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[ShooteyMcShooterson]

So IS will have 17 mediums while Clan has just 8. Got it.

[Dee Eight]

ShooteyMcShooterson, on 01 September 2017 - 11:32 AM, said:

So IS will have 17 mediums while Clan has just 8. Got it.

And four at the 45 ton size between the blackjacks, vindicators and pixies already. Clans are getting the 40 ton arctic wolf in a couple months.

[Gannycus]

Oh no! You spell Axman wrong again!

[Appogee]

Hey PGI, I noticed how the Hero has more missile and energy hardpoints than any other variant.

I remember when you avoided making P2W Heroes on principle. It was something I admired about you.

Those were the days, huh.

Edited by Appogee, 01 September 2017 - 11:39 AM.

[AncientRaig]

Honestly? Not sure why you guys went and released this one over the myriad of more popular options. The Hellspawn isn't exactly the best mech, gameplay wise or popularity wise. It was **** in MW4, which is the only game it's ever been in, to the point where I think most people kept running lighter chassis until they got at least an Uziel or Bushwacker. I know I did. The only real advantage this thing will have is that its CT hitbox, if done right, will be next to nothing. But its STs will make up 90% of the torso profile. And since it's a 45 tonner that relies on speed, it's going to need an XL. And if people think the Uziel is XL unfriendly, this thing is going to be even worse.

Also, how the hell is that missile hardpoint on the arm going to work? It's shoulder-mounted, and has no visible means of turning. Is it going to track with the arms somehow? Will that be animated, or is it just gonna be done via magic?

[shopsmart]

Not a piranha. Russ even answered my question, forgot it, then had to reminded. Wonder if my post will get deleted.

[AncientRaig]

Koniving, on 01 September 2017 - 10:25 AM, said:

I think it may help to balance some issues, as well as potentially allow the Vindicator and Centurion to get their missile doors back with the +10 damage resistance to their launcher sides with the doors closed.

Yes. Please, give my Centurion back its missile bay doors! PLEASE! God, the dynamic hardpoints are so ugly! And they don't even properly fill the side torso! I'll give anything, just give me my missile doors back! *cries*

[Juodas Varnas]

AncientRaig, on 01 September 2017 - 12:00 PM, said:

Yes. Please, give my Centurion back its missile bay doors! PLEASE! God, the dynamic hardpoints are so ugly! And they don't even properly fill the side torso! I'll give anything, just give me my missile doors back! *cries*

Fix the CN9's proportions while you're at it!

[Jay Leon Hart]

Appogee, on 01 September 2017 - 11:37 AM, said:

Hey PGI, I noticed how the Hero has more missile and energy hardpoints than any other variant.

I remember when you avoided making P2W Heroes on principle.

Yeah, this is pretty bad...

9F, 7P & 8P - 7 weapon hardpoints
7D, 8E - 6 weapon hardpoints & ECM - fair trade
7D2 - 8 weapon hardpoints & ECM - WAIT, WHAT?!

Maybe it has a lower engine cap? Nope.
Maybe it lacks AMS? Nope.
Less JJs? Nope.

Come on PGI, at least try not to make the Hero 'mech blatantly more powerful than everything.

The Special camo is nice, but I can safely skip yet another IS 'mech pack.

Here's hoping the Clan offerings are more impressive...

[KodiakGW]

Not another dime until I see 8v8 play test up. Been two weeks and nada. Beginning to think it was a ploy to generate revenue.

[AphexTwin11]

More like, hellyawn

Edited by AphexTwin11, 01 September 2017 - 12:25 PM.

[AncientRaig]

Juodas Varnas, on 01 September 2017 - 12:12 PM, said:

Fix the CN9's proportions while you're at it!

Edited by AncientRaig, 01 September 2017 - 12:30 PM.

[Domoneky]

KodiakGW, on 01 September 2017 - 12:21 PM, said:

Not another dime until I see 8v8 play test up. Been two weeks and nada. Beginning to think it was a ploy to generate revenue.

Everything is a ploy to create revenue. Are you so blind that you don't realize this?! PGI doesn't care about making a quality game. Only about stealing every last cent from your bank accounts.

[ShooteyMcShooterson]

Dee Eight, on 01 September 2017 - 11:34 AM, said:

And four at the 45 ton size between the blackjacks, vindicators and pixies already. Clans are getting the 40 ton arctic wolf in a couple months.

Yeah that's the 8th medium. Clan only has 7 right now.

I keep hoping for another Clan 55 tonner at some point before another game inevitably supersedes this aging one. Combine the 55 and 60 tonners, and Clan still has just two mechs total, while IS has 8. It's like PGI is specifically withholding mechs that Clan could use to make better drop decks involving an assault mech,

[Kuaron]

Oh this ugliness...

[SpessMarine]

Cool, one of those MW4 mechs you could 2-shot without a thought by the end of the game. New maps ASAP plz?

[Wing 0]

Knew they bring the Hellspawn in sooner or later. Still going to keep my money away from MWO for the time being.

[James Argent]

Those legs look...really beefy for a medium.

[Hawk819]

I called this one. I said it'd be the Hellspawn, and it looks like I was right about my intuition. Besides that, it's only natural that we get it since the Uziel, Thanatos and Hellspawn all came out when MechWarrior 4 held our sway.

Edited by Hawk819, 01 September 2017 - 01:22 PM.

[B0oN]

MovinTarget, on 01 September 2017 - 10:16 AM, said:

Maybe they should just crowd fund their Map budget:

For every X dollars they forgo the profits they would make on a mech pack and redouble efforts on a new map...

I did enough funding for this game, yet the returns are LESS than MARGINAL .