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[Kanil]

Nomad Tech, on 24 March 2022 - 07:09 PM, said:

Is it bad that i don't give a crap about Crusaders or Phoenix Hawk IICs.. Like pretty useless mechs all round..

PXH IIC is pretty much the only 'mech PGI can sell that I'd consider buying. It's Clan BattleMech power creep, instantly obsoletes my current 'mech, and I want it.

[Alex Morgaine]

i wouldn't mind melee if they put in hatchet dude though

[chaosshade2638]

IS omnis would be nice, but then they'd need to redo the XL rules because putting an XL on an assault mech is utter maddness.

[BarHaid]

Pretty sure the MW5 tease is a Hatchetman. I think you can place the first three pics in order to show the outer edge of an arm. Not sure about the MWO pics, but am sure hoping for Crusader!

[Horseman]

Here are the MWO pieces so far on top of the roadmap silhouette.

BarHaid, on 24 March 2022 - 10:14 PM, said:

Pretty sure the MW5 tease is a Hatchetman. I think you can place the first three pics in order to show the outer edge of an arm.

#2 and #4 fit together. An axe would also be a plausible explanation for the thingamabob in bottom-left corner of #2.

Edited by Horseman, 25 March 2022 - 01:26 AM.

[martian]

I guess that many Crusader fans can be happy. Those parts fit really well.

[martian]

Something, what could be the Hatchetman's arm with a piece of its hatchet visible.

[Horseman]

martian, on 25 March 2022 - 02:21 AM, said:

I guess that many Crusader fans can be happy. Those parts fit really well.

Actually closer to the actual miniature than that artwork:

[Big-G]

Can't wait...

[Ch_R0me]

martian, on 24 March 2022 - 01:26 PM, said:

As you probably know, PGI teased the MechWarrior Online fans with the picture of a 'Mech that could be either Crusader (65 tons, Inner Sphere) or Phoenix Hawk IIC (80 tons, Clan) or perhaps some other 'Mech. This image was posted under the 2022 MWO roadmap. (...)

Something (from the pixelosis beginning to the comparision of the RGi (Recognition Guide; Clan TRO's) pictures of Crusader and Phoenix Hawk IIC, there is a much larger chance that it may be the Clan IS mech.

EDIT:

Did a second sweep, and it has to be the Crusader.

Edited by Ch_R0me, 25 March 2022 - 03:24 AM.

[ScrapIron Prime]

Ch_R0me, on 25 March 2022 - 03:18 AM, said:

Something (from the pixelosis beginning to the comparision of the RGi (Recognition Guide; Clan TRO's) pictures of Crusader and Phoenix Hawk IIC, there is a much larger chance that it may be the Clan IS mech.

EDIT:

Did a second sweep, and it has to be the Crusader.

If it has shoulder pods, the missiles are there. A Crusader has a machine gun in each arm, so that's likely what you're pointing at.

But pics 6 and 2 from MW5 are making me think they're revealing two entirely different mechs. The angle is wrong for those to fit into the above image... plus different number of pieces in the puzzle. So Now I'm guessing Crusader for MWO and Hatchetman for MW5.

[martian]

Something what could be the leg of Hatchetman:



Note that the central part has a very similar shape.

[ScrapIron Prime]

martian, on 25 March 2022 - 05:35 AM, said:

Something what could be the leg of Hatchetman:



Note that the central part has a very similar shape.

Yeah, the similar heat sink vent on the leg had me going for a while, but pic 2 showing a laser doesn't fit into the image for the MWO release mech, and pic 6 looks VERY much like a hatchetman shoulder.

[martian]

ScrapIron Prime, on 25 March 2022 - 05:40 AM, said:

Yeah, the similar heat sink vent on the leg had me going for a while, but pic 2 showing a laser doesn't fit into the image for the MWO release mech, and pic 6 looks VERY much like a hatchetman shoulder.

I would say that it is quite clear that those 'Mechs are going to be Crusader for MWO and Hatchetman for MW5: Mercs.

[Horseman]

ScrapIron Prime, on 25 March 2022 - 05:30 AM, said:

If it has shoulder pods, the missiles are there. A Crusader has a machine gun in each arm, so that's likely what you're pointing at.

The Reseen and Nuseen have missile racks in their forearms, and what we see of the shoulder pod doesn't seem like it could open.

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But pics 6 and 2 from MW5 are making me think they're revealing two entirely different mechs. The angle is wrong for those to fit into the above image... plus different number of pieces in the puzzle. So Now I'm guessing Crusader for MWO and Hatchetman for MW5.

Agreed one hundred percent.

[martian]

MWO Crusader with a leg (well, sort of).

Edited by martian, 25 March 2022 - 07:23 AM.

[pbiggz]

yeah thats gotta be a crusader

novakaine will need new pants after this

Edited by pbiggz, 25 March 2022 - 07:15 AM.

[ScrapIron Prime]

pbiggz, on 25 March 2022 - 07:15 AM, said:

yeah thats gotta be a crusader

novakaine will need new pants after this

[DaZur]

pbiggz, on 25 March 2022 - 07:15 AM, said:

yeah thats gotta be a crusader

novakaine will need new pants after this

I hope this to be true if only to improve his general grumpy demeanor...

[ScrapIron Prime]

I'm kinda wondering if the whole point to this stunt is to draw more eyeballs to the twitter account. I must admit that I never look at it unless there's an outage.

Otherwise, I would have commented before now that the banner for their twitter account is advertising the early release of the Marauder II... three years ago.