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[Scout Derek]

Clownwarlord, on 18 January 2017 - 05:07 PM, said:

well that is not what I said, but if you want i guess you could make a lrm mech out of it. It would work similar to the Jenner IIC with missiles. Lrms instead of SRMs kinda like a Catapult A1 but a light mech.

I know it's not what you said, but talking about a 30 ton mech that can only mount missiles at spider speeds makes some players oogle at wanting to make it a lrm mech.

Just look at the oxide. Some people to this day still make it a lrm boat. Same for Huggin.... in fact, I've actually seen a 2x LRM 15 Huggin before. Least to say.... it was quite unusual.

[JC Daxion]

Rampage, on 18 January 2017 - 02:51 PM, said:

Per the January and beyond roadmap; the time jump will be officially announced in March. The timeline jump will not occur until sometime in the Summer. Also in March will be the announced release of two Caln and Two IS Mechs of which 1 for each faction will be from the 3060+ era. Until then, we can expect that all Mechs and tech that are announced or released will be from the 3053 timeline that we are in currently.

Maybe i was not clear,... I basically was saying, those 4 mech packs that are coming. They take a while to make so i figured they would all have the new tech. The mechs before would not. that is all.. maybe i am wrong

Edited by JC Daxion, 18 January 2017 - 08:29 PM.

[Scout Derek]

JC Daxion, on 18 January 2017 - 05:19 PM, said:

Maybe i was not clear,... I basically was saying, those 4 mech packs that are coming, seeing they take a while to make, i figured they would all have the new tech, mechs before would not. that is all.. maybe i am wrong

Depends on when they want to add the new weapons in and if they want to delay it like they sometimes do with bigger projects. Incursion was a example of being delayed back in 2016 winter.

[Gentleman Reaper]

Bombast, on 18 January 2017 - 05:07 PM, said:

If you have a better source, I'd love to see it though. I've seen charts that say it's experimental, and some that don't.

*Sigh* sadly it seems you're right, I was fooled by Sarna not putting experimental next to the introduction date, despite it saying that it's still in prototype phase in the description...

[Y E O N N E]

I don't understand the people sh*tting on this 'Mechs performance.

The JVN-10P can run 6x SRM2 at 148 kph with 500 rounds of ammo and at least 1x JJ. Because all of those SRMs are in the torso. That's not trash-tier, that's extremely competent. It will eat SPL Lights alive and have enough ammo to also attack multiple bigger targets from the front...unlike certain bug-themed 20 tonners.

The JVN-11A can do 5x MPL easily.

The Hero can do 4x SRM2 2x SRM4 + 350 rounds and 4x SPL. Also not trash.

All PGI really has to do is make this thing not-huge, and it's already in the running for "best IS Light."

Edited by Yeonne Greene, 18 January 2017 - 06:26 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

Yeonne Greene, on 18 January 2017 - 05:40 PM, said:

I don't understand the people sh*tting on this 'Mechs performance.

The JVN-10P can run 6x SRM2 at 148 kph with 500 rounds of ammo and at least 1x JJ. Because all of those SRMs are in the torso. That's not trash-tier, that's extremely competent. It will eat SPL Lights alive and have enough ammo to also attack multiple bigger targets from the front...unlike certain bug-themed 20 tonners.

The JVN-11A can do 5x MPL easily.

The Hero can do 4x SRM2 + 350 rounds and 4x SPL. Also not trash.

All PGI really has to do is make this thing not-huge, and it's already in the running for "best IS Light."

Because "it isn't my [insert steaming pile of nostalgia here]!!!!!1111!1!"

[CanadianCyrus]

Is it a typo or are PGI going to cap the max engines for all but the 1st two variants? I know PGI does this with certain variants (Marauder BH2), but don't they also lower the engine that the mech starts with as well?

Edited by Funzo, 18 January 2017 - 05:49 PM.

[Y E O N N E]

Pariah Devalis, on 18 January 2017 - 05:43 PM, said:

Because "it isn't my [insert steaming pile of nostalgia here]!!!!!1111!1!"

