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[LordKnightFandragon]

My mauler will have...I think....if the game will let me....2 Large Lasers, 4 med lasers and 2 LRM 15s...lol...drop the Autocannons out entirely and drop heatsinks in the space where the ammo woulda been...

[Bishop Steiner]

NoirWolf, on 29 July 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

Clans had Omnimechs in 3049 and I do hope we get the raptor in around 3 years time.

*sighs*, yes but we are not PLAYING the Clans. (yet, anyhow) therefore, the next Mech released... wont be one we can't play for about a year.

[Bishop Steiner]

Adridos, on 29 July 2012 - 10:51 AM, said:

Victor, Highlander and Cyclops are the ones I would like to see.

Besides the fact they're unique, Capellan army surely has a lot of them.

Eh... hate to break it to you, but prior to the Fourth Succesion War,, you could barely muster 60 regiments, mostly of inferior tech. You have had no Facilities capable of building a Mech over 60 tons for decades. Then During the Fourth War, House Davion gutted the Confederation, and between the St Ives Commonality defection, the absorption of Tikonov's worlds, you are at about 1/3 the worlds and forces you started with (barely 40 to begin with). True Romano Liao has been building up, but aside from Frankenstein Cataphrachts, largely cobbled together from other mechs you had to scrap, you have few forces larger than Vindicators (which I hope they bring into the game).

So while you have a handful of Cyclops and Victors, the only thing you have in plentiful numbers is Vindicators and Urbanmechs. (Another design I want IN!)

Of course, after 3052, y'all start to get yours again.

[Reginald Rawlins]

I'm kind of hoping that the Highlander is next. It would appear that there would be enough variants available by 3049, and it also fills the 90-ton gap. It also would give us a jet-capable assault 'mech with a withering mix of short-range and long range fire. Plus, they've already delved into timeline-appropriate LosTech, so I doubt that will be too much of a factor in deciding against it.

I'd want to say Zeus because they love putting iconic faction-centric 'mechs in the game, but with the Awesome already on the Roster, the Zeus isn't going to feel too terribly different except to lorehounds.

That being said, I think Mauler is a pretty strong guess, and we'll see it relatively soon. I just have a hunch that Highlander will beat it out.

Edited by Reginald Rawlins, 29 July 2012 - 03:17 PM.

[UrLeftKnut]

Xymor, on 28 July 2012 - 11:20 PM, said:

Ill agree with you that the Annihilator is a good mech and I too would love to see it, but it was a Wolf's Dragoons exclusive mech until the Jihad. On top of that the Dragoons brought the mech with them from Clan space and although it was designed at the end of the Star League era it was designed by Kerensky and the design was taken when he left the Inner Sphere.

So I doubt we will see it.

Ill put in for either the Cyclops or Highlander for the 16th, the Mauler would me great too.

Cyclops, Highlander, and Victor are all good ideas, I forgot about the Wolf's Dragoons bit, thanks for reminding me.

Honestly I'm thinking we're going to see a Longbow or similar missile-boat assault come out, we've yet to receive a support type assault yet anywise, so it should make one should make an appearance to balance things out.

[Khobai]

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I'm thinking the Annihilator's gonna show, it's older and bigger than the Mauler, with more ballistic hardpoints and better armor,

The Annihilator is a clan mech though. Its used exclusively by Wolf's Dragoons.

[ThunderHart]

Hope so... its one of my favorites to.

[BFett]

I'd love to see the Zues, but I guess only time will tell. (A completely redone Marauder would be interesting to see)

[Belial]

If we're going off ISN News Feeds as evidence, the Devastator would have just as likely a chance. Plus it has three variants; admittedly one of them, the -1D, is terrible but we may still see it. I would love to agree with this OP but there are too many variables- and like someone said earlier, the Spider was the Dev's version of a 'Mech curveball so all bets, past "evidence" and criteria may not mean much.

[VeiledMalice]

UrLeftKnut, on 29 July 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

Honestly I'm thinking we're going to see a Longbow or similar missile-boat assault come out, we've yet to receive a support type assault yet anywise, so it should make one should make an appearance to balance things out.

What do you think the Stalker is? Swap out the SRMs for some more LRMs, and you have the missile boat you want. Plus a lot more lasers.

[Skadi]

Bring forth the Mauler!

*Disclaimer, this is not my art, this picture is the creation of Bishop Steiner*

[The Demon Razgriz]

I would like to see this reseen Marauder


(Picture from Deviantart)

[Argon3]

One of the Dev's sent me an email that the next mech was going to be the Urban Mech but I can not seem to find it for an exact quote









Now I need to find a rock to hide under I think ... heheh

[Xathanael]

This is #16 AND I CAN PROVE IT!!

[Rhavin]

there can be only one .......

[Ixar]

I almost hope the next mech is the Highlander, the loadout is awesome and I can't wait to see what kind of black magic PGI would have to pull out to make something that ugly look at all appealing.

[Deathz Jester]

Well I kind of disagree since they've been using more of the less shown mechs like the Spider and the Stalker, so they'll probably add another less mainstream mech. But I'd enjoy seeing the Mauler regardless.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Skadi, on 29 July 2012 - 04:21 PM, said:

Bring forth the Mauler!

*Disclaimer, this is not my art, this picture is the creation of Bishop Steiner*

...And a sexy picture it is

[DocBach]

Highlander is pretty much just a jumping Atlas - not enough variation to make it unique. Zeus has a lot of different hardpoints and is a mobile assault 'Mech. Mauler would be pretty beautiful and has a ton of hardpoints to make something really scary.

Those are the two I'd really like to see next.

[Karyudo ds]

The Axman arm...

That "evidence" certainly doesn't say Mauler to me any more than it says Axman honestly as we have no Heavy Melee mechs and it has been mentioned in ISN feeds. Which isn't to say that either wont appear (I hope both so we can have cartoon lances ) though it's not really definitive. Of course the Assault mechs are outnumbered right now, but I'm not even sure that means much.