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[SilentSooYun]

My first reaction: "SQUEE! They made Pretty Baby!"
My reaction after a good look: "But wasn't Pretty Baby just a standard 8Q with an exceptional pilot?"
I understand the need for variety, but they should have at least stuck to the spirit of the canon.

That said, I'm seriously considering purchasing. It's strange that I should feel more excitement for the relatively obscure Pretty Baby than for the more famous Yen Lo Wang. Maybe because Danielle Peterson is closer to my ideal MechWarrior than the traitor Xiang.

[Solis Obscuri]

SilentSooYun, on 29 January 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

That said, I'm seriously considering purchasing. It's strange that I should feel more excitement for the relatively obscure Pretty Baby than for the more famous Yen Lo Wang. Maybe because Danielle Peterson is closer to my ideal MechWarrior than the traitor Xiang.

No, not for Yen Lo Wang.Now if it was Hung Lo Wang, that might be a different story...

[plodder]

I would pay 60 million c- bills and 20,000 gxp for one hero mech, but the cash price of mc is too much for me. I would pay some mc or cash, I want to continue to support the MWO goals, and the continued game play, but it is too much for me. In a totally seperate industry, but with a similiar philosophy, I would like to see the MWO company go for volume over high end..

You can make millions selling a high end product, selling a few units for a high price.

Or

You can make millions selling a high end product, selling a bunch of units for a much lower price with much less profit.

There is even a balance between the 2.

Now my preference would be to sell some hero mechs at a low price, but then sell extremely desired (by us Battletech guys) mechs, like Morgan's, Kell's, etc for the insane price of 30- 50 bucks, the others, reguardless of weight class from 8-10 bucks...

[QuantumButler]

Maybe, depends on it's exact hardpoint loadout.

[Lightfoot]

No ECM, no ballistic hardpoint? I don't understand why the Hero mechs are just about identical to standard mechs. Making Hero mechs do something special is not P2W, it's giving players some reason to buy it. Earning 30% more CBills is more like P2W than having the mech do something new.

[BR0WN_H0RN3T]

68.8KPH!!!

By my calculations that means it comes with a stock XL328 engine! Hang on a minute...that can't be right, can it?

[Solis Obscuri]

Brown Hornet, on 29 January 2013 - 09:27 PM, said:

68.8KPH!!!
By my calculations that means it comes with a stock XL328 engine! Hang on a minute...that can't be right, can it?

I believe it's a 340XL. http://mwomercs.com/...88#entry1812988

[Termius]

I have never been a fan of the Awesome. But like any mech it's really a matter of the build and the pilot. There have been Awesomes that have utterly crumbled when I fight them, and there are the rare few that just happen to ruin my day.

That being said headshotting the damn thing is a tad bit easy (and enjoyable). I look forwarded to removing the cockpit of all the "Pretty-Babies" I stumble upon.

[Wizard Steve]

I was gonna vote maybe (depends on hardpoints, max engine sizes, ECM compatibility) but who am I kidding? I have the MC so this one's gonna get bought (despite it being so fugly).

Once the current batch of MC has run out, I'll reconsider my policy of buying every hero mech but for now, pokémon!

[Dikaiosyne26]

Sorry, thats thing's so ugly (insert ugly joke here!)

[Sean von Steinike]

No thanks. I don't like piloting assaults. Paint-job looks kinda cool though.

[Glythe]

Best mech in game is still the founders Atlas for making money.

[Bishop Steiner]

SilentSooYun, on 29 January 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

My first reaction: "SQUEE! They made Pretty Baby!"
My reaction after a good look: "But wasn't Pretty Baby just a standard 8Q with an exceptional pilot?"
I understand the need for variety, but they should have at least stuck to the spirit of the canon.

That said, I'm seriously considering purchasing. It's strange that I should feel more excitement for the relatively obscure Pretty Baby than for the more famous Yen Lo Wang. Maybe because Danielle Peterson is closer to my ideal MechWarrior than the traitor Xiang.

You know, they actually never list the model of Awesome in the pilot description. Also.. that write up was 25 years ago.. so she coulda done a whole lotta fine tuning to Pretty Baby by now.

(Of course, I could also be pulling all this outta my ******.. but hey.. can ya say I ain't right? )

[Ryvucz]

I buy anything available that takes up space.

Mechs, yes.

Cockpit items, yes.

[Super Mono]

The mech's paint is terrible. It's very garish and way too busy.

[Father Christmas]

I love the idea of ripping the story of Hero mechs.

But I still have some problems with the actual mechs in the game - there are something wrong with the power balance. I have earlier posted a few lines regarding a potential Atlas hero mech (if there are one at all), - a atlas are intended to give the attacker sweaty palms - not like today - glee in joy for the easy prey.

Why is it that the maps are filled with Raven SSRM mechs..

Well - I hope this hero will change my opinion on the Awesome Mech - every single time I used one - I died very fast.. Yes - I might be a terrible pilot, but I can’t help feeling I’m sitting on a pile of ammo covered in tinfoil.

I will try it .. perhaps!

Edited by Father Christmas, 30 January 2013 - 12:44 AM.

[Tarman]

Pokemon Effect.

[De La Fresniere]

Love the name.

However, it's going to be ridiculously overpriced. I'm sorry, but spending 25 or 30 dollars on a single mech is just plain dumb; that's the price of an entire video game (actually, more like *multiple* games nowadays).

No, I'm definitely not going to buy it.

[Nostram]

Need an option for "Do not pilot Awesomes"

[MustrumRidcully]

No, I don't think so.