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[dervishx5]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 17 March 2016 - 09:01 AM, said:

You forgot RuFF and his Tank/BA spam too.

Yeah I regret teaching that to him. We all had a hand in creating that golem.

Still, nothing more dangerous than my Hells Horses forces. The true masters of Megamek were the combined arms guys, not the people who leaned on pulse as a crutch or the gaussboats.

Don't make me nostalgic for Megamek leagues, Quick. They don't exist anymore. People don't have the patience for 2-3 hour games these days.

Edited by dervishx5, 17 March 2016 - 09:05 AM.

[Metus regem]

dervishx5, on 17 March 2016 - 09:04 AM, said:

Yeah I regret teaching that to him. We all had a hand in creating that golem.

Still, nothing more dangerous than my Hells Horses forces. The true masters of Megamek were the combined arms guys, not the people who leaned on pulse as a crutch or the gaussboats.

Don't make me nostalgic for Megamek leagues, Quick. They don't exist anymore. People don't have the patience for 2-3 hour games these days.

And that makes me sad, I do enjoy getting the guys together for some TT Battle Tech every week or so.... I find it more entertaining and works my mind a bit more than a twitch shooter that MWO is quickly becoming.

[LastKhan]

dervishx5, on 17 March 2016 - 09:04 AM, said:

Yeah I regret teaching that to him. We all had a hand in creating that golem.

Still, nothing more dangerous than my Hells Horses forces. The true masters of Megamek were the combined arms guys, not the people who leaned on pulse as a crutch or the gaussboats.

Don't make me nostalgic for Megamek leagues, Quick. They don't exist anymore. People don't have the patience for 2-3 hour games these days.

Makes me wanna take up megamek again since i got some battletech stuff. Been playing Shogun 2 again and holy crap the hours dumped into that game. xD.

[dervishx5]

I have a few people asking me about NBT-Classic (the NBT automation using Megamek to play battles in). But I think I'm going to hold off until the new automation is out. The old one is just too much of a pain to explain to new people and usually scares them off.

But when I do get around to it, rest assured I'll let you guys know.

[Widowmaker1981]

Metus regem, on 17 March 2016 - 09:24 AM, said:

And that makes me sad, I do enjoy getting the guys together for some TT Battle Tech every week or so.... I find it more entertaining and works my mind a bit more than a twitch shooter that MWO is quickly becoming.

Its really not a twitch shooter. Due to the high health pools, speed limited aiming and long weapon cooldowns compared to actual twitch shooters, MWO rewards patience and taking your time with shots far more so than it rewards rapid twitch aiming.

Why do you think most people lower their mouse sensitivity? Its not so they can twitch faster.

Edited by Widowmaker1981, 17 March 2016 - 09:35 AM.

[Gas Guzzler]

MWO isn't a twitch shooter. Once in a while I see that said on these forums and it leaves me scratching my head.

[Metus regem]

Gas Guzzler, on 17 March 2016 - 11:12 AM, said:

MWO isn't a twitch shooter. Once in a while I see that said on these forums and it leaves me scratching my head.

Play a Locust, and you will understand.

[Richard Hazen]

Any chance I could get my name sake, the Deimos?

[martian]

Deimos Alpha, on 17 March 2016 - 11:45 AM, said:

Any chance I could get my name sake, the Deimos?

Not likely.

Deimos is a Dark Age 'Mech that debuted decades after the Clan Invasion.

[pbiggz]

martian, on 17 March 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

Not likely.

Deimos is a Dark Age 'Mech that debuted decades after the Clan Invasion.

Its actually a 3080s mech and its MekTek's very own design, which was made canon. It uses all current tech so it COULD be added, though I don't know how much people would care.

Its also an 80 ton omni with a 54 kph max speed, so as cool as it looks, im not sure people would really want it.

[CK16]

Didn't it first get produced by Snow Raven in the 3060's? But was unseen by IS forces for like 2 decades?

[Quicksilver Aberration]

pbiggz, on 17 March 2016 - 12:22 PM, said:

Its also an 85 ton omni with a 48.6 kph max speed (and MASC), so as cool as it looks, im not sure people would really want it.

FTFY

[martian]

pbiggz, on 17 March 2016 - 12:22 PM, said:

Its actually a 3080s mech and its MekTek's very own design, which was made canon. It uses all current tech so it COULD be added, though I don't know how much people would care.

Its also an 80 ton omni with a 54 kph max speed, so as cool as it looks, im not sure people would really want it.

Which means that it's a Dark Age design - exactly as I said.

Plus, it doesn't have 80 tons, but 85 tons. And of course it has MASC for added mobility.

CK16, on 17 March 2016 - 12:29 PM, said:

Didn't it first get produced by Snow Raven in the 3060's? But was unseen by IS forces for like 2 decades?

Just rumors.

[pbiggz]

martian, on 17 March 2016 - 12:32 PM, said:

Which means that it's a Dark Age design - exactly as I said.

Plus, it doesn't have 80 tons, but 85 tons. And of course it has MASC for added mobility.



Just rumors.

republic era. dark age is 3132 on.

Either way, it uses current tech, it could be in, but it'd be trash, with or without masc.

[Imperius]

We all should know by now the next mech to be announced will be the Mad Cat MK II

[Gas Guzzler]

Imperius, on 17 March 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

We all should know by now the next mech to be announced will be the Mad Cat MK II

......after Wave 4

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Gas Guzzler, on 17 March 2016 - 01:04 PM, said:

......after Wave 4

I'm still hoping for an all medium Wave, but I doubt it will happen

[martian]

pbiggz, on 17 March 2016 - 12:44 PM, said:

republic era. dark age is 3132 on.

From the official BattleTech site:
Dark Age (3081+)

pbiggz, on 17 March 2016 - 12:44 PM, said:

Either way, it uses current tech, it could be in, but it'd be trash, with or without masc.

Thank you for your opinion.

If we talk about Clan 85-tonners:
Deimos has definitely advantage over Masakari when it comes to pod space, since Deimos has 43 tons available, while Masakari has 32.5 tons available.

Plus, Deimos has optional Jump Jets.

Personally I can imagine that some players would actually like Deimos.

[FupDup]

martian, on 17 March 2016 - 01:06 PM, said:

If we talk about Clan 85-tonners:
Deimos has definitely advantage over Masakari when it comes to pod space, since Deimos has 43 tons available, while Masakari has 32.5 tons available.

Plus, Deimos has optional Jump Jets.

Personally I can imagine that some players would actually like Deimos.

I tried to theorycraft build with the Deimos in SSW, but I ended up constantly running out of slots before tonnage. It's even more extreme than the Masakari itself, which says a lot...

[Quicksilver Aberration]

martian, on 17 March 2016 - 01:06 PM, said:

Personally I can imagine that some players would actually like Deimos.

For visuals maybe, but 48kph even with MASC is rather slow, even the Stalker which runs around 8+kph over the Deimos is considered slow these days when people like myself run XL350-400s in Battlemasters.