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[FupDup]

Gas Guzzler, on 06 October 2017 - 01:01 PM, said:

You trying to get me #triggered?

As someone who likes the Dire I would take one with slightly less fire power if it had better agility/torso twist, just for a different flavor.

I would still use the Dire though.

PGI uses stock mobility as a large factor in a mech's "base mobility" attributes, and since the Turkey has the same stock mobility as the Whale...don't get your hopes up.

[Quicksilver Aberration]

Gas Guzzler, on 06 October 2017 - 01:01 PM, said:

As someone who likes the Dire I would take one with slightly less fire power if it had better agility/torso twist, just for a different flavor.

Yeah don't care, I would prefer them making an attempt at making a 95 tonner that isn't a Turkina or Executioner rather than a Whale with slightly better twist radius and MCII level hardpoints (1B/1E in the arms and 4E across the torso and head).

[Gas Guzzler]

FupDup, on 06 October 2017 - 01:13 PM, said:

PGI uses stock mobility as a large factor in a mech's "base mobility" attributes, and since the Turkey has the same stock mobility as the Whale...don't get your hopes up.

There are countless examples of this not being the case, especially when mechs are different weights. So... no.

[Gas Guzzler]

Quicksilver Kalasa, on 06 October 2017 - 01:16 PM, said:

Yeah don't care, I would prefer them making an attempt at making a 95 tonner that isn't a Turkina or Executioner rather than a Whale with slightly better twist radius and MCII level hardpoints (1B/1E in the arms and 4E across the torso and head).

Its probably going to be the Blood Asp anyway. PGI has been hitting the super-popular picks pretty hard.

[Cloves]

Since everyone knows it's going to be the Black Lanner, I will cast a vote for the Crimson Langur since it's basically a hunchback IIC with better art and an omni.

Edited by Cloves, 06 October 2017 - 01:58 PM.

[LurmzMackenzie]

I'm hopping for the Battle Cobra so thats my guess.

[Valkyrie73]

Wyvern IIC

[Y E O N N E]

Gas Guzzler, on 06 October 2017 - 01:50 PM, said:

Its probably going to be the Blood Asp anyway. PGI has been hitting the super-popular picks pretty hard.

Is that the sound of air bubbles from the drain that I hear?

[Bombast]

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[Tarogato]

Black Lanner.

Seems obvious to me. We need another clan 55-tonner, the Black Lanner is a very popular vote on forums/twitter, and it's a very over-engined 55-tonner, which is unique. Plus, it has a lot of viable variants, with decent omnipod combinations, and it aesthetically looks cool, kinda like a giant Shadow Cat.


Builds:

BLN-Prime
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
2x cSRM6a (2.0ton) + 3x cMPL	11	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cATM6 (3.0ton) + 3x cERML	11	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cATM9 (4.0ton) + 2x cERSL	10	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cHLL + 1x cERML	13	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
all above builds possible w/cECM	-	0	MASC, ECM, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4

BLN-B
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
4x cSRM4a (4.0ton)	10	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4

BLN-C
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
1x cHLL + 4x cERML	14	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
3x cSRM4 + 6x cERSL	13	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
3x cATM3 (3.5ton) + 6x cERSL	11	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4

BLN-D
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
5x cERML + 4x cLMG (2.0ton)	14	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cSRM6a (2.0ton) + 4x cERSL + 4x cLMG (2.0ton)	10	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cERPPC	11	0	MASC, stock pods	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cSRM6a (2.0ton) + 8x cERUL	13	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4

BLN-E
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
9x cERSL	18	0	MASC, lots armour stripped	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4
2x cSRM6a (2.5ton) + 10x cERUL	12	0	MASC	cEndo + cFerro	cXL385	113.4

Edited by Tarogato, 10 October 2017 - 02:29 PM.

[Myke Pantera]

Pretty sure it'll be the Black Lanner, but my official guess goes to the Vapor Eagle. One can hope!

[Ngamok]

Mongrel would be a good pick.

[Mark Nicholson]

...the rules don't say I can't vote.

[chucklesMuch]

Tarogato, on 10 October 2017 - 02:22 PM, said:

Black Lanner.

Seems obvious to me. We need another clan 55-tonner, the Black Lanner is a very popular vote on forums/twitter, and it's a very over-engined 55-tonner, which is unique. Plus, it has a lot of viable variants, with decent omnipod combinations, and it aesthetically looks cool, kinda like a Shadow Cat

Yes another 55 tonner makes sense and thanks for the variant/build info.

I'm still hoping that the next 55 ton meduim is the Vapour Eagle (expecting the black lanner).

[Gas Guzzler]

Yeonne Greene, on 07 October 2017 - 03:52 PM, said:

Is that the sound of air bubbles from the drain that I hear?

