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[Sid Solis]

you'll all have to forgive my squirrely ignorance for this bit of a rant...i've been away for a while.

WTH PGI you couldn't call the Archer Hero mech "Phantom" add a Kell Hound sticker on it and give me Morgan Kells mech? it's already red and black...all you had to do was 10% more work and boom i would have the largest ***** right now and already bought it....but no...it seems like you haven't changed your ways and still offer a reach around with sand paper....

[martian]

Perhaps when PGI offers decals for sale, you will be able to buy Kell Hounds decals for MCs or cash.

[Apnu]

Sid Solis, on 21 January 2016 - 09:23 AM, said:

you'll all have to forgive my squirrely ignorance for this bit of a rant...i've been away for a while.

WTH PGI you couldn't call the Archer Hero mech "Phantom" add a Kell Hound sticker on it and give me Morgan Kells mech? it's already red and black...all you had to do was 10% more work and boom i would have the largest ***** right now and already bought it....but no...it seems like you haven't changed your ways and still offer a reach around with sand paper....

Its supposed to be Kell's mech, I don't know why they called it "Tempest" I do not recall if Kell's mech was ever named in the books.

[chewie]

Its a reference to his dead ex wife/girlfriend i think.

from Sarna

• During his time in the Periphery, it was unclear if "Tempest" was in fact the mother of Morgan's illegitimate daughter, Megan Kell.

[Barantor]

Apnu, on 21 January 2016 - 09:36 AM, said:

Its supposed to be Kell's mech, I don't know why they called it "Tempest" I do not recall if Kell's mech was ever named in the books.

Tempest was his first love.

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[color=#000000]Leading to Katrina's return to Tharkad and helping her "retire" Alessandro.[/color]^[4][color=#000000] During this time Morgan met a woman named "Tempest", who is believed to be his first love.[/color]

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Morgan_Kell

[Flutterguy]

Yeah it's pretty obviously Morgan Kell's mech, but PGI really needed to have Morgan autograph it and included a Phelan plushie to make it clear.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Who would have thought we would have seen an Archer let alone a Hero Archer (especially after all the legal issues).

It's been a long road, getting from there to here. It's been a long time, but our time is finally near.

I had faith of the heart for the Archer

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 21 January 2016 - 09:49 AM.

[Barantor]

MeiSooHaityu, on 21 January 2016 - 09:48 AM, said:

Who would have thought we would have seen an Archer let alone a Hero Archer (especially after all the legal issues).

It's been a long road, getting from there to here. It's been a long time, but our time is finally near.

I had faith of the heart for the Archer

Archer is my favorite mech, I had settled on the Catapults because I thought we would never get it and I'm so glad I was wrong.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Barantor, on 21 January 2016 - 09:50 AM, said:

Archer is my favorite mech, I had settled on the Catapults because I thought we would never get it and I'm so glad I was wrong.

I've also liked the Catapult, but knew.very little about the Archer.

I'll say this...

An Archer knows how to command such an enterprising endeavor like MWO.

[wanderer]

The Archer is literally the first 'Mech I played with (in tabletop).

I've won regional championships in one. It's a simple, straightforward and beloved old friend in that regard.

The Tempest is an interesting tweak on the original. I ended up getting the pack as a result of a lost bet, of all things...

[Metus regem]

wanderer, on 21 January 2016 - 11:13 AM, said:

The Archer is literally the first 'Mech I played with (in tabletop).

I've won regional championships in one. It's a simple, straightforward and beloved old friend in that regard.

The Tempest is an interesting tweak on the original. I ended up getting the pack as a result of a lost bet, of all things...

I'm glad the Archer worked for you, I never had an issue stomping them (ARC-2R) a new mud hole , in a WHM-6R on the table top, just get up close and shift between 0 and 4 hexes away with the walking abilities on the Warhammer, alternating between dual PPC's (4 hexes) and MG/MG/SL/SL/ML/ML/SMR6/Punch/Punch at 0.... mind you, at long range, the Archer can be a pain to deal with....

[wanderer]

The best solution in that case is to get in their face and kick.

No, seriously. Stock Warhammer-6R's can't take two kicks to the same leg- and if either has damage by that point, you'll go internal the first time you put in a 70-ton boot. Also, -punching- with a Warhammer? You're missing hand actuators, so it's half damage (4/punch) and a to-hit penalty. Put the boot in!

If he's let you inside min-range (where note, at 4 hexes he's still only firing at you as if it was a medium range shot in TT, none of this no-damage garbage like MWO) without at least dinging you a few times, something is already wrong- but the solution is to trust in your better armor, get in close, and knock the Warhammer down and keep it there. Once it's there, you back off and it's two LRM 20's vs. it's single prone PPC.

[Sid Solis]

Morgan Kell has to be one of my fav characters from battletech lore, he was a merc but he kept his honor and was very respectful.

one of the great things I think to happen to him outside of the phantom ability was the note that he had from Katrina Steiner that said "Deny this man nothing"

[Bishop Steiner]

Sid Solis, on 21 January 2016 - 09:23 AM, said:

you'll all have to forgive my squirrely ignorance for this bit of a rant...i've been away for a while.

WTH PGI you couldn't call the Archer Hero mech "Phantom" add a Kell Hound sticker on it and give me Morgan Kells mech? it's already red and black...all you had to do was 10% more work and boom i would have the largest ***** right now and already bought it....but no...it seems like you haven't changed your ways and still offer a reach around with sand paper....

It is Morgan Kells mech. And Tempest, for those who actually know anythign about the kell hounds, is Morgan Kells first true love (whom he met while on the run in the periphery with Katrina Steiner and Arthur Luvon), and the mother of one of his daughters (And Dan Allard's future wife).

Why would it be called "phantom"? Because of the silly "phantom mech ability"?

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 21 January 2016 - 11:36 AM.

[Apnu]

Barantor, on 21 January 2016 - 09:42 AM, said:

Tempest was his first love.


http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Morgan_Kell

A well. that's fine.

I'm just looking forward to 70 tons with High mounted energy points (for TAG), high mounted missile points, and ECM.

The salty tears will be real in the PUG queue... very very real.

[3xnihilo]

Apnu, on 21 January 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

A well. that's fine.

I'm just looking forward to 70 tons with High mounted energy points (for TAG), high mounted missile points, and ECM.

The salty tears will be real in the PUG queue... very very real.

It is a good thing that Polar Heights didn't go live at the same time as the Archer. The QQ'ing would have been epic.

[Apnu]

3xnihilo, on 21 January 2016 - 12:48 PM, said:

It is a good thing that Polar Heights didn't go live at the same time as the Archer. The QQ'ing would have been epic.

True. QQ tears and butt hurt are pretty rampant right now, due to so many clanners trolling Polar Highlands with LRMs, the salt is defiantly in the "momentous" but not quite "epic"

[DAYLEET]

Sid Solis, on 21 January 2016 - 09:23 AM, said:

you'll all have to forgive my squirrely ignorance for this bit of a rant...i've been away for a while.

WTH PGI you couldn't call the Archer Hero mech "Phantom" add a Kell Hound sticker on it and give me Morgan Kells mech? it's already red and black...all you had to do was 10% more work and boom i would have the largest ***** right now and already bought it....but no...it seems like you haven't changed your ways and still offer a reach around with sand paper....

I don't know if that would do it for you but you can rename a mech and it will be that name that is shown in bold.