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[Rina Fujimoto]

Apparently it only appeared for a brief moment during down time.

[xenoglyph]

Good idea. Want a Dragon that isn't worthless? Step right up and buy the gold one!

[Rina Fujimoto]

xenoglyph, on 13 December 2012 - 11:02 PM, said:

Good idea. Want a Dragon that isn't worthless? Step right up and buy the gold one!

Wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be a dual ballistic dragon.

[yashmack]

where are you seeing this? I dont see it on the site...

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

xenoglyph, on 13 December 2012 - 11:02 PM, said:

Good idea. Want a Dragon that isn't worthless? Step right up and buy the gold one!

be funny if it had knockdown lol

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 13 December 2012 - 11:08 PM.

[GalaxyBluestar]

it could only be good news i'd like to see more dragons on the battefield.

[Cattra Kell]

Nice to see my Screen shots are going around
i-its not like I like you or anything /vg/

[Joe Mallad]

Cattra Kell, on 13 December 2012 - 11:37 PM, said:

Nice to see my Screen shots are going around
i-its not like I like you or anything /vg/

the above pic is yours? When did you catch that and is it real?

If these are real and they are Hero Dragons... lets not forget that 1 or both could be Grand Dragon designs as the GD is also 60 tons.

[Cattra Kell]

Yoseful Mallad, on 13 December 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:

the above pic is yours? When did you catch that and is it real?

It was at about 3:13 AST on the 13th, so 2:13 EST, it is a real screen grab. They re-hid the mechs about a hour later, there were also the links http://mwomercs.com/...echs/hero#flame and http://mwomercs.com/...mechs/hero#fang which use to skip you down to their respective parts of the page.

[Joe Mallad]

Cattra Kell, on 13 December 2012 - 11:46 PM, said:

It was at about 3:13 AST on the 13th, so 2:13 EST, it is a real screen grab. They re-hid the mechs about a hour later, there were also the links http://mwomercs.com/...echs/hero#flame and http://mwomercs.com/...mechs/hero#fang which use to skip you down to their respective parts of the page.

interesting. Well, im going to keep my fingers crossed that at least one of them will be a Grand Dragon design.

[Parnage Winters]

The Fang looks like a K2 arm, not sure if that's the actual mech itself or just the background *shrug*

[Rina Fujimoto]

Parnage, on 14 December 2012 - 12:07 AM, said:

The Fang looks like a K2 arm, not sure if that's the actual mech itself or just the background *shrug*

Thats just the same background you have right now in the forums.

[Kobold]

Always in favor of more mechs. Hero mechs especially are a great way to increase content quickly. They add more variety, and they don't require 3D modelling and animating, just a re-skin.

[Hipsu]

I noticed them too in the downtime. What's interesting is that it shows two 60-ton Hero mechs, yet there's only one currently (Dragon), and none upcoming. So two Dragons?!

[Pale Jackal]

Fang and Flame both sound like Dragon appropriate names.

I'm against the idea of unique loadouts for hero 'mechs, but so far PGI has done a good job of making hero variants unique but not overpowered. Though the idea of a 3 UAC5 Muromets is tempting... maybe it is OP for all I know.

Also, even a two ballistic Dragon (one in each arm, or something similar) would not have any real advantage over a CTF-3D, or a Catapult K2. Slap a 340XL Engine on your CTF-3D and you'll go nearly as fast (80 kph) as a Dragon with a 300XL (87? kph).

[JudgeDeathCZ]

Hipsu, on 14 December 2012 - 02:15 AM, said:

I noticed them too in the downtime. What's interesting is that it shows two 60-ton Hero mechs, yet there's only one currently (Dragon), and none upcoming. So two Dragons?!

Or maybe they are just placeholders

[Kobold]

I want an even faster 6 energy dragon. Stock 360XL please. I have a need for speed.

[Bluescuba]

Dragon hero mech...

Right arm gets to lose the hand actuator and allow an ac20 (but retains 2 hard points for flexiblity)
Both side and centre torsos to get laser hardpoints 5 in total (r=2, c=1 l=2)
Left arm gets a missile hardpoint
Added Jump Jets

Paint scheme as follows:-

Dragon Scales covering the entire mech



Dragon mouth art similar to ww2 fighters on the front and sides of the CT




Now that sounds like a sweet dragon

If ECM is added it would be OP

Edited by Bluescuba, 14 December 2012 - 03:26 AM.

[Pale Jackal]

Bluescuba, on 14 December 2012 - 03:24 AM, said:

Dragon hero mech...

Right arm gets to lose the hand actuator and allow an ac20 (but retains 2 hard points for flexiblity)
Both side and centre torsos to get laser hardpoints 5 in total (r=2, c=1 l=2)
Left arm gets a missile hardpoint
Added Jump Jets

If ECM is added it would be OP

A Dragon with ECM alone would leave a sour taste in my mouth. The only heavy with ECM? A fast heavy, no less? I'd be OK with it once there are other 'mechs that can perform a similar role - like another fast heavy, but not at this point.

Any one (or two) of the hardpoint changes you mentioned would be enough for a Hero 'mech.

[Bluescuba]

Pale Jackal, on 14 December 2012 - 03:49 AM, said:

A Dragon with ECM alone would leave a sour taste in my mouth. The only heavy with ECM? A fast heavy, no less? I'd be OK with it once there are other 'mechs that can perform a similar role - like another fast heavy, but not at this point.

Any one (or two) of the hardpoint changes you mentioned would be enough for a Hero 'mech.

What about the paint scheme... so far the two current hero mechs have had awful paint schemes