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[Norris J Packard]

Sir Wulfrick, on 29 January 2013 - 10:40 AM, said:

The picture on the front page made me think that the left arm contains no less than four energy slots. 4 x ML possibly?

Hahaha, what? That's just an SRM pod.

Edited by Norris J Packard, 29 January 2013 - 10:41 AM.

[Kinilan]

Suprentus, on 29 January 2013 - 10:37 AM, said:

See, the flames painted on it help it go faster.

Seriously, is this a Battlemech or a Harley Davidson? Does piloting it change your avatar to a fat man in leather with a giant beard and bandana? Do this Awesome's pilots have a diet exclusively of pancakes and beer? Will the entire battlefield be filled with the deafening revving of engines?

What the **** is this?!!

[Khobai]

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Totally disagree. Also, ECM only matters if you try and brawl soooo....

Theres no reason not to try to brawl because brawling is the fastest way to kill enemy mechs. Focus fire their center torso or head at <300m and they die in seconds.

[Kain]

I like a Awesome Hero Mech, but wat an ugly paint/skin...
the style is really not Mechwarrior-ish

it looks more like a Warhammer 40K Chaos Dreadnought:

[Mechteric]

Pretty AWESOME paint job I think. Not sure if any of the hardpoints would do what I'd prefer to do with an Awesome, but we'll just have to find out.

Edited by CapperDeluxe, 29 January 2013 - 10:43 AM.

[AlexEss]

I actually like it. It takes a set of titanium tackle to bring that thing out on the field. Now bring me a hero Jenner and i can die happy.

I do hope we will get some more wild skins for our own mechs too.

[Barushkukor]

MrTarget, on 29 January 2013 - 10:15 AM, said:

Fry says it all...

I couldn't say it better!

[Suprentus]

Kinilan, on 29 January 2013 - 10:41 AM, said:

I think after this, I'm gonna pound a few beers, ride home in my Harley-Awesomeson and go beat my wife.

[Novawrecker]

Holy Son of Gankenstein!! 0_0


But what's this? Is that a possible future chain graphics for 7th Ghost's paint scheme? *ebil grinz*

[Tremendous Upside]

So definitely buying this... It's freaking ... well, awesome. Now, what to do with my poor 9M

[TexAce]

Trauglodyte, on 29 January 2013 - 10:41 AM, said:

Sadly, Awesome hate is pretty easy. Its like hating on the Dragon. When you're not in one, you've got no idea what the pilot is going through to make things work. You just sit back, lazily fire, and know tha tyou're going to hit.

Now then, when you hop in one of those two, you all of a sudden realize what is going on. The Awesome 8 series is slow, handles like a pig, takes forever to stop, start, and turn, and you've got to have the agility of an explosives ordinance expert to make it work without having everything torn off of you. Everyone else gets to derp along in their over gunned Stalker or their ECM phantom D-DCs brimming with ballistics.

You have no idea what you are talking. Did you ever put a STD290 engine in one of those? The things get AGILE AS HELL!
Cleary you just played trial awesomes then. In my opinion, AWSs are for pros. They should have never been trial mechs.
I kill Atlai all day long with my 8R.

Edited by TexAss, 29 January 2013 - 10:50 AM.

[Stingz]

It's likely a Solaris mech, since it was mentioned earlier in this thread (by the lore, 3039) she wouldn't retire for Solaris until Fed Suns were done with her.

I really want this Awesome for the speed and insanely flashy paint. Nothing is better for throwing off your opponents like crazy camo. (Radar makes camo useless anyways, without stealth tech.)

Edited by Stingz, 29 January 2013 - 10:51 AM.

[Wrenchfarm]

Any chance they're planning on letting us re-paint or at least recolour our Hero mechs? [JET BLACK ALL PALLETS]

[Viper69]

Be nice to get some melee attacks to get some use out of the left arm. Looks like a drednaughts power claw from 40k.

[Norris J Packard]

M A L I C E, on 29 January 2013 - 10:46 AM, said:

Hey remember when you said there wasn't going to be a Hero Mech on the 5th?

Viper69, on 29 January 2013 - 10:50 AM, said:

Be nice to get some melee attacks to get some use out of the left arm. Looks like a drednaughts power claw from 40k.

There is never going to be Melee in this game.

[Viper69]

Norris J Packard, on 29 January 2013 - 10:51 AM, said:

There is never going to be Melee in this game.

Would you be willing to bet anything on your source of that info? I know I would.

[DegeneratePervert]

Whoot whoot! An excuse to try out an awesome!

[GizmoGecko]

I hope I'm not just stating the blatantly obvious of this mech's paint work, but with the red wildebeest skull and yellow colouring, it just reminds me of the Piranha Games logo. Just seems like the devs have made up their own hero, unless 'Pretty Baby' has a story and is renowned for it's war paint?

[DegeneratePervert]

GizmoGecko, on 29 January 2013 - 10:56 AM, said:

I hope I'm not just stating the blatantly obvious of this mech's paint work, but with the red wildebeest skull and yellow colouring, it just reminds me of the Piranha Games logo. Just seems like the devs have made up their own hero, unless 'Pretty Baby' has a story and is renowned for it's war paint?

Good spotting, I didn't notice that. Maybe that means one day we'll get a 6 laser hard point Cicada called the "Garth" with a Piranha logo

[Novawrecker]

Norris J Packard, on 29 January 2013 - 10:51 AM, said:

There is never going to be Melee in this game.

I am willing to wager against this statement. It's not a matter of will it, it's a matter of when.