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[InnerSphereNews]

August 7th Mech Release: Black Lanner for C-Bills and the Sun Spider for MC

also, the Holiday Bonus Mechs are now available for MC

Black Lanner For C-Bills

BLACK LANNER BKL-PRIME 12,303,415 C-Bills

BLACK LANNER BKL-A 12,506,355 C-Bills

BLACK LANNER BKL-C 12,056,355 C-Bills

BLACK LANNER BKL-D 11,881,355 C-Bills

BLACK LANNER BKL-E 12,171,265 C-Bills

PLUS! Black Lanner Pattern Unlocks 50% off

Starts: Aug 7th 12:00 PST (7 PM UTC)

Ends: Aug 9th 12:00 PST (7 PM UTC)

Sun Spider for MC

SUN SPIDER SNS-PRIME 5575 MC

SUN SPIDER SNS-A 5410 MC

SUN SPIDER SNS-B 5605 MC

SUN SPIDER SNS-C 5735 MC

SUN SPIDER SNS-D 5670 MC

SUN SPIDER MANUL 6565 MC

Special Heroes

SUN SPIDER VANGUARD 6565 MC

ROUGHNECK POWERHOUSE 4875 MC

[Kinski Orlawisch]

Thanks.

[shameless]

do either of these see the battlefield?

[Daurock]

shameless, on 07 August 2018 - 11:06 AM, said:

do either of these see the battlefield?

The aren't meta, but they can be good mechs. I've seen a few dangerous lanners running with Quad SRM6s, and The Spider is decent running twin UAC10s+lasers(or PPC)

The only thing they have going against them is that they don't run vomit well, (due to weight for the lanner, and hardpoints on the spider) and don't have the armor quirks that other clan mechs incapable of clan vomit often posess.)

I'll probably still be picking up a lanner to make into a mini linebacker. Should be entertaining, if nothing else.

[Arkhangel]

I actually see suns fairly commonly when i play. it's a solid 70 tonner. it's kinda like how it was with the Roughneck. it doesn't excel on the field like some mechs, but it's good enough it still sees a lot of use.

[D V Devnull]

If only the Black Lanner's variants were on temporary 50% Off Sale for a couple days as well... I could just imagine people then diving in to make those purchases. But hey, maybe that idea was too awesome to get used by PGI...

~D. V. "can't see their way to picking up a Camo when the Mech isn't on Sale as well" Devnull

[Kinski Orlawisch]

First run....

[DrasticLemur6]

Kinski Orlawisch, on 07 August 2018 - 12:17 PM, said:

First run....

What build did you use?

[Kinski Orlawisch]

5 ER Small 4 HMG 2 SRM6....

[PraetorGix]

This is such a "meh" mech that it's not worth even for c-bills. Maybe, just maybe when they go on sale but at full price? no way.

[KrocodockleTheBooBoxLoader-GetIn]

Black Lanner art was beautiful but in game very ugly

[Marius Evander]

Yeah I cant seem to break 600 without strikes in it. Keep getting 500's for most of 5 games I just played, its fun hit and run mech but it wont get tons of damage, I like masc, but this mech will probably be gathering a lot of dust till mediums and lights get laser damage buffs.

[El Bandito]

Not interested in the Lanner. If I want fast dueling mech, I got the Linebacker and the Arctic Wolf.

[DarkFhoenix]

Black Lanner is quite useful as long as you use this mech for its intended role of scouting , maxing sensors and mobility tree .

If you don't care much for the thankless task of scouting , it's better skip on lanny .

[Blockpirat]

Why are the Wolf and Jade Falcon camos on the Black Lanner almost identical?

[El Bandito]

DarkFhoenix, on 08 August 2018 - 01:29 AM, said:

Black Lanner is quite useful as long as you use this mech for its intended role of scouting , maxing sensors and mobility tree .

If you don't care much for the thankless task of scouting , it's better skip on lanny .

I can use Arctic Cheetah for that, and save some weight.

[D V Devnull]

Blockpirat, on 08 August 2018 - 02:27 AM, said:

Why are the Wolf and Jade Falcon camos on the Black Lanner almost identical?

<<<image from https://i.imgur.com/soqSZQq.gif>>>

Looks like a BUG to me. Please go report that in Patch Feedback?

EDIT -- By the way, make sure to use the MWO Repair Tool to ensure your install isn't damaged before you go do a Bug Report!

~D. V. "I can agree it should NOT be doing that." Devnull

Edited by D V Devnull, 08 August 2018 - 08:31 AM.

[Blockpirat]

Steam says my files are OK.

And since the stripes in the Jade Falcon pattern were visible in NGNG's Black Lanner preview stream a few months ago, I am not the only one affected by this issue.

So I agree: looks like a bug. One that has been around for a while.

Edited by Blockpirat, 08 August 2018 - 10:20 AM.

[Jonathan8883]

Wow... yes, this 'Mech is a waste of a Mechbay. It's outgunned by an ACH or an Urbie, and too big to benefit from speed.

[Will9761]

The next C-bill Mech releases in the following months:
September - Sun Spider
October - Fafnir
November - Blood Asp
December - Flea

2019 C-bill Mech releases:
January - Hellfire
February - Vulcan
March - Incubus
May - Champion
June - Vapor Eagle