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[HassonAssassin]

Jackal Noble, on 09 November 2018 - 08:38 AM, said:

any chance we can get the graphic diagram? .. proper term escaping me, not enough coffee. side view, front view. would make awesome wallpaper.

Orthogonal Projection? I agree that would be awesome!

[Cazador88]

Jay Leon Hart, on 09 November 2018 - 08:40 AM, said:

If we're talking additional 55 ton Clan BattleMechs...
Rabid Coyote is my tippy-top choice.
That's basically it unless we go outside timeline or add more NewTech;
Prowler (XXL Engine, Supercharger, HFF Armour)
Sun Cobra (3074)
Mad Cat III (3086, Endo-Composite)
Gyrfalcon (3112)

Rabid Coyote looks good but its big brother aswell the Savage Coyote with its 85 tons.

[Prototelis]

When do we get to see the cockpit?

[Jackal Noble]

Prototelis, on 09 November 2018 - 11:08 AM, said:

When do we get to see the cockpit?

Asketh and ye shall receiveth.

[Grayson Sortek]

Jackal Noble, on 09 November 2018 - 11:45 AM, said:

Asketh and ye shall receiveth.

Assuming there were no other updates today; I think we are going to have to accept this one as official folks.

[UPnADAM]

How about some patch notes ...

[Buenaventura]

UPnADAM, on 09 November 2018 - 03:34 PM, said:

How about some patch notes ...

You mean like before the acutal patch drops?

[LT. HARDCASE]

Jay Leon Hart, on 09 November 2018 - 08:40 AM, said:

If we're talking additional 55 ton Clan BattleMechs...
Rabid Coyote is my tippy-top choice.
That's basically it unless we go outside timeline or add more NewTech;
Prowler (XXL Engine, Supercharger, HFF Armour)
Sun Cobra (3074)
Mad Cat III (3086, Endo-Composite)
Gyrfalcon (3112)

Prowler also has ER Pulse Lasers.

I'm not sure anyone would use HFF, with it taking 21 crit slots.just to mount.

[Jay Leon Hart]

LT. HARDCASE, on 10 November 2018 - 05:12 AM, said:

Prowler also has ER Pulse Lasers.

Good spot! Will edit.

[Jackal Noble]

Edited by Jackal Noble, 10 November 2018 - 01:12 PM.

[Barkem Squirrel]

Kill Ze Raven, perfect.

Still I am a little disappointed. I so much wanted the hero to be the Ghost of Winter, maybe with some ECM love.

All said we are getting a nice bouncy medium mech that is fast enough to give lights a problem or a vertical night mare for heavier mechs. Just think using the vertical jumping up on buildings and raining down on an atlas or other mech that just can not get the elevation to fire back. I use that with the griffons and this looks to be about the same.

[Jackal Noble]

Not a Btech novel reader but from what I gleaned about Ghost of Winter, I didn't see any reference to the mech having ECM. Just that it was used for ambush tactics.

[Mikayshen]

When standing next to the Cent, about a tall as I expected it to be.

[a frying pan to the CT]

Thanks HassonAssassin for the build theory, I am ready now to rock this chassis, though I might drop to quad ac2's for a little more tonnage to play with.

[Nightbird]

55 tonner has less volume than 50 tonner... ops?

Edited by Nightbird, 10 November 2018 - 06:06 PM.

[Jackal Noble]

Nightbird, on 10 November 2018 - 06:06 PM, said:

55 tonner has less volume than 50 tonner... ops?

you would.
the perspective is off.

[Jack Shayu Walker]

Shadowcat with 3.5 more tons? Contacted PGI support so I could buy the hero 3 times.

(Now with the JJ quirks, it really will jump like a Shadowcat.)

Edited by Jack Shayu Walker, 10 November 2018 - 07:54 PM.

[Jack Shayu Walker]

HassonAssassin, on 08 November 2018 - 12:58 PM, said:

The Hero? I didn't see it could do anything better than the VGL-1, it just has masc and less hardpoints, but I can try. Gimme a minute.

I guess that depends on how much you view the MASC as a gamechanger. I've been waiting such a long time to find another mech with the same movement profile as the Shadowcat.

[Jackal Noble]

Jack Shayu Walker, on 10 November 2018 - 08:00 PM, said:

I guess that depends on how much you view the MASC as a gamechanger. I've been waiting such a long time to find another mech with the same movement profile as the Shadowcat.

I will definitely try some stuff with it, but was honestly surprised it didn't get any quirkage with it's odd weapon layout

[Jack Shayu Walker]

Jackal Noble, on 10 November 2018 - 09:13 PM, said:

I will definitely try some stuff with it, but was honestly surprised it didn't get any quirkage with it's odd weapon layout

Yeah I was a little disappointed at that. I was hoping for ERPPC cooldown quirks. But the Jump quirks were a nice surprise! I think I'm going to try one of my Rivals with a Shadowcat's movement profile packing an ERPPC and an LB10. That flickshot playstyle will probably be fun on such an agile mech. Then I'll bump one down to an XL275 and bring a UAC/20 and a couple cMPL. It'll have a good top speed and an insane amount of verticality for a brawler.