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[Will9761]

One major problem I have with the Legends branding are the "so-called" Legendary Mechs. The branding itself can be justified since this game existed for 11 years now and there are quite some stories to tell from this game. But my main problem with the legendary mechs is they have no lore behind them nor a backstory to tie them in with the lore. After all the words "Legends" and "Legendary" imply something or someone that is traditional, and these mechs are not traditional. However, this is a golden opportunity to continue the path of hero mechs while still bringing the mythology of those mechs to MWO. After all there are still some mech variants and pilots who have not been given the type of love that the heroes haven't got yet and you can still use the pre-existing chassis in order to do this. After all, what’s the point of calling these Legendary Mechs if they are not Legendary? Here are some examples of chassis and personalities that could be made into legendary mechs. These Legendary names are just examples, but you get the idea.

Atlas AS7-BB (Big Ben)
Atlas AS7-SRD Shroud (Anastasius Focht’s Atlas)
Atlas AS7-NBM Nobleman (Thomas Hogarth’s Atlas)
Archer ARC-PKL Pack Leader (Jaimie Wolf’s Archer)
Awesome ASW-SCN Scion (Adam Steiner’s Awesome)
BattleMaster BLR-DK Dragoon Killer (Wayne Rogers' BattleMaster)
BattleMaster BLR- VND Vendetta (Wayne Waco's BattleMaster)
BattleMaster BLR-PTR Patriot (Hanse Davion's BattleMaster)
BattleMaster BLR-BSH Bushido (Takashi Kurita's BattleMaster)
Catapult CPLT-KGA Koga (Victoria Espinosa’s Catapult)
Griffin GRF-STL Stiletto (Katherine Steiner Davion’s Griffin)
Hunchback HBK-ACE Aces High (Shakir Jerrar’s Hunchback)
Kintaro KTO-LBR Liberator (Kamea Arano’s Kintaro)
Marauder MAD-TBM (The Black Marauder)
Marauder MAD-RH Red Hunter (Hassid Ricol's Marauder)
Panther PNT-TMC Tomcat (Ace Darwin’s Panther)
Victor VTR-HDG HoundDog (Patrick Kell’s Victor)
Wolfhound WLF-UPS Upstart (Ciro Ramirez’s Wolfhound)

Edited by Will9761, 27 May 2023 - 11:48 AM.

[JediPanther]

I'd rather see legendary versions of the first four mechs in the game with both c-bill and xp bonus of 30% They got the game through the closed/open beta before all the other is mechs slowly trickled in and years before clans.
hbk-4g
jr7-d
cptl-c1
asl-d

[Heavy Money]

Something to keep in mind is that they cannot add any new hardpoints. The new mechs can use new combos of existing hardpoints only. There's been a lot of discussion about adding famous mechs from the Lore but this is the main issue that has gotten in the way of that.

[sycocys]

JediPanther, on 26 May 2023 - 03:56 PM, said:

I'd rather see legendary versions of the first four mechs in the game with both c-bill and xp bonus of 30% They got the game through the closed/open beta before all the other is mechs slowly trickled in and years before clans.
hbk-4g
jr7-d
cptl-c1
asl-d

I'd like to see them expand the original line of mechs, so many variants left out.

[Battlemaster56]

I would love they just expand on some gimmicks of the mechs something like the Scattershot but not super broken, instead of generic good mech with extra consumables.

[Tromoskyon Rex]

This would be awesome. I think a big draw for MW and BT is the lore. Lore is why I like Star Wars and used to like Halo so much and it is what got me interested in this and MW5 enough to literally buy a gaming PC to play them. The Legends are cool but there hasn't been something that really screamed 'get this mech' other than the Juggernaut for the MASC.... but that turned out crap... If there was some history to it and it was something I could go read a Sarna page on though, that could add some incentive for sure.

[Duke Falcon]

Want a trully legendary mech?

Gather and heed, folks!

EBJ-CB (LGD) <Ebon Jaguar "Cauldron Born"
quirk(s):
No matter what the Cauldron wants to change with a patch this chassis automatically keep or revert it's stats to basic...

Would it worth the price? Ye bet, dudes!

[Volume]

Duke Falcon, on 28 May 2023 - 08:39 AM, said:

Want a trully legendary mech? Gather and heed, folks! EBJ-CB (LGD) <Ebon Jaguar "Cauldron Born" quirk(s): No matter what the Cauldron wants to change with a patch this chassis automatically keep or revert it's stats to basic... Would it worth the price? Ye bet, dudes!

Ok, I lol'd.

JediPanther, on 26 May 2023 - 03:56 PM, said:

I'd rather see legendary versions of the first four mechs in the game with both c-bill and xp bonus of 30% They got the game through the closed/open beta before all the other is mechs slowly trickled in and years before clans. hbk-4g jr7-d cptl-c1 asl-d

This might be an extremely stupid question, but isn't the 30% c-bill bonus on the legendary founders mechs enough? My AS7-D(F) has like 1.4 million extra xp now. I don't think it really needs the 30% XP bonus. Maybe back in 2012.

[JediPanther]

Volume, on 01 June 2023 - 12:42 AM, said:

Ok, I lol'd.


This might be an extremely stupid question, but isn't the 30% c-bill bonus on the legendary founders mechs enough? My AS7-D(F) has like 1.4 million extra xp now. I don't think it really needs the 30% XP bonus. Maybe back in 2012.

Maybe not on the founders. The (C) already have xp bonus. Maybe on the cptl c5/6 variants with the arrow iv. Or other catapults like the H2. Bring in other variants of the mechs.

[Will9761]

In regards to what I said about the word Legends, it could as also explain new legends and I don't mind that for the Legendary Mechs. I wouldn't mind having Legendary Mechs with different quirk and bonuses around it as long as PGI told us how they came to be. At least give them a backstory that explains why the Scattershot got it's name or the same for why the Seraph is for what it is.

In some games, when they use the word Legendary to describe something it actually make sense. Like the Pokémon games for example, whenever we here about a Legendary Pokémon, it's either because it's power is stronger than any other or because it exists thousands of years ago. Or even sports like the NBA referring to Michael Jordan as a "Legendary Hall of Famer", due to his career with the Chicago Bulls.

In short, it's fine for the Legendary Mechs to have quirks, boosts, bonuses and bolt-ons themed after them, but please give some mythology behind them that goes along with them. I don't care if it's and old legend or new one.