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[BumbleBee]

https://twitter.com/...895892074500096

[Shaitan Kerensky]

one can only hope

[epikt]

Lockheed_, on 06 May 2023 - 09:00 PM, said:

Sounds like another legendary mech considering that they specifically use the word legendary.

So far, legendary mechs have been available immediately after their announcement, without a pre-order. I don't think it's a new Legendary, even if they have used the word in their tweet.
Anyway, we'll know soon enough.

Personally I don't care about the Rhino, I want a Wasp+Stinger pack.

[PocketYoda]

Stone Rhinos will significantly change the MWO battlefield.. As long as we can actually add any weapon systems due to ridiculous ghost heat.

[Tromoskyon Rex]

I hope they use a model similar to the one on Nexus mods for MW5. Not the Clan Invasion one, the stand alone one.

https://www.nexusmod...naries/mods/813

Edited by Orion_, 06 May 2023 - 09:49 PM.

[w0qj]

The suspense is killing me; cannot wait

And what was this #MondayPreorder in the tweet?
https://twitter.com/...895892074500096

[martian]

Just do not be disappointed if you find out that the new Hero ... pardon ... "Legendary" 'Mech is just another reskinned Daishi, Atlas or Marauder II or some other Assault.

[Tromoskyon Rex]

martian, on 06 May 2023 - 11:54 PM, said:

Just do not be disappointed if you find out that the new Hero ... pardon ... "Legendary" 'Mech is just another reskinned Daishi, Atlas or Marauder II or some other Assault.

As a prominent Gundam fan, as long as it isnt a Unicorn, RX78, or Wing Gundam I will be happy with any repeats and reskins

[Shaitan Kerensky]

just hope it is a clan mech. the last two have been IS and with how slow mwo is to bring new mechs, another IS mech would be a bummer

Personally loved this visual design:

[BumbleBee]

Personally im a fan of this design

https://www.behance....tone-Rhino-mech

[Bud Crue]

PocketYoda, on 06 May 2023 - 09:41 PM, said:

Stone Rhinos will significantly change the MWO battlefield.. As long as we can actually add any weapon systems due to ridiculous ghost heat.

Besides the mechporn aspect a new mech like this brings, how would this " significantly change the MWO battlefield"? Serious question. This thing post-dates my BT game play days and just looking on Sarna, it doesn't look like it can do anything that a correspondingly configured Dire can't already do. Assuming they put the top ballistics in the RT and LT and given where the CP is located, you're still going to half to expose as much as you would in a Dire to bring your weapons into play. So I am just not understanding what the big deal is about this mech in terms of its potential impact on game play.

Edited by Bud Crue, 07 May 2023 - 05:50 AM.

[Widowmaker1981]

Bud Crue, on 07 May 2023 - 05:41 AM, said:

Besides the mechporn aspect a new mech like this brings, how would this " significantly change the MWO battlefield"? Serious question. This thing post-dates my BT game play days and just looking on Sarna, it doesn't look like it can do anything that a correspondingly configured Dire can't already do. Assuming they put the top ballistics in the RT and LT and given where the CP is located, you're still going to half to expose as much as you would in a Dire to bring your weapons into play. So I am just not understanding what the big deal is about this mech in terms of its potential impact on game play.

Its a Battlemech, so wont be stuck with a 300 engine like the Dire and can use all the slots in the STs (Dire cant do things like 2xAC10 in a ST, for example)

A lot depends on what variants we get. The Stone Rhino 6 has 15 energy hardpoints, 7 in each ST. No Dire could hope to compete with that for energy builds - you can get up to 16E on a Dire, but 8 of them are in the arms. (If we get this variant i predict we will be seeing a lot of 6 LPL builds with XL350s)

Edited by Widowmaker1981, 07 May 2023 - 06:23 AM.

[Tromoskyon Rex]

I have a dream and that dream is a Blood Asp to surpass all others 🤣

I actually didn't know it was a Battlemech and not Omni! It was the first mini I ever got from a salvage box and I just think it looks dope. I'm even more hopeful they're actually doing it now!!

I have a dream and that dream is a Blood Asp to surpass all others 🤣

I actually didn't know it was a Battlemech and not Omni! It was the first mini I ever got from a salvage box and I just think it looks dope. I'm even more hopeful they're actually doing it now!!

