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[Wintersdark]

sCOREscream, on 27 February 2017 - 12:03 PM, said:

I love the new Heroes - ZEU-SK "SKOKOMISH" and UM-K9 "K-9"....come to me

MASC Brawler Zeus = IS Spiritbear. Can't wait to see how it pans out in practice. MASC is so awesome for that kind of short range hammer-blow loadout; you can get close under cover, and sprint insanely fast into face-kicking range.

Pretty happy I can pick it up without having to buy two other Zeus's I don't want.

[Kael Posavatz]

Phelan Ward?

You mean Phelan Kell, quiaff?

[Mercarryn]

Wasn't it said that in february no mechs or mechpacks would be announced?

Anyway, will have a look at them, not sure if anyone will find my interest.

[Wintersdark]

Mercarryn, on 27 February 2017 - 12:15 PM, said:

Wasn't it said that in february no mechs or mechpacks would be announced?

Anyway, will have a look at them, not sure if anyone will find my interest.

Maybe because none where planned for Feb, but this got in a bit earlier (it's very nearly the end of Feb after all). It's not like releasing mechs hurts anyone.

It's not like "no mech packs are planned" = a solemn promise not to sell more mechs, because that's stupid. Selling mechs is their business. That's what keeps the lights on.

[Jay Leon Hart]

WLF with ECM? YES!
PNT with symmetry? YES!
URB with more cuteness? YES!
CRB with Ballistics? YES!
ENF with... nothing too new? Meh...
GHR with Ballistics? YES!
BLK-KNT with... Missiles? Meh...
MAL with Ballistic arms and Energy torsos? YES!
ZEU with MASC and... no Doomfist? Meh...
KGC with Energy arms and Ballistic torsos? YES!

Let's see... $115? I may have to Whale it up next month...

Mercarryn, on 27 February 2017 - 12:15 PM, said:

Wasn't it said that in february no mechs or mechpacks would be announced?

Anyway, will have a look at them, not sure if anyone will find my interest.

[Pedantry] Well, they're not 'mech packs, just new 'mechs for sale [/Pedantry]

I know what you mean, but I'm glad I have something to drool over until my precious 3060 'mechs arrive (which I may or may not want to purchase, but hey-ho!)

[Late edit] Oh wow, Jay, you missed where they said 'mechs *OR* 'mech packs... dammit, Jay! [/Late edit]

Edited by Jay Leon Hart, 28 February 2017 - 09:48 AM.

[Weepy Wanebow]

Except that Ian McKinnon's Black Knight had no missle hardpoints, had TSM, and an Ax which hit like an AC20 when the TSM was fired up.......the ballistic crab and grasshopper......are interesting...as is the ECM wolfhound......too bad it is still as tall as most 55 tone mechs

[Kael Posavatz]

Mercarryn, on 27 February 2017 - 12:15 PM, said:

Wasn't it said that in february no mechs or mechpacks would be announced?

Anyway, will have a look at them, not sure if anyone will find my interest.

But it isn't a mechpack. It's a bunch of variants for previously released mechs.

They said and did the same thing back in September with the Clan Wave I heroes.

[UrbanTarget]

Hero Urban mech???



You will all fear him!

Edited by UrbanTarget, 27 February 2017 - 12:33 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

ironnightbird, on 27 February 2017 - 12:10 PM, said:

TY PGI, as a hero collector I was waiting for these but wow... the hard point choices... money saved.

The Wolfhound is probably a good bet.
I think the Grasshopper and Zues will be alright as well.

Mercarryn, on 27 February 2017 - 12:15 PM, said:

Wasn't it said that in february no mechs or mechpacks would be announced?

Anyway, will have a look at them, not sure if anyone will find my interest.

Its true they announced the IS hero pack two days early, we should definitely be upset about that. Don't see what that's a problem. What they did say is no new mech chassis will be announced until the tech-advance pack in March.

[Wayward Herald]

i'll have 1 x urbie, 1 x enforcer love the camo, 1 x king crab that looks so deadly

[Racerxintegra2k]

If you are going by lore wouldn't the Wolfhound be piloted by Phelan Kell .. "Ward" was his clan blood name.... Also Grinner was a wolfhound IIC

Edited by Racerxintegra2k, 27 February 2017 - 12:55 PM.

[Wintersdark]

Far Echo, on 27 February 2017 - 12:38 PM, said:

1 x enforcer love the camo

That enforcer is terribly bland re: hardpoints and such, but... Yeah, it looks really awesome.

Also the King Crab; so happy to finally see that camo from the concept art!

[DAYLEET]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND! Why are they available in June if their camo is already done?!@?!?@
!@?@!#$?23$?GAHH

Ive been waiting a long time for that King Crab paint but the mouth is a little bit... whorish? No thats not it... I dont like gums under teeth, i guess thats it, thats kinda weird. Please Thin the Reds horizontally and cut the teeth at the base.

Wow the Enforcer paint is bitching!

Wolfhound look awesome too.

The Used look on the Crab is pretty nice too.

Mauler has that kind of simple paint i like to play with.

cmon! design a paint for all mech with something similar to the enforcer!

Edited by DAYLEET, 27 February 2017 - 01:16 PM.

[CK16]

June 20th? Not March?

[Bishop Steiner]

That grasshopper camo is amazing, and the Zeus looks boss...... but......

K-9?

[Gas Guzzler]

CK16, on 27 February 2017 - 12:56 PM, said:

June 20th? Not March?

Why would it be March? I actually would have expected April or May, June seems late but March was never going to happen. They said they were going to announce it in March, not release it in March.

[Grinster]

Ordered the Grinner for obvious reasons

[Nightbird]

The wolfhound doesn't have enough energy points to brawl, so it'll be another 2erll sniper light.

Zeus can't take ac20, also will suffer convergence issues from srm positions.

Grasshopper doing 3erll+gauss build wouldn't have many hs or ammo, loses amazing top poke that keeps it top tier, and also only has 2 high energy points. For short range, ac10 + medium pulses? Shudders

[SpiralFace]

Ok, I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I have to say Kudo's to them for really respecting the lore in regards to who they have given hero's to.

Yeah, as nice as a "fan made" hero in the Urbie is neat. But I'm more impressed by some of the seemingly benign choices that really hit home for a lot of long term fans.

Sure we all knew that "Grinner" and Zac Hawkins's Mauler where probably going to be in the mix.

But beyond that there are some really obscure ones that put a huge grin on my face:

Judith Faber's Crab,
The Iron Jarl's Grasshopper,
And my personal favorite, The commander of Greenburg's Godzillas merc brigade's King Crab. (And naming it Kaiju is just perfect for Ivo.)

Very happy to see these more obscure hero's from the lore still get love rather then just creating some random PGI created hero like many in the past.

[Gas Guzzler]

ironnightbird, on 27 February 2017 - 01:04 PM, said:

The wolfhound doesn't have enough energy points to brawl, so it'll be another 2erll sniper light.

Zeus can't take ac20, also will suffer convergence issues from srm positions.

Grasshopper doing 3erll+gauss build wouldn't have many hs or ammo, loses amazing top poke that keeps it top tier, and also only has 2 high energy points. For short range, ac10 + medium pulses? Shudders

I was thinking 5 MPL plus ECM for the Wolfhound

Zues would be XL 350, LB10, 4 SRM6 with Art, MASC, 12 DHS... Consider dropping engine a bit for DHS, its already faster than a Spirit bear and hits just about as hard.

Grasshopper... Gauss + 2 ER PPC is more what I'm thinking. You can prop up the peeps or put them both on the left side, go 75 KPH and have 2 JJ/14 DHS.