280 replies to this topic

[Trenchbird]

LT. HARDCASE, on 06 December 2017 - 09:20 PM, said:

Sarna lists everything PGI has fabricated as Apocryphal, regardless of whether it's been branded as canon.

I imagine someone on Sarna's team is a salty boi.

[Felbombling]

If I had to guess, I'd say it could be the Ha Otoko, a Clan/Inner Sphere design. Or, based on the chest and head, it looks to me like the Crusader. Could be PGI rubbing it into the eye of Harmony Gold during the lawsuit?

[Kin3ticX]

Armored Yokai, on 06 December 2017 - 06:45 PM, said:

Crusader?

Been wondering where that mech is....maybe the name is a political hot potato?

rather sexy lookign mech with workable hardpoints

[RestosIII]

Felbombling, on 06 December 2017 - 10:22 PM, said:

If I had to guess, I'd say it could be the Ha Otoko, a Clan/Inner Sphere design. Or, based on the chest and head, it looks to me like the Crusader. Could be PGI rubbing it into the eye of Harmony Gold during the lawsuit?

As a proud CDS member, that's definitely not a Ha Otoko. She runs LRMs, and this mech doesn't have any of the Samurai branding the Ha Otoko had.

My best guess is another PGI original, which... I'm actually fine with. I used to be vocally against them, but I've been won over to the idea, in moderation.

[LORD ORION]

Looks like a Stinger head
Stinger also has a right hump intake (mirrored image?)

Stinger and Wasp needed for MW5.

Edited by LORD ORION, 07 December 2017 - 12:01 AM.

[Kargush]

Looking at the art, I don't think the cockpit is offset to the right. It just looks that way since the right torso "fin" is visible over the centre torso jutting out.

[The6thMessenger]

Hmm, what if the missiles were replaced with cannons

[Kargush]

Could be a hero Legacy, that would be nice.

[Jackal Noble]

Best I could do to reduce the black smudge. From that tho you can see some sort of vent on the side torso and the left arm has either a gun pointing towards you or is a hamfist.

Gonna have to agree on Bombast on this one. Pretty sure it's going to be the Anubis, just by the look of those giant Side torso thingies. sigh.
ABS-3R A variant of the Anubis meant to increase its short term and short range firepower developed in 3064^[6], the 3R removes two of the LRM-5 launchers and replaces them with a Rocket Launcher 10 and two Rocket Launcher 15s. BV (1.0) = 749^[3], BV (2.0) = 970^[

Notice on the left arm is a 10 missile launcher, and whatever is on the right arm has 5 missiles. So the lrm 5s on the right arm, RL10 on the left arm and RL15s on each ST.


#toobadit'snotthestinger

Edited by JackalBeast, 07 December 2017 - 03:53 AM.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Armored Yokai, on 06 December 2017 - 06:45 PM, said:

Spoiler

OK, looking at the first model listed on Sarna and filtering for anything with at least 5/6/4 or 5/10 missile tubes in the arms or torsos, then filtering out any made past 3068 and any using tech we don't have yet (except IS OmniMechs, because );

Commando IIC (SRM6, 3x SRM4)

Spoiler

Raptor (3x LRM5)

Spoiler

Anubis (4x LRM5)

Spoiler

Hellion (LRM10, 3x SRM2)

Spoiler

Mandrill (2x LRM20)

Spoiler

Griffin IIC (4x LRM5)

Spoiler

Initiate (LRM15, SRM6)

Spoiler

Whitworth (2x LRM10)

Spoiler

Cobra (2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Wyvern (LRM10, SRM6)

Spoiler

Wyvern IIC (LRM10, SRM6)

Spoiler

Talos (2x LRM5, SRM6)

Spoiler

Ursus (LRM10, SRM6)

Spoiler

Apollo (2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Dervish (2x LRM10, 2x SRM2)

Spoiler

Grim Reaper (LRM20, SRM6)

Spoiler

Crossbow (2x LRM10)

Spoiler

Hellfire (3x LRM10)

Spoiler

Lupus (2x LRM20)

Spoiler

Yeoman (2x LRM15, 2x LRM10)

Spoiler

Bombardier (2x LRM20, SRM4)

Spoiler

Crossbow (2x LRM20)

Spoiler

Crusader (2x LRM15, 2x SRM6)

Spoiler

Ha Otoko (2x LRM20, 2x LRM10)

Spoiler

Ostwar (LRM20, 2x SRM4)

Spoiler

Avatar (2x LRM10)

Spoiler

BattleAxe (2x LRM5, SRM6)

