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[Clownwarlord]

Just a question since Tina answered a lot with her posts about no Town Hall but a Round Table later this month. But Russ mentioned before Mech Con a light mech for January, with the other news that mech packages are going to be revised this year is this for the delay of announcing the light mech for this month?

If yes then thank you for letting us know and if no then can we get the announcement of the light mech, please?

[RestosIII]

I have a feeling we're going to get the announcement tomorrow with the road map.

[El Bandito]

And watch as we get trolled with the Hornet.

[Bombast]

El Bandito, on 13 January 2017 - 03:38 AM, said:

And watch as we get trolled with the Hornet.

Flea IIC. Mark my words.

EDIT: Also, to OP - Last year, the January Mech Pack didn't come out until the last days of the month. Everyone just calm down and breath.

Edited by Bombast, 13 January 2017 - 03:41 AM.

[El Bandito]

Bombast, on 13 January 2017 - 03:40 AM, said:

Flea IIC. Mark my words.

Locust IIC, you mean? I do not remember there being a Flea IIC...

[Bombast]

El Bandito, on 13 January 2017 - 03:48 AM, said:

Locust IIC, you mean? I do not remember there being a Flea IIC...

It's a post Roughneck world, El Bandito. Everything is possible now.

[El Bandito]

Bombast, on 13 January 2017 - 03:49 AM, said:

It's a post Roughneck world, El Bandito. Everything is possible now.

In that case, I want my Battlemaster IIC! No, not the 2C, but a Clan version, which perferably can shoot 8 lasers from high chest mounts, and with CXL. The chassis was in Mechwarrior 2, FFS.

Edited by El Bandito, 13 January 2017 - 03:58 AM.

[LordNothing]

Bombast, on 13 January 2017 - 03:49 AM, said:

It's a post Roughneck world, El Bandito. Everything is possible now.

except new weapons

[Bombast]

LordNothing, on 13 January 2017 - 04:28 AM, said:

except new weapons

[Lily from animove]

El Bandito, on 13 January 2017 - 03:38 AM, said:

And watch as we get trolled with the Hornet.

does that via loadout even has arms?

[Tristan Winter]

I think PGI would probably double their sales if they released a PGI-original Inner Sphere light mech with enough hardpoints, a proper engine cap and jump jets, as opposed to a Wasp or Stinger. Triple their sales if it had an ECM variant.

[El Bandito]

Lily from animove, on 13 January 2017 - 04:51 AM, said:

does that via loadout even has arms?

It is the HNT-171 variant (default variant), which means no arms.

[TercieI]

Light mech announcement or I riot.

[Appogee]

Tristan Winter, on 13 January 2017 - 04:53 AM, said:

I think PGI would probably double their sales if they released a PGI-original Inner Sphere light mech with enough hardpoints, a proper engine cap and jump jets, as opposed to a Wasp or Stinger. Triple their sales if it had an ECM variant.

You know, I think you could be right.

I wonder if they have carte-blance to make Mechs up now, or whether Jordan (someone else?) would actually rein them in?

TercieI, on 13 January 2017 - 05:06 AM, said:

Light mech announcement or I riot.

Light lives matter!

[Lily from animove]

El Bandito, on 13 January 2017 - 04:58 AM, said:

It is the HNT-171 variant (default variant), which means no arms.

ver yinteresting, does such a much when using FF/ES has less slots to pay for thos,e because without arms theres less structure/armor to be applied. also does the structure itself weight less in general?

[El Bandito]

Lily from animove, on 13 January 2017 - 06:34 AM, said:

ver yinteresting, does such a much when using FF/ES has less slots to pay for thos,e because without arms theres less structure/armor to be applied. also does the structure itself weight less in general?

I lost all my Battletech TROs in the last hard drive crash, but if you have 3050 TRO, then you should be able to see it for yourself. Hornet is on page 10, or 48, depending on whether it is the upgraded version or not.

Edited by El Bandito, 13 January 2017 - 06:49 AM.

[Paigan]

Lily from animove, on 13 January 2017 - 06:34 AM, said:

ver yinteresting, does such a much when using FF/ES has less slots to pay for thos,e because without arms theres less structure/armor to be applied. also does the structure itself weight less in general?

I guess the "arms" could be just another part of the torso, however tiny it may be. Like the protective plates on the Cicada.

According to sarna and TT quirks, having no arms is the same as having arms except for standing up and not beeing able to do melee attacks with arms (obviously)
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hornet
http://www.sarna.net....2FMinimal_Arms

For your own health, I suggest not thinking logically any further in that direction. Otherwise questions like "Why do 20tonners have the same amount of space as 100tonners have?" and general epiphany of how stup!d original BT rules and especially the slot system are might occur very quickly.

Edited by Paigan, 13 January 2017 - 06:49 AM.

[Antares102]

El Bandito, on 13 January 2017 - 03:51 AM, said:

In that case, I want my Battlemaster IIC! No, not the 2C, but a Clan version, which perferably can shoot 8 lasers from high chest mounts, and with CXL. The chassis was in Mechwarrior 2, FFS.

BLR-IIC with the original 6 high mounted laser slots plus perfect shield arms would be the biggest power creep ever... and I would giggle and buy it

Think about it... you could run 2 LPL + 4 ML with XL 385 and 30 DHS.

Edited by Antares102, 13 January 2017 - 08:39 AM.

[El Bandito]

Antares102, on 13 January 2017 - 08:33 AM, said:

BLR-IIC with the original 6 high mounted laser slots plus perfect shield arms would be the biggest power creep ever... and I would giggle and buy it

Think about it... you could run 2 LPL + 4 ML with XL 385 and 30 DHS.

Yep. Only thing I found lacking in the IS Battlemaster was the XL fragility and laser range. Clan tech solves both, quirks be damned.

[Critical Rocket]

I am guessing they will go with the Firemoth but with a capped max speed since the next pack should be a clan 'mech right? Capping the speed isn't that big an issue these days anyway considering other compromises they have made and really the firemoth would round out the original clan invasion 'mechs and fill that 20 ton clan slot nicely.