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Would You Pilot A Locust?

Started by zraven7, Feb 01 2013 12:16 PM

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Poll: Would you pilot a Locust? (45 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you?

  1. Lemme in the cute lil thing! (25 votes [55.56%])

    Percentage of vote: 55.56%

  2. What, you mean that one that's like the Jenner, but worse? (20 votes [44.44%])

    Percentage of vote: 44.44%

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#1 zraven7

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:16 PM

Locusts are pretty iconic light mechs in the Battletech mythos. They make appearances in the novels, they are popular in fan art, and they really are goofy looking things, but in a good way. I know we still have at least 3 mechs to go before we see another light come out, but if it was the Locust, would you want one?

*edited for spelling*

Edited by zraven7, 01 February 2013 - 12:17 PM.

#2 MischiefSC

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:17 PM

I'd locust like a fiend.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:18 PM

Sure, why not.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:20 PM

Locust is unseen, isn't it? Beautiful 'mech, though. Certainly prettier than the Jenner.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:29 PM

Sure ... MP 8/12 ... and 5 of them fit into an Atlas ... surely a nice vehicle to pilot
(but as others said ... seems like it is unseen ... therefore probably wasted hope

#6 zraven7

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:32 PM

Everything I'm seeing shows the Locust as being "reseen" as of 2009. Did something change?

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:34 PM

Flea, Locust - its all the same

#8 zraven7

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:45 PM

I could deal with the flea.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:04 PM

Most of the variants are crap. Only the 1E would be good. I rather have a slightly heavier and faster Dart with its energy hardpoints protected in the torso.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:11 PM

View PostSpheroid, on 01 February 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

Most of the variants are crap. Only the 1E would be good. I rather have a slightly heavier and faster Dart with its energy hardpoints protected in the torso.

I'm on the fence on whether Darts look spiffy, or like an over-sized Halo grunt...

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:31 PM

Locust IIc- 130kph, 8 er small laser, 1 med pulse, endo, ff.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:53 PM

Only the variant that does 250+ kph, 300+ with MASC.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:06 PM

If we ever get real warfare the Locust should be that basic mech that everyone has no matter what.

#14 xX_Nero_Xx

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:09 PM

give me my dam puma and strider


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Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:30 PM

I would rather use a Locust over any of the current Light Mechs.

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 03:39 PM

View PostEddrick, on 01 February 2013 - 03:30 PM, said:

I would rather use a Locust over any of the current Light Mechs.


You would take a Locust 1M? No armor and two missile hardpoints seems like an automatic fail.
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