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[LordNothing]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2017 - 09:32 PM, said:

Maybe he's thinking about the Catapult II?

It is an IS mech though (~3150s)

But maybe i'm giving him too much credit. Since there are always people who think that IIC mechs should be given to both factions or just being confused whether a mech is an omni or a standard battlemech...

after were in the 3060s for a couple years we need to skip ahead to the dark ages. that is assuming people still play mwo in a couple years.

[Stonefalcon]

Yeonne Greene, on 10 April 2017 - 10:00 PM, said:

Y'know, the only Quad I really like is the Revenant, but it's a Dark Age 'Mech and a drone to boot:

Is that quad PPCs? Why are we not funding this?

[Moonlight Grimoire]

LordNothing, on 10 April 2017 - 10:23 PM, said:

after were in the 3060s for a couple years we need to skip ahead to the dark ages. that is assuming people still play mwo in a couple years.

Nah, PGI would stumble into the Jihad just like Microsoft did, flail about as half the community nuked itself and the other half genocided itself and a small portion just looted every bit of fancy tech (I'll take that Raptor II thank you very much) that wasn't atomized. Then we could get to the dark ages/Republic of the Sphere in about 4ish years. Timeline goes ahead about once every 2 years to a new major time period.

Pre-Clans -> Clan Invasion -> Civil War -> Jihad -> Dark Ages. Then the cycle starts anew and we are all in Mackies and primitive mechs in the star league with none of this fancy technology and get level 1 and level 0 technology balanced out and slug through all of the history leading up to the clan invasions again in MWO2. Oh wait, that won't happen.

Anyways, likely we will be in the Civil War until 2019 or so, maybe 2020, lot to cover in the Civil War, maybe even have experimental tech start to be sprinkled in if PGI wants to freshen things up without huge tech jumps, then move things forward a year and drop LAC's and HAG20/30's in (40's are 3069, and we are technically 3068 with is LMG/HMG coming but whatever) and ease our way into Jihad with is X-Pulse, Variable Pulse Lasers, Enhanced LRM's, Extended LRMS, Streak LRM's for clams, ect, to just fluff out weapon options to give "new shiny" every year or half year. Binary-Laser cannon (Blazer), Bombast Lasers, all that sort of stuff instead of advancing the timeline into the Jihad and adding all the, well, frankly more broken tech that is there.

[Dogstar]

It seems to me that at least this roadmap is reasonable, maybe PGI are starting to realise they shouldn't bite off more than they can chew?

[Juodas Varnas]

Stonefalcon, on 10 April 2017 - 10:45 PM, said:

Is that quad PPCs? Why are we not funding this?

That's a 30 ton light mech...
It has 2 ER mediums, 2 Medium pulses and 2 LMGs.

[visionGT4]

-ve nothing useful in terms of balance (so bau)
+ve the Warhammer didn't get nerfed again

so good result?

[Clanner Scum]

I want old frozen city back. Remove escort game mode entirely. Gimmie a 100% urban map with tall buildings. I want a 100% lunar map with no man made structures. I want a polar highlands except desert themed (not like tourmaline with those large stones protruding from the ground.) A large coliseum style map! YESSS! A game mode with a respawn mechanic and a 30 minute timer. Most kills/damage wins! No more enter game, get one shotted by gauss, quit game. You can just respawn and go get revenge!

Mehhh...I'm dreaming. None of this will come true....

Edited by Clanner Scum, 11 April 2017 - 12:15 AM.

[lazytopaz]

Maps :
Old Frozen City
and/or
Urban Map with huge density of buildings the size of new frozen city but without any gaps that would encourage poptarting/sniping.

In general more brawly, less snipy maps.


New mech packs :
Warhammer IIc
Shadowhawk IIc
Black Knight IIc
Centurion IIc (if that's even possibru)
Urbie IIc (wtf not)
Quadrupeds (wtf not x2),

Maybe new variant (just like UV for clans) of an existing 100 ton IS Assault that would have 6+ (more like 8 or even 10 ) ballistic hardpoints.
Above mentioned ballistic beast could be a Cbill variant... because wtf not.

Edited by lazytopaz, 11 April 2017 - 01:48 AM.

[Y E O N N E]

Stonefalcon, on 10 April 2017 - 10:45 PM, said:

Is that quad PPCs? Why are we not funding this?

Lol, I wish. It is 2x ER Medium with 2x Medium Pulse as Juodas said. We can, however, fit two Light PPCs and a pair of ER Medium lasers!

