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[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 15 March 2017 - 05:07 PM, said:

But would they have 6 shoulder ballistic hardpoints and Jump Jets?

erm.... if the model they were imitating did...yeah? (looks at his WHM IIC listing and scratches head)

[Gas Guzzler]

Rekkon, on 15 March 2017 - 05:13 PM, said:

Clan light section could use the Fire Falcon.

Done

[CK16]

Lobo for Clan medium

[Glaive-]

IS Assaults category needs the Longbow.
Not that I care for the thing, but I'm fairly certain someone was lobbying for it in the past, so might as well include it.

So far the poll results are as I expected they would be, but I'm rather surprised the Nightstar hasn't gotten more votes.
I am saddened to see that not many are interested in the Conjurer, but it was a later addition to the poll, so I suppose it would be a bit "behind".


Edit: Also add the Howler to the Clan Lights category please

Edited by armyunit, 15 March 2017 - 05:22 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 15 March 2017 - 05:15 PM, said:

Done

Hey, I figured out what your Poll needs....
http://www.sarna.net...ory:BattleMechs

[Gas Guzzler]

Bishop Steiner, on 15 March 2017 - 05:20 PM, said:

Hey, I figured out what your Poll needs....
http://www.sarna.net...ory:BattleMechs

WHERE THE **** DO I DRAW THE LINE??

[Bishop Steiner]

Gas Guzzler, on 15 March 2017 - 05:24 PM, said:

WHERE THE **** DO I DRAW THE LINE??

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 15 March 2017 - 05:27 PM.

[Lupis Volk]

Gas Guzzler, on 15 March 2017 - 05:24 PM, said:

WHERE THE **** DO I DRAW THE LINE??

Thorn or Riot!

[FupDup]

Clan lights could use the Hellion.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 15 March 2017 - 05:36 PM, said:

Clan lights could use the Hellion.

the hell you say!

[Clanner Scum]

Vote the Black Lanner people!

[TheArisen]

You should keep this poll running until June/July when Russ will be making his next 6 month plan. Everything has already been decided until then. Perhaps this thread should be pinned?

I'm not against nostalgia/pretty mechs it's just I've felt that the IS has been getting quite a few of them and very few strong mechs. However, I'm lucky to have my mech of choice also be quite the looker as well.

Assault: Nightstar
95 tons of clan killing awesomeness


Heavy: Dragon Fire 75t
IMO it has the potential to be a very cool looking mech after Alex gets done with it and it'd offer the IS a strong ECM mech to counter all of the Clan ones.


Medium: Lynx 55t
Fast with JJ and some missiles this would likely be a better Sparky but for Cbills


Light: Osiris 30t
Good variety of builds and speed plus MW4 nostalgia

Edited by TheArisen, 15 March 2017 - 06:36 PM.

[TheArisen]

The poll is missing a few mechs. Here are the ones I recall off the top of my head that fit the timeline (For whatever value that has)
You can check em out here, it's organized by weight classes.
http://www.sarna.net...by_weight_class

IS
Lights:
Nexus
Hussar
Mongoose
Hammer
Venom

Mediums:
Raijin
Lightray
Lineholder
Blitzkrieg
Komodo

Heavy:
Flashman
Anvil
Blackhawk KU
Jinggau
War Dog

Assault:
Thunder Hawk
Cerberus
Devastator
Hauptmann
Pillager

Edited by TheArisen, 16 March 2017 - 03:04 AM.

[Anjian]

Gas Guzzler, on 15 March 2017 - 04:30 PM, said:

Literally, the Crusader is the most uninteresting mech they could possible add, its 100% nostalgia, and the IS has enough fracking nostalgia. I added it in the interest of not being biased, but wtf people. Its not going to be fun to drive.

Doesn't it have leg weapons? How have they handled that in the past?

If it can sell, let it sell.

Nothing wrong with nostalgia, particularly if you can sell it as a sidegrade. If every new mech is sold as an upgrade to the previous ones, you are going to have gradual power creep.

[Alan Davion]

Anjian, on 15 March 2017 - 07:23 PM, said:

If it can sell, let it sell.

Nothing wrong with nostalgia, particularly if you can sell it as a sidegrade. If every new mech is sold as an upgrade to the previous ones, you are going to have gradual power creep.

Which we've been having quite a bit of lately. Kodiak. Marauder IIC. etc.

[Y E O N N E]

Anjian, on 15 March 2017 - 07:23 PM, said:

If it can sell, let it sell.

Nothing wrong with nostalgia, particularly if you can sell it as a sidegrade. If every new mech is sold as an upgrade to the previous ones, you are going to have gradual power creep.

The problem is that none of the IS 'Mechs sold since the Warhammer have been performers, with the Cyclops maybe coming close. They've been serviceable to awful. Meanwhile, every other Clan release has been phenomenal. Origins IIC, Huntsman, Marauder IIC, Night Gyr...hell, even the Linebacker and Supernova have been better than the IS releases.

That's what has some of us salty. Some of us would like to get tossed a bone every now and then for a 'Mech that can perform similarly to those Clan options.

And on a personal level, I haven't even gotten any of my "nostalgia" 'Mechs. I'm still here, waiting for another tiny chicken Light. Waiting, waiting, waiting...

[Valdarion Silarius]

TheArisen, on 15 March 2017 - 06:18 PM, said:

You should keep this poll running until June/July when Russ will be making his next 6 month plan. Everything has already been decided until then. Perhaps this thread should be pinned?

Wait a minute....Do you mean that the mechs after March have already been decided/pre-selected? Please elaborate what you mean by until June/July? I'd like to see some source on this.

[Alex Morgaine]

want a bombadier sooooooo bad...
But its sooooooo bad...

Well i do have a bombadier archer...

[Archangel.84]

Suggestions to add to the poll: no Stinger/Wasp? Madness!

Also Valkyrie, Firefly, Mongoose...

Flashman and Thug too...

Could use some lighter Meds. Any of Sha Yu, Vulcan, Sentinel, Chimera Wyvern, Snake could be some interesting choices.

Clan side looks good, except the lack of Stone Rhino and Bane.

Edited by Archangel.84, 15 March 2017 - 08:05 PM.

[TheArisen]

Arnold The Governator, on 15 March 2017 - 07:34 PM, said:

Wait a minute....Do you mean that the mechs after March have already been decided/pre-selected? Please elaborate what you mean by until June/July? I'd like to see some source on this.

I've also talked with Tina before and she said they plan out these releases months in advance.

I said June/July because that tweet is from January

Edited by TheArisen, 15 March 2017 - 08:14 PM.