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[Evex]

Since we all know the Clan fans want their Mad Cat(Timber Wolf) I'm going to give it to them. In a hypothesis it should be possible to do this with the CPLT-C1 Catapult in MW:O.

Model: CPLT-MC
Name: Matapult
Class: Heavy
Estimated Cost: 9,740,585 C-bills
Mass: 65 Tons
Armor: 11 tons of Ferro Fiberous
Speed: 86.4 km/h
Heat Sink: 21
Weapons:

2x Lrm 10
2x Large Laser
2X Medium Laser
1x Medium Pulse Laser

[pursang]

It's just... not the same.

[Tritarian]

Not to Mention sacrilegious to both the clans and the innersphere, I feel dirty now, Thanks LOL






sacrilegious

[Korin Orrel]

I used to use a very similar configuration in MW4. You know, before I got the REAL Mad Cat. It really doesn't compare.

[Aegis Kleais]

Evex, on 11 April 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

Since we all know the Clan fans want their Mad Cat(Timber Wolf) I'm going to give it to them. In a hypothesis it should be possible to do this with the CPLT-C1 Catapult in MW:O.

Model: CPLT-MC
Name: Matapult
Class: Heavy
Estimated Cost: 9,740,585 C-bills
Mass: 65 Tons
Armor: 11 tons of Ferro Fiberous
Speed: 86.4 km/h
Heat Sink: 21
Weapons:

2x Lrm 10
2x Large Laser
2X Medium Laser
1x Medium Pulse Laser

For the limitations in place, not a bad substitute. You got near the armor by a ton, same speed, and a decent amount of the armament. Kudos.

pursang, on 11 April 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

It's just... not the same.

You damn straight it ain't. But it's not a bad stab for however good IS Tech can do.

[pursang]

Aegis Kleais™, on 11 April 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

For the limitations in place, not a bad substitute. You got near the armor by a ton, same speed, and a decent amount of the armament. Kudos.

You damn straight it ain't. But it's not a bad stab for however good IS Tech can do.

Honestly, I think a variant based on the Marauder would make more sense. Same tonnage, has more room and all that.

[syngyne]

you know how Diet Dr Pepper actually tastes better than original Dr Pepper

this is not a similar situation

[Evex]

pursang, on 11 April 2012 - 06:22 PM, said:

Honestly, I think a variant based on the Marauder would make more sense. Same tonnage, has more room and all that.

I wanted to use something that is actually confirmed to be in the game, but ts funny you should mention the Marauder.

Model: MAD-3MC
Name: Marapult
Class: Heavy
Estimated Cost: 11,112,625 C-bills
Mass: 69.8/75 Tons
Armor: 12.3 tons of Ferro Fiberous
Speed: 85.02 km/h
Heat Sink: 21
Weapons:


2x Large Laser
2X Medium Laser
2x Machine Gun w/ 2 tons of ammo
1x Medium Pulse Laser

[Zakatak]

Nonononono, let me show your, Timber Wolf fans.

Catapult: "Requesting in-field modification, are there any Atlas and Firestarter pilots on this frequency, over?"
Atlas: "Rodger."
Firestarter: "Affirmative. We will bring the salvage."

The Atlas pulls the arms off a Marauder corpse and holds it against the Catapults' hip with its hands. Firestarter welds it shut with Flamer fuel, and repeats the process with the otherside. Wallah, heavy chickenwalker with 2 arms, 2 missile racks.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

I'm pretty sure there is a variant of the marauder that does have missile racks...

Granted it looks like "special" sibling of the Timberwolf if you consider the Catapult and Marauder the parents...

... I KNOW I've seen the image posted in the forums, too!

[Corsair114]

If there's a way to shoe-horn a PPC into each side torso of the Catapult, I might just pull the JJ's on mine and roll with an IS knock-off of the the Mad Cat Delta.

(For those that don't remember or know, the Delta runs two ER PPC with 4 Streak SRM 6, in MWO, all the missiles would/will point forward, much like MW3).

[Thomas Hogarth]

I think you guys are re-inventing the wheel here.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rakshasa

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Thomas Hogarth, on 11 April 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

I think you guys are re-inventing the wheel here.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rakshasa

The problem is the Rakshasa came out AFTER the Clan invasion, and honestly was horrible. The Timberwolf fanbois are trying to find a suitable replacement before they can simply hop into a real Timberwolf. But really the only two viable options are the Catapult and Marauder.

[William Petersen]

mwhighlander, on 11 April 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure there is a variant of the marauder that does have missile racks...

Granted it looks like "special" sibling of the Timberwolf if you consider the Catapult and Marauder the parents...

... I KNOW I've seen the image posted in the forums, too!

The MAD-9M; design year is 3068 from what I can tell. Carries 4 ERLL, and 2 SSRM-6 (Also a TAG and a BAP, but only goes 4/6, opposed to the Timber Wolf's 5/8).

[Strum Wealh]

Perhaps the Mad Cat fans might be interested in these two Marauder variants :

MAD-1MDb (non-canon)
Introduction Year: 2750
Extinction Year: 2850
2 Holly LRM Packs 15 LRM-15s
3 Magna MII LL Large Lasers
2 Magna Mark II ML Medium Lasers


MAD-1Rb (non-canon)
Introduction Yer: 2750
Extinction Year: 2850
2 Parti-Kill Heavy Cannon PPCs
2 Holly LRM Pack 15 LRM-15s
4 Magna Mark II ML Medium Lasers

Edited by Strum Wealh, 11 April 2012 - 10:00 PM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Strum Wealh, on 11 April 2012 - 10:00 PM, said:

Perhaps the Mad Cat fans might be interested in these two Marauder variants :

This was actually the picture I was referring too that looked like the Timberwolf's "special" sibling. Thanks for finding it!

And yes, this is about as close as you fanbois can get to the real thing before the Clan Invasion arrives. Just cross your fingers the Marauder makes its debut along with this variant for 'mechlab tweaking or you'll have to take the OP's Catapult (Which honestly, isn't half bad!).

Edited by mwhighlander, 11 April 2012 - 10:17 PM.

[William Petersen]

mwhighlander, on 11 April 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

And yes, this is about as close as you fanbois can get to the real thing before the Clan Invasion arrives.

Except you can't because it's not canon? O.o

[Strum Wealh]

William Petersen, on 11 April 2012 - 10:15 PM, said:

Except you can't because it's not canon? O.o

And it has been extinct for 200 years...

[Thorn Hallis]

Strum Wealh, on 11 April 2012 - 10:21 PM, said:

And it has been extinct for 200 years...

Well, it never existed in the first place...

[pursang]

William Petersen, on 11 April 2012 - 10:15 PM, said:

Except you can't because it's not canon? O.o

No, but the 9M is canonical and depending on when it was initially developed, could be in the game at launch - allowing the user to swap out the SRMs for LRMs in the MechLab.