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[Soultraxx]

So we've had Wave 3, Resistance 2, Marauders and now Warhammers, what do we think will be next for the Clans?
I dont count Origins II as Clan - if I wanted to ride IS mechs into battle I could do it for far less money by bolting wheels and a laser onto rubbish bin and riding that into battle. It would have more panache and smell very much the same - freebirth junk

[Sigilum Sanctum]

There are far too many 'mech packs in queue right now for me to care.

lets worry about that in February or March.

[Coralld]

I have no idea what the next Clan pack will have but I will keep my fingers crossed for the Huntsman.

[Juodas Varnas]

Clans are for scrubs!

[bad arcade kitty]

i want viper and firemoth, they are the unreleased original omni from the time of invasion and we already have secondary mechs released... there is no obstacle for releasing viper too

[Funkin Disher]

Always liked the look of the linebacker.

[Nightshade24]

Dude, IIC mechs is clan if you like it or not.

If you want to cry the hunchback IIC is to inner sphere for you then you have to cry that virtually all clan mehcs in game besides the direwolf, warhawk, executioner, gargoyle, ebon jaguar, shadowcat, ice ferret, adder, and kitfox are to IS for you

Because the mist lynx, arctic cheetah, hellbringer, timberwolf, etc. are highly based of previous mechs and such, such as IS mechs.


Ever thought why the hellbringer and warhammer or the summoner and thunderbolt look so similar? or the fact the mist lynx and sling or behemoth and motar look very simular and say they were based of that?

The clans came from the inner sphere thus there designs came from the inner sphere. The next pack for the clans is the "origins II" package that is most likely containing the Locust IIC, Wolverine IIC, Rifleman IIC Warhammer IIC

Other options for next pack is Commando IIC, Urbanmech IIC, Griffon IIC, Marauder IIC, etc.


We ran out of invasion mechs to add, we only got 2 (viper and firemoth) and 1 will never be added to game. there isn't much clan mechs left to add besides a few more chunks of IIC's and then some clan battlemechs and old omnimechs that are rather extinct or should be. Some of those mechs got standard engines...



Either way, IIC's is how it'll go for awhile, they are clan mechs if you like it or not.

[TELEFORCE]

I'm hoping the next Clan 'mech package is full of omnis. What I'd like to see it the Firemoth, Viper, Linebacker, and Kingfisher.

[El Bandito]

Timberwolf Hero is the only mech I decided to spend MC on. The rest are not even on my radar.






Maybe the Highlander IIC ALRM60 boat.

[Hollow Earth]

I'm sick of seeing Clan mechs and honestly. but still, there are people who want more clan stuff. but since we have so man Clan omnimechs, i guess we will start to see the IIC's from now on.

Although due to engine limitations, i think the Firemoth will suffer the same fate as the Flea becuase of it's speed.

But still something i want to see running around because of the Sheer novelty and uniqueness of it's appearance with it's hands over it's head.


Becuase it looks like:

And would blow up just as easily too.

[GuardDogg]

PGI been trying to go by the Battletech timeline, when mechs being built. In order. But now players complaining, bring this mech out now, next. I do not know where the time line is anymore.

[Lugh]

Nightshade24, on 01 October 2015 - 10:36 PM, said:

Dude, IIC mechs is clan if you like it or not.

If you want to cry the hunchback IIC is to inner sphere for you then you have to cry that virtually all clan mehcs in game besides the direwolf, warhawk, executioner, gargoyle, ebon jaguar, shadowcat, ice ferret, adder, and kitfox are to IS for you

Because the mist lynx, arctic cheetah, hellbringer, timberwolf, etc. are highly based of previous mechs and such, such as IS mechs.


Ever thought why the hellbringer and warhammer or the summoner and thunderbolt look so similar? or the fact the mist lynx and sling or behemoth and motar look very simular and say they were based of that?

The clans came from the inner sphere thus there designs came from the inner sphere. The next pack for the clans is the "origins II" package that is most likely containing the Locust IIC, Wolverine IIC, Rifleman IIC Warhammer IIC

Other options for next pack is Commando IIC, Urbanmech IIC, Griffon IIC, Marauder IIC, etc.


We ran out of invasion mechs to add, we only got 2 (viper and firemoth) and 1 will never be added to game. there isn't much clan mechs left to add besides a few more chunks of IIC's and then some clan battlemechs and old omnimechs that are rather extinct or should be. Some of those mechs got standard engines...



Either way, IIC's is how it'll go for awhile, they are clan mechs if you like it or not.

The first one I'd buy. The second one, NOPE.

[Y E O N N E]

I will buy the Locust IIC and Rifleman IIC.

The rest? Nope.

[Paigan]

Nightshade24, on 01 October 2015 - 10:36 PM, said:

Dude, IIC mechs is clan if you like it or not.

