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[Imperius]

Can anyone who knows the lore, weapons and mechs in MechWarrior tell me if their is a weapon like hammer missile that was in MA1 or MA2? Serious question not trolling. Looking for a legit answer. They say it was LRM10's that were time detonated I don't believe all I read on Wiki.

Here is a video showing the weapon in question (it's the timed fireballs)
http://youtu.be/HP1yCsq_B9Q

Edited by Imperius, 30 January 2013 - 07:16 PM.

[Tennex]

prepare to be flamed

[Merky Merc]

There's like inferno missiles and some other types, I don't think there are any like the mechassault sticky timed missiles. But my experience comes from either mechwarrior 3/4, mechassault, or trying to find things on sarna.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

No idea what those mechassault weapons really do as I've never own an Xbox (on the grounds that I waste enough time on games as is) but here is the list of all the alternate munitions on sarna. If you don't see something similar on there, there probably isn't anything similar in battletech or mechwarrior.

[Imperius]

Thanks I'm on my phone but ill take a look when I get home from work.

[Merky Merc]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 30 January 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

No idea what those mechassault weapons really do as I've never own an Xbox

They were basically dumbfire explosive charges, you hold a trigger to set the explosion delay, release to fire, the missiles stick to whatever they hit (mechs, rocks, buildings, etc) and exploded after their "fuse" ticked down.

But I didn't see anything that stuck then exploded in your list.

[wolf74]

don't have an Xbox so only got to sample the game at a friends house ONCE. But It could be a Version of the Thunderbolt Missile system. Which pack all the Power of a LRM system into 1 Missile.

[Bryan Kerensky]

They seem like a missile with a Bombast Laser mechanic.

[Beo Vulf]

You might be thinking of a variant of the Arrow IV missile.
http://www.sarna.net...erno-IV_Missile

[FupDup]

I believe I once saw in the instruction manual for either MA1 or MA2 that Hammers are classified as MRMs (Medium Range Missiles). That would make sense, seeing how powerful they are. The only issue is that Day 1 Studios decided to add a charge-up mechanic to them (just like they did to the PPC).

Edited by FupDup, 30 January 2013 - 07:45 PM.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Merky Merc, on 30 January 2013 - 07:31 PM, said:

They were basically dumbfire explosive charges, you hold a trigger to set the explosion delay, release to fire, the missiles stick to whatever they hit (mechs, rocks, buildings, etc) and exploded after their "fuse" ticked down.

But I didn't see anything that stuck then exploded in your list.

In TT there's satchel charges some infantry use to take out a mech's joints but I can't recall any sticky mech scale weapons like that in TT.

FupDup, on 30 January 2013 - 07:44 PM, said:

I believe I once saw in the instruction manual for either MA1 or MA2 that Hammers are classified as MRMs (Medium Range Missiles). That would make sense, seeing how powerful they are. The only issue is that Day 1 Studios decided to add a charge-up mechanic to them (just like they did to the PPC).

There is actually a PPC capacitor that works like that sort of in TT.

Edited by Narcissistic Martyr, 30 January 2013 - 07:47 PM.

[Dan Baxter]

The weapon closest to the Hammer missile would be the medium range missile, which due to having no guidance system allows for more missiles to be launched compared to srms or lrms.

[Team Leader]

Mech assault huh? Can we get the giant spider mech with the data core in it? That thing was pretty cool. But it had super ECM and tons of LRMs so there would be no end to the tears.

[Merky Merc]

Team Leader, on 30 January 2013 - 08:27 PM, said:

Mech assault huh? Can we get the giant spider mech with the data core in it? That thing was pretty cool. But it had super ECM and tons of LRMs so there would be no end to the tears.

I don't remember this O_o

I do remember chasing down mechs while conquering planets in mah stealth tank though, lol.

[Imperius]

Well thanks for your help guys! I hope PGI will add a weapon like this to MWO, it would relinquish my MA1/MA2 withdrawals.

[Dan Baxter]

The srms in Mechwarrior Online are probably closest to the hammer missile at this point in time, as they are both dumbfire weapons that can do serious damage at close range. Medium range missiles won't be available in the game for some time, I'm afraid.