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[Kanil]

Tristan Winter, on 18 January 2017 - 02:31 PM, said:

I suggested this in another thread, but I really think PGI should have decided that $1 was roughly equal to X million C-bills. So if you buy a mech pack with a total worth of Y million C-bills and it costs 15 dollars, then.. you get 15X - Y = Z million extra C-bills, for any mech pack you buy.

That would be nice, wouldn't it. The only thing less valuable in terms of dollar-per-c-bill has to be the Urbie. The 6.5m for preordering is half the C-Bill value of the entire pack.

[Revis Volek]

Gas Guzzler, on 18 January 2017 - 03:35 PM, said:

Duude... no. 7E hardpoints and 6M hardpoints say otherwise.

at 30 tons, have fun making that worth while. I have a hard time filling 4 E and 2 M on my Jenny IIC with lighter clan tech.



Color me unimpressed.

also, its gonna be huge and you know it. I sense this mech being similar in size to a Black Jack.

Edited by Revis Volek, 18 January 2017 - 03:36 PM.

[RestosIII]

Revis Volek, on 18 January 2017 - 03:34 PM, said:

what a cop out....


They gave us the sh*tiest light mech of the bunch, awesome.

Well, considering they could have given us my lovable Owens with locked equipment everywhere, this definitely isn't the "shittiest of the bunch."

[Revis Volek]

RestosIII, on 18 January 2017 - 03:36 PM, said:

Well, considering they could have given us my lovable Owens with locked equipment everywhere, this definitely isn't the "shittiest of the bunch."

well thats your fault for putting the Owens in the bunch, Lol I wouldn't want that thing in the game, ever.

Edited by Revis Volek, 18 January 2017 - 03:38 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Revis Volek, on 18 January 2017 - 03:36 PM, said:

at 30 tons, have fun making that worth while. I have a hard time filling 4 E and 2 M on my Jenny IIC with lighter clan tech.



Color me unimpressed.

also, its gonna be huge and you know it. I sense this mech being similar in size to a Black Jack.

That's the thing. It will be ACH/SDR sized at 30 tons. What you spit on as negative (30 tonner) is actually a huge positive, because it doesn't get giant light syndrome.

So you can do 6 SRM2s or 7 SPLs/MLs. Haven't theorycrafted a MPL build yet, but that would be hot either way. Could probably manage a 5 MPL build with 1JJ and 10 DHS/XL255.

[TercieI]

Gas Guzzler, on 18 January 2017 - 03:33 PM, said:

"The Administrator of this Facility"

Stupid 12 character limit.

VadersBeach?

[FLG 01]

It is, in fact, one of the better options for IS lights. Although one could argue that there are better choices (and I personally would name Mongoose and Spector to be better choices), it is hard to overlook the objective value the Javelin offers.

It is just that I never had any special feelings towards the Javelin. It was always a Mech I just skipped. That is probably the worst I can say about a Mech: I am indifferent to it. I am glad if people can enjoy it and I hope it sells well to see more light Mechs, but I am a afraid I have to decline the offer.

[Queen of England]

Not sure why there is so much negativity for a 'mech that's basically a spider, but with 6M or 7E or 4E/2M. Spider with guns, people! Lots of guns!

[RestosIII]

Queen of England, on 18 January 2017 - 03:44 PM, said:

Not sure why there is so much negativity for a 'mech that's basically a spider, but with 6M or 7E or 4E/2M. Spider with guns, people! Lots of guns!

Not guns. FWOOOOSH! and BWEEEEM!. The Spider gets to keep the gun moniker.

[Revis Volek]

Gas Guzzler, on 18 January 2017 - 03:40 PM, said:

That's the thing. It will be ACH/SDR sized at 30 tons. What you spit on as negative (30 tonner) is actually a huge positive, because it doesn't get giant light syndrome.

So you can do 6 SRM2s or 7 SPLs/MLs. Haven't theorycrafted a MPL build yet, but that would be hot either way. Could probably manage a 5 MPL build with 1JJ and 10 DHS/XL255.

If you say so...


You haven't seen the model yet so i wouldn't go too far with that guess, i mean i hope to god you are right Gas i really do. I want to have another good light mech to play but at the same time i see a lot of legs there and you know what happens to mechs in this game that are all legs. (hopper syndrome)

Edited by Revis Volek, 18 January 2017 - 03:47 PM.

[TheArisen]

Gas Guzzler, on 18 January 2017 - 03:29 PM, said:

MRMs might be a bit too heavy to be useful in lights.. but we'll see.

With Endo, Ferro & an XL270 you can fit 1JJ, 2 MRM10s with 3.5 tons of ammo if you strip the arms to 1pt each.

If you downgrade to an XL240 you get an extra 1.5 tons of ammo

Edited by TheArisen, 18 January 2017 - 03:53 PM.

[Carl Vickers]

I see Alex appears to be sticking with the whole really really long forearm thing that was put into the Roughneck.

Except for that the mech looks decent.

Edited by Carl Vickers, 18 January 2017 - 03:56 PM.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Revis Volek, on 18 January 2017 - 03:47 PM, said:

i see a lot of legs there and you know what happens to mechs in this game that are all legs. (hopper syndrome)

Wait, who bothers legging the Grasshopper?

[chucklesMuch]

What weight are weapons like iersl and ierml likely to be?

[Bud Crue]

Queen of England, on 18 January 2017 - 03:44 PM, said:

Not sure why there is so much negativity for a 'mech that's basically a spider, but with 6M or 7E or 4E/2M. Spider with guns, people! Lots of guns!

Umm...cuz its hideous. And I LIKE Quickdraws and Grasshoppers. But that thing? It could be the next meta shifting, super duper, mostest OP mech in the game, and I would still be ashamed of being seen in it outside of an intensive care burn therapy ward for anorexic, meth addicted teen moms.

[Gas Guzzler]

Revis Volek, on 18 January 2017 - 03:47 PM, said:

If you say so...


You haven't seen the model yet so i wouldn't go too far with that guess, i mean i hope to god you are right Gas i really do. I want to have another good light mech to play but at the same time i see a lot of legs there and you know what happens to mechs in this game that are all legs. (hopper syndrome)

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 18 January 2017 - 03:58 PM, said:

Wait, who bothers legging the Grasshopper?

I was gonna say I normally go for CT on Grasshoppers unless I have a gigaalpha and think I can take the ST on somebody who is making it an easy target.

But at the same time, legging is much more common with lights, and those legs are very long. At least they are skinny though.

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 18 January 2017 - 04:06 PM.

[Gentleman Reaper]

chucklesMuch, on 18 January 2017 - 04:02 PM, said:

What weight are weapons like iersl and ierml likely to be?

Same as the SL and ML, just hotter and likely lower DPS so that they're not as brawly as the standard lasers.

[chucklesMuch]

Gentleman Reaper, on 18 January 2017 - 04:10 PM, said:

Same as the SL and ML, just hotter and likely lower DPS so that they're not as brawly as the standard lasers.

Thanks. - Will they have similar range to the clan versions?

Are there any other energy weapons that are likely to drop for IS in this years new weapons release?

[Revis Volek]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 18 January 2017 - 03:58 PM, said:

Wait, who bothers legging the Grasshopper?

I didnt say anyone legged it, i meant its tall.

[jjm1]

NeoCodex, on 18 January 2017 - 01:03 PM, said:

I think I'll actually preorder this because of the colors. Couldn't care less about the mech, but the price is reasonable.

A humanoid IS light... Not my cup of tea at all ...ermagerd! new colours!
- me