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[benben10]

All of them are chicken walkers (reverse knee), all of them have little stubby "wing" arms, and all of them even have a 6 laser variant. I just cant think of a heavy mech that fits in the pattern.

Also it can be mech that is not in MWO.

[Thunder Child]

benben10, on 12 October 2016 - 06:05 PM, said:

All of them are chicken walkers (reverse knee), all of them have little stubby "wing" arms, and all of them even have a 6 laser variant. I just cant think of a heavy mech that fits in the pattern.

Also it can be mech that is not in MWO.

Easy, Catapult K2 and Jester.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Definitely Jester

[LordNothing]

atlas.

why?

250 - (20 + 40 + 85) = 105. so you can stick a 100 tonner in your deck and have 5 tons left over.

Edited by LordNothing, 12 October 2016 - 06:17 PM.

[benben10]

I have to disagree on the catapult. arms are too "beefy" but so far it is the closest I can think of.

@LordNothing- sorry for any confusion, but I did not mean in faction play. I just meant a mech that fits the pattern.

[LordNothing]

benben10, on 12 October 2016 - 06:21 PM, said:

I have to disagree on the catapult. arms are too "beefy" but so far it is the closest I can think of.

@LordNothing- sorry for any confusion, but I did not mean in faction play. I just meant a mech that fits the pattern.

sorry, thats the pattern i saw. lol.

[Y E O N N E]

If not Catapult, Marauder.

But I'm in the Catapult camp. In my opinion, it's the Cicada that doesn't really fit in this lineup.

Edited by Yeonne Greene, 12 October 2016 - 06:31 PM.

[Kanil]

The Champion, perhaps?

Not a chicken walker, but it sure has stubby wing arms,

[AnTi90d]

Chicken-legs that are not in MWO, but are in pre-3060 Battletech:

http://www.sarna.net...vatar_(OmniMech)

http://www.sarna.net...i/Black_Hawk-KU

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

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

http://www.sarna.net...tor_(BattleMech)

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

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

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


I'd really like to see Alex's take on these things.


*edit because I forgot that the MWO forums hate links that end with a parenthesis*

*2nd edit to remove the filthy clam mechs that I accidentally included*

Edited by AnTi90d, 12 October 2016 - 06:52 PM.

[Kaeb Odellas]

Thunder Child, on 12 October 2016 - 06:10 PM, said:

Easy, Catapult K2 and Jester.

The K2 only has 4 energy hardpoints.

They really ought to just give each Catapult 2 more hardpoints. Jagers have 8 hardpoints. Why not Catapults?

It could go like this:

A1: 8 missile (+1 missile each arm)
C1: 6 energy, 2 missile (+1 energy each ST)
C2: 2 energy, 6 missile (+1 missile each arm)
K2: 6 energy, 2 ballistic (+1 energy each ST), or maybe 4 energy, 4 ballistic?
Jester: 8 energy (+1 energy each arm)
Butterbee: 4 energy, 4 missile. (unchanged)

Edited by Kaeb Odellas, 12 October 2016 - 07:02 PM.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Champion, obviously.

Edit: Stalker didn't have chicken legs until Alex reworked it. I'd expect him to do something similar with the Champion.

Edited by Levi Porphyrogenitus, 12 October 2016 - 06:59 PM.

[Thunder Child]

Kaeb Odellas, on 12 October 2016 - 06:56 PM, said:

The K2 only has 4 energy hardpoints.

True, but the Jester has 6. And the comment was that they even have a 6 energy variant. Not that they are ALL 6 energy variants. So, I figure the K2 still stands as a Chicken Walker Mainly Energy Mech that has Stubby little arms.

[El Bandito]

benben10, on 12 October 2016 - 06:05 PM, said:

All of them are chicken walkers (reverse knee), all of them have little stubby "wing" arms, and all of them even have a 6 laser variant. I just cant think of a heavy mech that fits in the pattern.

Also it can be mech that is not in MWO.

Tenchi. 65 tons so it will fit the Heavy slot. http://www.sarna.net.../Tenchi_(MekTek)



GET TO DA CHOPPA!

Edited by El Bandito, 12 October 2016 - 07:05 PM.

[Y E O N N E]

El Bandito, on 12 October 2016 - 07:03 PM, said:

Tenchi. 65 tons so it will fit the Heavy slot. http://www.sarna.net.../Tenchi_(MekTek)

Oh ****, when can we get that in the game!? Apocryphal be damned, the canon IS 'Mechs mostly suck anyway. But this...is awesome.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

concept is flawed if you count mechs outside of MWO, because the hardpoint count is an artificial creation by PGI.

IE - the stock Cicada 2A only has 3 lasers on it.

[AnTi90d]

The Maelstrom has 6 energy, is a heavy, is not a filthy apocryphal abomination.. and is basically in the middle of a Crab and a King Crab.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

AnTi90d, on 12 October 2016 - 07:19 PM, said:

The Maelstrom has 6 energy, is a heavy, is not a filthy apocryphal abomination.. and is basically in the middle of a Crab and a King Crab.

and does not have stubby-useless arms like the 3 in the OP

[El Bandito]

Yeonne Greene, on 12 October 2016 - 07:04 PM, said:

Oh ****, when can we get that in the game!? Apocryphal be damned, the canon IS 'Mechs mostly suck anyway. But this...is awesome.

When PGI can code in RACs, which is likely a long time from now, unfortunately.

[AnTi90d]

Boogie138, on 12 October 2016 - 07:22 PM, said:

and does not have stubby-useless arms like the 3 in the OP

Oh, derp.. I missed that detail.

In that case, the only thing that fits the OP's requirements, is a pre-3060 mech and is canon is the Dragon Fire.

It's like a Marauder with ECM.

[MechWarrior319348]