If you want to cry the hunchback IIC is to inner sphere for you then you have to cry that virtually all clan mehcs in game besides the direwolf, warhawk, executioner, gargoyle, ebon jaguar, shadowcat, ice ferret, adder, and kitfox are to IS for you

Because the mist lynx, arctic cheetah, hellbringer, timberwolf, etc. are highly based of previous mechs and such, such as IS mechs.


Ever thought why the hellbringer and warhammer or the summoner and thunderbolt look so similar? or the fact the mist lynx and sling or behemoth and motar look very simular and say they were based of that?

The clans came from the inner sphere thus there designs came from the inner sphere. The next pack for the clans is the "origins II" package that is most likely containing the Locust IIC, Wolverine IIC, Rifleman IIC Warhammer IIC

Other options for next pack is Commando IIC, Urbanmech IIC, Griffon IIC, Marauder IIC, etc.


We ran out of invasion mechs to add, we only got 2 (viper and firemoth) and 1 will never be added to game. there isn't much clan mechs left to add besides a few more chunks of IIC's and then some clan battlemechs and old omnimechs that are rather extinct or should be. Some of those mechs got standard engines...



Either way, IIC's is how it'll go for awhile, they are clan mechs if you like it or not.

All true.
With the slight addition that I think the Gargoyle is based on the Charger.
80 ton 400 engine humanoid mech.

Fun fact: the non-XL Charger (~3025 era) is the most crappiest mech ever.
When I was a kid (non-native speaker here), I thought the name implied that it's actually a mech for loading materials from a ship to a terminal or whatever (charge stuff up and down), hence the huge engine but tiny armament.

And of course the Executioner is just a "Gargoyle+", the Direwolf a "Warhawk+" (or the Warhawk a "Direwolf-") and the Kit Fox an "ECM+ugly Adder".

Edited by Paigan, 02 October 2015 - 04:56 AM.

[Mcgral18]

Depends if PGI wants power creep or mediocre robots. Both are available in half the weight classes, the remaining lights are all mediocre, and the Assault is either a worse Whale or a STD engine.


Huntsman being the better Med along with the Black Lanner.
A couple mediocre options.


Heavy power creep being the Night Gyr, a 75 tonner that comes stock with Dual Gauss or LRM80+A. A 300XL allows for 37.5 tons of pod space, with 4 hard wired jets and 2 engine heatsinks. You'll run out of Crits before pod space.

Mediocre? The Fat Adder, named Linebacker. At 107 kph, it brings 16.5 tons of pod space...and weights 65 tons.

[Alek Ituin]

Soultraxx, on 01 October 2015 - 10:04 PM, said:

if I wanted to ride IS mechs into battle I could do it for far less money by bolting wheels and a laser onto rubbish bin and riding that into battle.

So an Urbie.

[Nightshade24]

Paigan, on 02 October 2015 - 04:47 AM, said:

All true.
With the slight addition that I think the Gargoyle is based on the Charger.
80 ton 400 engine humanoid mech.

Fun fact: the non-XL Charger (~3025 era) is the most crappiest mech ever.
When I was a kid (non-native speaker here), I thought the name implied that it's actually a mech for loading materials from a ship to a terminal or whatever (charge stuff up and down).

And of course the Executioner is just a "Gargoyle+", the Direwolf a "Warhawk+" (or the Warhawk a "Direwolf-") and the Kit Fox an "ECM+ugly Adder".

To a degree yes, gargoyle shares some resemblances with the charger however it is a bit to vague to say it was a distinct connection. however charger is around before the SLDF left so it can be a candidate.
However the clans do like sharing parts of a mech, hence why executioner has gargoyle legs, adder has kitfox legs, timberwolf has mad dog legs, direwolf has warhawk legs, etc... so this is why profiles may share simularities.

However the Executioner is not based of the gargoyle or vice versa, Executioner had a unknown 'ancestor' mech that was made to be a fast 100 ton-ish jumpjetting mech with MASC, this design failed and it split into 2, the Executioner, and the Kodiak (which is a battlemech and not an omnimech). Direwolf and Warhawk are slightly independent from each other and used by different clans and stuff. you can imagine it as a + this and + that. but they are not in terms of lore and construction connections besides using simular parts which MANY mechs share for clans as they like to be efficient.

[TELEFORCE]

Hollow Earth, on 02 October 2015 - 03:43 AM, said:

Although due to engine limitations, i think the Firemoth will suffer the same fate as the Flea becuase of it's speed.

Not necessarily. MASC in its current implementation would give the Firemoth only a 10% speed boost. That would only be around 164 kph top speed, and about 180 kph with speed tweak.

I think the fastest 'mech in-game right now is The Death's Knell Commando, at around 170 kph. Perhaps another 10 kph wouldn't hurt.

[CtrlAltWheee]

Haha not yet! I want to enjoy the mechs already announced.

[DragoonBrigade]

I agree too many mechs coming out that I still need to work on...think I'll be hanging on to my cash for a while.

Edited by DragoonBrigade, 02 October 2015 - 05:27 AM.