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[-Ramrod-]

I'm thinking about canceling my pre-orders if Energy Draw is introduced. And I'm not the only one. If any PGI is reading this comment then do NOT even think about putting that crap in. Just chuck it now. You're gonna shoot yourselves in the foot. You're gonna lose money, lose players, and lose any future players. I'm not bitching. This is what is going to happen.

[-Ramrod-]

But I am looking forward to the Night Gyr. Though Clan heavies are the only class I've never played before....well besides 2 matches in an Orion IIC. So will be interesting. I'm sure the quirks will be underwhelming at best too.

[MovinTarget]

Ramrod AI, on 13 September 2016 - 02:57 PM, said:

But I am looking forward to the Night Gyr. Though Clan heavies are the only class I've never played before....well besides 2 matches in an Orion IIC. So will be interesting. I'm sure the quirks will be underwhelming at best too.

I would hope they are underwhelming. Quirks can always be argued to be dialed up, but dial them back after people buy them specifically b/c they are op and the salt will flow.

[-Ramrod-]

MovinTarget, on 13 September 2016 - 03:41 PM, said:

I would hope they are underwhelming. Quirks can always be argued to be dialed up, but dial them back after people buy them specifically b/c they are op and the salt will flow.

And I can see them being below average considering it's a Clan mech. Not expecting anything too great. Will probably be accel or decel quirks if anything. Though I am actually kind of surprised at the Viper's quirks. But you're right quirks can be adjusted. Just I wish it didn't take til the monthly patch to implement changes.

[G3 Heathen]

Still looks like a terran space marine. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Hit the Deck]

Ramrod AI, on 13 September 2016 - 02:57 PM, said:

...I'm sure the quirks will be underwhelming at best too.

This 'Mech shouldn't be shipped with quirks because it's good on paper based on the current game environment (pre energy draw).

They can introduce some quirks later when needed. Let's dial down quirks and not pile them up more and more.

[Luscious Dan]

I could see it having mild ST/agility quirks (what mech doesn't want them?), but yeah doesn't need much to be good I wouldn't expect. Nice high mounts.

[Bishop Steiner]

Matt Newman, on 13 September 2016 - 11:15 AM, said:

yeah the Badge reminded me of the flag of Turkey.

However, the motif is a Sickle to embody the talon of the GYR bird of prey.
The Star is to represent the night Sky.

The title "the Nocturna"l is pretty self-explanatory and the designer went with an Eclipse motif to better emphasize the power of the mech.

Some Legends say if you see a player with the "The Nocturnal" title and Collectors Badge in your game you are going to die 7 minutes later.

I'm sad...I have the Hammer for my main Acct..... and will now have the Sickle for my secondary acct..... but no way to bring Hammer and Sickle together in their red glory.....


which I'm somewhat sad not to have decals covering some of these old national designs and flags..though I could see where some may cause the offense.

[Reza Malin]

Cant wait to see how OP it is.

Just looking at those hardpoints makes me question whether to bother logging in for a few weeks.

[MovinTarget]

Fade Akira, on 13 September 2016 - 05:09 PM, said:

Cant wait to see how OP it is.

Just looking at those hardpoints makes me question whether to bother logging in for a few weeks.

Don't worry, I'm sure somebody will find something to complain about:

"Y U NO GIVE ECM 2 GYR!?!?"

"Y GYR NOT OP LIEK KODIAK!?!?"

"Y MY GYR DIE BEFORE KILLING 12 IS MECHZ!?!?"

[Reza Malin]

MovinTarget, on 13 September 2016 - 05:17 PM, said:

Don't worry, I'm sure somebody will find something to complain about:

"Y U NO GIVE ECM 2 GYR!?!?"

"Y GYR NOT OP LIEK KODIAK!?!?"

"Y MY GYR DIE BEFORE KILLING 12 IS MECHZ!?!?"

Absolutely.

No doubt there will be one variant, with quirks it should never even realistically have, while maintaining a ton of high mounted hardpoints, even on the arms. All to provide maximum amount of large laser spam across the map while only being able to see the head and top of shoulders.

Sounds like a right hoot. Just like the Kodiak 3 was/is.

Edited by Fade Akira, 13 September 2016 - 05:21 PM.

[Hawk819]

Hey, I started a tweet to honor the Night Gyr. Look for it on twitter, if you have account on Twitter: #FearTheNightGyr

Edited by Hawk819, 13 September 2016 - 05:41 PM.

[Rkshz]

Night Gyrs? Really? Finally!

[Dee Eight]

Its just gonna get the same lame set of eight quirkenings like the viper, where all the good quirks are locked to the FULL set of pods for the variant, to discourage mixing/matching of hardpoints.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Ramrod AI, on 13 September 2016 - 02:50 PM, said:

I'm thinking about canceling my pre-orders if Energy Draw is introduced. And I'm not the only one. If any PGI is reading this comment then do NOT even think about putting that crap in. Just chuck it now. You're gonna shoot yourselves in the foot. You're gonna lose money, lose players, and lose any future players. I'm not bitching. This is what is going to happen.

LoL.

They will lose a handful of arthritic complainers who don't want to relearn how to play while the majority of typical player flux will be unaffected.

[Desintegrator]

We need the Night Gyr Leaderboard Challenge !

And where are the quirks !

We need +50% acceleration + deceleration rate and -50% ER-PPC heat !
Thanks.

[Dee Eight]

Since they said in the last NGNG podcast they don't see anything wrong with faction events running concurrently with quick play events, we may see that happen this weekend. The heavy sale and leaderboard, ahead of the night gyr release next week, and the leaderboard for that the immediate weekend after. This would mean the faction event end would overlap with the heavy leaderboard.

Edited by Dee Eight, 13 September 2016 - 08:51 PM.

[corpse256]

so....cough cough...cougar next? cough cough.

[pizzafly]

Aethermech, on 13 September 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

lol, your wording choice is a little off, 3 energy points at or above cockpit level is amazing not good

i imagine on the ballistic builds the torso energy point is also the ballistic point location

You really don't know how to read that image and how hardpoint locations are build in mwo

Desintegrator, on 13 September 2016 - 08:32 PM, said:

We need the Night Gyr Leaderboard Challenge !

And where are the quirks !

We need +50% acceleration + deceleration rate and -50% ER-PPC heat !
Thanks.

and 100% twist acc

[Ace Selin]

Prosperity Park, on 13 September 2016 - 08:28 PM, said:

LoL.

They will lose a handful of arthritic complainers who don't want to relearn how to play while the majority of typical player flux will be unaffected.

Except many people are complaining about ED and many have said they will leave the game if it is introduced and some of these are definitely high level players. I fear introducing ED will finally kill off the game.

Edited by Ace Selin, 13 September 2016 - 10:31 PM.