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[Dragorath]

Well if you point on "stolen" worlds you could be right :-)
But Hunchback, Dragon, Panther, Komodo.... pathetic!
:-D

And Check my prefered MEchlist in a different Forum and you will se I don't!!!

Edited by Dragorath, 15 April 2012 - 01:07 PM.

[Ryuu Tetsuhara]

Dragorath, on 15 April 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

Well if you point on "stolen" worlds you could be right :-)
But Hunchback, Dragon, Panther, Komodo.... pathetic!
:-D

And Check my prefered MEchlist in a different Forum and you will se I don't!!!

Draconis Combine/Japanese engineering seems to be in many regards more efficient than what the Lyran Commonwealth has to offer and it is obviously successful as well ...

... besides, as mentioned before, a mech (list) alone does not win battles, but a pilot will look much better and potentially be overrated if she/he gets spoiled with fancy-pants mechs

[Dragorath]

Ryuu Tetsuhara, on 15 April 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

Draconis Combine/Japanese engineering seems to be in many regards more efficient than what the Lyran Commonwealth has to offer and it is obviously successful as well ...

... besides, as mentioned before, a mech (list) alone does not win battles, but a pilot will look much better and potentially be overrated if she/he gets spoiled with fancy-pants mechs

1. Draconis = Japanese, but Lyran = German, so I wouldn't bet on the superiority of Draconis Combine :-D
2. You are right, hopefully, we meet on the battlefield. Will the fist crush the dragon? We will see ;-)

[Youngblood]

Adridos, on 20 February 2012 - 08:06 AM, said:

Longsword, on 20 February 2012 - 12:09 AM, said:

Sneaky Capellan, I like the bushwacker, Axman, Centurion and Wolfhound more than enough to keep me Davion

Let's see.

Bushwacker... uber piece of trash until refitting in 3050?

Axman... not making it into the game in approx. next 1 and a half of a year.

Centurion... one plausible mech.

Wolfhound... light Centurion and thus it has really small chance of making it into the game at all.


That's one, or two mechs against the whole Kuritan arsenal.

Actually better yet, the Bushwacker is Lyran, the Axman is Lyran, and the Wolfhound is Lyran. The Fedrats only got a couple of variants for the first two 'Mechs from the FedCom alliance, and none for the Wolfhound.

EDIT: oh crud, huge necroquoting, forgot to check the page count on this thread.

Edited by Youngblood, 16 April 2012 - 12:40 PM.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

Youngblood, on 16 April 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

Actually better yet, the Bushwacker is Lyran, the Axman is Lyran, and the Wolfhound is Lyran. The Fedrats only got a couple of variants for the first two 'Mechs from the FedCom alliance, and none for the Wolfhound.

EDIT: oh crud, huge necroquoting, forgot to check the page count on this thread.

Eh, the bushwacker isn't even a problem for now since it simply doesn't exist yet.
And by the time that it does exist, we'll be producing our first OmniMechs.
Yeah, so what if its only the Raptor at that moment, a year after the bushwacker enter the field, we'll be fielding the Sunder.
You know, something that the Lyrans/FedCom doesn't manage to do until 3060.
Both the CapCon and the FWL manage to produce their own OmniMech design before the "all-mighty" FedCom.
Heck, even Wolf's Dragoons manage to get their own OmniMech before you do.

And, as I mentioned earlier, we also manage to produce a dozen other new 'Mechs within that decade (even more if you start including different variants). I'm pretty certain that the Lyrans don't manage that.

[Thorn Hallis]

Besides some mechs what really kicks in draconian mechs is the C3 system. Thats an awesome piece of equipment and I hope it will be properly implemented into MW:O.

[Johann Devalis]

Does anyone else here think that the first generation of the Grand Dragon (DRG-1G) is the best variant of the dragon to start out with? It's not got the ERPPC, sure, just a regular PPC, and is slightly slower, but it uses a standard engine, so none of those pesky side torso engine kills.

[Ryuu Tetsuhara]

Dragorath, on 16 April 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

1. Draconis = Japanese, but Lyran = German, so I wouldn't bet on the superiority of Draconis Combine :-D
2. You are right, hopefully, we meet on the battlefield. Will the fist crush the dragon? We will see ;-)

Fair enough, but we are talking mechs, not cars (regarding automobiles I admit, that it would probably be a win for the Germans over the Japanese by a hair's breadth) or just mechanical engineering (also in this field I would see Germans slightly ahead of the Japanese, but not in the field of robotics though) here, but also electronics (and there is no comparison in this field between Japanese and Germans, making this an obvious win for the former). It looks to me as if this is too close to call, but while the Lyran Commonwealth is German influenced, I would reckon it is more of a melting pot of different cultural backgrounds/roots (indicated by the higher number of official languages) than the Draconis Combine and I am not sure this is also reflected in Lyran technology, not rendering it all that German ...

... anyhow, difficult to judge and even if you choose to march against me in an Atlas, you might still be in for a surprise (in particular, if hand weapons/melee will be enabled at some stage and certain House-specific mech models will be implemented) ...

