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[Metus regem]

TheArisen, on 08 June 2016 - 12:37 PM, said:

I'll support the Flea.... If you support the Nightstar.

I'll support the Nightstar if you support the Stinger, Wasp and Crusader....

[undeadasharak]

crazy light mech pilot here and i want the damn flea!

[Mole]

Right now, I'm in support of any new Light 'mechs. I'm a light 'mech pilot and I've run out of new light 'mechs to master. I need a new one. Stinger, Wasp, something else, I don't care. As long as it's a light. We've had way too many mediums, heavies, and assaults in a row. New light, please. Obviously the light I want the absolute most is the Flea, but I'll take anything I can get. In regards to the Flea though, take a look at Sarna. Even if they give it no hardpoint inflation it's got 5 energy hardpoints. It's already more useful than the Spider and maybe even the Commando. It would be a perfectly viable addition to this game.

[Mark Nicholson]

Captain Luffy, on 08 June 2016 - 12:28 PM, said:

You know deep, deep, deep down some where in the bottom of you soul you want one too.

Of course I want one...just not as much as other mechs.

[TercieI]

Mole, on 08 June 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Right now, I'm in support of any new Light 'mechs. I'm a light 'mech pilot and I've run out of new light 'mechs to master. I need a new one. Stinger, Wasp, something else, I don't care. As long as it's a light. We've had way too many mediums, heavies, and assaults in a row. New light, please. Obviously the light I want the absolute most is the Flea, but I'll take anything I can get. In regards to the Flea though, take a look at Sarna. Even if they give it no hardpoint inflation it's got 5 energy hardpoints. It's already more useful than the Spider and maybe even the Commando. It would be a perfectly viable addition to this game.

^This. Except my top pick is the Stinger because it's literally the only mech I have TT nostalgia for.

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Of course I want one...just not as much as other light mechs.

FTFY?

Edited by TercieI, 08 June 2016 - 12:48 PM.

[TheArisen]

Metus regem, on 08 June 2016 - 12:39 PM, said:

I'll support the Nightstar if you support the Stinger, Wasp and Crusader....

Sounds good.

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Of course I want one...just not as much as other mechs.

You should check out my sig. Mhm

[Mole]

I have to say though, it is refreshing to see a Dev actually talking to us on the forums for a change. Thanks for the attention, Mark. But can you tell us, is the Flea dead? I'd like to know if getting my hands on one is even still a possibility or if I'm going to pass out trying to hold my breath.

[blood4blood]

Flea + capture the flag (especially if there was a respawn option) = would be a welcome change from the constant team deathball tactics that have ruled MWO in every game mode since beta.

Flea as just another light mech = I can take it or leave it. MWO needs maps and game modes a lot more than it needs more mechs, IMHO.

[Davers]

Stop asking for mechs just because you hope the deal with HBS is so open ended that every mech Alex makes will be automatically included.

[Mark Nicholson]

TercieI, on 08 June 2016 - 12:48 PM, said:

^This. Except my top pick is the Stinger because it's literally the only mech I have TT nostalgia for. FTFY?

The Stinger was my first TT mech, back in '89
Also, I'm not very good with light mechs, so my personal preference is elsewhere.

TheArisen, on 08 June 2016 - 12:49 PM, said:

Sounds good. You should check out my sig. Mhm

Oh, yeah,that thread. Yes, I saw it when you posted. (I check the fan art thread fairly often)

Mole, on 08 June 2016 - 12:50 PM, said:

I have to say though, it is refreshing to see a Dev actually talking to us on the forums for a change. Thanks for the attention, Mark. But can you tell us, is the Flea dead? I'd like to know if getting my hands on one is even still a possibility or if I'm going to pass out trying to hold my breath.

When has holding your breath ever gotten you anything?
I honestly don't know where it's at now, or enough about the speed/masc issue that derailed it.

