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[Bishop Steiner]

Marauder IIC next mech, confirmed


Meh.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 04 August 2016 - 11:35 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Ooooh!

[Quicksilver Aberration]

It's too bad they made assault energy boats bad.

[Yellonet]

When do we get a new IS mech?

[FupDup]

Almost every single variant of this mechs uses out-of-timeline weapons and/or equipment, so PGI is going to have to invent at least 4-5 variants of their own.

[Juodas Varnas]

Ugh... They sure know how to let people down.

Another filthy clan mech in a row...

Bah, more bloody clanners to kill, i guess!

[Bishop Steiner]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 04 August 2016 - 11:36 AM, said:

It's too bad they made assault energy boats bad.

Meh. The homogeneous/androgynous builds were boring AF anyhow. But it does indeed make this even less exciting.... also..well, Big Whoop.

Wallet remains safely closed.

Yellonet, on 04 August 2016 - 11:36 AM, said:

When do we get a new IS mech?

apparently never. HBS has closed up on the initial IS mechs to be in game, so I suppose that removes any real impetus for PGI to make em. And the Clann Whiners are still crying that "IS has too many mechs already".....

Ignoring the fact that if PGI wan't to keep loyalists on both sides actually involved... they realyl need to simply split it, with alternating Clan/IS each month.

[Metus regem]

Just when we all thought that Laser Vomit had gone away.....

[ScrapIron Prime]

Juodas Varnas, on 04 August 2016 - 11:39 AM, said:

Ugh... They sure know how to let people down.

Another filthy clan mech in a row...

Bah, more bloody clanners to kill, i guess!

They've could always redeem themselves with a Resistance 3 pack... Valkyrie, Hermes II, Crusader, Hatamoto Chi...

[Hit the Deck]

Well, I guess Alex doesn't want to adopt the Victor Musical Industries' art, which is a shame....

I guess those who want IICs 'Mechs because of their unique ("anime" style) arts will be disappointed.

[Moonlight Grimoire]

Well, I'm not getting it, I have little to no interest in clan mechs anymore. I mean it will have some nice hard points on it, it is a clan battlemech at 85 tons with jump jets and the marauder profile is pretty nice so it will be nice, hope I will see it on the field. However, ehhhh? I will pass on this one, it looks cool but it isn't my thing, I was really pulling for an IS 40 tonner. Maybe after this PGI will go to 1 IS then I Clan alternating which tech base gets a mech every month instead of blocks of new mechs. Yes I know clans have less mechs so it will run out, but, at least it is less of a guessing game of if there is a reason for me to pay attention to the next mech announcement.

[Bishop Steiner]

Marack Drock the Unicorn Wizard, on 04 August 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

Guess they needed a reason to be cheap and not make a new model, and just edit the old one.

Couldn't have been some mech like Grizzly or something unique and cool looking.

Well, must say the bloated bulkiness is more appropriate for a MAD II or IIC anyhow. Of course, since I find the standard MAD an affront to my eyes, this one doesn't tickle my elmo one little bit, either. And I seriously hope this isn't a sign of things to come for the inevitable next two IICs, the WHM and RFL being slightly modded knockoffs of the IS instead of the interesting versions in TT.

Metus regem, on 04 August 2016 - 11:42 AM, said:

Just when we all thought that Laser Vomit had gone away.....

Well, outside of Comp Play, it never has. Still to point and click EZMode for the MWO masses to abandon. Using Ballistics and SRMs do require a minimal amount of ability to lead and aim.

Moonlight Grimoire, on 04 August 2016 - 11:44 AM, said:

Well, I'm not getting it, I have little to no interest in clan mechs anymore. I mean it will have some nice hard points on it, it is a clan battlemech at 85 tons with jump jets and the marauder profile is pretty nice so it will be nice, hope I will see it on the field. However, ehhhh? I will pass on this one, it looks cool but it isn't my thing, I was really pulling for an IS 40 tonner. Maybe after this PGI will go to 1 IS then I Clan alternating which tech base gets a mech every month instead of blocks of new mechs. Yes I know clans have less mechs so it will run out, but, at least it is less of a guessing game of if there is a reason for me to pay attention to the next mech announcement.

JJs on an assault? Not a selling point for me anymore, period. Useless as ***** on a boar hog.

[process]

Should be fun with an XL400, 3 ER PPCs, and heatsinks to the brim.

[Battlemaster56]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 August 2016 - 11:35 AM, said:

Marauder IIC next mech, confirmed


Meh.

*Looks at screen the looks at wallet*
Wallet: Plz *cough* kill me now
Me:But I need it to complete the Marauder lineage set
Wallet:Why?*cough*
Me:Because I can and I love you wallet.
Wallet:.....

[MeiSooHaityu]

I'll say this though too.

The Marauder IIC design they came up with does look more like the original in some proportions.

The torso appears stubbier and taller (not as long and flat), the weapon pods also look taller and stubbier (again more like the original), and lastly the pods in back look more round (even if the do have flaps or whatever).

This design feels like they tried to make a compromise between their IS Marauder and the old one that people were more familiar with (well at least proportionately).

[Cy Mitchell]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 August 2016 - 11:35 AM, said:

Marauder IIC next mech, confirmed


Meh.

Really? I am honestly shocked to see another Clan Mech. I was sure that we would see an IS Mech next. Either way, I will be passing on this one.

[JC Daxion]

Yellonet, on 04 August 2016 - 11:36 AM, said:

When do we get a new IS mech?

I honestly don't care, IS has so many mechs, Clans really do need some variety... That said.. when it does come..


MAKE IT A BUSHWACKER!

[Moonlight Grimoire]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 August 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

Well, must say the bloated bulkiness is more appropriate for a MAD II or IIC anyhow. Of course, since I find the standard MAD an affront to my eyes, this one doesn't tickle my elmo one little bit, either. And I seriously hope this isn't a sign of things to come for the inevitable next two IICs, the WHM and RFL being slightly modded knockoffs of the IS instead of the interesting versions in TT.


Well, outside of Comp Play, it never has. Still to point and click EZMode for the MWO masses to abandon. Using Ballistics and SRMs do require a minimal amount of ability to lead and aim.


JJs on an assault? Not a selling point for me anymore, period. Useless as ***** on a boar hog.

Right I keep forgetting JJ's are useless on Assaults since I don't own an assault with JJ's and PGI refuses to just make them work with massive shake, hell with power draw throw in JJ's running (they should produce heat for crying out loud) to help curb fears of poptarting. Then we could have more vertical maps.

[Baulven]

I do love the maurader IIc but with the way PGI butcher's mechs and the fact that energy boating is terrible it gets a meh in current circumstances. Pity behind the whammy IIc it's my favorite mech.

[Battlemaster56]

Well knowing this mech wont be much it's a nice change since clans getting another battlemech, and knowing the next one gonna be the Metahammer IIc and the endless waves qq on the threads once that thing be announced, so I'll get myself a standard pack and see if the reinforcement pack is worth picking up.