Media Release - Clan Epona Hovercraft

[hermpes]

Hey hey hooray for pulse lasers! Pew Pew!

[DFDelta]

Clans are getting a lot of new vehicles. This, plus the Hephaestus, and the Morrigu. It'll be interesting to see how the Epona differs from the Hephaestus ingame.

I wonder if the inner sphere will be getting any new stuff other than the Ares.

The Ares is clan, too. So far we have seen nothing new for the IS, everything shown for the 0.4.0 release is clan-tech.

That makes me hope some huge IS toy is to be released with 0.4.0, something so awesome that they do not want to show it yet.
Something like the Fafnir, or if they want to release even more tanks a Challenger or Von Luckner *hopes and prayes*

[Spanish Inquisition]

I'd like to take this time to give props to the modeller. Those are some sweet angles you've got there, and the level of detail is great too. I like the intake fans, alongside the twisted intake grill, and the look of the turret. It'll almost be a shame to shoot the thing.

Almost.


pewpewewpewpew

[DFDelta]

Another thing I just noticed.....

On picture 01 and 04 you can see the pulse lasers shooting, but the weapons indicator on the upper right corner shows them as ready...?!
Fully automatic pulse-lasers maybe? Or a drastically reduced reload time?

[(TLL)CapperDeluxe]

Another thing I just noticed.....

On picture 01 and 04 you can see the pulse lasers shooting, but the weapons indicator on the upper right corner shows them as ready...?!
Fully automatic pulse-lasers maybe? Or a drastically reduced reload time?

I think they stay "green" while firing, but become "red" after the last pulse bursts.

[DFDelta]

Damn, you just made me very, very sad 

Me wants full auto pulse lasers, pewpewpewpewpew 

[=DR.DEATH=]

sweet! can't wait to use this new machine!

[Virt]

Nice!   

I like the weapons loadout options.   TAG+LRM15s will be useful, as will the ERPPC variant.

Can't wait to take it for a whirl around the pyramids.

[(TLL)KitLightning]

This thread is for discussion of the MWLL Media Release of the Clan Epona Hovercraft.
 
Discuss!

Nice addition Cujo Well done job on the Highpoly 

[Nitro_R]

Epona “Prime”
4x CMPL
CSSRM4

I like Pulse lasers =)
This one should be good for brawling.

Epona “A”
TAG
2x CLRM15

Seems a little weaksauce downgraded from LRM20...
Could be used in passive to rain LRMs onto unexpecting foe.
Fire off your LRMs, then aim TAG on enemy.  This is a good tactic as enemies don't hear the missile-lock-scary-sound.

Epona “B”
UAC10
CSSRM4

I find the AC10/UAC10s extremely underpowered because you have to hit over a long period of time and you have to hit many many shots do do any real damage.
Unless AC10s are getting a damage boost, this variant would probably feel like the Uller B - horribad.


Epona “C”
TAG
CERPPC
CSSRM4
GECM

I have a feeling about TAG in the upcoming 0.4.0.  It's probably going to be changed somehow. I can feel it.
Looks like a solid scout variant with some punch.

[Cujo]

Thanks, I really like how it turned out.  And thanks to Sturm and Caribcanuk who cleaned up my geometry and did all the hard work.

[Leeko]

I wonder if the inner sphere will be getting any new stuff other than the Ares. It seems to me like they'll be needing a decent hovertank now.

Wha...?

This tank is most popular with Clan Coyote and Clan Wolf, though it is present in some numbers in most Clans.

[sgnl05]

Errr, my bad on the Ares. I think I just assumed it was an IS tank because the clans are getting so much other cool new stuff and you'd think that the IS would get something.

Perhaps the devs are just hiding it?


I'm thinking that maybe the Svantovit has been ditched and the Hephaestus is the clan counterpart to the harasser. Since the Epona is obviously a heavier hovercraft perhaps the IS will get something like the Drillson

And presumably they still need a medium tank too.

[Frostiken]

The IS already 'got something' - they've had the most development time invested in them and have the most assets in the game.

They have the only hovercraft, the only VTOL, the only heavy fighter, two more mediums and two more assaults than the Clan. That's 35% more content asset-wise.

They have AECM, RACs, the Long Tom, seemingly weight-free ELRMs, Heavy Gauss, MRMs...

And their two tanks are arguably better than the Clan counterparts, why would they need a third at this point?

[Taemien]

What do we see in the last 20 minutes of an hour long SA game? Madcats, Novacats, and Loki's. Maybe a smattering of Atlas', Maulers, and Awesomes, but thats usually from us IS diehards. Thats an issue, there's nothing the IS has thats comparable to those three clan heavies. When i saw caparable I mean in speed, maneuverability and firepower. One can argue that thats the advantage of Clan, but thats not the route the Devs are shooting for.