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[verybad]

Next releases are the Trebuchet, Jagermech, Highlander.

They've been releasing light, med, hev, assault the whol time.

Flea was disclosed before the hioghlander because they wanted to use the Highlander for a magazine story, doesn't mean it will be released as a playable mech later however (and I doubt it will)

In other worlds stop crying.

[QuantumButler]

No one gives a **** about the Flea, it will be the most worthless mech in the game, save for the 4 MG spider, it will be even more DOA than the Spider was, and ideally PGI will not just push it back but just drop it enitrely from the game, since it fills no roles not better filled by ANY OTHER MECH IN THE WHOLE GAME.

[Flying Judgement]

Oppresor, on 08 February 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

Initially I thought the Flea was the answer to my prayers. The idea of an ultra light Mech that could give me some payback for the numerous times that light Mech's like the Commando, raven and especially the Jenner had savaged my beautiful Atlas.

The problem is the shear speed that lights can close to contact and capture you in the circle of death. Once in the circle you are doomed because the Mech universe has never developed a form of countermeasure system for this problem. Is it only me that can see how useful a variation on the AMS CIWS system would be if it could fire downwards?

So the answer would have been the Flea, something that is a lot faster than any other light Mech; something that could capture a Jenner in the circle of death; in short, payback.

The problem is that I have been told that top speeds are capped in MWO. This means that the Flea would loose its only advantage before it even set foot on the battlefield. For this reason and this reason alone, I feel that it is now pointless.

So my alternative Mech. After creating the Siege Mech poll on Suggestions to promote the idea of a new super heavy class of Mech above 100 tons, it came to light that this had already been done in the distant past of the MW universe. Some one put a few links in that took me to the images of something that I dearly want. Its called the Omega.

waoo this?
i want it i dont care if its walks 20 km/h XD
http://mecha-master....Omega-277461743

[Narcissistic Martyr]

QuantumButler, on 08 February 2013 - 05:18 PM, said:

No one gives a **** about the Flea, it will be the most worthless mech in the game, save for the 4 MG spider, it will be even more DOA than the Spider was, and ideally PGI will not just push it back but just drop it enitrely from the game, since it fills no roles not better filled by ANY OTHER MECH IN THE WHOLE GAME.

Engines increase in weight exponentially as engine rating increases so there are speeds (200 kph+ with an XL) where the flea can carry more equipment than any other mech. Good luck hitting a mech moving that fast reliably. So, if they fix the net code completely and uncap maximum speed, the flea will have a point, otherwise you're correct that it will be the weakest mech on the battlefield.

[Starburster]

Joseph Mallan, on 08 February 2013 - 08:57 AM, said:

I want Davis McCalls Highlander!

Heck no...We need Rhonda Snord's Highlander, but only if they include the ability to blast Elvis while playing it

[Taizan]

Don't see any reason for it to get pushed back, I like this cyclic mech passthrough going on.

[ParaOrdnance]

I remember the flea from mw4. As i recall i really liked flying it until i got shot. The weapons in that game got heavier than they are in this one, but I still think that aside from the raven, the lights were better put together in that game. The puma was fierce if you could be accurate, and the cougar was practically a medium in terms of firepower. I also miss the kitfox. haven't flown the
'pidey yet so i can't weigh in on it.

[C E Dwyer]

Victor VICTOR VICTOR VICTOR

Edited by Cathy, 01 March 2013 - 11:25 AM.

[Cferre]

We have enough IS light mechs for now. Imho.

[Ngamok]

Nice post necro. But as explained before anyone goes on about the Flea, March = Jaegermech, April = Highlander, May = Flea, June = Blackjack, July = Orion, August = __________.

[C E Dwyer]

Ngamok, on 01 March 2013 - 11:05 AM, said:

Nice post necro. But as explained before anyone goes on about the Flea, March = Jaegermech, April = Highlander, May = Flea, June = Blackjack, July = Orion, August = __________.

As its my birthday in August, it deserves the Victor lol

[Butane9000]

Op, you do realize before the Flea is added to the game both the Jagermech and the Highlander will be added.

They don't implement mechs into the game based off announcement. They base it off a tonnage class. Specifically this:

Light -> Medium -> Heavy -> Assault

proof? last few mech releases:

Awesome -> Raven -> Cicada -> Cataphract -> Stalker -> Flea -> Trebuchet

Seriously.

[Iacov]

i want that flea now!
need a light mech to pilot...don't necessarily like the ones already in game and the flea just looks right to me

[Penance]

I think it should be scrapped, and CW and the clans fast tracked.

[Novakaine]

Flea?
Seriously lets get some real mechs in here.

[Grizley]

How about no Flea, no Jagger, no Highlander until we have CW and the Clans.

I could really give two craps about new mechs, give me the new features. Well, ok I give a crap about the Clan mechs that are sort of needed to make Clans meaningful.

[ferranis]

Dude who does mechs != dudes who code cw (if there are even people doing that, i am not convinced)

[Caviel]

Starburster, on 08 February 2013 - 06:02 PM, said:

Heck no...We need Rhonda Snord's Highlander, but only if they include the ability to blast Elvis the sounds of a knife on a bottle with a baby crying in the background while playing it

Fixed that for you, better psychological warfare.

[Grizley]

ferranis, on 01 March 2013 - 12:40 PM, said:

Dude who does mechs != dudes who code cw (if there are even people doing that, i am not convinced)

Maybe, maybe not.

I suspect that most of the work for a new mech is from the graphics department. There will be a fair amount of work for the art department in creating CW. House skins, house doodads (flags, cockpit items etc), galaxy map, new UI.

The people creating new mechs certainly would be the same ones required to work on the Clan mechs, and those are pretty much a must for any Clan content. No less than 8 Clan mechs at release.

[Endbringer]

Ialti, on 08 February 2013 - 03:21 PM, said:

You're forgetting the recent buffnerf that Jumpjets got. 1.75 seconds of flight time for free. Popcorning cataphracts? Remember? Now imagine popcorning 90-ton assaults.

That explains the jumping phract that took forever to kill the other day! A hunchback and I shot at him for practically the whole match. Somehow our team still won without us...

Oh, and to stay on topic. I want to see King Crab, because, you know...King Crab!