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[verybad]

Mason Grimm wins the thread.

[Vexgrave Lars]

Here's what I note about a Leopard.. Isn't she a LANCE drop ship.. not a Company? Though.. this also could hint at multiple map landing points for Company sized action rather than one group.

Just saying.. Seems there will be another drop ship for those larger missions.

Which makes me wonder.. Next thread.

[Stormwolf]

Vexgrave Lars, on 29 February 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:

Here's what I note about a Leopard.. Isn't she a LANCE drop ship.. not a Company? Though.. this also could hint at multiple map landing points for Company sized action rather than one group.

Just saying.. Seems there will be another drop ship for those larger missions.

Which makes me wonder.. Next thread.

Well, there's always the Union and Overlord class...

[Kraktzor]

The Union is the company Dropship i believe, Overlords hold battalions......or is it brigades........three companies (36 Mechs).

[verybad]

Overlords could handle both sides. A bit much for the size of missions projected.They look cool though.

I kind of like the idea of drops happening in three separate Leopards, with Unions as an option. Each lance dropping in a different site might lead to interesting games as you try to get control together once back on dirt.

Maybe need to acquire line of sight between lance command mechs before company command sensors could be used...

Edited by verybad, 29 February 2012 - 01:54 PM.

[Joanna Conners]

Omigir, on 29 February 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

It looks like a warthog.




Leopards take off and land vertical if i recall correctly. Has thrusters on the bottom.

I think it looks like a puma.

[Storm McIntyre]

Nice take on the Leopard.

Simply cannot wait to see what the Union is going to look like.

Simply. Cannot. Wait.

[Zakatak]

Leopard is the sexiest dropship in BTech! I wonder what the startup checklist for that thing looks like.

It's actually a fair bit smaller then the An-225, but weighs 6 times more. Probably because of all that armor and the fusion engines.




I think we should get 3-4 options for the "hot drop" (note your merc company will have to buy them first).
Leopard - very fast insertion, inaccurate drops, carries 1 lances
Union - moderate insertion, accurate drops, carries 2 lances
Overlord - very slow insetion, perfectly accurate drops, carries 3 lances
Broadsword - when "clan tech" is released, carries 1 star

Edited by Zakatak, 29 February 2012 - 07:40 PM.

[tacobellkiller]

I'm just super happy that dropships are getting any dev attention this at all, they could have easily avoided them until later in the games life cycle. From what one of them said they are working on a game mode using the drop ships which will be fantastic, hope maybe we can even get fire support from our dropships in that mode, I'm a big fan of the combined arms aspects of battletech and would like that to be include as much as possible. Hell, I would even volunteer for anti-mech infantry given the option, but I'm know that is very unlikely.

[FinnMcKool]

Well since I lost the license to operate the dropship, I have her set up as a steakhouse and coffee bar, your all welcome to come get a feel for how they look and opperate .

we are open from 1pm till 3am . Thats "McKools Cattle Raiders"

(could i please get a player operated dropship?)

Edited by FinnMcKool, 29 February 2012 - 07:40 PM.

[Anthill]

FinnMcKool, on 29 February 2012 - 07:39 PM, said:

(could i please get a player operated dropship?)

Because that wouldn't be abused at all...


Of course, there would be no problem as long as folks weren't allowed to fly it.

Also a good argument against any player piloted AeroTech's or VTOLs.

Edited by Anthill, 29 February 2012 - 07:55 PM.

[FinnMcKool]

If Im the one doin the abusin , I dont see any problems . But I know it aint happening

But I hope to see them in the game in some sort of role.

[Rugarou]

Sorry, but having played MWLL where aero/v-tol can be player controlled, I don't think they should ever be allowed to be player controlled in MWO. Now, a commander calling in a strafing run/ bombing run is fine (with the appropriate balancing) but being controlled by a player makes them op more times than not. This is a mech simulation game, not a flight simulator.

[Trogusaur]

verybad, on 29 February 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:

Mason Grimm wins the thread.

He is a moderator. He always wins.

[Maurice]

Fighters are in the second door or bay the 4 mech first bay

[MaddMaxx]

Lord Trogus, on 29 February 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

He is a moderator. He always wins.

And when he loses, he Locks.

[Mason Grimm]

MaddMaxx, on 01 March 2012 - 06:45 AM, said:

And when he loses, he Locks. I'm just being poopy pants cause I had a thread locked.

Fixed that for ya.

[autogyro]

The single best implication, is that if this is the size of a Leopard dropship, imagine the size of Union or Overlord class dropships.

[Wyzak]

Isn't there supposed to be an even bigger dropship called the Excalibur?

[Tsen Shang]

Mason Grimm, on 01 March 2012 - 07:36 AM, said:

Fixed that for ya.

Hey, you get grumpy when someone makes you unlock a thread, he's allowed to be bitter!