Difference between revisions of "Category:MWO Hero 'Mechs"
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:''(See also:'' [[MechWarrior Online#Hero 'Mechs]])
 
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The [[MechWarrior Online]] (MWO) game offers players some special kinds of playable [[BattleMech]]s that perform different in the game than the standard 'Mech designs they are based on. One notable sub-group of these special 'Mechs are the so-called "'''Hero 'Mechs'''".
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The articles in this category are individual [[Hero 'Mechs]] from the [[MechWarrior Online]] game by [[PGI]].
  
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Within the MWO game, Hero 'Mechs are exclusive variants which can only be purchased with real money in what is otherwise essentially a free-to-play online game. They offer a unique paint scheme, a per-match C-Bill booster (currently 30%), and a custom hardpoint layout.
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They are noteworthy insofar as the fluff and lore accompanying them was declared fully canonical for [[BattleTech]] by then-incumbent [[CGL]] [[Line Developer]] [[Randall N. Bills]] (with the later exception of Hero 'Mechs from a design that was not taken from established BattleTech canon but an original creation by PGI). Depending on the fluff text and lore provided, individual Hero 'Mechs may be fully canonical, canonical only in reference to their name and class but not their exact configuration, or entirely non-canonical.
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The Hero 'Mechs were originally based on certain individual named 'Mechs from established [[BattleTech]] lore or the otherwise unnamed individual 'Mechs of certain famous [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]], especially the "Notable 'Mechs and MechWarrior" sections from [[Technical Readout]]s (and here, from the seminal ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]'' in particular). It should be noted, however, that the customized configurations of these 'Mechs and in some cases also their names were created for MWO; in the original source(s) there was usually no indication that the 'Mech in question was anything other but a regular model.<br />Some new Hero 'Mechs that had not previously been mentioned in BattleTech lore at all were created for MWO .
 
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==Canonicity==
 
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Notably, the descriptive fluff texts for the Hero 'Mechs have since been declared fully [[canon]]ical for the BattleTech universe by then-incumbent [[Catalyst Game Labs]] [[Line Developer]], [[Randall N. Bills]], who also provided most if not all of these texts. That means by extension that the 'Mechs as such are canon even when not otherwise mentioned in BattleTech lore, but only to the extent described in the accompanying fluff text. By contrast, their in-game stats and appearance are [[apocryphal]] unless mentioned in the fluff text, and non-canon where it clashes with established BattleTech lore such as anachronistic equipment.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 10:21, 8 December 2018

(See also: MechWarrior Online#Hero 'Mechs)

The articles in this category are individual Hero 'Mechs from the MechWarrior Online game by PGI.

They are noteworthy insofar as the fluff and lore accompanying them was declared fully canonical for BattleTech by then-incumbent CGL Line Developer Randall N. Bills (with the later exception of Hero 'Mechs from a design that was not taken from established BattleTech canon but an original creation by PGI). Depending on the fluff text and lore provided, individual Hero 'Mechs may be fully canonical, canonical only in reference to their name and class but not their exact configuration, or entirely non-canonical.

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