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[Pariah Devalis]

Doesn't this thing have JJ and ECM? At least two fairly high torso hardpoints? You're not getting away with only three JJ to get enough lift, but neither does any other mech that can potentially poptart like the SMN, HMN, HBK-IIC, or NTG. It could carve itself a nice little niche being an ECM shielded poptart heavy for the IS.

Those side torsos, however, so not look XL safe at all. LFE or Standard, perhaps, but XL? Hell no.

[CygnusX7]

Not much is really XL friendly anymore, especially heavy's +.

[Nema Nabojiv]

Now that is some glorious gun mounts. I didn't even hope for them to be the high ones.

[Battlemaster56]

Nema Nabojiv, on 08 November 2017 - 11:27 AM, said:

Now that is some glorious gun mounts. I didn't even hope for them to be the high ones.

Now that's some beautiful highmounts, can't wait to fight them.

[Juodas Varnas]

Honestly? I'm kinda triggered by the forced high mounts for the lasers (and the... what seems to be untextured unused lasers in their proper mounts. I bloody hate when they compromise the mechs look for this "HIGH MOUNTS MANDATORY" garbage)

[Trenchbird]

Juodas Varnas, on 08 November 2017 - 11:44 AM, said:

Honestly? I'm kinda triggered by the forced high mounts for the lasers (and the... what seems to be untextured unused lasers in their proper mounts. I bloody hate when they compromise the mechs look for this "HIGH MOUNTS MANDATORY" garbage)

I'd say it's about time the IS has a mech with absurdly high ST mounts. Even if it doesn't look... Amazing.

And before you say 'High mounts mandatory', remember that a lot of units around this time in Battletech actually had better hardpoint placement, that was, for once, more logical. It's not just for the OP-ness, it's staying mostly true to the original art's weapon placement.

(And before you say anything, yes, there are several exceptions to the 'Mostly high mounts in this era' rule.)

Edited by Catten Hart, 08 November 2017 - 11:50 AM.

[MechaBattler]

It's got massive side torsos. High mounts, JJs, and ECM may just save it. Though I kinda doubt it. Especially since JJs for heavies suck and ECM isn't what it once was.

[Nema Nabojiv]

Juodas Varnas, on 08 November 2017 - 11:44 AM, said:

Honestly? I'm kinda triggered by the forced high mounts for the lasers (and the... what seems to be untextured unused lasers in their proper mounts. I bloody hate when they compromise the mechs look for this "HIGH MOUNTS MANDATORY" garbage)

Guess the whine campaign for Nightstar's arms had its consequences and now they just do them high right away.

[Gas Guzzler]

Cool, well 2 HPPC ECM Poptart sounds like it might be a little more attractive now.

[Nomad One]

Now that its confirmed that only the TNS-4P variant will actually use the original hardpoint locations, I have to admit I'm not happy. It's not what the concept art showed. While its more meta, and helps certain builds, it also highlights problems. Like how bad the TNS-4S variant is.

Nema Nabojiv, on 08 November 2017 - 12:18 PM, said:

Guess the whine campaign for Nightstar's arms had its consequences and now they just do them high right away.

So what exactly is difficult for them to give the maligned TNS-4S variant an extra pair of energy hardpoints in the side torsos? That way, high mounts could still be achieved, the variant would have greater build variety, would need less obnoxious quirks, AND would actually look like what was advertised in the concept art!