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[The Brewer]

Ok I love this. It has a SHIELD!

[YouKnowNothing]

Late to the party, but I love this, can't wait to see how it plays out.

[Feezou]

cent is still gonna get cted lel

[ScrapIron Prime]

Feezou, on 01 November 2023 - 01:22 PM, said:

cent is still gonna get cted lel

and machine guns to the rear torso still works fine, yeah. The effectiveness is completely up to the pilot skill and situational awareness.

But the coolness... the coolness is built right in.

As to the paint scheme... that can be changed. All I'm hoping is that we can place a giant decal on that shield!

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Purples and yellows can work for loud schemes right out of cyberpunkia or a synthwave album, I tend to prefer things like Impossible Pink+that Escalation color that's basically cyan on a purplish or bluish black like Hotrod or PC Gamer black (PXH default pattern looks awesome with this)

[BountyHunteer]

Dr Cara Carcass, on 01 November 2023 - 11:12 AM, said:

Because its a horrible idea.

How????

[Lusankya]

Looks interesting. Is this just for the legend?

[Typhlon]

Ah, the exact thing the mech with the already perfect shield arm which is famously strapped for tonnage needs:

A 4 ton shield arm to eat all the shots which would have otherwise just missed anyway

I look forward to the next legendary Spider, with 6 more JJs than the 5V

Edited by Typhlon, 01 November 2023 - 02:02 PM.

[MrFatBard]

nice now add a melee sword to the game

[Sjorpha]

Looks super fun to play!

My prediction is it will be pretty weak, 4 tons is a very steep price to pay on a 50 ton mech and Centurions aren't very strong to start with. But the concept is awesome and you can always buff it if needed.

I would do this: cn9-al

or this: cn9-al

Edited by Sjorpha, 01 November 2023 - 02:42 PM.

[Kamiko Kross]

Looks cool, but that arm will vanish in 1-2 secs in today's giga alpha game:(

[Ihlrath]

132 points of armor and a giant target. In this mega alpha long range environment that shield will be gone in two alphas strikes from someone sitting 1k+ meters out. Cool idea and would probably work if the game hadn't been reduced to 90+ damage alphas from the next time zone.

TTK for a Mechwarrior game is shamefully, detrimentally, and embarrassingly short. Shields won't help. Looks cool though man! Paint looks awesome.

[Mechwarrior2342356]

Kamiko Kross, on 01 November 2023 - 02:41 PM, said:

Looks cool, but that arm will vanish in 1-2 secs in today's giga alpha game:(

It'll get outright ignored because with no LAA you can't raise it with freelook and they will just nail your CT when you twist back. "shoot my shield!" "lol no"

It looks cool but I really don't know why it would be effective, pretty sure they can still tag the side of the Cent's head over the shield

From a looks standpoint this is another incredibly appealing LGD but it's going to be painful to run, which is honestly a shame. Again, the artist and modeler did a damn good job.

Edited by the check engine light, 01 November 2023 - 03:41 PM.

[ocular tb]

Definitely different and unique. I like it.

[CFC Conky]

It's funny, people complain about the power-creep in this game, then complain some more when a new mech doesn't push that.

The more mechs we get in this game the better, imo.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

[Mechwarrior2342356]

CFC Conky, on 01 November 2023 - 03:46 PM, said:

It's funny, people complain about the power-creep in this game, then complain some more when a new mech doesn't push that.

The more mechs we get in this game the better, imo.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

The power creep is already here, the problem is that this mech will not keep up with it. It sure as hell won't exacerbate it, but the power creep doesn't hardly care.

[garbodude]

I think this is super cool! I'd love to see some more mechs with shields like this going forward tbh, Black Knights or what have you.

[Ihlrath]

CFC Conky, on 01 November 2023 - 03:46 PM, said:

It's funny, people complain about the power-creep in this game, then complain some more when a new mech doesn't push that.

The more mechs we get in this game the better, imo.

Good hunting,
CFC Conky

It's not a complaint my man. It's just stating facts. That shield will be a giant target for the alpha strike bros. It's a cool idea and a great looking mech. Dude did awesome making it. Sadly in this current envrionment it's toast.

[Ihlrath]

Nine-Ball, on 01 November 2023 - 04:39 PM, said:

If they made it a component with the equivalent of 120 something armor it would work better IMO. It could survive 1.5-2 alpha strikes before going down and then the need to eat through the arm armor (another 60 points), then the structure...

Would definitely work a bit better than just adding what amounts to a single Sweaty Level Alpha Strike. Still won't last long unfortuntely. Time to kill is embarrassingly quick for a Mechwarrior game. In lore its meant to be slug outs not Pew-it-DED like it is now.

[Mechwarrior2342356]

You don't even need to make a lore check to come to the conclusion that TTK is absurdly low nor to realize that this, even with survival skills, won't help nearly as much as the appearance would suggest. It isn't the mech's fault, either.

HAG/BLC introduction was a poor decision at the time it was made and it's yet to be ameliorated sufficently, if it even can.