224 replies to this topic

[HighlandWolf]

decisions decisions, soooooooo many good choices...i'll go with one of each please

[Naughtyboy]

BoDracos, on 13 April 2012 - 04:09 PM, said:

am i missing something or is this game not yet active?
cuz i dont seem to be able to go to the lab to get started.
i can only read forums and game related history.
I cant even see what kind of mechs are available

Yes the game has not yet been released it is said it will come out this summer, the year is 3049 so mechs that will be produced after this date will not be availeble. 1 gameday is 1 real life day right now so a mech like the Uziel will be years off .

[FACEman Peck]

MagnusEffect, on 13 April 2012 - 04:40 PM, said:

*facepalm* Sorry... had to say... The first two are very NOT Davion mechs. The Argus is at least an IS design, but 3049 is way too early to introduce it as a starting mech.

Since these are starter mechs, they should be VERY Davion and probably not overly powerful (afterall, need to work a little for the good stuff)

Light: Valkyrie
Medium: Enforcer - this mech is as iconic to the Davions as the Zeus is to the Lyrans
Heavy: JagerMech - Essentially an upsized Enforcer
Assault: I would say Awesome, but they weren't as common in Davion ranks as people think (they were popular, but all Awesomes were built by the Free Worlds League). I guess Victor? Maybe one of the cheaper AC/20 models.

I am not filled in to the 110% on BT lore and stuff like that, like most people are in this, "community". I didn't know that, and I don't give a S*** if they're Lyran or House Kurita or House Liao, it doesn't make them NOT fun to play as. Enough said.

[SMDMadCow]

FACEman Peck, on 14 April 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

I am not filled in to the 110% on BT lore and stuff like that, like most people are in this, "community". I didn't know that, and I don't give a S*** if they're Lyran or House Kurita or House Liao, it doesn't make them NOT fun to play as. Enough said.

Go to Sarna.net and educate yourself! Yay!

[Naughtyboy]

well there is not many mech models that has not ended up one way or the other in every house and realm, as salvage,theft or bought..so no need to stomp someone for not having the knowledge where a mech comes from.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Adridos, on 28 December 2011 - 04:00 PM, said:

You can choose which weight class you want to start with, so you should put a mech for every category.

Light: Urbie
Medium: Enforcer
Heavy: Grasshopper
Assault: Victor

Is that for real? Its confirmed somewhere?! I would love to start in w/e I want....I mean, it only makes sense based on what ive heard of this game..I hope this holds true..I dont want to be specing for assault and be forced to start in a friggin light...

[Jakebob]

everyone from all (IS) factions should start with a Stinger, Wasp or Locust.
Wolf's Dragoons could have the Flea instead.

[Naughtyboy]

LordKnightFandragon, on 14 April 2012 - 10:09 PM, said:

Is that for real? Its confirmed somewhere?! I would love to start in w/e I want....I mean, it only makes sense based on what ive heard of this game..I hope this holds true..I dont want to be specing for assault and be forced to start in a friggin light...

Yes! its stated in several threads and interviews that there is no limits on what weightclass you start off with ,but i guess mechs cost diffrently both to get and maintain. I guess that prices will differ for diffrent mech chassis aswell ,it will depend on how your standings with a house are aswell if the said mech you want is availeble for purchase by your house.If i understand it correctly players assigned to a house gets discount on their houses mechs . Mercenaires gets discount depending on their loyalty standing to a house.

[100mile]

BoDracos, on 13 April 2012 - 04:09 PM, said:

am i missing something or is this game not yet active?
cuz i dont seem to be able to go to the lab to get started.
i can only read forums and game related history.
I cant even see what kind of mechs are available

Got to the Dev 0 blog and read it and all the rest of the Dev blogs under forums...That will get you started..Hope that helps..

[LordKnightFandragon]

Naughtyboy, on 15 April 2012 - 12:04 AM, said:

Yes! its stated in several threads and interviews that there is no limits on what weightclass you start off with ,but i guess mechs cost diffrently both to get and maintain. I guess that prices will differ for diffrent mech chassis aswell ,it will depend on how your standings with a house are aswell if the said mech you want is availeble for purchase by your house.If i understand it correctly players assigned to a house gets discount on their houses mechs . Mercenaires gets discount depending on their loyalty standing to a house.