[Average Clan Enjoyer]

w0qj, on 06 May 2023 - 11:01 PM, said:

The suspense is killing me; cannot wait

And what was this #MondayPreorder in the tweet?
https://twitter.com/...895892074500096

Previously, when a new mech chassis was released (Hatchetman, Crusader for some recent examples), there was a small "pre-order" window, which is a point where you can pay to get access to the new mech before you can buy variants with C-bills in the in-game store. This pre-order also typically has other bonuses, like unique cockpit or cosmetic items. IIRC, most pre-order windows are about a week long, which is why it's being available for pre-order on a Monday.

I am fully predicting this is a Stone Rhino. This will be the only mech I pre-order. Ever.

Edited by Average Clan Enjoyer, 07 May 2023 - 04:38 PM.

[PocketYoda]

Orion_, on 06 May 2023 - 09:48 PM, said:

I hope they use a model similar to the one on Nexus mods for MW5. Not the Clan Invasion one, the stand alone one.

https://www.nexusmod...naries/mods/813

Prefer this one myself

BumbleBee, on 07 May 2023 - 02:00 AM, said:

Personally im a fan of this design

https://www.behance....tone-Rhino-mech

That looks like a Matar the Mech the stone Rhino was developed off..

https://www.sarna.ne...hs-stone-rhino/

https://www.sarna.ne...ar_(BattleMech)

Edited by PocketYoda, 07 May 2023 - 05:16 PM.

[PocketYoda]

Bud Crue, on 07 May 2023 - 05:41 AM, said:

Besides the mechporn aspect a new mech like this brings, how would this " significantly change the MWO battlefield"? Serious question. This thing post-dates my BT game play days and just looking on Sarna, it doesn't look like it can do anything that a correspondingly configured Dire can't already do. Assuming they put the top ballistics in the RT and LT and given where the CP is located, you're still going to half to expose as much as you would in a Dire to bring your weapons into play. So I am just not understanding what the big deal is about this mech in terms of its potential impact on game play.

• Stone Rhino 6 A close combat dueling design based on the Stone Rhino 5, the Stone Rhino 6 is armed with a simple yet effective loadout of 14 Medium Pulse Lasers. These are backed up by a single ER Small Laser.^[6] BV (2.0) = 2,981^[14]

• BHN-6H Behemoth Assigned to Gordon Zed of the Zalman Bloodname, even downgraded with primitive Succession Wars era technology his Behemoth was a powerful 'Mech that caused mass panic and confusion whenever it took to the field with Wolf's Dragoons Alpha Regiment during the Third Succession War. Zed's Behemoth swapped the large pulse lasers for PPCs, the small pulse laser for standard model and the twin Gauss rifles for Autocannon/10s with four tons of reloads, the extra weight for this loadout and the heat sinks to make it viable is made possible by a reduction to 200-rated standard engine, greatly reducing its ground speed. Like many Dragoons, Zed and his Behemoth would fall during the brutal Battle of Misery, and though the Draconis Combine might have salvaged the 'Mech, they were never able to repair or reproduce it.^{[17][6] [18]}

Edited by PocketYoda, 07 May 2023 - 05:22 PM.

[Mechteric]

Personally doubt it since it's basically same as Marauder II... though since they like to reuse model parts it makes an amount of sense being it would be for clan.

That said, I'd like to throw out my guess... It could be an inner sphere omnimech!

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hauptmann

Or

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Sunder

[Rondoe]

I'm praying it is the Stone Rhino (Behemoth) that will be announced!!!

I have purchased 3 of the legendary's-well they were okay...maybe. They were assaults-my favorite class.

I hope if it is the Stone Rhino I will not be let down or might just hang this hat up and spend my money on more TT Battletech instead.

[BumbleBee]

Quote

Its power is legendary. Its armor impregnable. Its firepower unrivaled. The #MWO battlefield is about to get a lot more dangerous, are you ready? #MondayPreorder

Firemoth Lag Armour

MAKE IT SO!

Edited by BumbleBee, 08 May 2023 - 02:46 AM.

[PocketYoda]

Well that was a let down.. Not a let down after all.

Edited by PocketYoda, 08 May 2023 - 05:23 PM.