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[SneekiBreeki]

Can i haz clan unseen mechs? :Y

Especially this lil' bugger.

Oh and Horned Howl too ofc (gotta have my Zaku-wannabe yo!).

[Pariah Devalis]

We are badly overdue for light mechs, and with the recent rescale the IS could absolutely use a more offensively oriented 30 ton platform. Javelin might fit that bill, when you consider hardpoint inflation. For example, the JVN-11A has 7 E hardpoints, and is a 3053 mech. We are in 3052. It's plausible, and within the tech sphere.

On the flip side, with the Locust being so good now, a smaller sized Clan light would be nice to have, too. The Fire Falcon, at 25 tons, is a teeny tiny gunboat, and its body plan all but guarantees it would be small (but not locust small) due to volumetric scaling. I say this, even though I want the Fire Moth, even without MASC. I just don't see the Moth showing up due to the engine limitations and PGI being unwilling to release it without MASC.

I would also like to see either the Assassin or Vulcan for the IS, and the Pouncer for the Clans. That way both sides have two 40-ton options available, as well. Get some more options for the lower-tonnage brackets.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 28 June 2016 - 10:33 AM.

[Bluttrunken]

Blacklanner, Piranha, Firefalcon. Not sure what to do for the IS without a timejump. Another solid IS medium with ECM or a Omni?(50tons+). IS light roster is pretty decent but could use another ECM variant.

New weapon systems or sensory/ECM/ECCM equipment?

Assymetric game modes with NPC infantry?

Tanks?

We have so many mechs by now... hard to get excited by new ones.

Edited by Bluttrunken, 28 June 2016 - 10:31 AM.

[ScarecrowES]

Pariah Devalis, on 28 June 2016 - 10:00 AM, said:

We are badly overdue for light mechs, and with the recent rescale the IS could absolutely use a more offensively oriented 30 ton platform. Javelin might fit that bill, when you consider hardpoint inflation. For example, the JVN-11A has 7 E hardpoints, and is a 3053 mech. We are in 3052. It's plausible, and within the tech sphere.

On the flip side, with the Locust being so good now, a smaller sized Clan light would be nice to have, too. The Fire Falcon, at 25 tons, is a teeny tiny gunboat, and its body plan all but guarantees it would be small (but not locust small) due to volumetric scaling. I say this, even though I want the Fire Moth, even without MASC. I just don't see the Moth showing up due to the engine limitations and PGI being unwilling to release it without MASC.

I think after the promised heavy omnimech, PGI would be smart to address the lights.

Ive always thought we could use the Fire Falcon... the rescales highlighted a void in the super-light speedster category. And it's not like it's poorly set up. The only question was, would it be survivable? I think it definitely would be now.

[Red Shrike]

[Cy Mitchell]

Pariah Devalis, on 28 June 2016 - 10:00 AM, said:

I say this, even though I want the Fire Moth, even without MASC. I just don't see the Moth showing up due to the engine limitations and PGI being unwilling to release it without MASC.

I also want the Fire Moth. Even more so now that the Locust has become such a terror at its new size. PGI has taken liberties with other Mech with Hardpoint inflation and such. They can eliminate Masc and bump the engine size slightly or just add a hardpoint or two or armor to compensate for the lost MASC.

Edited by Rampage, 28 June 2016 - 10:47 AM.

[Metus regem]

Red Shrike, on 28 June 2016 - 10:40 AM, said:

Found in all Clan Wolf Mechs....

[Rekkon]

April Showers, on 28 June 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Fire Moth. Fire Moth. Fire Moth.

Fixed that for you.

April Showers, on 28 June 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

oh, did i mention the Koshi?

Why should you? We already have the Mist Lynx.

[Red Shrike]

Rampage, on 28 June 2016 - 10:47 AM, said:

I also want the Fire Moth.

Gib Fire Ant instead.

[Moonlight Grimoire]

From what I remember the next mech is supposed to be another Clan Heavy 'mech. Because they Clan's were supposed to get two mediums (Viper and Huntsman) and two heavies (Night Gyr and something else). I feel the Linebacker is more likely than the Nova Cat due to the Nova Cat is a Night Gyr who had five tons shaved off of it. At the same time the Nova Cat would have a firm place in MWO and hit nostalgia real hard for a number of people unlike the linebacker which is a 65 ton nova going at 97 kph.

If I could choose next mechs, I would want some more lights and 40-45 ton mechs for variety sake. What I would really want and play a lot would be: the Champion (so long as it is designed like the one Bishop Steiner drew because it is like a Cicada and a Locust did the fusion dance), the Hammerhands (a favorite of mine), the Crusader (favorite from tabletop), the Owens, the Bushwacker, and the Sunder.

[Black Ivan]

Please add the remaining IS Unseen Mechs, especially Crusader.

[DarthHias]

Locust IIC is all you need. (Would also take a Fire Falcon )

[Juodas Varnas]

Black Ivan, on 28 June 2016 - 11:07 AM, said:

Please add the remaining IS Unseen Mechs, especially Crusader.

Scorpions and Goliaths are technically unseen too.

[TheArisen]

I'd bet on the Linebacker for next omni heavy.

After that,
IS light or medium, Javelin or Assassin.

After either, Clan omni lights Fire Falcon or Moth
Then IS assault, Nightstar!

[Malleus011]

Remaining IS unseens would be preferred.

[CK16]

Malleus011, on 28 June 2016 - 11:28 AM, said:

Remaining IS unseens would be preferred.

You guys just got 5 of them almost in a row! D: While your toy box is almost over flowing compared to ours :/

[MeiSooHaityu]

Aircraft torso chicken walker I hope (maybe Bushwacker).

Other than that design philosophy, I don't really care honestly. :/

[Metus regem]

CK16, on 28 June 2016 - 11:32 AM, said:

You guys just got 5 of them almost in a row! D: While your toy box is almost over flowing compared to ours :/

Considering the area of the BT time line we are in, that is about right....

[IdolElite]

The Black Python would have worked well I think. But the night Gyr is already a 75 tonner.

[Steve Pryde]

Yellonet, on 28 June 2016 - 08:26 AM, said:

More Clan mechs.... really?

There are a lot more IS mechs than clan mechs at the moment. So of course PGI will release much more clan mechs.

But if clans get a new light mech, I think it will be the Fire Falcon.

Edited by Steve Pryde, 28 June 2016 - 12:03 PM.