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[MBT808]

The collectors pack special variant of the blood asp is a Easter egg to mech assault 2, it has a nearly identical Camo to the blood asp from that game(differences likely due to the designs). I just noticed it now and thought I would share it(although I doubt I’m the first to figure this out).

Collector special variant:
https://mwomercs.com...asp-special.png

Mech assault 2 blood asp:
http://img3.wikia.no...ch_BloodAsp.jpg

[Vellron2005]

Lol, good catch.. I had no idea..

Sweet

[PocketYoda]

Weird i wondered why the Special looked a bit boring compared to other specials, at least now it makes sense..

[Battlemaster56]

It's always awesome to see MA get some love and recognition, espically the Bloid Asp.

Glad the gave us this awesome egg.

[FupDup]

PGI also has Mechassault references in the forms of the Belial hero (but with a way different loadout) and the River City map (way different layout but the name and concept come from MA).

[Juodas Varnas]

Well, if we're making Mech Assault a thing, can i get that WoBie Spidermech thing?

[MBT808]

Juodas Varnas, on 23 March 2018 - 03:13 AM, said:

Well, if we're making Mech Assault a thing, can i get that WoBie Spidermech thing?

While it would be neat for maybe a grinder mode in mwo(be an interesting way to add some variety in the form of a pie mode) boss.

It’s entirely possible though that the Ragnarok could be made a canon mech by pgi(minus the signature weapon for balance) with the success of the roughneck and the relative success of the sun spider.

Rumour has it a mech assault game might be revealed at Microsoft e3 2018, but it is more likely mw5 will be available for Xbox one.

[Battlemaster56]

MBT808, on 23 March 2018 - 04:01 AM, said:

While it would be neat for maybe a grinder mode in mwo(be an interesting way to add some variety in the form of a pie mode) boss.

It’s entirely possible though that the Ragnarok could be made a canon mech by pgi(minus the signature weapon for balance) with the success of the roughneck and the relative success of the sun spider.

Rumour has it a mech assault game might be revealed at Microsoft e3 2018, but it is more likely mw5 will be available for Xbox one.

I would live to run the Ymir variant of the Ragnorok, 2 guass, 2 ppc,srms(know as javelins in MA) and a plasma cannon be a alternative to the lava cannon and basically do the same thing. Runs cooler and was best save last during the ai wave mode when they start bring tons of assaults into the mix, after the Hellbringer wave.

[MBT808]

Battlemaster56, on 23 March 2018 - 04:25 AM, said:

I would live to run the Ymir variant of the Ragnorok, 2 guass, 2 ppc,srms(know as javelins in MA) and a plasma cannon be a alternative to the lava cannon and basically do the same thing. Runs cooler and was best save last during the ai wave mode when they start bring tons of assaults into the mix, after the Hellbringer wave.

Plasma fits the current time period and could be added, but probably won’t be introduced until they fix the civil war weapons to a reasonable level.

Ragnarok could be a 100 ton is mech, Ymir would be the hero variant most likely. The Ragnarok doesn’t have a lot of information so pgi really has a lot of head room to work with on it. Honestly, if they did the Ragnarok I’d like to hope that pgi might make mech assault 3 or maybe a remaster of mech assault 2 for Xbox one.

[Battlemaster56]

MBT808, on 23 March 2018 - 06:18 AM, said:

Plasma fits the current time period and could be added, but probably won’t be introduced until they fix the civil war weapons to a reasonable level.

Ragnarok could be a 100 ton is mech, Ymir would be the hero variant most likely. The Ragnarok doesn’t have a lot of information so pgi really has a lot of head room to work with on it. Honestly, if they did the Ragnarok I’d like to hope that pgi might make mech assault 3 or maybe a remaster of mech assault 2 for Xbox one.

Proboly so but yea the plasma rifle( plasma cannon is clan go the two mixed up), and the ymir could be made into a hero, with slight few adjustments but competely doable.

But I believe MA falls competely on Microsoft deceding too make another the last one Phantom somethinf was the third installation of the series on the Nintendo DS.