[Gas Guzzler]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

This was my feeling also, when I made that 3d model and put it up so people could use it for printing minis.
So it's a bit funny (but not at all surprising) to see it used by the pro-flea movement.

How is the Viper coming along? Tell Tina to put it on instagram!! Please.

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 08 June 2016 - 01:36 PM.

[Clownwarlord]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Of course I want one...just not as much as other mechs.

Ok if you could pick one mech to be in the game right now that is not in the game what would it be?

[Trauglodyte]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

This was my feeling also, when I made that 3d model and put it up so people could use it for printing minis.
So it's a bit funny (but not at all surprising) to see it used by the pro-flea movement.

More importantly, why bring on the Flea, which can't use MASC because of the engine issues, when we've still got the Wasp and Stinger, both of the same weight class, that are wanted so desperately by us long time TT fans (and those weirdo Macross types).

[Mark Nicholson]

Gas Guzzler, on 08 June 2016 - 01:36 PM, said:

How is the Viper coming along? Tell Tina to put it on instagram!! Please.

I'm done my part on the Viper. You can see some of it here on yesterdays twitch stream.

Captain Luffy, on 08 June 2016 - 01:38 PM, said:

Ok if you could pick one mech to be in the game right now that is not in the game what would it be?

Kraken 3.

[Thorqemada]

Fleas are for the Fly-Swatter.

[1453 R]

Mole, on 08 June 2016 - 12:50 PM, said:

I have to say though, it is refreshing to see a Dev actually talking to us on the forums for a change. Thanks for the attention, Mark. But can you tell us, is the Flea dead? I'd like to know if getting my hands on one is even still a possibility or if I'm going to pass out trying to hold my breath.

I'm not Mark, but I do specifically remember Russ stating in a Town Hall or similar place that "the Flea is dead to me". He said the team wasn't really excited about it anymore, especially with the Locust in-game which does everything the Flea does except better.

I (personally) ran the math a while ago, though I can't find it right just now, and figured out that the Flea w/M.A.S.C. is overwhelmingly inferior to the Locust in most any reasonable case. I don't think it's going to happen, not when Piranha's got garbage 20-ton Stingers and Wasps they can sell bucketfuls of on nostalgia, instead of this garbage 20-tonner nobody really remembers/cares about except for the old 'Mech announcement artwork.

[TheArisen]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 01:59 PM, said:

Kraken 3.

Bane/Kraken confirmed as next mech.

[Metus regem]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 01:59 PM, said:

I'm done my part on the Viper. You can see some of it here on yesterdays twitch stream.



Kraken 3.

nasty piece of hardware that thing is...


Still take a look at this beauty!




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


She's got Hard points in all the right places, fast, jumpy and small too...

Just needs at least a thrid variant....

[Malleus011]

Mark Nicholson, on 08 June 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

This was my feeling also, when I made that 3d model and put it up so people could use it for printing minis.
So it's a bit funny (but not at all surprising) to see it used by the pro-flea movement.

Thanks for releasing the model! It's nice to have at least that.

[FLG 01]

1453 R, on 08 June 2016 - 02:02 PM, said:

I (personally) ran the math a while ago, though I can't find it right just now, and figured out that the Flea w/M.A.S.C. is overwhelmingly inferior to the Locust in most any reasonable case. I don't think it's going to happen, not when Piranha's got garbage 20-ton Stingers and Wasps they can sell bucketfuls of on nostalgia, instead of this garbage 20-tonner nobody really remembers/cares about except for the old 'Mech announcement artwork.

I would not underestimate the place of the Flea in the lore (even if it may not be on the Stinger/Wasp-level), nor the Flea's fans.

I personally don't need the Flea - unless PGI decides to give us the FLE-14: a 15 ton Battlemech with an engine cap of 165, i.e. some 185 kph, plus JJ. That is something I would like to try out, if it were possible.

Edited by FLG 01, 08 June 2016 - 02:48 PM.