Blood Asp, Stone Rhino, Fafnir, Marauder II, Chimera, Rifleman IIC, Warhammer IIC, Locust IIC, Shadow Hawk IIC, Crusader, Dervish, Men Shen, Owens, Sunder, Avatar (those two are meddling but they have to do IS Omnis at some point..)

Still plenty of popular picks to go...

Interested to see what happens when MW5 comes out... are they going to keep doing mech packs?

Edited by Gas Guzzler, 11 October 2017 - 04:20 PM.

[Tarogato]

chucklesMuch, on 11 October 2017 - 04:14 PM, said:

Yes another 55 tonner makes sense and thanks for the variant/build info.

I'm still hoping that the next 55 ton meduim is the Vapour Eagle (expecting the black lanner).

Thankfully, I already theorycrafted that one, too. =D

Forgive me if I don't take the time to format this a little better...

VPE-1
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
1x cHLL + 3x cERML + 4x cLMG (2.0ton)	19	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL355	104.6
4x cMPL + 4x cLMG (1.5ton)	16	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL370	109.0
2x cHLL + 2x cERML	20	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL350	103.1
2x cERPPC	20	3	TC2	cEndo + cFerro	cXL325	95.7
4x cUAC2 (8.0ton)	12	1	all left-mounted	cEndo + cFerro	cXL265	78.1
2x cLB10 (4.0ton) + 4x cERSL	11	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL295	86.9
1x cGauss (2.0ton) + 1x cHLL + 3x cERML	17	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL285	83.9
1x cUAC10 (3.0ton) + 4x cMPL	17	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL285	83.9
1x cUAC20 (4.0ton) + 4x cERML	18	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL285	83.9
1x cATM12 (5.0ton) + 4x cERSL	17	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL300	88.4
2x cSRM6a (2.0ton) + 4x cMPL	19	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL325	95.7
2x cSRM6a (2.5ton) + 4x cERSL + 4x cLMG (2.0ton)	16	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL360	106.0

VPE-2
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
2x cHLL + 5x cLMG (3.0ton)	17	6	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL340	100.1
2x UAC5 (4.0ton) + 2x UAC2 (3.0ton)	10	1	all left-mounted	cEndo + cFerro	cXL255	75.1
---- following builds assume hardpoint inflation: ----
4x cMPL + 6x cLMG (3.0ton)	16	4	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL350	103.1

VPE-3
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
3x cSRM6a (4.0ton) + 4x cERML	19	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL315	92.8
2x cATM3 + 1x cATM9 (4.0ton) + 4x cERML	18	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL315	92.8
---- following builds assume hardpoint inflation: ----
4x cSRM6a (5.0ton) + 4x cERSL	16	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL330	97.2

VPE-4
Weapons	DHS	JJs	Special	Toggles	Engine	Speed
2x cHLL + 5x cERML	22	1	-	cEndo	cXL300	88.4
2x cSRM6a (3.0ton) + 6x cERSL	15	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL375	110.5
2x cSRM4 (2.5ton) + 6x cMPL	20	1	-	cEndo + cFerro	cXL300	88.4
2x cATM9 (5.0ton) + 6x cERSL	18	1	-	cEndo	cXL285	83.9

Edited by Tarogato, 11 October 2017 - 04:24 PM.

[Nightbird]

Is it too much to hope for the Hoplite? It's 55 tons and manufactured on the clan homeworlds. It looks like an urbie that got bopped in the head by an Atlas, so cute.

[Bombast]

Nightbird, on 11 October 2017 - 04:29 PM, said:

Is it too much to hope for the Hoplite?

That's an Inner Sphere (Star League) mech. If it was released, it would be released for them.

[Y E O N N E]

Gas Guzzler, on 11 October 2017 - 04:20 PM, said:

Blood Asp, Stone Rhino, Fafnir, Marauder II, Chimera, Rifleman IIC, Warhammer IIC, Locust IIC, Shadow Hawk IIC, Crusader, Dervish, Men Shen, Owens, Sunder, Avatar (those two are meddling but they have to do IS Omnis at some point..)

Still plenty of popular picks to go...

Interested to see what happens when MW5 comes out... are they going to keep doing mech packs?

Not quite what I mean by drain. I meant the game itself, not the potential 'Mech offerings.

I intend to make one upgrade to get the Loyalty Victor. From there on out, they have to actually start giving us actually good IS 'Mechs to get my money. I've got all the Clan meta thingies, new Clan meta thingies are just like the old ones so it's just boring.

[Nightbird]

Bombast, on 11 October 2017 - 04:38 PM, said:

That's an Inner Sphere (Star League) mech. If it was released, it would be released for them.

It's only manufactured on the clan worlds though, but w/e lost cause anyways