Spoiler

Bandersnatch (3x LRM5)

Spoiler

Rakshasa (2x LRM10)

Spoiler

Woodsman (2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Grand Crusader (2x LRM20)

Spoiler

Salamander (3x LRM20)

Spoiler

Blood Kite (3x LRM15, 3x SRM4)

Spoiler

Longbow (2x LRM20, 2x LRM5)

Spoiler

Savage Coyote (2x ATM12)

Spoiler

Shogun (2x SRM6, 2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Kingfisher (LRM10, SSRM6)

Spoiler

Viking (2x LRM15, 2x LRM20)

Spoiler

Ymir (2x LRM5, 4x SRM2)

Spoiler

Naginata (3x LRM15)

Spoiler

Turkina (2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Atlas II (LRM20, SRM6)

Spoiler

Grand Titan (LRM15, 2x SRM6)

Spoiler

Jupiter (2x LRM15)

Spoiler

Scylla (2x LRM20)

Spoiler

What a list...

Before you tell me which are obviously wrong or missing;
- I skipped any that only had missiles on one side of the 'mech (that I could see)
- I know some have misisles in the hands, not shoulders
- I left in some even though they don't match the minimum 5/10 R/L tube split in the art, just because

[Edit] Fixed Kingfisher link [/Edit]

Edited by Jay Leon Hart, 08 December 2017 - 04:16 AM.

[Gas Guzzler]

Its on a shirt (Merchandise) which means its a PGI original design.

Boo.

[Cy Mitchell]

Gas Guzzler, on 07 December 2017 - 10:19 AM, said:

Its on a shirt (Merchandise) which means its a PGI original design.

Boo.

A lot of folks are automatically assuming that it will be the image of the Mech that will be announced at MechCon. That could be or it could be that it is only a PGI designed image made specifically for the MechCon T-Shirts because PGI is not licensed to sell BattleTech images on merchandise.

We find out in two days.

[FupDup]

Rampage, on 07 December 2017 - 10:26 AM, said:

A lot of folks are automatically assuming that it will be the image of the Mech that will be announced at MechCon. That could be or it could be that it is only a PGI designed image made specifically for the MechCon T-Shirts because PGI is not licensed to sell BattleTech images on merchandise.

We find out in two days.

Even if PGI didn't officially release it at MechCon (which would be illogical), someone would just take a picture of the t-shirt in its uncensored form and post it here.

[Gas Guzzler]

Rampage, on 07 December 2017 - 10:26 AM, said:

A lot of folks are automatically assuming that it will be the image of the Mech that will be announced at MechCon. That could be or it could be that it is only a PGI designed image made specifically for the MechCon T-Shirts because PGI is not licensed to sell BattleTech images on merchandise.

We find out in two days.

So you think they designed a mech concept art (something that costs money to have Alex do) just to put it on a T-shirt? That makes no sense. I'm 100% sure the mech on the shirt is the mech announced at MechCon.

[Armored Yokai]

Gas Guzzler, on 07 December 2017 - 10:46 AM, said:

So you think they designed a mech concept art (something that costs money to have Alex do) just to put it on a T-shirt? That makes no sense.

Including the fact that it's intentionally covered...

[Lugin]

Requiemking, on 06 December 2017 - 08:58 PM, said:

Speaking of everyone's favourite militiamech, for some reason Sarna lists the Roughneck as Apocryphal content. Anyone know why?

The reason for that boils down to verifiable evidence. We have statements of canonicity, but none of it directly on record.

[MechaBattler]

As I'm not an 'OG' BT fan. I don't mind if it's an original mech. But I can understand fan frustration. If they're making an original, they should release a fan favorite simultaneously with it.

Edited by MechaBattler, 07 December 2017 - 11:06 AM.

[Appogee]

Cool. The one thing this game needs is more Mechs!

[Armored Yokai]

Lugin, on 07 December 2017 - 10:52 AM, said:

The reason for that boils down to verifiable evidence. We have statements of canonicity, but none of it directly on record.

Catalyst Decides what's canon, the Deimos was added to the battletech Universe because Mektek's Modding proved to leave a mark and thus was given the ability to add a mech to the universe.

[Armored Yokai]

Appogee, on 07 December 2017 - 10:57 AM, said:

Cool. The one thing this game needs is more Mechs!

I know how you feel but PGI doesn't have a Coder for Cryengine and there's limitations from the Eula and Engine itself, we just cant get stuff added because, metaphorically speaking PGI are people running the battlemech factories in the lore but they don't know how they "work" to produce the battlemechs.