AWESOME!!! Well, waht you said was awesome =D I will prolly end up driving one as well, seeing how I will prolly end up going Kurita and I doubt Kurita has a Zeus...unless the Mauler gets in, then I roll a Mauler.

[Josh Davion]

Light: Javelin
Medium: Centurion
Heavy: Warhammer
Assault: Awesome

[Metal God]

Light: Javelin
Medium: Enforcer
Heavy: Jagermech
Assault: Victor

[Kifferson von doober]

I'd say thats another good reason to include the Dervish which i believe the federated suns has a factory for But the rifleman would also be great!

[Jonas]

Well since we are listing some Mechs that are not in the game yet I will go with.

light: Wolfhound
medium: Centurion or Wolverine
Heavy: JagerMech or Axman ( really want an Axman even if the Ax is just for show )
Assault: Victor, Zeus, or Battlemaster

Mechs I still want to see are.

Highlander, any and all of the unseen Mechs, Bushwacker I know its not fielded till 3053 but maybe a prototype one.

[SirDenOfYork]

I will take one of each....

[Ross486]

Jonas, on 26 April 2012 - 10:34 AM, said:

Well since we are listing some Mechs that are not in the game yet I will go with.

light: Wolfhound
medium: Centurion or Wolverine
Heavy: JagerMech or Axman ( really want an Axman even if the Ax is just for show )
Assault: Victor, Zeus, or Battlemaster

Mechs I still want to see are.

Highlander, any and all of the unseen Mechs, Bushwacker I know its not fielded till 3053 but maybe a prototype one.

We already have the Centurion i'd want the Enforcer since its a Davion design

[T C Baxter]

So many choices from the light Wasp to the assault Atlas.

Light: Wasp, Stinger, Locust and a few others.
Med: Phoenix Hawk, Enforcer, Griffin, Shadow Hawk and Wolverine are just a couple.
Hvy: Rifleman, Jaeger Mech, Warhammer.
Asslt: Cyclopes, Zeus, Victor, Battlemaster and Atlas.

I have left a lot of good mechs not mentioned, but this would be a good start.

[Shootanoob]

I'd like to take a Valkyrie - but a Jenner would also do. As a med, I'd like the Phoenix Hawk, and for the bigger ones I'm not really sure whether I will ever pilot one (there is no use being a big slow target - although I appreciate those big guys saving my hide from time to time :-))

Edited by BigPuma, 01 May 2012 - 11:29 AM.

[mckenzie bruce]

Speaking from the Lyran side of FedCom here:

Light: Atlas
Medium: Atlas
Heavy: Lostech Atlas
Assault: Atlas with a modified LRM launcher that fires other Atlases.

Just kidding, Realistically, I'd avoid the Victor like the plague. It's armored like most Medium mechs and many-most variants have so many crits worth of ammo, you're begging for your mech to be turned into a roman candle. Granted, since we're talking starting mechs, you can count on whatever you get having some huge kind of achilles heel to make you want to purchase other variants or mechs

Anywho, here's what I'd suggest as a Lyran-Side Fedcom list of starters, all L1 tech because lostech and new stuff is at a premium in this timeframe.

Light: WLF-1 Wolfhound or COM-2D Commando
Medium: HCT-3F Hatchetman or PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk
Heavy: ARC-2S Archer (the steiner variant) or OTL-4D Ostsol
Assault: No question, Lyran starters should get the ZEU-6S, or, as I call it, the "Look ma, I'm a butterbar with a compass and a map" mech.

For Davion? Yeah, I'd suggest straight Valkyrie/Centurion/Jaegermech/Battlemaster


p.s. For the poster that suggested a Puma and an Argus? the Puma is a clan mech, ditto the Hellhound, we're Inner SPhere only, heck, clans haven't even invaded at the time the game starts, also, the Argus is one of the first IS Omnis, something we wouldn't see for years of gamet ime besides.

Edited by mckenzie bruce, 01 May 2012 - 11:58 AM.

[Qayos]

Light: Javelin
Medium: Trebuchet
Heavy: Marauder
Assault: Zeus