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[Tadakuma]

Well I'm a big fan of the Devastator, it's one of the few assault mech's I enjoy piloting,

The Banshee is actually a pretty good command mech, and I think people under rated how effective it can be. It's so massively over armoured and under gunned that people don't tend to waste time shooting it, so it generally survives to get into close combat where the machine is devastating.

I recently had a character pilot the 3E in a RPG and I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was to pilot and by how effective it ended up being.

[John Clavell]

I would of voted for the IMP. I don't think it's ever been in a MechWarrior game, and I would love to see what FD could do with this football on legs. The later versions of the Imp are also pretty impressive, and come on, it was Clan Wolf's first produced Battlemech! But I can't vote, every time I try I get some error. So meh!

[pursang]

I'll have my Devastator with a side order of Banshee please.

OT:

Anyone else wondered why they named a pondering and massive BattleMech that has no stealth-like characteristics "Banshee"? We may never know.

[Braasch]

I'm in for the Imp, but I'm missing my beloved Atlas and the superior Dire Wolf

[Soviet Alex]

Here's one thing in the Imp's favour: it's a dedicated command mech. All those people who voted for the Cyclops because they wanted a command platform (despite it having no armour) can vote for the Mauler or Highlander instead & vote for the Imp. A command platform with armour. Dunno if that would translate into extra module slots compared to the others or what.

[pursang]

Soviet Alex, on 28 March 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

Here's one thing in the Imp's favour: it's a dedicated command mech. All those people who voted for the Cyclops because they wanted a command platform (despite it having no armour) can vote for the Mauler or Highlander instead & vote for the Imp. A command platform with armour. Dunno if that would translate into extra module slots compared to the others or what.

The only problem is, they're virtually nonexistant outside of the Wolf's Dragoons/Clans during this time period. If we ever see it in-game, it will likely be during and after the events of the 3050 Clan invasion - not before.

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Edited by pursang, 28 March 2012 - 03:02 AM.

[SeDevri]

Gigaton, on 27 March 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

I'm honestly suprised of all these people asking for clan 'mechs, IS 'mechs from the future (it's 3049, not 306X like in MW:4, check Sarna for dates) or Atlas. Atlas is already in the game for the record. Mackie, in turn, is extinct or near extinct from modern IS.

Anyway, I love the Crabsies, so King Crab. For all the powermongers, keep in mind that while Devastator may seem very impressive it has XL engine and I hope those will get properly balanced in the game (such as, your 'mech blows up from left or right torso damage too, not just central torso).

King Crab itself could easily fix it's limited ammo supply with XL engine. Actually, it could fix that with just double heat sinks (since that would free 5 extra tons).

(Edit) On further thought, it's actually likely that we would get the low-tech DVS-1D Devastator, not the stock DVS-2.

So Devastator really is 100 ton heavy with:

2 AC/10
2 Large Lasers
4 Medium Lasers

Though it has not yet been confirmed or denied if there will be Lostech (such as XL engines or Gauss Rifle) initially.

Actually the Devastator DVS-2's production year was 3048 so i see no reason why it shouldn't be given the field....thats not to say you may start our with the DVS-1 then work your way to the DVS-2 but i'm still all for the Devastator.

[Soviet Alex]

pursang, on 28 March 2012 - 03:00 AM, said:

The only problem is, they're virtually nonexistant outside of the Wolf's Dragoons/Clans during this time period. If we ever see it in-game, it will likely be during and after the events of the 3050 Clan invasion - not before.

Ditto Annihilator, Hoplite & Shogun. All of which have featured in these polls, so they are clearly in the running. Besides, we've already been told that all initial release mechs will be available to all players at the start, but you'll pay extra for mechs not normally associated with your faction. So we need at least 1 mech in each category for each faction. All these Wolf' Dragoons mechs are for the Mercenary faction.

[Larry Headrick]

I have to go king Crab.

[BrokenDog]

Imp! What all Urbanmechs want to grow up to be.
The Banshee BNC-3E was the first assault I ever used.
If we're going to get the Banshee, I will take it as a 3E. 3Q would be fun in a city and 3S would make me a very happy mechwarrior.

[Alex Bruney]

Devastator!

That that is necessary for distant fight!

[pursang]

Soviet Alex, on 28 March 2012 - 03:43 AM, said:

Ditto Annihilator, Hoplite & Shogun. All of which have featured in these polls, so they are clearly in the running. Besides, we've already been told that all initial release mechs will be available to all players at the start, but you'll pay extra for mechs not normally associated with your faction. So we need at least 1 mech in each category for each faction. All these Wolf' Dragoons mechs are for the Mercenary faction.

And every mercenary who plays this game belongs to the Wolf's Dragoons? Yeah that'll go over well with everyone.

[Sug]

LordDeathStrike, on 28 March 2012 - 12:22 AM, said:

sirocco is a quad gun mount ffs its not even a mech it has 4 legs and no arms....

Hey quads are mechs too. Horrible, horrible mechs.


"The Quad 'Mech uses its "arms" for legs which gives these designs some additional stability and maneuverability (such as sidestepping, also known as lateral shift movement). The concept was much maligned for sacrificing the overall versatility of BattleMechs and the early designs, notably the Scorpion and the Goliath, proved flawed, being notoriously difficult to maintain and highly susceptible to breakdowns. It was only around the year 3060 that improved technology led to new quadrupedal 'Mech designs, although the stigma associated with the general concept still lingers. Bipedal BattleMechs remain the vastly more common 'Mech."

Edited by Sug, 28 March 2012 - 04:34 AM.

[Albyon]

Where the hell is Dire Wolf?
But from the list i choose Anihilator.

[Sarriss]

Garth Erlam, on 27 March 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:

There's your list, get to voting! Will it be the:

Annihilator?

Devastator?
King Crab?
Imp?

(And for the bonus - will it be the: Banshee? Banshee BNC-3E? or the BNC-3E? Vote now!)

Am I an id-i-ot or is the Banshee, Banshee BNC-3E and BNC-3E the same mech...

Edit: Really? Can't even call myself that?

Edited by Sarriss, 28 March 2012 - 04:55 AM.

[Sarriss]

masakari, on 27 March 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:

I'm kind of sad to not see Daishi or Atlas in the list, but so be it. I took the Imp - I liked it better out of all of them.

I hope I wasn't the only person who saw this. Standard response initiated:

Atlas - Already confirmed in the game.
Daishi - Properly named the Dire Wolf, is a clan mech, which won't be seen for a few years.

</Standard response>

[irish]

Banshee Banshee Banshee (Crab for 100) Banshee Banshee

[Trevnor]

Devastator for me please!

[Dihm]

Garth Erlam, on 27 March 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

You could have voted for the 'Banshee' instead, but you didn't.

Nooo, poles are supposed to be anonymouse!!!

Gigaton, on 28 March 2012 - 12:19 AM, said:

Anyway, the 'mech suggestions are undoubtedly coming directly from Randall Bills, so if he says there is only Banshee available then there is only Banshee available.

Incorrect, these are from the twisted mind of Garth Urbilam

[Nik Van Rhijn]

I hear the wail of the Bain Sidhe.