I'm ecstatic about new battle armor! But at the same time i'm disappointed it got only two BA. To be sure, the first one is important and i really like we finally see the Elemental's predecessor, and the Rhino has been mentioned by name, so it was a good choice. But judging by IO dates, the Clans also developed light and assault-class battle armor during the Golden Century, even though the projects were apparently abandoned. Would've loved to see those things.
But better some than none!
Mildly disappointed about the limited amount of new art. I get it is expensive, and that the original art is appropriate in many cases because the units are little more than Clan versions of earlier designs. Unfortunately many Star League designs are hideous, never gonna field Spartan C or Lynx C, just like i won't field their IS-tech predecessors.
On the positive note, pretty much all new art is great looking.
The Peregrine looks great. Not very BattleTech-y, i have very strong preference for TRO 2750-styled WarShips, but this one looks better than most in "hey, box shapes are inefficient but simpler, let's do that" way. Really like the the hangar, looks like a space carrier!
No comment on stats, i don't actually play aerospace side of BT at all.
The Vision Quest is probably my favorite of the new 'Mechs. But i am a Nova Cat...
I don't really like resurrecting many of these long-dead designs for the Dark Age. I suppose the Sea Foxes do have capacity to produce some of these, but i can't help but wonder why not just use the ferro-fibrous and endo-steel and whatever else for existing, more modern designs? And it is even worse for something like the Wolf Empire. Putting the Woodsman into production, rather than using the resources to use local Inner Sphere designs or upgrading those?
Speaking of the Woodsman, really would've liked to see the Naga test-bed configuration/variant.
