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[Dee Eight]

For a 30 ton mech,with those engine caps...wow... and reduced pricing that might be an indication of how they're going for the future mech packs which since the Assassin as a medium followed the previous standard could mean the heavies and assaults go up in price. Back to the engine cap...285 on a 30 ton gives a 9.5 ratio so those could REALLY haul. I hope the mech-in-a-box cockpit item springs up when you score a kill. I like the new colors as early-adopter, and always been a vagabond pattern fan.

[TheArisen]

I hope the Nightstar is one of the March mechs!

[Kaeb Odellas]

Nasty close-range mech.

Shoot for its cockpit. Kill the meat. Save the metal.

[Sky Hawk]

Soo... a tactical droid... with a bunch of missiles... ..OK.. nice... ...

But... for the New Skill Tree we need just one Mech.. Right?... .... Sooo......

Why still a 3-pack?

Edited by Sky Hawk, 18 January 2017 - 12:38 PM.

[JonDoeIowa]

What is the tonnage to engine speed formula? What will it top out at with a max engine?

[Kael Posavatz]

okay, this is a surprise. I was expecting the wasp or stinger but still a nice light mech for the IS.

[Mark Nicholson]

AngrySpartan, on 18 January 2017 - 12:28 PM, said:

PS: There is also 11F variant with new tech (Snub-nose PPC and 6MGs), which I hope will appear eventually. It's hell of a mech in TT.

I really wanted the 11F too.

[HGAK47]

PAQUERA, on 18 January 2017 - 11:57 AM, said:

ecm yummy!!

My thoughts exactly! Quite like the look of getting all the variants.

[Dran Dragore]

well, and the Claners look envious to the IS for their 10th light Mech... And we still miss a 20t Mech which we need so urgent... :-/

[jss78]

Love it. Nice concept as always.

I think it's just a good choice. One of those 3025 classics, and among those one the comp crowd seems to feel is useful.

And man, that early-adopter colour pack takes me back:

[Pariah Devalis]

Called it. That makes three in a row. Two more and I can get a BINGO.

On one hand, I will never pilot the thing as I dislike the orange/brown cockpit of IS mechs to an extreme degree. On the other hand, I do want to support PGI actually selling lights.... Might pick up the basic pack to support the cause.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 18 January 2017 - 01:01 PM.

[Kinski Orlawisch]

[stealthraccoon]

So much happiness!

Wallet = opened

edit: holy crap, just looked at the stats and that engine cap is much higher than expected - and THAT HERO, I NEED!!!

Edited by stealthraccoon, 18 January 2017 - 01:18 PM.

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Jondoeiowa, on 18 January 2017 - 12:38 PM, said:

What is the tonnage to engine speed formula? What will it top out at with a max engine?

Divide the engine rating by the mechs tonnage to get it's walk speed. (in hexes)
Multiple by 1.5 to get the run speed. (in hexes)
Convert to kph by multiplying by 10.8

[Gas Guzzler]

ParaDevik, on 18 January 2017 - 11:53 AM, said:

Was really hoping for the Stinger, Wasp or the Valkyrie but at least we'll have a decent missile-focused Light Mech, shame the three best variants are behind additional paywalls. Regardless though, they do have my money, this will be a fun SRM boat.

Huh? Only one of them (the 7E one). The 6M one is in the base pack, and the hero and ECM variants are meh.

Red Shrike, on 18 January 2017 - 12:19 PM, said:

*sigh*

Spoiler

So glad we got the Javelin over the Flea. So glad.

[L1f3H4ck]

Kaeb Odellas, on 18 January 2017 - 12:35 PM, said:

Nasty close-range mech.

Shoot for its cockpit. Kill the meat. Save the metal.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who likes to quote old Mechwarrior titles.

Been hoping for this one for a while now. Unless they really mess up the hitboxes, it's going to be brutal, like a Spider with a serious alpha. Too bad the ECM one can't jump, then we'd have our IS cheetah.

[Ukos]

I think your number may be out if i remember the maths correctly its *10.6 for kph

[Lupis Volk]

A rather useless mech. If i want missiles i'd get the Oxide or the Jenner 2C's. A big misplay on PGI half, they could have given us the Raptor since we're now in 3060 era but nooo we get nostalgia trash instead.

[WarHippy]

Mark Nicholson, on 18 January 2017 - 12:43 PM, said:

I really wanted the 11F too.

Snub-nose PPC confirmed as one of the new weapons?

[IdolElite]

Another mech pack where you have to pony up extra cash for better variants. Another one I'll wait on buying with CBills then.