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[JuliBashir]

Was looking at the new Gauntlet mech pack that released today, in particular i was apreciating the new decal


If you scan the QR code on there it will take you to the ShadowHawk IIC sarna page, any one else think this is a hint about what the next mech will be?

[martian]

That would be disappointing. Just another obscure and boring low-end medium 'Mech that runs lasers or lasers with missiles ... just like other similar 'Mechs.

There are already Shadow Cat and Ice Ferret available. And if you add 5 tons, you can buy Hunchback IIC or Huntsman.

They added Legendary Shadow Cat just a month ago.

EDIT:
But thanks for noticing and posting this detail.

Edited by martian, 24 June 2025 - 11:06 AM.

[JuliBashir]

martian, on 24 June 2025 - 11:01 AM, said:

That would be disappointing. Just another obscure and boring low-end medium 'Mech that runs lasers or lasers with missiles ... just like other similar 'Mechs.

Honestly agree 100% its deffo not my choice of what id like to see in MWO. Give me more heavies please PGI

[Mayhem Lewis]

JuliBashir, on 24 June 2025 - 10:40 AM, said:

Was looking at the new Gauntlet mech pack that released today, in particular i was apreciating the new decal


If you scan the QR code on there it will take you to the ShadowHawk IIC sarna page, any one else think this is a hint about what the next mech will be?

Bummer, but good on you for spotting that, its the kind of marketing you have to dig!

[Valdarion Silarius]

Shadowhawk IIC is interesting. It's a mech in which I really don't remember being in any mechwarrior games but maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Can't wait to see it's design from PGI.

My personal choices would have been the Grendel and/or the Septicemia (Pariah) since I think they offer more interesting loadouts that mix ballistic, energy and missile hardpoints with the various omnimech configurations. Grendel would be awesome because it would be pretty tanky for a medium and the Pariah has some very nasty configurations.

The other two clan mechs I would like to see added sometime in the future would be the Turkina and the Kingfisher since we had a Ghost Bear expansion recently. Could be whatever be the next featured captured clan mech in the next DLC.

[TELEFORCE]

Need Hellion, Grendel, Pariah, and Kingfisher

[Battlemaster56]

Quite happy to see the ShadHawk IIC get it spotlight since it be the first time it ever be released on a mechwarrior title besides a mod on mw5 mercs, while there other options it fills out the 45 ton role in the clan line up and it's a battlemech so it fills in another spot that was only held by the shadow cat Omni mech.

[LordNothing]

martian, on 24 June 2025 - 11:01 AM, said:

That would be disappointing. Just another obscure and boring low-end medium 'Mech that runs lasers or lasers with missiles ... just like other similar 'Mechs.

There are already Shadow Cat and Ice Ferret available. And if you add 5 tons, you can buy Hunchback IIC or Huntsman.

They added Legendary Shadow Cat just a month ago.

EDIT:
But thanks for noticing and posting this detail.

i feel like pgi really needs gimmick features to sell mechs anymore. since every possible weapons permutation is already available outside of blatant inflation. sources of novelty really help a stale game even if they are the kind of thing you put 10 games into and forget about.

Edited by LordNothing, 30 June 2025 - 01:48 AM.

[Hawk819]

Sweet! If true, then we can cross that off the list. I'll definitely buy that beauty.

[Davegt27]

I thought the hint was a PHX IIC

[Wraith 1]

Makes sense, given that they really only have the resources to go for tweaks of existing models right now. Maybe not the most exciting option, but even finding a weight/tech/omni combination that isn't already filled is impressive by itself at this point. It should be a decent poker if the mount points are anywhere near as good as the original SHD, which they probably will be because tweaks of existing models.

[AvocadoKai]

Wraith 1, on 01 July 2025 - 06:26 PM, said:

Makes sense, given that they really only have the resources to go for tweaks of existing models right now. Maybe not the most exciting option, but even finding a weight/tech/omni combination that isn't already filled is impressive by itself at this point. It should be a decent poker if the mount points are anywhere near as good as the original SHD, which they probably will be because tweaks of existing models.

A jump capable 3x C UAC5 build could be pretty fun. That would give it the edge over the hunchback iic.