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Awesome comic! However, the Urbanmech is not the essence of dakkadakka. We need something bristling with weapons systems, and with a nod to our identity as an internet forum and our grimdark 'main' hobby.

I recommend the Firestarter. 2 machine guns, 4 flamers, 2 medium lasers, on a light mech. It can KILL IT WITH FIRE! better than any other 3025 mech I know. It is also unpopular with mechwarriors who are not also pyromaniacs, so we should be unique.

Is there any Mech with just a ridiculous number of Ballistic weapons or Missiles? Moar Dakka, that is.

Hmm if you're looking at a good weight / weaponry loadout, the Locust E (2 Small, 2 Medium Lasers, flippable) or the Hunchback 4P (8 Medium, 1 Small Laser) variant come to mind. Although they are not Ballistic weapons.
To be more in line with our "main" hobby focus - why not a Rifleman, but thats also pretty popular :(

Why not an Atlas?

Too obvious

Blood Asp... that´s my favourite.

Hollanders are nice for obvious reasons.

Blood Asp wont' be available at launch. The timeline is before the clan invasion, with each year in real life being a year advance in the timeline (the clan invasion I believe begins the year after release).

Mhm, gak.

Anyone have a list of available mechs? Or well, ones that are from that time and faction.

All clan 'mechs are out the window for one.

No.. madcat?

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!

Well, we only absolutely know about the Jenner, Atlas, Hunchback and Dragon.

It is reasonable to expect all of these from 3025- Light 'Mechs
COM-2D Commando
JVN-10N Javelin
SDR-5V Spider
UM-R60 UrbanMech
FS9-H Firestarter
JR7-D Jenner
PNT-9R Panther
Medium 'Mechs
ASN-21 Assassin
CDA-2A Cicada
CLNT-2-3T Clint
HER-2S Hermes II
VL-2T Vulcan
WTH-1 Whitworth
BJ-1 Blackjack
VND-1R Vindicator
CN9-A Centurion
ENF-4R Enforcer
HBK-4G Hunchback
TBT-5N Trebuchet
DV-6M Dervish
Heavy 'Mechs
DRG-1N Dragon
QKD-4G Quickdraw
CPLT-C1 Catapult
JM6-S JagerMech
GHR-5H Grasshopper
ON1-K Orion
Assault 'Mechs
AWS-8Q Awesome
CGR-1A1 Charger
VTR-9B Victor
ZEU-6S Zeus
STK-3F Stalker
CP-10-Z Cyclops
BNC-3E Banshee
AS7-D Atlas
and at release, or in the first year, these mechs should roll out from 3039
First in Centuries...
Light 'Mechs
RVN-1X Raven
WLF-1 Wolfhound
Medium 'Mechs
HCT-3F Hatchetman
Heavy 'Mechs
CTF-1X Cataphract
Assault 'Mechs
HTM-26T Hatamoto-Chi
DCMS-MX90-D Daboku


Beyond that, any Star League mech is possible, as are new versions of the Unseen. Hatchetman and other melee focused mechs are currently not planned, since their system does not support melee combat yet.

My source is sarna.net, the Battletech wiki. I looked at the TRO 3025 and 3039 list of mechs.

feth it, i'm gonna install mech commander 2 again

We also don't know about variants or customization at this point. And that list is much larger as we're set in the 3040's

Shrike325 wrote:We also don't know about variants or customization at this point. And that list is much larger as we're set in the 3040's

From the QnA:

[PAUL] We want the player base to be able to experience Inner Sphere tech combat and really to get used to how ‘Mech technology works. We want players to really get into this game and create builds that they can share with friends and allow the community to share strategies in combat and creating/customizing BattleMechs. We figured that the exciting time following the Succession Wars just prior to the Clan Invasion would allow us to really create some intense House vs. House tensions. We also want to introduce other aspects of instability that happened during the introduction and subsequent invasion of the Clans. Starting the game in 3049 made the most sense as we will be able to front load the experience of MechWarrior® Online™ to the first two years of the game being live. Who knows what kind of interesting bits and pieces might appear in the game as time progresses?

Well.. That's good, but I've mostly used clan mechs in my games I think.

Oh, I know that they say "customization," but we don't know how much customization there will be yet. (MW2:Mercs vs MW4 for example).

Maybe my opinions are too strong (I ahte MW4), but since you can't really create builds in MW4, I'd say it's close to MW2/MW3 or even possibly mechcommander.

I hope it's closer to MW2/3... but like I said, no real info yet.

Dam, I wish I knew what you guys were talking about again. With the dakka mech, I instantly thought a Deimos! but thats clan snow raven, so never mind.

There's always the Thunder Hawk. Nothing says "Dakka" like 3 Gauss rifles.

I think we're missing something here.

There's a Mech called a Vindicator. That ring any bells?

Anvildude wrote:I think we're missing something here.

There's a Mech called a Vindicator. That ring any bells?

If I'm thinking what you're thinking, there's one called a Warhammer as well.

That list looks a bit light on the Lights and Heavys.
No Shadowhawk?

And the Panther 9R is severely underarmored.... and slow.

@Infinite: That's even better.

Unless we can find one that looks like a Dreadnaught.

We need a robot made out of guns, right now I have an image of a plane made out of guns.

infinite_array wrote:

Anvildude wrote:I think we're missing something here.

There's a Mech called a Vindicator. That ring any bells?

If I'm thinking what you're thinking, there's one called a Warhammer as well.

There's also an Annihilator, too. The annihilator has four LB/X AC-10s and 4 medium pulse lasers, plenty of dakka both laser and ballistic.

Of course, the Annihilator won't likely be readily available, as it's apparently a Wolf's Dragoons exclusive.

What about a Marauder?



Or maybe a Shadow Hawk.


As for customisation I think it'd be nice if it were at least AC level in that you pretty much build it from the ground up, but there are still preset chasis for those who want the existing. Though before this thread the last time I probably played MW was around 10ish (more recent if that xbox game Mech Assault which probably doesn't count) so I really don't remember most of it.

It's going to be nowhere close AC level, I can almost guarantee that. I'm guessing we'll be able to change weapon loadouts and we might be able to tweak armor and engine.

As for a logo: the Warhammer is probably the best. Just looks BA and works well considering the hobby (only downside is it might get a bit of an overhaul due to it being one of the unseen)

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And unfortunately not as customizable as Chrome Hounds, of course. You're going to be stuck with two legs, two arms and 1 solid body. Sigh.

But yeah, the Warhammer looks good.

Anvildude wrote:And unfortunately not as customizable as Chrome Hounds, of course. You're going to be stuck with two legs, two arms and 1 solid body. Sigh.

That's not necessarily true either. There are quad mechs around, so we may see some of those.