Talk:M-44 Hammerhead

Because of the availability of this as a download, I think it would be a fair assumption that no "current" planet will support its use. DLC planets and missions surely will, but otherwise, why make it DLC if it can be used on current ones? Maybe some areas will unlock to make its immediate download worthwhile. Maybe it will at least come packaged with a drivable planet.--Xaero Dumort 18:33, January 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's just an, "Everything's cooler with hover," vehicle. Functionally similar to the Mako, but just drives different. Maybe isn't utterly defeated by lava lakes. That's my complete speculation, anyways. Boter 04:04, January 21, 2010 (UTC)

Designation?
Does anyone know yet what the designation for the Hammerhead is? M29 Grizzly, M35 Mako, ??? Hammerhead? Boter 04:04, January 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not yet, but most likely higher than 35, maybe M41 to continue a 6 digit gap?--Xaero Dumort 04:34, January 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, if the SA numbering system is anything like the numbering systems used by contemporary militaries, there would only be a 6 digit gap if there were 5 models in between the Mako and the Hammerhead. Of course, since the Hammerhead is a tank, and the Grizzly and Mako are IFVs, it shouldn't be automatically assumed that they use the same numbering/designation system. SpartHawg948 06:56, January 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I wasn't even sure of the first letter, which is why I didn't say M??. I think their explanation for the difference would be its mode of transport - ground or hover. I think the Mako has been referred to as a tank a few times... I could be wrong, though. *looks it up* Hm, nope. Still, I wonder if calling the Hammerhead a "tank" is just something for the masses to easily latch on to - a moving vehicle with a big turret - but it'll still be functionally similar to a Mako. We'll see in a week and a half, I guess. (Fun fact - I didn't know about the Mako's big gun until halfway through my first play-through. First Thresher Maw was a pain in the rear.) Boter 07:04, January 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Pretty sure the MAKO was never referred to as a tank, at least not in the game. The Codex specifically refers to it as an infantry fighting vehiclc. As for calling the Hammerhead a tank, I don't see any reason to assume it would be a term for the "masses" to easily latch onto. If that was the case the MAKO would also likely be called a tank, since the average civilian doesn't know the difference between a tank or an IFV, and they've generally never even heard the term IFV. After all, the MAKO is a moving vehicle with a big turret too. So yeah, I think it's safe to say that if it's being called a tank, it's b/c it's a tank. SpartHawg948 07:12, January 21, 2010 (UTC)