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[goon]

Orion


Give papa Karensky some love.

[Deathz Jester]

Minymee, on 15 May 2012 - 12:31 PM, said:

I would love to see the Mad cat. It was my favourite mech.

To quote Paul Inouye "You're still not getting your friggin' Mad Cat"





Its also Clan tech, 3049=no clans

Edited by Iron Harlequin, 15 May 2012 - 01:59 PM.

[stun]

Avatar, Argus, and Marauder for my picks

[Zakatak]

Caesar would be nice. The majority of the mechs have been Ye Olde favourites of the Succession Wars. Caesar has just recently been released to the public. We don't have a 70 tonner, super expensive and new mech, or a Gauss Rifle carrying mech yet. Yes please!

Edited by Zakatak, 15 May 2012 - 02:03 PM.

[Draco Argentus]

The only heavy that matters - Marauder.

[Deathz Jester]

stun, on 15 May 2012 - 02:00 PM, said:

Avatar, Argus, and Marauder for my picks

Avatar/Argus werent around until after the clan invasion.

[Dirk Diggler]

War Dog anyone? w/Heavy Gauss Rifle?

[Tandgnissle]

Am I the only one that wants the Charger in game? Sure it's crap, but it's fun.

[Killdeer]

I want me an Orion. Old school, so it should be available in the current timeline, and a really sweet ride.

[Joseph Calvert]

I would like to see the Jagermech and the Thunderbolt.

[Thomas Hogarth]

I'd like to see the heavy bracket be filled with some more universally available 'Mechs. Thusfar, we have the Dragon, a Kuritan special, not built anywhere but the Combine, and the Catapult. The Catapult is seen everywhere, but has a very strong bias towards Combine and Liao service. IIRC, Catapults outside of Liao and Kuritan space are generally salvaged.

The real common designs in the heavy bracket are the Marauder, Orion, Thunderbolt, and Warhammer. Grasshoppers and Quickdraws aren't uncommon either.

To further narrow the choices, we have to omit designs that do things that others do. The Warhammer and Marauder are deceptively similar. Really, they're quite different. Sure, both have twin PPCs, but the Warhammer has an emphasis on secondary weapons, while the Marauder gains a third long-ranged weapon. While I prefer the Warhammer due to it's quirky nature, I have to hand it to the Marauder instead.

The Thunderbolt is nice, but we need heavier designs. The Orion sticks out here, and it should be noted that the Orion fills roughly the same role.

The Quickdraw is a fine design, but we already have a 80+kph heavy. The Grasshopper therefore takes the cake. However, comparing the Grasshopper to what's needed, it seems to fall short.

Winners of my little filtering process? Marauder and Orion. As much as it pains me to say the Marauder should be in before the Warhammer.

Worried about unseen issues? Just use the reseen art and get it over with already. Better than leaving gaping holes in 70-75 range in terms of long range dual PPC jobs.

[Solis Obscuri]

Thomas Hogarth, on 15 May 2012 - 02:41 PM, said:

The real common designs in the heavy bracket are the Marauder, Orion, Thunderbolt, and Warhammer. Grasshoppers and Quickdraws aren't uncommon either.

You left out the Archer, which is about the most common heavy in the I.S.

[caid]

Orion of course, seeing the concepts I'd like to see it designed in the Flying-debris' style...

[Strum Wealh]

Marauder



'Nuff said.

[Sleeping Bear]

Hmmm, for a heavy I'd really like to see the Orion. If I really got what I wanted, we'd get the Flashman. The Orion was General Kerensky's butt-kicker of choice and a general mainstay of SLDF and later House forces. Heavy and tough, with good firepower and average mobility for a heavy, it epitomizes the role that heavy mechs are commonly used in. The Flashman however is something that I'm in love with cerebrally. I mean an 86kph 75 tonner, c'mon are you kidding me? It's all energy loadout also means you don't run out of pew pew in the middle of that hairy firefight, while it's heavy armor load ensures you stay up in said firefight. We will probably get an Orion but I really want a Flashman.

[Thomas Hogarth]

Solis Obscuri, on 15 May 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

You left out the Archer, which is about the most common heavy in the I.S.

This is true. I think I mentally discarded it due to similarity to the Catapult.

What my fear is that they chose the Catapult due to it's K2 variant and it's rough similarity to the Archer. I hope they don't see the K2 as a valid replacement for the Warhammer/Marauder. The K2 is a great 'Mech, but it lacks the strong secondary batteries of either of those mechs. The negative part of my brain thinks that they see the Catapult as a 'silver bullet' to solve the unseen/reseen issue. Not sure what the aversion to using reseen designs is, but...

_shrug_

[Thomas Hogarth]

Sleeping Bear, on 15 May 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

Hmmm, for a heavy I'd really like to see the Orion. If I really got what I wanted, we'd get the Flashman. The Orion was General Kerensky's butt-kicker of choice and a general mainstay of SLDF and later House forces. Heavy and tough, with good firepower and average mobility for a heavy, it epitomizes the role that heavy mechs are commonly used in. The Flashman however is something that I'm in love with cerebrally. I mean an 86kph 75 tonner, c'mon are you kidding me? It's all energy loadout also means you don't run out of pew pew in the middle of that hairy firefight, while it's heavy armor load ensures you stay up in said firefight. We will probably get an Orion but I really want a Flashman.

Two major problems with the Flashman: One, it's not particularly common. I'd even rank it as rare. The downgraded version was in production, but fairly limited production. Two, the 86kph version is not yet in production. The faster version doesn't come back until the early '60s(unless you happen to find the ones ComStar has hidden about - finding one would pretty much be a death sentance due to ROM)

When you look at it as a 64kph heavy, it's still good, but so rare that there are more common 64kph heavies that should come first.

[Ravager AI]

Personally I'd go for the Marauder...

And while on that tangent I think the Marauder II could be a nifty choice as well, even tho' it is not on topic to bring an Assault, as it was after all first introduced in 3012.

[SVK Puskin]

Lunarchaos, on 14 May 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

mad cat or timber wolf for me its may fav

oh man, Mad Cat is Timber Wolf

[Dirk Diggler]

Ok...I've already posted about the WAR DOG w/ the HEAVY GAUSS RIFLE

I just think that it'd be kinda cool to have this mech, w/ this specific weapon in the WR-DG-03FC. Just to have a powerful weapon like the HEAVY GAUSS that, if used, could knock you on your back because of its tremendous recoil in this game...it might teach some folks about how to utilize their weapons more responsibly

"Indeed, the recoil from the weapon is so great that the rifle cannot be mounted in a vehicle's turret or 'Mech's arms, as firing the rifle would essentially rip it off. A 'Mech firing the rifle may even be knocked down by the recoil. At close range, the rifle can inflict damage exceeding that of even an Autocannon/20, and so it has earned the handle of "Thor's Hammer" among LAAF troops."