I mean, it isn't mine either (actually have zero nostalgia, but I do have 'Mechs I'd rather have...like the Raptor), but that's no reason to spread FUD about what this machine will do. There isn't another IS Light that can mount 6xM or 4xM+4xE and that's huge.

Funzo, on 18 January 2017 - 05:46 PM, said:

Is it a typo or are PGI going to cap the max engines for all but the 1st to variants? I know PGI does this with certain variants (Marauder BH2), but don't they also lower the engine that the mech starts with as well?

They actually buffed the engine cap on those variants that go up to a 285; the formula PGI uses to determine engine can (for Lights, 1.4x the stock engine) means they should all be 255. That said, 255 isn't slow, that's 148 kph. The 285 makes it run 165 kph, and that's Locust/Spider speeds.

[Bombast]

Funzo, on 18 January 2017 - 05:46 PM, said:

Is it a typo or are PGI going to cap the max engines for all but the 1st to variants? I know PGI does this with certain variants (Marauder BH2), but don't they also lower the engine that the mech starts with as well?

They've increased the caps on the first two variants due to low hard point counts. A fairly rare balancing mechanism, but not unheard of...

I think, anyway. I actually can't recall another mech that does that.

Edited by Bombast, 18 January 2017 - 05:51 PM.

[RestosIII]

Y'know, I never actually thought about this before, but why is it that when it shows the max amount of JJ's for a mech, it doesn't show its max jump height on the store page? That's actually really important information.

[Scout Derek]

Yeonne Greene, on 18 January 2017 - 05:40 PM, said:

I don't understand the people sh*tting on this 'Mechs performance.

The JVN-10P can run 6x SRM2 at 148 kph with 500 rounds of ammo and at least 1x JJ. Because all of those SRMs are in the torso. That's not trash-tier, that's extremely competent. It will eat SPL Lights alive and have enough ammo to also attack multiple bigger targets from the front...unlike certain bug-themed 20 tonners.

The JVN-11A can do 5x MPL easily.

The Hero can do 4x SRM2 + 350 rounds and 4x SPL. Also not trash.

All PGI really has to do is make this thing not-huge, and it's already in the running for "best IS Light."

For me, again, am split because I'm usually not a huge fan of running IS mechs much unless I can STD in them or they have the hitboxes that aren't that bad, and the pricing is a bit different this time.

I'm probably going to do some theorycrafing with smurfy and awemech later and see how, and what else I can do with it aside from what has already been said.

[Armored Yokai]

Yay it's not fat and ugly like the other mechs!

[Clownwarlord]

I can totally see this light chassis fillign these roles:

Light Brawler with SRMs and or pulse and SRMs.
Light LRM mech with LRMS (of course).
and
Light Narc ... figure the mechs with energy hard points if people want cbills will put on a narc and mark targets all match for the cash.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Bombast, on 18 January 2017 - 05:50 PM, said:

They've increased the caps on the first two variants due to low hard point counts. A fairly rare balancing mechanism, but not unheard of...

I wouldn't call it rare...the resistance mechs have a few instances of these. That said, hardpoint counts aren't always a sign of something that needs balancing like that.

[jonfett]

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

, this definitely isn't the "shittiest of the bunch."

Wait...we can't say alot of bad words, but we can say shittiest with out getting blocked?

Edited by jonfett, 18 January 2017 - 06:12 PM.

[RestosIII]

jonfett, on 18 January 2017 - 06:10 PM, said:

Wait...we can't say alot of bad words, but we can say shittiest with out getting blocked?

The censoring on the forums is random and makes no sense.

[ScorpionNinja]

Cool, cant wait for this mech to become available for C BILLS!!!

[Bombast]

jonfett, on 18 January 2017 - 06:10 PM, said:

Wait...we can't say alot of bad words, but we can say shittiest with out getting blocked?

Quick, everyone, we've found a forum exploit! Swear! Swear like you've never sworn before!

Edited by Bombast, 18 January 2017 - 06:15 PM.

[Scout Derek]

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[Quicksilver Aberration]

Yeonne Greene, on 18 January 2017 - 05:40 PM, said:

The Hero can do 4x SRM2 + 350 rounds and 4x SPL. Also not trash.

Am I missing something, I only see 2M+4E on the hero....