71 replies to this topic

[Tennex]

Title!

Any thoughts or guesses or desired mechs?

[Afuldan McKronik]

As long as it isn't another IS heavy. That queue is long enough.

[Mcgral18]

Looking at the date, I tried to find something appropriate...not found


Cyclops seems like a fair guess

[Tennex]

Bushwacker. calling it now

Edited by Tennex, 16 April 2016 - 01:03 PM.

[Trauglodyte]

I'm still holding out on the Cyclops. It was said that the mech to be announced is one where they already have the art. As the game is still currently locked from releasing the Flea - someone double check me on that - I'm really holding out hope beyond hope that it is the 'Clops.

[Glaive-]

Probably another classic mech. Wasp or Stinger pls

[Richard Hazen]

Stinger because it's basically a downsized Phoenix Hawk.

[Saint Atlas and the Commando Elf]

My C-Bills are on the Vulcan.

Now that they've taken the effort to bring MASC into the game, they need more Mechs that can be equipped with it.

[Appogee]

It will be another 'classic' Mech, given the previous ones have sold relatively well.

[xXBagheeraXx]

Im kinda tired of itty bitty mechs...need some new IS assault blood. I don't drive itty bitties....

[Saint Atlas and the Commando Elf]

Appogee, on 16 April 2016 - 01:12 PM, said:

It will be another 'classic' Mech, given the previous ones have sold relatively well.

The odd pricing model worked well for the Alpha lance and made the Kodiak a bargain. However, the Phoenix Hawk seemed already overpriced not to mention a 20 ton Mech (Stinger, Wasp).

[Bishop Steiner]

Tennex, on 16 April 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Title!

Any thoughts or guesses or desired mechs?

My guess is Cyclops, due to the "Finished Art" comment from Russ.

Mind you, it's entirely possible Alex has a whole notebook of concepts laying around PGIs offices. In which case we literally have ZERO workable clues to go from aside from it being IS.

Mind you, I have ZERO interest in the Cyclops. None. Nada. Not without a major revamp to role warfare (aka actually HAVING role warfare) and the actual inclusion of Info War. It's just a Chubby Orion or a Wimpy Atlas without inforwar, and thus of ZERO interest.

What do I want, secretly hope and pine for? Either the Assassin or Vulcan, or as an outside Dark Horse candidate, the Dervish, which I could see there having been art laying about from the Kintaro era. Wasn't there some polls and stuff back then, too?

Anyhow, I'm a Medium Jock, so biased, and also realyl lookign forward to the 4v4, which would greatly benefit from new Mobile Mediums.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 16 April 2016 - 01:30 PM.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I have three guesses, in order of likelihood: Cyclops, Bushwacker, Javelin.

My preference is actually exactly the opposite, though I'd love to have any (or all) of the three.

[Bishop Steiner]

Levi Porphyrogenitus, on 16 April 2016 - 01:48 PM, said:

I have three guesses, in order of likelihood: Cyclops, Bushwacker, Javelin.

My preference is actually exactly the opposite, though I'd love to have any (or all) of the three.

is there any reason aside nostalgia for the cyclops? (not that nostalgia is wrong, just curious)

If inforwar was a thing, I could see it...but?

[Triordinant]

Bushwacker would be best, but they already have the art for the Cyclops so...

[Bishop Steiner]

Triordinant, on 16 April 2016 - 01:51 PM, said:

Bushwacker would be best, but they already have the art for the Cyclops so...

They also already have Art for the Flea.

And quite likely, the Dervish and Hoplite. In fact we know Alex has at least doodled the Hoplite in the past.


ok a little more than a doodle

[RestosIII]

I'll basically be out of mechs that I'm personally super hyped for if they release the Bushwacker, so please do so PGI. I really need my baby back in my life.

[LT. HARDCASE]

I'd like them to stick with the 40 tonner theme, by delivering the ASSASSIN.

[Glaive-]

Bishop Steiner, on 16 April 2016 - 01:56 PM, said:

They also already have Art for the Flea.

And quite likely, the Dervish and Hoplite. In fact we know Alex has at least doodled the Hoplite in the past.

-snip-

ok a little more than a doodle

Well now I genuinely want the Hoplite lol
Alex is a wizard

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Bishop Steiner, on 16 April 2016 - 01:50 PM, said:

is there any reason aside nostalgia for the cyclops? (not that nostalgia is wrong, just curious)

If inforwar was a thing, I could see it...but?

It'd be a great poster mech for an actual infowar update. As has been pointed out many times (by you among others, IIRC), PGI pulled all the infowar stuff as a side effect of the laser lock-on mechanic getting panned by non-tester qq spam on the forums and twitter. The Cyclops would be a great opportunity for them to reintroduce a slightly tweaked (based on whatever actually useful feedback they got during that PTS session) suite of infotech quirks.

Plus, it was a favorite of mine in MC2 and the old Clix game - the unique Davion Cyclops pilot was in a lot of my army builds.