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[Requiemking]

Ok, having actually gotten around to voting, here is what I went with:

Light- Arctic Fox- Quite simply, its a Light that defies the notion that "Lights are scouts". Any Light that does that is a good Light in my book.

Medium- Men Shen- Super Raven. Need I say more?

Heavy- Don't care- none of those junkers look good to me.

Assault- Hauptmann- The one IS Omni that doesn't explode when it loses an ST. Also has a laser cigar.

[Bombast]

Requiemking, on 16 January 2017 - 05:45 PM, said:

Light- Arctic Fox- Quite simply, its a Light that defies the notion that "Lights are scouts". Any Light that does that is a good Light in my book.

It just occurred to me that, from a speed perspective, the Arctic Fox is basically a max engine Urbie Omnimech.

...Hm.

Edited by Bombast, 16 January 2017 - 05:48 PM.

[Requiemking]

Bombast, on 16 January 2017 - 05:48 PM, said:

It just occurred to me that, from a speed perspective, the Arctic Fox is basically a max engine Urbie Omnimech.

...Hm.

Yes, there is that too.

[Garfuncle]

Who can deny the IS answer to the Timbly/Vulture?

[Y E O N N E]

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Who can deny the IS answer to the Timbly/Vulture?

Because you denied the canonical first IS Omni.

>:|

[Armorine]

just give me the Hauptmann already!

alternatively ill gladly take the templar

Edited by Armorine, 16 January 2017 - 06:06 PM.

[Bombast]

Yeonne Greene, on 16 January 2017 - 06:05 PM, said:

Because you denied the canonical first IS Omni.

>:|

Which one is that, the AT-ST Raptor?

[El Bandito]

As an Assault buff, I would vote for the Templar, but HOLY HELL, IS OMNIS SUCK!

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 02:45 PM, said:

People voting purely on performance perplex me. People want icons, not obscurities. I, and most other's, don't care what will be meta cheese. It's why I grabbed the 'Wacker without caring about hitboxes/hardpoints. It's why a lot of people do the same damn thing with any mech that's iconic enough.

And the Wacker is still far better than Strider or Owens. Think about that.

[FupDup]

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 05:57 PM, said:

Who can deny the IS answer to the Timbly/Vulture?

I can, because the Avatar isn't strong enough to actually "answer" them.

[Garfuncle]

El Bandito, on 16 January 2017 - 06:11 PM, said:

As an Assault buff, I would vote for the Templar, but HOLY HELL, IS OMNIS SUCK!



And the Wacker is still far better than Strider or Owens. Think about that.

Only if you strictly apply clan omnimech rules to IS omimechs. Allow them unlocked equipment/upgrades+omnipods with fixed engines then viola. Working MWO IS omnis.

[Metus regem]

El Bandito, on 16 January 2017 - 06:11 PM, said:

As an Assault buff, I would vote for the Templar, but HOLY HELL, IS OMNIS SUCK!

Yes, yes the early IS Omnis do suck for the most part... A couple of them are 'okay' in TT, but the ones that are 'okay' in TT would get butchered in their TRO look in MWO... I'm looking at you Avatar and Sunder....

Things get better at generation 2 IS Omnis, such as the Templar, Men Shen and Hauptmann, but they really shine in dark age+ for example the CN11- series Centurions are well designed.

[El Bandito]

FupDup, on 16 January 2017 - 06:18 PM, said:

I can, because the Avatar isn't strong enough to actually "answer" them.

Those juicy IS side torsi on a fixed XL engine. Yum...

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 06:19 PM, said:

Only if you strictly apply clan omnimech rules to IS omimechs. Allow them unlocked equipment/upgrades+omnipods with fixed engines then viola. Working MWO IS omnis.

Do you know how much salt Clanners would pour on to the forums, with such change?! Might as well rename General Discussion to Dead Sea!

Edited by El Bandito, 16 January 2017 - 07:29 PM.

[Metus regem]

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 06:19 PM, said:

Only if you strictly apply clan omnimech rules to IS omimechs. Allow them unlocked equipment/upgrades+omnipods with fixed engines then viola. Working MWO IS omnis.

Omni mechs construction rules are the construction rules for Omnis, regardless of faction. They need to apply to both sides, less the side that is forced to abide by them looses their s*hit when the other side doesn't have to conform to them.

[FupDup]

Garfuncle, on 16 January 2017 - 06:19 PM, said:

Only if you strictly apply clan omnimech rules to IS omimechs. Allow them unlocked equipment/upgrades+omnipods with fixed engines then viola. Working MWO IS omnis.

Given that Clan Battlemechs have the same rules as IS Battlemechs...PGI would most likely make the same apply to IS Omnimechs vs. Clan Omnimechs.

You'd have a higher chance of PGI making their own non-canon "Mk II" improved versions of IS Omnis (e.g. Strider Mk. II with XL, DHS, and no CASE) than actually unlocking them.

Edited by FupDup, 16 January 2017 - 06:28 PM.

[Tasty Toaster Pastry]

PSA. Please only vote for mechs with jump jets. Why run when you can fly!

[Lupis Volk]

Light: Raptor.

Once part looks, one part Star Wars fan, two parts AT-ST fanboy.

Medium: Strider.

Omni Cicada like mech. Shut and take all my money.

Heavy: Black Hawk

60 ton. Gimme!

Assualt: Templar.

Edited by Lupis Volk, 16 January 2017 - 07:10 PM.

[Bombast]

Tasty Toaster Pastry, on 16 January 2017 - 06:42 PM, said:

PSA. Please only vote for mechs with jump jets. Why run when you can fly!

The Sunder has Jump Jets, you know. Non-mandatory ones, too!

[MeiSooHaityu]

None of them really look THAT great to me, but I suppose the Men Shen could be sort of cool if I had to pick one.

[Kasumi Sumika]

My votes :

Raptor

Men Shen

Avatar

Hauptmann

Edited by Kasumi Sumika, 17 January 2017 - 07:13 AM.

[Tordin]

Voted

Raptor
Firestarter Omni
Black Hawk KU
Sunder

Mostly because of looks, diversity and filling in tonnage gaps of 25, 45, 60 and 90 tons.
Also tried to avoid voting something that could totally obselete its predecessor eyc. Like the Strider over Cicada. Then again, its an Omni with hardlocked stuffs, so that shouldnt pose a threat.

Edited by Tordin, 17 January 2017 - 07:49 AM.