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[Darksable]

You've got the Duan Gung, but not the Star League 25-tonner its based on, the Sling

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

One all missile variant and one all energy variant, not bad.

[TheArisen]

Darksable, on 25 August 2017 - 07:39 AM, said:

You've got the Duan Gung, but not the Star League 25-tonner its based on, the Sling

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

One all missile variant and one all energy variant, not bad.

Fixed

[Y E O N N E]

I'll take an Inner Sphere Mist Lynx/proto-Mist Lynx. but Raptor first!

[Jay Leon Hart]

The links ending in "(BattleMech)" tend to break because it removes the ")" for some reason. May take a while to fix all those links

That said, my views change in every thread, so let's see what I want this time around...

20 tonners
Mercury / Red Shift (even if it is a Wobby!) / Thorn
Mercury for the look, the lore of it being the basis for OmniMechs and MASC.
Red Shift for the sleek frame and ECM.
Thorn for the look (hopefully not Dragon-ified!) and MASC.

25 tonners
Brigand / Raptor
Brigand for the simple design, lore origin, JJs and ECM.
Raptor for the look and being one of the better IS OmniMechs.

40 tonners
Chimera / Sha Yu
Chimera for the look, varied loadouts and MW4 nostalgia.
Sha Yu for the look, symmetry and ECM.

85 tonners
Gunslinger / Tai-Sho / Templar
Gunslinger for the torso mounts, JJs and ECM.
Tai-Sho for that torso cannon.
Templar for the pauldrons, MW4 nostalgia and being one of the better IS OmniMechs.

95 tonners
Hauptmann / Sagittaire
Hauptmann for the shoulder cannon, FCCW lore funtimes, ECM and being a hopefully OK IS OmniMech. Just lose the laser cigar, please?
Sagittaire for the clustered mounts and being the 3rd most requested Assault at present (behind the Fafnir and Blood Asp, with the Mad Cat Mk II and Nightstar having already been released/announced).

If I had to pick one per weight?
Mercury
Raptor
Sha Yu
Gunslinger
Sagitaire

[wolf74]

The Stiletto a House Kurita 15ton mech. (YES 15tons)


http://www.sarna.net...etto_(StarDrive)

[TheArisen]

My picks,

20t Wasp/Stinger first pick if not them the Hornet as it has JJ
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hornet

25t Nexus, differnt from Comando as it has JJ or Ecm
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Nexus

40t Sha Yu, ecm & stealth armor plus good HPs
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Sha_Yu

85t Gunslinger, great hps, ecm & JJ on an 85t mech
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Gunslinger

95t Cerberus, great hps, ballistic Banshee & not based on a nerfed build.
http://www.sarna.net...rus_(BattleMech) add a ) to the url, idk why it hates me

Edited by TheArisen, 25 August 2017 - 09:36 AM.

[Tarogato]

TheArisen, on 24 August 2017 - 06:50 PM, said:

The second sentance literally says these are only IS mechs.

A: woups, my bad. Didn't read the sentences, only glanced to check if there were already clan mechs on the list. Thought I saw the Naga and Crossbow, figured I was in the clear.

B: ew, IS mechs. Junk.

[Wyzak]

Mongoose for a light (for the looks).

Sentinel for a new medium (for the looks).

Bombardier, heavy (for the hardpoints)

Fafnir definitely on a wishlist; Longbow too. (Fafnir looks and hardpoints, Longbow for hardpoints)

[Jay Leon Hart]

TheArisen, on 24 August 2017 - 04:52 PM, said:

This thread is about all of the least represented weight classes in game. THIS LIST ONLY COVERS IS MECHS, if someone wants to make a similar list for the Clans I'd be happy to include it in the OP but as you can see I've gone thru quite a few mechs as is.

Did it!

[TheArisen]

Jay Leon Hart, on 25 August 2017 - 01:27 PM, said:

Did it!

Nice!

[The6thMessenger]

A 30 ton clan battlemech would be nice.

Urbanmech IIC anyone?

[TheArisen]

The6thMessenger, on 25 August 2017 - 05:43 PM, said:

A 30 ton clan battlemech would be nice.

Urbanmech IIC anyone?

Haha I forgot no one reads the OP in these kinds of threads.

[The6thMessenger]

TheArisen, on 25 August 2017 - 06:10 PM, said:

Haha I forgot no one reads the OP in these kinds of threads.

My bad. I only got to the first sentence.

[TheArisen]

The6thMessenger, on 25 August 2017 - 06:12 PM, said:

My bad. I only got to the first sentence.

Haha it's fine. =)

[TheArisen]

How important/worthwhile do you guys think it is to expand these weights?

[Y E O N N E]

I dunno, which weights are over-represented? Just glancing through the list, it seems to me that most weights have 3 or 4 chassis allocated to them, with the under-represented outliers being 20, 25, 40, and 95 tons.

[C E Dwyer]

Only ones listed I want are 20 and 40 tone mechs.

If I'm really forced to pick one of each weight

I'll go with Stinger , maybe one day, if it ever becomes possible.

I think if it happened we would get a wasp /stinger combo which for me is an even sweeter deal.

For the 40 ton after some consideration.

The Whitworth

Yes it's a desperately bland mech which is for me it's appeal there are three others on that list I would happily take, but the whitworth needs to have a place in something other than table top

[TheArisen]

Yeonne Greene, on 26 August 2017 - 08:41 AM, said:

I dunno, which weights are over-represented? Just glancing through the list, it seems to me that most weights have 3 or 4 chassis allocated to them, with the under-represented outliers being 20, 25, 40, and 95 tons.

The two most populous are 50t with 6 & 35t with 5

[Y E O N N E]

TheArisen, on 26 August 2017 - 10:00 AM, said:

The two most populous are 50t with 6 & 35t with 5

There are also 5x at 55 tons.

Ironically, it's actually the Heavies that have the most uniform representation: 3x60, 4x65, 4x70, 3x75. Even assaults: 3x80, 2x85, 3x90, 2x95, 3x100.

I dunno. The only Mediums truly worth getting are in the over-populated weight ranges; Men Shen, Lynx, Starslayer, etc. The only ones I want just for funsies are also in the over-populated range, namely the BJ-O.

Heavies, you can't really go wrong in any weight. Lancelot or Anvil at 60 would be good. The Penetrator, Toyama, and Dragonfire at 75 would also be good.

For Assaults, we're in luck, because the least populated weights have several options, chief among them being the Saggy at 95. The Longbow, especially the LGB-13NAIS, also offers some potent capabilities for 85 tons.

[TheArisen]

Yeonne Greene, on 26 August 2017 - 10:46 AM, said:

There are also 5x at 55 tons.

Ironically, it's actually the Heavies that have the most uniform representation: 3x60, 4x65, 4x70, 3x75. Even assaults: 3x80, 2x85, 3x90, 2x95, 3x100.

I dunno. The only Mediums truly worth getting are in the over-populated weight ranges; Men Shen, Lynx, Starslayer, etc. The only ones I want just for funsies are also in the over-populated range, namely the BJ-O.

Heavies, you can't really go wrong in any weight. Lancelot or Anvil at 60 would be good. The Penetrator, Toyama, and Dragonfire at 75 would also be good.

For Assaults, we're in luck, because the least populated weights have several options, chief among them being the Saggy at 95. The Longbow, especially the LGB-13NAIS, also offers some potent capabilities for 85 tons.

The Longbow is an Unseen but not a Macross unseen I think. I do like the idea of a X6 ballistic 85 tonner.