[Metus regem]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2017 - 10:54 PM, said:

That's a 30 ton light mech...
It has 2 ER mediums, 2 Medium pulses and 2 LMGs.

Then one needs to go big

I have a like for this one:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Notos

[DAYLEET]

LordNothing, on 10 April 2017 - 10:18 PM, said:

"new" maps. looks like they are going to revamp hpg, bog, canyon (all of those will be made so big as to ruin them)

I would love a polar sized BOG and in the same vein. No mountain or plateau but swamp trees(small and big) and fog to restrict vision. damn i would love that map.

[JediPanther]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2017 - 09:32 PM, said:

Maybe he's thinking about the Catapult II?

It is an IS mech though (~3150s)

But maybe i'm giving him too much credit. Since there are always people who think that IIC mechs should be given to both factions or just being confused whether a mech is an omni or a standard battlemech...

Yeah that's the one. It would look good in mwo and defiantly compete with my other cats for play time.

[Valdarion Silarius]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2017 - 09:54 PM, said:

Scorpion didn't.

But that's because it's too awesome to replicate.

What are you talking about? There is a secret Scorpion IIC if you beat the original MW2:Mercs campaign in less than 10 minutes. As a matter of fact this is the original battletech Scorpion IIC concept art:

Moonlight Grimoire, on 10 April 2017 - 06:39 PM, said:

But, heroes for the IIC mechs will be nice, though I won't be touching them, no real interest at this time in those chassis'. Betting we will get Clan IIC heroes June and we will get a mech pack in May.

I sure hope we get a new mech pack announcement in May. At least it gives me something to look forward to. If we have to wait until July to get completely new mechs, that means we would have to wait until October for newer chassis's. I wonder if they are holding off on purpose to see how the civil war era tech does in the game?

Edited by Arnold The Governator, 11 April 2017 - 11:22 AM.

[W31rdWarrior]

CK16, on 10 April 2017 - 05:29 PM, said:

https://mwomercs.com...may-and-beyond/


Yup! Start your predictions!

Regarding Wave 2 & 3 C-Bills variant, i predict:
- MLX-F (3x Heavy Medium Lasers, 4x Heavy Small Lasers, TC, ECM and Light Tag)
- IFR-E (ATM-9, ER Medium Laser and a ER Small Laser)
- HBR-C (ER Large Laser, ATM-6, LB 20-X AC, 2x ER Medium Lasers and a ER Small Laser)
- MMD-D (2x ATM-12s, 2x ER Medium Lasers, Medium Pulse Laser and a ER Small Laser)
- GAR-E (ATM-12, 4x Heavy Medium Lasers, SSRM-6 and 2x Micro Lasers)


- ACH- H (Heavy Medium Laser, 2x Heavy Small Lasers and a ER Large Laser)
- SHC-C (2x ATM-6s, 3x ER Medium Lasers and a NARC)
- EBJ-H (UAC-20, Heavy Large Laser, 2x Heavy Medium Lasers and a Medium Pulse Laser with TC)
- EXE-E (2x ATM-9s, 2x ER Larges Laser, 2x Heavy Medium Lasers and a Heavy Small Laser)

Edited by W31rdWarrior, 11 April 2017 - 12:00 PM.

[mouser42]

The urbie IIC is the only IIC mech I want most, just think of all the derp stuff most of us would do with it
Hope we get some realy great brawling maps but at this piont just about any new map is...... well most likely going to be wecome change. Heres hoping PGI hits a home run this time.

[Vellron2005]

When it comes to new variants, I would not mind a Timberwolf with energy torsos on both sides like the TBR-A has, and also, an Executioner without stunted arms..

A MAD IIC with the ability to mount a PPC or an LBX on both shoulders..

A shadow cat with a missile slot in both torsos would also be nice..

A few under-performing mechs could get MASC perhapse..

Edited by Vellron2005, 12 April 2017 - 02:46 AM.

[Clownwarlord]

New maps will most likely be remakes of other maps.

New mechs ... more like just different hard points for some omnis.

[Wildstreak]

JediPanther, on 10 April 2017 - 06:25 PM, said:

I love how nothing in the image has a release date. Imagine if pgi were a movie studio they would make rko look good. Also can't wait for my catapult 2cs. As much as I love the is C1 and K2 the clan versions might replace my top two mechs on my usage stats.

The only fearsome Catapult coming would be the H2 with 3E + 8M, the oddball would be the C2 with 2M + 2B, both stock.

[stealthraccoon]

8 HMG Mist Lynx, plz thx!

Edited by stealthraccoon, 12 April 2017 - 09:40 AM.