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[Decayed 1]

I want a Fafnir!
or
Madcat
or
Madcat mkII
or all of them!

[Aeolus Drift]

The beauty of the Orion was that it was a well balanced and very functional machine, with decent speed, maneuverability and armor. on top of that it was cheap and easy to repair, and versatile in its weapon loadout. In some aspect it was the quintessential heavy 'mech of the Pnner Sphere. I would not be surprised if the Orion migh quickly became one of the more favored trial mech in the rotation after its release. for new players, it provides taste of the various weapons MWO has to offer, and provides enough manageability to be able to effectively teach new players about the various mechanics of the game. And For those who own one, there will likely be a number of things pilots can do to make the mech their own.
Now some might call the Orion a "poor man's atlas", I call the Atlas (particularly the RS variant) a "Steiner's Orion". Because anything the Atlas can do, more likely than not you could run an Orion for far cheaper, and with more critical space to play change things with. And while I suspect we are going to see some min-maxing, I think there is an equal chance to see more build designs which reflect the way each pilot's play-style, as opposed to a straight min-max. Hopefully when it arrives, PGI will have done justice for this versatile, venerable, and proud machine.

[Godswrath]

Thontor, on 24 January 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

This surprises you?

They've been adding mechs at a rate of one per month... And before the Orion there's the Trebuchet, Jagermech, Highlander, Flea, and Blackjack.

So yeah, your estimate is about right if they keep up the current rate, but this is old news.

The devs have said they want to increase the rate to two mechs a month, but no eta on when that will happen.

Thats news to me, and much needed in my opinion. I'm sure you're already aware but In that current GDC interview, It was mentioned that PGI is looking to expand/hire 100% the staff (currently 50 staff want to go to 100) My concern, although it isnt something I'm losing sleep over, is weather this additional staff is going to be helping with MW:O or their sister title Mechwarrior tactics?

[Chemie]

they said "MWO AND OTHER GAMES"

[Ens]

i can already sense the mwo loadout of the orion:

1 PPC in each arm.... a gauss in right torso.... and eventually 2 SRM 4 or 6 in left torso...

weeeeeeeeeeee

[BrigandHarrier]

Seems like a futuristic hunchback with less of a shoulder target. I'm lovin it (que mc d's crappy theme song)

[Cervantes88]

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Suddenly, red triangles popped up

Yeah I get that often, and yellow, green and purple triangles too. And they're flashing everywhere on my screen.

[Adridos]

Ens, on 04 April 2013 - 01:00 PM, said:

i can already sense the mwo loadout of the orion:

1 PPC in each arm.... a gauss in right torso.... and eventually 2 SRM 4 or 6 in left torso...

weeeeeeeeeeee

That is the price we pay for mechlab, my friend.

[Royalewithcheese]

First loadout I'm gonna try:

• AC/20
  
• 3xSRM6+A (at least one variant will likely allow this.)
  
• No arms.
  
• Big fat engine.

Gonna name it "BLACK KNIGHT" or "FLESH WOUND" or something similar.

[Skadi]

Royalewithcheese, on 07 April 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

First loadout I'm gonna try:

• AC/20
  
• 3xSRM6+A (at least one variant will likely allow this.)
  
• No arms.
  
• Big fat engine.

Gonna name it "BLACK KNIGHT" or "FLESH WOUND" or something similar.

Not enough cheese.

[ChaosGrinder]

It´s not MWO if you don´t boat something

[Ens]

ChaosGrinder, on 07 April 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

It´s not MWO if you don´t boat something

sad, but true

[Royalewithcheese]

Hey, I'm not named "Royalewithbalancedbuilds."

[ChaosGrinder]

Yeah but hexppc or srmcatas are like the face of MWO D:

[Adridos]

ChaosGrinder, on 07 April 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

It´s not MWO if you don´t boat something

It's not Mechwarrior if you don't boat something.

[Jack Gallows]

Just going to post one variant idea until we actually see the real hardpoints (they always add some somewhere,) and just cause I don't want to tip any ideas right out of the gate.

Orion ON1-M

Engine : 360 XL
Speed : 77.8 kph (83.6 kph)
Internals : Ferro-Fibrous
Heat Sinks : Double Heat Sinks (17)
Heat Efficiency : 52.79% (52.05% with Fast Fire & Cool Run)
Total Firepower : 18.25 DPS
Total Armor : 464/494
Armor Distribution :

H : 18
CT/CTR : 69/23
LT/LTR : 54/18
RT/RTR : 54/18
LA : 48
RA : 48
LL : 57
RL : 57

Weaponry:
1x Ultra AC/5 (3 Tons of Ammo)
3x SRM 6 (3 Tons of Ammo)
2x Medium Lasers

Note: I always pad my initial number of heat sinks until I can get a machine in game, and then adjust up or down accordingly. This design is a good example, probably doesn't need 17 Double Heat Sinks but that's what I'm going to start with and whittle down to add other items. (Possibly Artemis, or upgrading the mediums/etc.)

Edited by Jack Gallows, 08 April 2013 - 05:13 AM.

[John MatriX82]

Royalewithcheese, on 07 April 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

First loadout I'm gonna try:

• AC/20
  
• 3xSRM6+A (at least one variant will likely allow this.)
  
• No arms.
  
• Big fat engine.

1K should allow 1 Energy per arm, dual missile hardpoint and a ballistic (minimum number of hardpoints so I don't dream on ).. I'd probably go for Endo, AC 20+3tons, dual ASRM6 +3 tons, 2x ML (case in the LT some armor shaved off the arms sinc they shouldn't be much useful to tank and contain only the mlasers), with a 300 engine and 12 DHSs.

Tell me why I can't have the orion the next month and I have to wait for Flea and Blackjack (mechs that I don't really even consider to buy)?

Edited by John MatriX82, 08 April 2013 - 06:02 AM.

[Royalewithcheese]

John MatriX82, on 08 April 2013 - 06:02 AM, said:

Tell me why I can't have the orion the next month and I have to wait for Flea and Blackjack (mechs that I don't really even consider to buy)?

Haha yeah, especially the Flea Thing is going to be dead on arrival.

[Adridos]

Royalewithcheese, on 08 April 2013 - 07:14 AM, said:

Haha yeah, especially the Flea Thing is going to be dead on arrival.

Unless they allow lights to go at their actual speed and also implement MASC with it.

I know... not gonna happen, but imagine if it did.

[DrSmurfy]

'Death by Oriony' - Pahah! I'd definitely love to see that writen on the mech's paint job!