at they go by. And BTW? Crap mechs are going to happen, in fact a lot already have, in case you missed that

The "best" Crossbow variant before we consider the timeline era when ATMs show up has 1 energy and 2 missiles per arm. That can't really take advantage of "high hardpoints" very much.

Looking at the old artwork for the mech, it seems pretty possible that PGI would end up making the upper arms not as totally short as the first black-and-white art. This here has more evident upper arms:



The perspective and pose kind of make it harder to judge but that doesn't seem very "high" to me.


For the Linebacker, the arm hardpoints certainly won't be high at all though the torso mounts are debatable. Could go either way really, although a few art pieces show guns on the top of its hull.

Edited by FupDup, 11 January 2016 - 10:58 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Bishop Steiner, on 11 January 2016 - 10:53 PM, said:

I actually haven't campaigned against it, is you actually read my posts. I only have used it as an example of the inconsistent reasoning behind used. Kingfisher ain't my first choice, but I honestly could care less which assault mashed it as they all bore me.

All I saw was that you said how god awful it would be. I actually don't think it would be that bad personally.

I don't care that much either, but I think the fisher would be more interesting/different, especially if they gave it ECM.

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 11 January 2016 - 10:58 PM.

[Karl Marlow]

I don't want to see any clan pack. I want to see a 1st Somerset striker pack with a bushwaker and Axman.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 11 January 2016 - 10:57 PM, said:

The "best" Crossbow variant before we consider the timeline era when ATMs show up has 1 energy and 2 missiles per arm. That can't really take advantage of "high hardpoints" very much.

Looking at the old artwork for the mech, it seems pretty possible that PGI would end up making the upper arms not as totally short as the first black-and-white art. This here has more evident upper arms:



The perspective and pose kind of make it harder to judge but that doesn't seem very "high" to me.


For the Linebacker, the arm hardpoints certainly won't be high at all though the torso mounts are debatable. Could go either way really, although a few art pieces show guns on the top of its hull.

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There are only a handful of Omnimechs left so if we were to see another wave that used the existing tech in the game and fits within the timeline.
Firemoth
Viper
Crossbow
Kingfisher

Would much rather see second line battlemechs in their own pack later on and another IIC pack after that.
There are a few unique pilotable options that could be introduced individually such as the totem mechs.

[Widowmaker1981]

There isnt a worth having Omni assault left in timeline, so sod Omnis. (kingfisher is best of the bunch, but pretty severe pod space issues for a 90 ton mech due to STD360)

Light: Locust IIC
Medium: Griffin IIC (theres your 40 tonner people)
Heavy: Rifleman IIC
Assault: Marauder IIC

Edited by Widowmaker1981, 12 January 2016 - 12:25 AM.