... looking forward to a good challenge sometime ...

Edited by Ryuu Tetsuhara, 17 April 2012 - 01:01 AM.

[Equinox Astiri]

Honestly not that picky, so long as I can mount some PPCs on it. Heheh The GrandDragon is a very nice mech though.

[Dragorath]

Ryuu Tetsuhara, on 17 April 2012 - 12:56 AM, said:

... anyhow, difficult to judge and even if you choose to march against me in an Atlas, you might still be in for a surprise (in particular, if hand weapons/melee will be enabled at some stage and certain House-specific mech models will be implemented) ...

... looking forward to a good challenge sometime ...

Melee weapons... I am really hoping for it, I love the Axman or Berserker :-)

You are right about robotics and Germany today, but you ever have to count on germans, if they need to adjust to a situation, they do ;-)

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Just in case no one else saw the new MW:O screenies, I'm going with the Catapult K-2. Dragon is good, but not as sexy as two ppc's with JJ's. DFA and sniping!

[Soviet Alex]

mwhighlander, on 01 May 2012 - 05:41 PM, said:

Just in case no one else saw the new MW:O screenies, I'm going with the Catapult K-2. Dragon is good, but not as sexy as two ppc's with JJ's. DFA and sniping!

The Catapult K2 doesn't have jump jets. They were replaced with extra heat sinks. Sorry.

I've been trying to decide between the Dragon & the Catapult for a while, but I think those pics might have sealed the deal.

[Tengo Kawana]

The Jenner is one of my favorite light designs and so, of course, I will be happy to pilot one. We field lots of Spiders and Panthers and I would like to see those as well, though the Panther tends towards light support and I don't feel comfortable without travelling at high speeds. After ComStar helped out in the war of '39, we got a good number of Crabs. That's got to be the design I most want to see and pilot for the Dragon.

[uriel lunanegra]

i preferr the hatamoto chi
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[Ursus_Spiritus]

I didn't see a link while looking through the pages, so if it isn't posted then a link to known DCMS Mechs

Draconis Combine BattleMechs

http://www.sarna.net...ine_BattleMechs


As for my preferences,

I would lean toward the mechs that visually represent the Combine in their appearance.

Personally I loved painting the Akuma when I had the mini.
The Mauler, the Dragon, though I had a BattleMaster with the scaled armor model and looked sweet in a nice shade of read and a painted dragon running up the leg.

For playing as: I lean towards the P-Hawk, or Jenner.

Something I don't think I saw much mention of was the IS re-fits that were modeled after the Clans Omnis (Yes they don't exist yet in MWO.)

Edited by 8100d 5p4tt3r, 04 May 2012 - 05:39 AM.

[Sleeping Bear]

Hmmm, I favor AFFS mechs but if I had to go DCMS...
Light: Panther, the punch and armor are really good for it's weight class.
Medium: I like the weapon mix on the Wolftrap.
Heavy: Hands down, Dragon, the mech that represents the Combine.
Assault: I'd go with the Orion or Hatamoto, although I prefer the Orion's history.

[Ryuu Tetsuhara]

8100d 5p4tt3r, on 04 May 2012 - 05:37 AM, said:

I didn't see a link while looking through the pages, so if it isn't posted then a link to known DCMS Mechs

Draconis Combine BattleMechs

http://www.sarna.net...ine_BattleMechs


As for my preferences,

I would lean toward the mechs that visually represent the Combine in their appearance.

Personally I loved painting the Akuma when I had the mini.
The Mauler, the Dragon, though I had a BattleMaster with the scaled armor model and looked sweet in a nice shade of read and a painted dragon running up the leg.

For playing as: I lean towards the P-Hawk, or Jenner.

Something I don't think I saw much mention of was the IS re-fits that were modeled after the Clans Omnis (Yes they don't exist yet in MWO.)

Thanks for posting the weblink to the Draconis Combine mech types!

Sleeping Bear, on 04 May 2012 - 05:49 AM, said:

Hmmm, I favor AFFS mechs but if I had to go DCMS...
Light: Panther, the punch and armor are really good for it's weight class.
Medium: I like the weapon mix on the Wolftrap.
Heavy: Hands down, Dragon, the mech that represents the Combine.
Assault: I'd go with the Orion or Hatamoto, although I prefer the Orion's history.

To my knowledge, the Orion is a heavy mech (on the heavy end, with 75t (still heavy)) and not an assault mech, therefore, it'd be the Hatamoto(-Chi) for you then, I suppose?

[THELONGSHANKS]

suleryanar, on 03 May 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

i preferr the hatamoto chi
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I also prefer the

Hatamotochi

Edited by THELONGSHANKS, 07 May 2012 - 02:47 AM.

[AceTimberwolf]

I gotta Stick with an Orion for House Kurita.... It is truely the only way to go = )

[Ethicus]

Wouldn't mind seeing the redesigned Mauler.

Or how they would pull off the Panther.

And if they could do the Hatamoto? yay