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[Battlemaster56]

Shadowomega1, on 30 March 2018 - 02:39 PM, said:

They have been alternating IS and Clan from month to month. As for weight class Clan mechs seem to be in a rotation of Assault then heavy, then medium and then light; likely due to plenty of gaps they can fill in. Where as IS has less mech gaps so they can pick a called for mech in any class. Example Nightstar and Annihilator then went heavy (Thanatos), medium (Hellspawn), then Assault again (Fafnir).



Looking at the 60 and 65 ton weights due to the Sunspider which is a 70 ton Omni was recently released.

60 and 65 tonners I be going for the Thresher and Predator, both be extremely good in this game plus be the second release clan heavy battlemech.

[Shadowomega1]

Kanil, on 30 March 2018 - 02:52 PM, said:

IS -> Clan -> IS -> Clan -> Clan -> Clan -> IS -> IS.
While they alternate, they don't do so with any real reliability.

The classes that have gone the longest without an announcement are IS Medium and IS Heavy. If you expect more MW4 nostalgia, then I'd say either the Chimera or Argus is the next 'mech. If not, then perhaps the Dervish... and I don't really know what to expect if they go with an IS heavy that isn't the Argus. The Guillotine is leading the "not-Unseen, not-Omni, not-MW4trash" division, but not by much and it's a somewhat oddly specific division.

Pre-Civil war packs they were rotating perfectly from I noticed. However, post civil war they switch up and went IS Heavy (Thanatos), IS Medium (Hellspawn), Clan Light (Piranha), Clan Medium (Black Lanner), Clan Heavy (Sunspider), IS Assault (Fafnir), Clan Assault (Blood Asp), IS Light (Flea). If they follow the new new trend then it would be a light but if they follow the old it will be a Heavy. I am leaning to heavy as the clan are just about out of good lights that won't break the game engine. Here is my Massive mech list which I have been trying to keep up to date, and even adding some note to it as well. https://mwomercs.com...__fromsearch__1

The Sunspider is the anomaly in that list, due to the devs wanting to make another PGI original mech, and this time it had to be clan as their prior PGI Original was the Roughneck an IS heavy.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Battlemaster56, on 30 March 2018 - 03:08 PM, said:

60 and 65 tonners I be going for the Thresher and Predator, both be extremely good in this game plus be the second release clan heavy battlemech.

The Predator would be hot garbage unless they moved the crotchpit.

[Grus]

HELLFIRE!!!!

[Requiemking]

Jay Leon Hart, on 30 March 2018 - 03:21 PM, said:

The Predator would be hot garbage unless they moved the crotchpit.

They could take an artistic liberty and make the drum-looking thing the cockpit while the crotchpit remains as a false cockpit, sorta like what they did with the Assassin.

[Shadowomega1]

Requiemking, on 30 March 2018 - 04:14 PM, said:

They could take an artistic liberty and make the drum-looking thing the cockpit while the crotchpit remains as a false cockpit, sorta like what they did with the Assassin.

Bringing up the cockpit would be great but placing it between the LBs will turn out a little poorly. IE firing 2 UAC 10s from a Hunchback IIC can lead to temporary loose of site on the target due to muzzle flash.

[TheArisen]

Shadowomega1, on 30 March 2018 - 04:26 PM, said:

Bringing up the cockpit would be great but placing it between the LBs will turn out a little poorly. IE firing 2 UAC 10s from a Hunchback IIC can lead to temporary loose of site on the target due to muzzle flash.

Well I wouldn't want to count on Pgi doing that. Still, the blinding is a minor issue to combine high mounts & cockpit.

[vipetheviper]

Is there any way to bring the MW4 MekTek IS Heavy Tenchi into this game? I know it’s not canon but maybe PGI could make it so if they have the rights to it’s art. It’s a beautiful mech that deserves canonicity along with the Talos and Black Heart.

[Tordin]

Oh my. Tenchi, Talos, even Deimos would be the kicks to see.

[Shadowomega1]

Nailed it, 60 ton clan heavy, the Hellfire.

[Will9761]

Where is Gas Guzzler when you need him?

[Grus]

Shadowomega1, on 04 April 2018 - 11:02 AM, said:

Nailed it, 60 ton clan heavy, the Hellfire.

ahem?!* i beg your pardon?

[Gas Guzzler]

It seems as though they have strayed from the vision of my poll

Will9761, on 04 April 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

Where is Gas Guzzler when you need him?

On sabbatical

[Battlemaster56]

Atleast we got a second 60 tonner in the clans so its not all bad.

[Grus]

Battlemaster56, on 04 April 2018 - 11:43 AM, said:

Atleast we got a second 60 tonner in the clans so its not all bad.

and its a battlemech! yay!

[Will9761]

Well, congrats to Grus for getting his Hellfire.

[Gas Guzzler]

Kinda Meh on this one, I don't really see any enticing builds.

Still waiting for mah Sunder.

Or a Kingfisher or Turkina would be instabuys as well.

[Jay Leon Hart]

HUZZAH!

So, Vapor Eagle next?

[Will9761]

If PGI is going to continue to add Clan Mechs to fill in the tonnage gap, these would be some ok choices:

20 tons
Fire Moth (Dasher) - Clan OmniMech with MASC (216 kph/w MASC)
Howler (Baboon) - Clan BattleMech with a MASC variant [Howler 2] (130 kph/w MASC)

25 tons
Fire Falcon -Clan OmniMech
Locust IIC - Clan BattleMech
Icestorm - Clan BattleMech
Commando IIC - Clan BattleMech

65 tons
Rifleman IIC - Clan BattleMech

80 tons
Canis - Clan BattleMech
Warhammer IIC - Clan BattleMech

95 tons
Turkina - Clan OmniMech. Added to keep the Executioner (Gladiator) company, I guess.

Edited by Will9761, 04 April 2018 - 01:33 PM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Will9761, on 04 April 2018 - 01:31 PM, said:

95 tons
Turkina - Clan OmniMech. Added to keep the Executioner (Gladiator) company, I guess.

Now that they have broken from my poll guide, this would be great!!