ORIGINAL POST This is actually a nice little treat; moar colours for you colour-whores to play with and you get them freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee if you purchased any of the Project Phoenix packages! Phoenix Grey Phoenix Black Phoenix Red If they sell more of the packages we will unlock a hanging thingy with your package icon If they sell even MORE of the packages we will unlock the special FLAME pattern which can be applied to (and only to) all Project Phoenix Standard Production variants. They also have the official list of variants that are coming out... I know Alyek posted them but I am consolidating them here as many people actually come here for news rather than the official forums and we gots to keep you people in the know!!!! [img width=700 height=466]https://static.mwomercs.com/img/phoenix/popups/shadowhawk.jpg[/img] [img width=700 height=466]https://static.mwomercs.com/img/phoenix/popups/thunderbolt.jpg[/img] [img width=700 height=466]https://static.mwomercs.com/img/phoenix/popups/battlemaster.jpg[/img]
So, why was this not on kickstarter? this is basicly what it has become. I love that; and I hope they continue to do more stuff for the purchase price.
So, Standard Variants are uncovered... what does this mean? Locust: 3M = 5 Energy Hardpoints 3S = Ballistics replaced with Missiles and 1 Energy Hardpoint... might have 2 or maybe even 4 Missile Hardpoints... SRM2s might see some love there if only to get the best out of the Hardpoints Shadow Hawk: 2D2 = Another Missile HP and another Energy Hardpoint... should bring the total to: 3 Ballistics, 4 Missiles, 2 Energy 5M = UAC5, LRM 20, Streak and MLas... might get a few more hardpoints too, but not much different from the original chassis, but with Endo and DHS Thunderbolt: 5SS = PPC, 3 MLas, 1 SRM6 and a Flamer. Seems like the Ballistics will be replaced with that PPC Energy HP, maybe 1 missile slot less 9SE = LRM 10, LPLas, MLas and change of the missile HP to the other torso... seems like the 5SE to me, no ballistics Battlemaster: 1D = No SRM Launcher and 2 Energy HP less... seems more economic for those who want less weapons with more of a punch/focus 1S = 1 PPC removed, 1 SRM6 removed, put in 4 more missile weapons, combo of LRMs and SRMs... looks like it trades 1 Energy HP in for 3 extra Missile Hardpoints.
If you blow up the images that I posted in this thread it will tell you what the CBILL version of these mechs will be. LCT-1V LCT-3M LCT-3S SHD-2H SHD-2D2 SHD-5M TDR-5S TDR-5SS TDR-9SE BLR-1D BLR-1G BLR-1S
I think my post is just moonspeak then, as I think it is pretty obvious how I guesstimated the loadout of each chassis
I was hoping for the lct-5t and the lct-6m. I knew for a fact the 6m wasn't going to happen because stock the thing went over 200 kph and it could use masc to move over 300 kph. Talk about an HSR lag shield. The 5t would have been kinda neat, 20 ton mech with six machine guns. Might not have been able to kill anything, but think of the high speed dakka. A possible four missile hard points on the 3s could be tons of fun, well at least two or three tons of fun.
6M does not exist until 3067 due to the small cockpit it has. I am wishing for a 5w2. ECM equals love. That and being around in 3050 helps. Also the reason why I wish for Thunderbolt 7SE, ECM. We really need some options for ECM Heavy Mechs. I am happy with the JJ in 9SE though, yay!
