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[TheCaptainJZ]

Hatchetman makes sense for MW5 since they added melee damage.

[martian]

Crusader legs are looking good ...

[FLG 01]

I would buy a Crusader, if it is not totally ugly, for lore reasons alone.
But I have no illusions about its in-game performance (quirks aside, of course).

[martian]

FLG 01, on 25 March 2022 - 10:42 AM, said:

I would buy a Crusader, if it is not totally ugly, for lore reasons alone.
But I have no illusions about its in-game performance (quirks aside, of course).

'Mech combining the size and the body shape of Thunderbolt (more or less) with the energy/missile loadouts of Catapult?

[pbiggz]

martian, on 25 March 2022 - 10:46 AM, said:

'Mech combining the size and the body shape of Thunderbolt (more or less) with the energy/missile loadouts of Catapult?

I'd say its more shaped like a grasshopper.

It'll be pretty cool, nothing new by any means but at this point we have such an oversaturation of variants I think new mechs dont mean much, outliers like the black python aside.

If we did it all again, I wouldn't do variants at all. I'd let each individual mech fill its own niche instead. It gives design space for more, unique mechs and reduces the frequency with which players gravitate towards specific mechs because they present the best hardpoint layout/hitboxes. Consider how many mechs overlap with the thunderbolts' various configurations. Why bother with them? The thunderbolt already exists and it does those job(s) better, and thats just one example.

Edited by pbiggz, 25 March 2022 - 11:04 AM.

[Novakaine]

[ScrapIron Prime]

Novakaine, on 25 March 2022 - 11:31 AM, said:

the forearms don't look too fat. i think we're getting something close to the original, with the hip missiles moved up to the torso.

[DaZur]

I sense pending MRM-palooza right around the corner...

[East Indy]

FupDup, on 24 March 2022 - 03:22 PM, said:

Even as someone not interested in the Crusader, I would find great pleasure in giving HG a giant middle finger by its inclusion in this game.

Oh, absolutely. The other possibility is that PGI has been able to monetize Unseen all this time but never devoted the resources. While I'm not crazy about playing a gingerbread man silhouette in today's MWO meta, what goes to MWO surely goes to MW5 and elsewhere, and if the Crusader is worth PGI's trouble...

...I mean, for all the highs and lows over the years, the work by Alex and the asset team is forever.

[ScrapIron Prime]

DaZur, on 25 March 2022 - 11:48 AM, said:

I sense pending MRM-palooza right around the corner...

Hey, if it works for the Dervish and the Archer... The quirks are the key. Please let it be a tanky Dervish.

[martian]

Crusader - upper arm added:

[BarHaid]

Has anyone put the MW5 teases together yet? I will totally cop to being to lazy.

[martian]

Crusader coming up together:

[martian]

BarHaid, on 25 March 2022 - 08:15 PM, said:

Has anyone put the MW5 teases together yet? I will totally cop to being to lazy.

Hatchetman



Disparate collection of pieces ...

[martian]

BarHaid, on 25 March 2022 - 08:15 PM, said:

Has anyone put the MW5 teases together yet? I will totally cop to being to lazy.

Check this thread, please:
MW5:Mercs Hatchetman

[ScrapIron Prime]

Part of me is still worried that the last piece in the center of the “Crusader” will be

Edited by ScrapIron Prime, 25 March 2022 - 09:13 PM.

[martian]

Both feet ...

[martian]

O.K., one leg complete ...

[martian]

[martian]

Finally we are getting some pieces of the torso: