Vulture - is it in game?

[PocketYoda]

And is it any good to play?

When i played a few years ago (very short time) it did not seem to be in game, is it now been added and is it fun to play..

Yes its a fav of mine.

[Techsin]

Yes, it is in and its a good Clan Missile Mech.

[AThousandD]

Mad Dog? Yeah, it's in.

[Max_Fool]

Vulture goes by name Mad Dog. All clan mechs are called by their clan names, not IS names.

[PermanentRando]

It's called a Mad Dog in-game (they use the Clan name instead of the IS name). It's pretty good as an LRM or Streak SRM boat. Can also run Gauss Rifle on some variants. Overall not bad, though not "super high tier competetive". Definitely fine for non-competitive stuff.

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Max_Fool:

Vulture goes by name Mad Dog. All clan mechs are called by their clan names, not IS names.

Is the Vulture IS variant in this game at all? Kinda prefer IS over Clan?

[Techsin]

Vulture /Mad Dog is Clan Tech, if you want something IS take a Catapult ^^

[Max_Fool]

Vulture IS variant? There is no such thing, as far as I know. Unless you are talking about Avatar, which not available yet in time line, it's something like year 3052 now, clan invasion starting.

[Rykter Syx]

You mean Mad Dog you filthy freebirth. Yes it is in and available for C-Bills. That being said, you will find the builds you want to put on it (from either tabletop or older MW games) will not work due to heat. You'll have to either downgrade your direct fire weapons or your missiles if you want to attempt to run the iconic Vulture builds.

[PocketYoda]

I thought later on IS started using Clan tech my apologies. Maybe this game is set in the early days.

[Cerlin]

The SRM brawler especially hurts (LRMS WORK too with the recent ECM nerfs.)

[PocketYoda]

Are they cheapish to get for a noob like me?

[Rykter Syx]

Clan chassis are more expensive than Inner Sphere base price. BUT, you don't have to pay to upgrade them, just buy equipment if you want to customize it. It evens out in my opinion.

[Kissamies]

It's considered to be on the lower rungs of meta ladder for the competitive gamers, but I love it for the excellent cockpit visibility because I use head tracking. I used it on the Tukayyid II event and did fairly well even with LRMs.

[PyckenZot]

The Vulture is available, but as many other clan mechs outperform it you don't see it very often.

[Atomsk]

I like to call them by their IS names as well... Mad Cat sounds more cool