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FP Update
Let’s face it, the Clan Invasion is dead, the FedCom Civil War Era is dead and CW is dead. Despite FP not being able to hold the candle to CW, the map should still be updated to 3080 standards. Just because FP gets little care doesn’t mean it should be ignored by the era it currently sits in. The map still says “Clan Invasion - 3052”, but now with these new mechs and weapons, the year on the map needs to be cleaned up. At this point, you’re keeping an old calendar that has no use. While I’m not expecting an overhaul for FP, at least update the year so the game can be more accurate.
Weapons
As we already have new weapons that fit the era we are in, I saw that there were other weapons that could fit in just nicely. These are how I can see the weapons looking visually.
Multi Missile Launcher 3/5/7/9 - IS Equivalent of MWO's ATMs (3068)
Streak LRMs - Long Range Streak Missiles (3057)
Variable Speed Pulse Laser - Rotary Autocannon meets lasers (3070)
Plasma Rifle - IS Equivalent to the Clan Plasma Cannon (3068)
Every weapon that we already have are in the spoilers below if you want to take a look.
Spoiler
Mechs
When it comes to mechs I tried to find the best candidate to represent each side of the Jihad. Mostly to show how they were produced in that era or how they represent that era symbolically. I tried hard to find mechs that didn’t act like other ones, but it was a challenge, so this is what I got.
Inner Sphere
Light - Valiant: Despite lacking melee in this game, adding this mech will give a Light Shield to the Light Mech slot. After all, the Mediums have the Onyx Legendary and the Heavies have the Black Knight Red Reaper II. They also have timewise weapons in their variants with both the 3T and 3E having the Shields.
Medium - Shockwave: It is the only Jihad era Medium mech I could find with timewise variants.
Heavy - Mangonel: This is an interesting design. It is a Clan Battlemech built using IS equipment. So it has two variants, an Inner Sphere-only variant and a Clan-only variant. The MNL-4S could be converted into a pure Clan Mech.
Assault - Atlas II: While not a Jihad Era Mech, it was reactivated when the Word of Blake captured Hesperus and their Defiance Industries factories and restarted production lines of those mechs. It would later serve as Devlin Stone's ride during that era as he led the Republic of the Sphere to victory in that machine, making it symbolic to that era. Also creating it would not be that hard, all PGI has to do is take the atlas and a new head shoulder pads and chest for it. It could either serve as a legendary or a new design. In addition, both Nicholas Kerensky’s Atlas and Devlin Stone’s Atlas could be Hero Mechs for the Clans and IS respectively.
Clan
Light - Arbalest: It is a Jihad Era light BattleMech that has good speed and firepower for its tonnage. It also mounts ECM. The Arbalest also has two MASC variants, which will make it the first Clan Light Mech that has MASC and will act as a safe alternative to the Fire Moth.
Medium - Mad Cat III: This Mech was a BattleMech designed by Clan Diamond Shark as a follow-up to the Mad Cat Mk II. The description of it is pretty funny though with the Clans describing it as an abomination and insult of their ways. Despite this, it is a solid design. In mwo it could act as a Stormcrow masquerading as a Timber Wolf.
Heavy - Ryoken II: this is a heavier battlemech redesign of the Stormcrow created by Clan Ghost Bear, inspired by Clan Diamond Shark with their remake of the Mad Cat Mk II. This Mech could serve as a clan equivalent of a Warhammer. Even Anastasia Kerensky's hero mech has a passing resemblance to Natasha Kerensky's Warhammer.
Assault - Cygnus: It is a Clan Hell's Horses design that is based on the Annihilator's firepower. So this and its variants are a faster and heavily armored version of that mech.
But if y’all have some better Jihad-era equivalent mechs, I’m curious to hear what you got as good candidates for IS and Clan Jihad based mechs.
The World of Blake
Since they are the main bad guys in this era, I feel that it is important to talk about their inclusion in MWO. Given the fact that we already have their decal in the game, they should also become an icon to use in game and on the forums. To add on to this their Celestial series omnis would also be a welcome change to this game as most of them mount light Fusion engines and have new weapons. The only thing that would be left out are their vibroblades, seeing how this game does not have melee yet, so if they were to be there they would just be a bolt-on similar to the Hatchetman's hatchet.
Word of Blake Forum/Faction Icon:
Word of Blake OmniMechs:
Malak (30 tons):
Invictus
Dominus
Comminus
Luminos
Eminus
Preta (45 tons)
Invictus
Dominus
Infernus
Luminos
Eminus
Grigori (60 tons):
Invictus
Dominus
Comminus
Luminos
Eminus
Deva (70 tons):
Invictus
Infernus
Comminus
Luminos
Eminus
Seraph (85 tons):
Invictus - Could work, but it needs SRMs to compensated for the lack of MMLs
Infernus
Comminus
Luminos
Eminus
Archangel (100 tons):
Invictus - Could work, but it needs 2 PPCs to compensate for the lack of Plasma Rifle
Dominus
Infernus
Comminus
Luminos
Eminus
Factions
Well this is a bit miscellaneous, but it would be nice to have these factions for forum and game icons.
