Closing distance, the stock loadout is a pair of ER Medium Lasers, with LB-10X and Ultra AC/5s on each arm. In terms of armaments, the Bull Shark reaches out and touches its foes from a hell of a distance with the Thumper Artillery Piece. It looks like it combines some of the best elements of a King Crab, Awesome, and a dash of Goliath for taste.

Sporting a reverse-jointed articulation, this monster sports an aggressive profile, and has weapons to match. I could describe them, but I really want to focus on the Bull Shark.Īt 95 tons, the Bull Shark fits in nicely with your assault lance. All of these are pen-and-paper known (if not rare) mechs that we’ve seen in other games (both tabletop and videogames) over the last three and a half decades. The seven mechs you’ll now encounter as part of any normal outings are the 20 ton Flea, 40 ton Vulcan, 40 ton Assassin, 45 ton Phoenix Hawk, 60 ton Rifleman, 70 ton Archer, and a 100 ton Annihilator. With 35 years of legacy to build on, it’s time to get up close and personal with some of the best classic mechs and weaponry to ever hit the Periphery.īefore we get to the fresh campaign content, there are eight mechs added to the roster with Heavy Metal - seven you’ve seen before, and one built entirely for this expansion. Call it, Heavy Metal! Rounding out the final DLC for Harebrained Scheme’s giant stompy mech tactical game, Battletech, we finally get our hands on some of the mech designs we’ve been clamoring for since the game launched in November of last year.

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