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[C337Skymaster]

LordNothing, on 15 May 2021 - 02:29 PM, said:

was mostly thinking about the timbie. 8x ballistic boats now carrying ecm are going to be evil. timbie never had any good ballistic options.

Technically you can fit a ballistic hardpoint on each arm and side torso of the TBR. They just all have catches to them. The left arm hardpoint is locked behind a paywall. The left torso ballistic is hard-locked to two jump jets. The CT ballistic is only a single slot (so only MG's). The right torso hardpoint is going to be either/or with the ECM, leaving the right arm hardpoint as the only easily used ballistic.

KingCobra, on 15 May 2021 - 02:47 PM, said:

My favorite mech for stock faction play in NBT and MWL was the Madcat D totally awesome.

I never got to play any of the old games online, but I'm excited to see someone else who recognizes the awesomeness that is the TBR-D stock loadout.

Edited by C337Skymaster, 15 May 2021 - 02:55 PM.

[Absaint]

The camo is super cool, but those elementals riding on the mechs are something else.

Amazing job picking this classic MW2 feel guys, will be amazing.

Now the warhorn with the MW2 "enemy destroyed", really is something that so many of us hold with fond memories...make it so!

[w0qj]

Doing the math for this Warden Booster Pack:
(It's worth it !)

200 GSP + Pre-Order 200 GSP
Two (2x) +5% CBills Hanging Cockpit Items both from Pre-Order
Additional goodies from the probable 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event (just refer to the Stryker Pack Event as example).

The above goods is in and of itself worth the Pre-Ordering!

And you get the ECM mechs Special Variants + Standard Variants...

=============================
Tips for MWO new and returning players:

1) Yes, there probably would be a 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event with days of this pack injection into MWO.

2) As others have already said, please keep your Standard Variants for both mechs; you likely would need these to complete your probable 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event!

3) You will want to keep your Standard Variant Timber Wolf TBR-WR's right torso which has ECM (do not sell this torso), to equip this on your other Timber Wolf variants

Edited by w0qj, 15 May 2021 - 04:08 PM.

[Buenaventura]

Drake67, on 15 May 2021 - 02:28 PM, said:

Please announce if the coinciding event requires both variants well ahead of the content drop. It is my normal SOP to sell copies of a mech. Especially if there is a special variant. It would be nice to have all preorder extra cockpit items to have a 5% percent cbill bonus. A warhorn with a cbill bonus would be awesome.

At this point in time, this is standard procedure and to be expected. When PGI were still adding new chassis, the associated release events always called for the standard version of the (S) variant, too. You don't need to skill it or even change the loadout, at least these 2 should be good enough for some damage numbers. The event doesn't call for anything else, see the Stryker pack event.

[PraetorGix]

KursedVixen, on 14 May 2021 - 11:06 PM, said:

They use to be user removable and you had like jump jet hard points this created a problem on my kit fox when they changed it my kit fox had too many jump jets.

You're not alone on the Kit Fox and JJ's problems my friend.

[HammerMaster]

Camo. Awesome.
Cockpit items....ok.
ECM BS. Come on man.
It's still jesus box. Even if less. Don't lie to us. It's a BLATANT selling point.
Bolt ons. Cool. But why put Elementals of all things that are inert?
Timber Wolf. Should be the absolute best mech in the game hands down. Got nerfed but still very usable.
Dire Wolf. I sincerely hope you fix the mobility because my Invasion one has not been used since Desync debacle and I have named it Dirigible.
Yes I've bought it. Damn you.

Edited by HammerMaster, 15 May 2021 - 05:48 PM.

[crazytimes]

No interest in the mechs... but perhaps as more bundles of existing chassis with ECM are added, we could look at refreshing the valentines day bundles still in the store? Their price point for 2 mechs is looking increasingly shabby compared to these packs.

I will look at the ecm omnipod for the timber wolf when it drops for cbill later this year.

