So.........Warhawk?

[=CJW= Bin Fish]

Last thread got locked quite a while back.

Any breadcrumbs for me to follow and keep dreaming of the day I get to unleash my Warkawk?

[1N4001]

Lemme guess: Punakettu.
Yup.
That guy knows how to make accurate models



As for the Warhawk: We already have it. Only we call it Novacat and replace the lack of heatsinks with coolant.

[Arghy]

I gotta agree the novacat and warhawk are pretty much exactly the same. I'd love to see every single BT mech ingame  but theres other assets that are higher priority like the kodiak which is going to be friggin awesome.

[Cloudburst]

Not only is the Warhawk's design redundant with the Nova Cat, it would also be the third Clan 85 ton 'Mech in-game.

[Xesle]

Blood asp is 90 tons, not 85.

[=KoS=Zeus]

Madcat Mk2 is also 90 tons.

In all honesty, though, the only thing the Warhawk would bring to the table over the Novacat would be a 3rd weapon hardpoint, probably strictly missiles.

[Cloudburst]

derp

[1N4001]

That was a jab at the Novacat's ridiculousness. I'd want the Warhawk too. But it will have to replace the ERPPC-boat Ncat. Which it should.

[Deathbane]

Warhawk is not OFF the list, like some people keep stating. It was in our original mech line to be completed, and still is.

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

Does this mean we might see Novacat variants that aren't exclusively energy boats? I remember someone saying that missiles don't work on the arms for some reason, what about ballistics? 2 cerppc 2 lbx10? 2 cermbl 2 lbx20? Something like that.

[~SJ~ Blhurr]

Those are lovely models.  Anyway I don't see why we would need to change the load out of existing variants in order to make room for new ones.  There is a lot of overlap and likely will continue to be.  War hawk should have more armor less mobility than novacat

[Cloudburst]

Does this mean we might see Novacat variants that aren't exclusively energy boats? I remember someone saying that missiles don't work on the arms for some reason, what about ballistics? 2 cerppc 2 lbx10? 2 cermbl 2 lbx20? Something like that.

Already ncats with Gauss Rifles

Warhawk would then be genuinely different due most importantly due to its diversion of Energy + Missile over Ncats Ballistic + Energy or Only Energy

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

Those are lovely models.  Anyway I don't see why we would need to change the load out of existing variants in order to make room for new ones.  There is a lot of overlap and likely will continue to be.  War hawk should have more armor less mobility than novacat

The Novacat is already pretty slow.. seems a better idea is diversifying the Novacat more (though the Warhawk would have more armour, that's hardly a good reason to spend all that time making it "oh it's a Novacat with a different shape that goes slower")

Already ncats with Gauss Rifles

Warhawk would then be genuinely different due most importantly due to its diversion of Energy + Missile over Ncats Ballistic + Energy or Only Energy

A singular Novacat is not exclusively energy based. There's room for another one or two

[=CJW= Bin Fish]

Warhawk is not OFF the list, like some people keep stating. It was in our original mech line to be completed, and still is.

You sir are getting a Jade Wolf sponge bath for that tidbit of information.

[=KoS= Tripod]

protip: Novacat and Warhawk go same speed, unless novacat got a speed boost in MWLL, (I haven't piloted one for years )  they should both be 65kph though)