[Variant1]

i want mah ragnorok with lava canon, and the shield too!
but yeah that was a good catch i was thinking the same thing op.
the blood asp is gona be awsome

Edited by Variant1, 23 March 2018 - 11:22 AM.

[Armored Yokai]

I thought everyone knew this already....

[Metus regem]

Juodas Varnas, on 23 March 2018 - 03:13 AM, said:

Well, if we're making Mech Assault a thing, can i get that WoBie Spidermech thing?

[MBT808]

Battlemaster56, on 23 March 2018 - 07:02 AM, said:

Proboly so but yea the plasma rifle( plasma cannon is clan go the two mixed up), and the ymir could be made into a hero, with slight few adjustments but competely doable.

But I believe MA falls competely on Microsoft deceding too make another the last one Phantom somethinf was the third installation of the series on the Nintendo DS.

I’m honestly wondering what the Ragnarok would look like in mwo now, might make a separate thread for that with a concept build. There is interest it seems from both players and potentially with pgi.

Phantom war was a side game in the franchise I believe, mech assault 2 was left on a cliff hanger and no proper sequel to finish its story. Pgi will be finished mw5 this year and there is interest in Microsoft to revive mechassault as a first party exclusive(if rumours are to be believed that mechassault might appear at this years e3). Pgi would be the best choice for Microsoft right now in my opinion to work on something like that, I’d like pgi to take a shot at it.

[FupDup]

Battlemaster56, on 23 March 2018 - 04:25 AM, said:

I would live to run the Ymir variant of the Ragnorok, 2 guass, 2 ppc,srms(know as javelins in MA) and a plasma cannon be a alternative to the lava cannon and basically do the same thing. Runs cooler and was best save last during the ai wave mode when they start bring tons of assaults into the mix, after the Hellbringer wave.

You're mixing up the loadouts of the Ragnarok/Ymir. The standard Ragnarok had twin Gauss, four "Javelins" (each Javelin roughly equal to an LRM10, total of 40 tubes), and "Lava Gun." The Ymir had twin PPCs, four "Autocannons" (each equal to an AC/5?), and "Lava Gun."

For the "Lava Gun" thing, IMO based on its in-game performance it would/should be much more lethal than just the Plasma Rifle (the canon Plasma Rifle does equal damage to a PPC, and in MA the Lava Gun is comparable to or even a little better than twin PPCs). I'd also like a better name for it, something manlier like Armageddon Cannon or whatever.

In reality the chances of a Ragnarok/Ymir in MWO are pretty close to zero and it's not that big of a deal. My only wish is for PGI to have Alex draw up some Ragnarok concept art as an April Fool's joke.

Edited by FupDup, 23 March 2018 - 05:40 PM.

[PocketYoda]

Man those games were awesome.

[MBT808]

FupDup, on 23 March 2018 - 04:29 PM, said:

You're mixing up the loadouts of the Ragnarok/Ymir. The standard Ragnarok had twin Gauss, four "Javelins" (each Javelin roughly equal to an LRM10, total of 40 tubes), and "Lava Gun." The Ymir had twin PPCs, four "Autocannons" (each equal to an AC/5?), and "Lava Gun."

For the "Lava Gun" thing, IMO based on its in-game performance it would/should be much more lethal than just the Plasma Rifle (the canon Plasma Rifle does equal damage to a PPC, and in MA the Lava Gun is comparable to or even a little better than twin PPCs). I'd also like a better name for it, something manlier like Armageddon Cannon or whatever.

In reality the chances of a Ragnarok/Ymir in MWO are pretty close to zero and it's not that big of a deal. My only wish is for PGI to have Alex draw up some Ragnarok concept art as an April Fool's joke.

As is, of course not, it would be grossly under powered(no lava gun, an Lrm 5 and twin gauss, 20kph speed), but with some some tweaking it could definitely work. It wouldn’t be entirely the same mech, but it would be as close as we could get with mwos equipment and with balance in mind.

https://mwomercs.com...pre-ordermaybe/