[Herrisdevio]

what i find interesting is this timbie will be the second Vic Travers mech in game the marauder bh2 stock loadout is the loadout vic used when he took over the name then during clan invasion he lost the marauder in a battle vrs the clans but recovered the timberwolf from smoke jaguar and used it. they should make a Vic Travers pack where we can buy the timbie bh and the marauder bh2 in one pack

[KursedVixen]

C337Skymaster, on 15 May 2021 - 01:45 PM, said:

As cool as that would be, that would require the DLC to advance the MW5 timeline up through the Clan Invasion, which would be serious hype, would sell them lots of copies, and which they haven't said jack-squat about, so I doubt it. It would also make a really good jumping off point for MW6, if they decide to get that ambitious... (I really hope, if they do that, that they hire a dedicated story-writing TEAM, and give us a decent campaign).

considering how PGI treats clan mechs i dunno if i want them in Mw5...

w0qj, on 15 May 2021 - 04:01 PM, said:

Doing the math for this Warden Booster Pack:
(It's worth it !)

200 GSP + Pre-Order 200 GSP
Two (2x) +5% CBills Hanging Cockpit Items both from Pre-Order
Additional goodies from the probable 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event (just refer to the Stryker Pack Event as example).

The above goods is in and of itself worth the Pre-Ordering!

And you get the ECM mechs Special Variants + Standard Variants...

=============================
Tips for MWO new and returning players:

1) Yes, there probably would be a 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event with days of this pack injection into MWO.

2) As others have already said, please keep your Standard Variants for both mechs; you likely would need these to complete your probable 'Thank You' Warden Booster Pack Event!

3) You will want to keep your Standard Variant Timber Wolf TBR-WR's right torso which has ECM (do not sell this torso), to equip this on your other Timber Wolf variants

it's 5 dollars per mech if you break it down that way but there's bonus content in there that raises the value. you'd have to figure out the MC cost of the bonus items...

Edited by KursedVixen, 15 May 2021 - 08:37 PM.

[C337Skymaster]

KursedVixen, on 15 May 2021 - 08:37 PM, said:

considering how PGI treats clan mechs i dunno if i want them in Mw5...

Well, the beauty of it being a single-player game where the host feeds all parameters to any co-ops, is that you can mod it if you so desire. Also, the beauty of it being PvE instead of PvP is that PGI can "balance" things with parameters such as AI skill, and (hopefully) with quantity of opponents, they can leave the clan tech at full strength, and then just prevent you from having to face too much of it at once.

[Arkhangel]

Think what some folks're missing is given they're doing Elemental Boltons, you could totally take those and make a MW5 Mod for them XD

Also, they might actually be slightly animated. We do have a couple boltons with moving parts or particle effects (like the Atlas's Electrified Brass Knuckles, for instance).

[KursedVixen]

Arkhangel, on 15 May 2021 - 09:27 PM, said:

Think what some folks're missing is given they're doing Elemental Boltons, you could totally take those and make a MW5 Mod for them XD

Also, they might actually be slightly animated. We do have a couple boltons with moving parts or particle effects (like the Atlas's Electrified Brass Knuckles, for instance).

That's hardly a moving limb though moving the arms or legs would require adding bones to the model that's a little more than sparks or electric arcs.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

love the Elementar Bolt Ons .D very nice and like the new Elementars from Catalyst Games, only sad, thats Catalyst Games the Elementars from 3 m (thats 1/3 of a Mech) to Dwarfes

[PocketYoda]

I'm going to make mine one Blue and one Orange...

[DeadWeight18]

I would appreciate standing C-Bill cockpit items in the Warden Booster pack.

[Joshua McEvedy]

I'll give credit where credit is due. This is a pretty good pack for new or returning players, with the ECM-equipped Timber Wolf and Dire Wolf, and cool paint pattern and bolt-on Elementals.

[C337Skymaster]

Joshua McEvedy, on 16 May 2021 - 05:12 AM, said:

I'll give credit where credit is due. This is a pretty good pack for new or returning players, with the ECM-equipped Timber Wolf and Dire Wolf, and cool paint pattern and bolt-on Elementals.

I don't think the Elementals will find it "cool" that they're getting bolted on. Kinda reduces their freedom of movement a little bit.

[w0qj]

How about a GOLD Timber Wolf with ECM?
(I wants it !!)

HammerMaster, on 15 May 2021 - 05:24 PM, said:

...my Invasion one...
Yes I've bought it. Damn you.

[martian]

C337Skymaster, on 16 May 2021 - 05:24 AM, said:

I don't think the Elementals will find it "cool" that they're getting bolted on. Kinda reduces their freedom of movement a little bit.

This is nothing new for them - 'Mechs serve as their battle taxis.

[latinisator]

Damn you, PGI, damn you!

i usually do not play heavy Mechs or assault ones. But the Elementals got me. Damn you very much!