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[Rendall]

If I may suggest an Addition, on the IS side, the Longbow 85 tonner as well? I remember it being both formidable fire support mech, especially with clan tech installed. Also, out of curiousity, will there be Armor, Infantry, and Battle Armor to contend with? or perhaps even pilot as an alternative to Mechs? Or maybe field a crew as fire support, such as a LRM Carrier?

[empath]

Legionn, on 06 November 2011 - 09:32 PM, said:

(Side note: I have no idea how Microsoft was able to use the Longbow in MW4: Mercs when it was released 7 years prior to Catalyst Games aquiring the rights to use most of the unseen designs and that design is still unseen to this day. If anyone does know, I too would like to know how that came about.)

Microsoft has better and more intimidating lawyers than FASA or Catalyst does.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

empath, on 07 November 2011 - 02:53 AM, said:

Microsoft has better and more intimidating lawyers than FASA or Catalyst does.

MW4 didn't have the unseen longbow.
MW4:

Unseen Longbow:

Edited by Alizabeth Aijou, 07 November 2011 - 10:13 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

MechWarrior 4 version Longbow =sexcee!

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 07 November 2011 - 10:30 AM.

[Legionn]

Alizabeth Aijou, on 07 November 2011 - 10:13 AM, said:

MW4 didn't have the unseen longbow.
MW4:

Unseen Longbow:

I know the models are different but that has not yet kept HG from trying to sue over models that are "too similar" and the apparent missle pods are uncanny between them. Although I do know that HG doesn't own the intellectual rights to the unseen Macross mechs (they are owned by a japanese company called Tatsunoko Production) and the Robotech unseen mechs are licensed designs from yet another japanese company whose name I don't know, which technically means if the models arn't exact duplicates then HG doesn't have a legal case. I'm rather inclined to believe that Microsoft actually used the intellectual rights arguement to get their version of the Longbow in and may or may not have strong-armed HG to backdown.

*Edit* fixed typo

Edited by Legionn, 07 November 2011 - 11:07 AM.

[Stormwolf]

Added:
Bane
Naga (existed before the invasion)
Longbow
Merlin
Chameleon (would be perfect for tutorials)
Arctic Cheetah (Hankyu) (existed before the invasion)
Battle Cobra (existed before the invasion)
Shadow Cat (existed before the invasion)
Ebon Jaguar (Cauldron Born) (existed before the invasion)
Crossbow (existed before the invasion)
Grizzly
Supernova
Kodiak

[Stormwolf]

Remaining secondline and IIC models added.

Did I miss any mechs?

[RangerRob]

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Spector

Spector. 35 Ton Inner Sphere. Even mentioned in one of the "ISN News Flashes"

http://mwomercs.com/...isn-news-flash/

Some of the 3058 Mechs are actually old Star League designs that popped up in small numbers before getting the full production lines going again in the mid-late 3050's

Shootist was on Tukayyid in 3052...So was the Excalibur...etc...pulled out of mothballs by Comstar.

[legionofvega]

Why doesn't Harmony Gold get smart and lease the IP for the unseen mechs. They could make BOAT loads of cash and still maintain the rights to the unseen mechs.

[Stormwolf]

RangerRob, on 08 November 2011 - 11:24 AM, said:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Spector

Spector. 35 Ton Inner Sphere. Even mentioned in one of the "ISN News Flashes"

http://mwomercs.com/...isn-news-flash/

Some of the 3058 Mechs are actually old Star League designs that popped up in small numbers before getting the full production lines going again in the mid-late 3050's

Shootist was on Tukayyid in 3052...So was the Excalibur...etc...pulled out of mothballs by Comstar.

I'll add the spector, I'll consider creating a seperate list for Comstar since they are different enough from the rest of the IS.

[Stormwolf]

Comstar added with a unique list.

[Dohon]

Much thanks for the list!

[purple75]

i love you guys you are putting my favorite mech in m the scorpion. i wasnt sure if it would make it or not because of it being a quad... cant wait to play

[Stinger]

This I doubt, but is there any chance of getting the age of war mechs from TRO: 3075? I would love to be piloting a Hammerhands...

http://www.sarna.net...l_Readout:_3075

[Joshenstein]

Radar, on 06 November 2011 - 04:25 AM, said:

Lot of the mechs are on the banned list because of the issues with Robotech.
I know, for a while they were out again (Project Phoenix), but the issue reared its ugly head and now they're banned.

Likely you wont see some of our fav's, unless the dev's get clearence for them.

It would be a shame indeed to have the game shutdown becasue of a law suite before its even begun.

Greedy corporations and crooked lawyers ruin everything.

[Bataar Sertan]

always loved my light mechs with Flea being my favorite

[Ragnek]

Battlemaster was the shizzle in the 80's count the pixel game done by Activision - awesome story on that one too, built an old P1 based DOS machine a few years back in the vain hopes I could get the original to work, it was like playing the thing at the speed of sound, couldnt make it work, lol.

I miss the Battlemaster from the Mecjwarrior/commander games, closest thing now is the atlas from my childhood memory, I never got into the tabletop or the lore all that much, just read the fiction and played the PC games, so dont quote me on anything lol.

[Stinger]

Ragnek, on 13 November 2011 - 12:10 PM, said:

Battlemaster was the shizzle in the 80's count the pixel game done by Activision - awesome story on that one too, built an old P1 based DOS machine a few years back in the vain hopes I could get the original to work, it was like playing the thing at the speed of sound, couldnt make it work, lol.

You can actually find the original mechwarrior on sarna.net in the downloads section and then you can get it running in DOSBox, runs great no super speed or anything either.

[Alkero]

hey, I know that the Deimos was only recently added to MW4 Mercenaries, and i don't think that it was an actual mech in any of the history, but it is a sweet design, do you think that they will have it?

[MagnusEffect]

This should really be stickied in some form or version. *thumbs up*

legionofvega, on 08 November 2011 - 11:30 AM, said:

Why doesn't Harmony Gold get smart and lease the IP for the unseen mechs. They could make BOAT loads of cash and still maintain the rights to the unseen mechs.

Even if they did (unlikely) it would be better in the longrun for BT/MW fans if the designs were just redesigned and done with it. Licensing can get ugly and BT/MW has had enough problems with it already.

Edited by MagnusEffect, 13 November 2011 - 08:34 PM.