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**Gitzbitah**

I'm not so sure- it will be really tough to walk away from your intricately customized machines, decorated to the fullest, and your special reputation based variants to grind through the bog standard Prime variants.

Remember, the Clans are at least a year out.

It is pure speculation, but I'll just bet that the coming of the Clans coincides with the release of some, if not all, of the 3050 upgrades of the existing frames.

Finally getting access to an AS7-K and reminding your foes that an Atlas is ALWAYS terrifying, or beginning the crawl up the ranks of vatborn- I think the choice will be easy for many players.

Now that being said, I will be jumping ship as soon as the Comguard become a playable faction to get ready for the Word of Blake movement.

**Anvildude**

Though honestly, jumping ship would in a way be a good representation of the Clans coming out of nowhere.

**SagesStone**

I suppose they could take their mechs with them, though likely get the new shiny stuff. I'm hoping it is optional as I might like to just keep what I'm using at that point.

**Slarg232**

helgrenze wrote:I'd like to see the Clans, at least at first, be a PvE option, keeping the PvP elements in the IS for a while. I just get the feeling that lot of players will start in IS until Clan mechs become available then jump ship.

I'll do what the majority of the guild does, but the moment the Summoner becomes available to me (either via being Clan or scavenging it), You all know what I'm piloting.

**Shrike325**

I just hate not knowing what's coming, 'Mech wise.

Should I plan on a Shadow Hawk or a Wraith? How quickly will Omni's be available? Only IS versions or Clan? Too many questions.

**Garuss Acine**

due to a flub on MWO's site, they kind of gave away that the Commando is Mech #7, though the staff and web support quickly went about deleting all traces of this on their forums. I myself didn't actually see the mech, the original post was taken down far before I could, but I saw the Topic tab, and a few others started up Topics about it, before quickly having them brought down.

I am interested to see what they've done with the little bugger, I never had a chance to interact with a Commando till Mech Commander 1, a decent scout, and not all that bad support to the Firestarters and Centurions I would deploy them next to in the game.

**Ledabot**

Oh, did they chose it as a result of one of those favorite 30ton/35ton etc polls? I wanted the other mechs....
:/
Its good to see that people have been on the mechwarrior site instead of just reposting everything new here.

**infinite_array**

And the Commando:

**Melissia**

The Commando actually looks... kinda... cool... now...

Never thought I'd be saying THAT.

**LordofHats**

I thought the Catapult was the ugliest mech in MechWarrior 4, but the artwork earlier in the thread was pretty damn impressive. I like the art style. A lot of the mechs from Battletech had been aging poorly in their appearances in various media but these online guys are giving some very nice updates to the look and feel the bots.

**Melissia**

I thought the Commando looked like a limp-wristed anorexic dweeb, myself; in comparison this Commando looks like he will kick your ass.

**Shrike325**

Just thought I should put this in this thread:

http://www.mwtactics.com/

Could be interesting depending on how it's done.

Also, love the look of the new Commando. I always liked the *idea* of the 'Mech, but never how it looked. It looks more squat and powerful than tall and lanky.

**Ledabot**

Kick as much ass as a light. I had some fu nlast night running around last night in a commando with rader off sniping the crap out of heavys and assults. Trying hard to pretend that I was a scout or someting. didn't really work when they just walked up to be and blew me up.

**SagesStone**

Looks pretty good now.

**Soladrin**

It's an improvement for sure, still don't like it though.

**Ravenblade666**

New Trailer here http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/28/exclusive-first-mechwarrior-online-trailer/

The altas looks sweet, and love the hotdrop.

**SagesStone**

The only proper thing to do with an Atlas.

**Melissia**

Awesome stuff. I like the graphical style.

**CxOrillion**

Yep. I'll be playing that...

**Slarg232**

Hmmm...... What should my Pilot name be? I want an actual name, so Slarg and Mortificus, my two usual names, are out......

Oh and as a warning, Brony "Liveries" have already sprouted in the games forums, so it WILL be in game.....

**SagesStone**

Well it is everywhere else, it's to be expected.

I'll attempt to fight it with a hot pink/hello kitty centurion.

**Soladrin**

Oh feth that....

I'm so glad I'm picking up AC V, all I have to deal with there is Anime shizzle.

**helgrenze**

Well, at least targetting wont be a problem..... Bright colors make good bullet magnets.

**Slarg232**

Soladrin wrote:Oh feth that....

I'm so glad I'm picking up AC V, all I have to deal with there is Anime shizzle.

If Knight Solair is in Soul Calibur, I highly doubt your entirely safe over there.....

Also, I agree with the bright colors bit; At least we don't have to worry about Camo....

**SagesStone**

It's like a win win, you want to shoot them and they aren't exactly blending in.

**Ledabot**

I wonder if a raindow skin would even be avalable. I don't think so, inless it was some kind of custom design thing you could do or a special dlc. Can't see the point of it. The win loss balance would soon convince you to chsnge back.

**Anvildude**

I know, right? I mean, it just gets boring when the other players aren't even able to track you, let alone when you're dropping nukes everywhere.

**Gitzbitah**

The larger question is why on earth anyone would paint up an Owens as Rainbow Dash. I'm no brony, but even I know she's supposed to fly. Owens aren't that fast, and don't even have jump jets. Madness. A Spider would have made a much better choice.

Personally, I'm hoping I can get enough varieties of pink and purple to make my mercenary mech look like an Irken Elite. I imagine the classic transformers will make many appearances as well if we get anything close to panel by panel painting.

**SagesStone**

The answer is more of a social one. Cool kids like it, I'll be cool if I have the first or few MLP mechs wandering around.

**Slarg232**

So have we decided what House the DK are going to be? Or are we going Merc?

That has my vote