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[dervishx5]

Marauder IIC was announced early this month, so some time early next month would be my guess.

[C E Dwyer]

TheArisen, on 24 August 2016 - 11:49 AM, said:

When do you think the next mech will be announced?

Don't know, been trying to avoid this subject.

I know what would make me go WOW bought in seconds, but they are vastly outnumbered by meh or even worse.

so many of the newer IS mechs are terrible to look at and its going to take a lot of work to make them not be eww take it away..

[LT. HARDCASE]

I'm not interested in anything that isn't the Assassin. There's literally only one other mech I'd consider, and that's the War Dog.

PGI really needs to address the fact that, we've almost gone a year, without a light mech release. I don't even pilot lights, but this drought is bad for the game.

A good light mech will sell plenty. I'm assuming PGI's issue is that there are no "good" IS lights left in this timeline. The Wasp, Stinger, and Valkyrie can only sell so much, on nostalgia alone. The PHX certainly taught that.

[dervishx5]

Seriously? You like the War Dog? That over gauss ammo'd, OS SSRM2, double leg joined, no torso twist, weird armor, pod person abomination?

[LT. HARDCASE]

Hey Alex "da gawd" Iglesias could do something with this, to cement his legendary status:



Mech wise, it has an amazing mix of hardpoints. I like.

[Revis Volek]

Mini map is broke again, jokes on your guys.

PTS is a madhouse again and the sky is falling.

Game is stale and boring.

No real changes for over 3 years.









Wanna buy another mech pack?!?!

[Cptn Goodvibes Pig of Steel]

I think they should just ask that Hairbrained mob, which IS mechs they need for their new Battletech program, because that's where the future of this genra lies now. Unfortunately, the PGI MWO has pretty much turned into a deadend.

[Y E O N N E]

LT. HARDCASE, on 24 August 2016 - 01:21 PM, said:

I'm not interested in anything that isn't the Assassin. There's literally only one other mech I'd consider, and that's the War Dog.

PGI really needs to address the fact that, we've almost gone a year, without a light mech release. I don't even pilot lights, but this drought is bad for the game.

A good light mech will sell plenty. I'm assuming PGI's issue is that there are no "good" IS lights left in this timeline. The Wasp, Stinger, and Valkyrie can only sell so much, on nostalgia alone. The PHX certainly taught that.

RAPTOR.

It is better than any non-Locust in the IS stable simply on account of being small in a field of lolhuge. It also has way more guns than a Commando. Or a Mist Lynx.

[Metus regem]

Yeonne Greene, on 24 August 2016 - 02:30 PM, said:

RAPTOR.

It is better than any non-Locust in the IS stable simply on account of being small in a field of lolhuge. It also has way more guns than a Commando. Or a Mist Lynx.

And it's one of the few non out right bad early IS Omni's....

[C E Dwyer]

Revis Volek, on 24 August 2016 - 01:35 PM, said:

Mini map is broke again, jokes on your guys.

PTS is a madhouse again and the sky is falling.

Game is stale and boring.

No real changes for over 3 years.









Wanna buy another mech pack?!?!

play something else then *shrugs*

[Y E O N N E]

Metus regem, on 24 August 2016 - 02:35 PM, said:

And it's one of the few non out right bad early IS Omni's....

Its only drawback is that it's slow for a Light. Against most of the field, it's still pretty darn quick. Given appropriate quirks (10% energy rage, +60% turn/accel, -10% laser duration, -15% missile cool-down, +18% heat dissipation, etc.) it could be pretty darn solid.

Actually, I don't really find the speed on the MLX to be a problem. Its problem is arm durability. More speed would do very little to help in this regard. The Raptor does not have this issue, since its arms are tiny.

[TheArisen]

LT. HARDCASE, on 24 August 2016 - 01:21 PM, said:

I'm not interested in anything that isn't the Assassin. There's literally only one other mech I'd consider, and that's the War Dog.

PGI really needs to address the fact that, we've almost gone a year, without a light mech release. I don't even pilot lights, but this drought is bad for the game.

A good light mech will sell plenty. I'm assuming PGI's issue is that there are no "good" IS lights left in this timeline. The Wasp, Stinger, and Valkyrie can only sell so much, on nostalgia alone. The PHX certainly taught that.

The War Dog would be great if Alex could salvage it somehow, because it's just blegh to look at but has good hard points.

I'd suggest the Javelin (again) as a good choice for a light. Tons of variants, missile boats, energy boats & mixed, ecm, fast, 3025 mech for the Btech game...

[Ashnod]

I require it to either be a Devastator or a bushwhacker.

a tech level increase and the introduction of the templar would be cool too.

and the Marauder 2 would be straight trolling / lolz.

Edited by Ashnod, 24 August 2016 - 04:25 PM.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Yeonne Greene, on 24 August 2016 - 02:30 PM, said:

RAPTOR.

It is better than any non-Locust in the IS stable simply on account of being small in a field of lolhuge. It also has way more guns than a Commando. Or a Mist Lynx.

Hardpoints are top shelf, I dunno about the speed. 127kph after tweak is respectable.

I think it'd sell really well.

[Y E O N N E]

LT. HARDCASE, on 24 August 2016 - 04:23 PM, said:

Hardpoints are top shelf, I dunno about the speed. 127kph after tweak is respectable.

I think it'd sell really well.

121.9 kph in MWO, since it is 25 tons with the same size engine as the MLX. It's more of a pocket-BJ-1X than a true Light.

Energy Draw might kill it, just as it might kill any 'Mech wholly dependent upon lasers to be decent. Unless they do something to make Small Lasers good...which they won't.

Edited by Yeonne Greene, 24 August 2016 - 06:49 PM.

[dervishx5]

Crew say der

Again, I give it a 50% chance. Gotta get in on that sweet fanservice money.

[CycKath]

TheArisen, on 24 August 2016 - 02:58 PM, said:

The War Dog would be great if Alex could salvage it somehow, because it's just blegh to look at but has good hard points.

Plog couldn't save the War Dog, nothing can save the War Dog. The torso design is just WTF.

[Archangel.84]

LT. HARDCASE, on 24 August 2016 - 01:21 PM, said:

PGI really needs to address the fact that, we've almost gone a year, without a light mech release. I don't even pilot lights, but this drought is bad for the game.

Actually it's not almost gone a year, it's gone a minimum of a year without a light mech release. Jenner IIC was the last light we got, and the Origins pack dropped December of 2015. Marauder IIC is dropping December of 2016.

Since going to the single-pack-only model, we've had 3 Assaults, 6 Heavies, and 3 Mediums announced and/or released.