Like, I have anecdotes to prove how bad Vultures are.
Back when I played Mechwarrior 2, there was some mission in a canyon and you had to kill some mechs and shit. So I picked a Vulture, and I go in. 5 minutes later, the mech explodes and I die. So I try again. Mech explodes and I die. So I'm like, WTF? So I finally figured it out: I was making a classical mistake when piloting a Vulture, actually shooting my weapons. Which leads to immediate over-heating and self-destruct and ammo explosions.
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While racing light mechs, your Urbanmech comes in second place, but only because it ran out of ammo.
Like, I have anecdotes to prove how bad Vultures are.
Back when I played Mechwarrior 2, there was some mission in a canyon and you had to kill some mechs and shit. So I picked a Vulture, and I go in. 5 minutes later, the mech explodes and I die. So I try again. Mech explodes and I die. So I'm like, WTF? So I finally figured it out: I was making a classical mistake when piloting a Vulture, actually shooting my weapons. Which leads to immediate over-heating and self-destruct and ammo explosions.
Der Waffle MousBlame this on the misfortune of your birth.New Yark, New Yark.Registered Userregular
edited July 2009
Man, coming from exclusively using 3025-era mechs on the tabletop and in MUX's, hearing how someone who can't manage heat on a clan mech (admittedly in a game where the mechanics work a bit different) just brings up certain reactions.
Also: if you want a bad Clan Mech, just look at the Hellbringer/Loki. Its 5 tons heavier yet manages to have more heat problems and less armor than the Mad Dog.
Man, coming from exclusively using 3025-era mechs on the tabletop and in MUX's, hearing how someone who can't manage heat on a clan mech (admittedly in a game where the mechanics work a bit different) just brings up certain reactions.
Yeah. DHS makes heat sinks so easy. What MUXes did you play, Waffle?
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edited July 2009
There's naught but one thing can be said about this.
I loved Mechwarrior 4 when I was smaller, but I'll be damned if I can remember anything about it. :P All I recall was "WOOO! GIANT FIGHTING ROBOTS, WOO!!!!"
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Der Waffle MousBlame this on the misfortune of your birth.New Yark, New Yark.Registered Userregular
Man, coming from exclusively using 3025-era mechs on the tabletop and in MUX's, hearing how someone who can't manage heat on a clan mech (admittedly in a game where the mechanics work a bit different) just brings up certain reactions.
Yeah. DHS makes heat sinks so easy. What MUXes did you play, Waffle?
5555 Frontier, then moved on to 3027: Rise from the Ashes when that opened up. I loved the hell out of it but I just don't have the time for it anymore.
Yay!
The Battletech IP has been giving me nerd boners for like 20 years now, so any news about an incoming game is good news.
I am still waiting for a decent follow up to The Crescent Hawk's Inception/Revenge.
I Can Dream!?!
All time favorite mech: Locust, followed closely by the Hatchetman
Also: if you want a bad Clan Mech, just look at the Hellbringer/Loki. Its 5 tons heavier yet manages to have more heat problems and less armor than the Mad Dog.
Go fuck the devil in Hell.
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Der Waffle MousBlame this on the misfortune of your birth.New Yark, New Yark.Registered Userregular
edited July 2009
The Behemoth always seemed wierd to me.
Large pulse lasers in the arms, gauss in the torsos.
The ginormous fuckoff gun on the top? Small laser.
Also: if you want a bad Clan Mech, just look at the Hellbringer/Loki. Its 5 tons heavier yet manages to have more heat problems and less armor than the Mad Dog.
Go fuck the devil in Hell.
Its a really good looking mech, but
You can't even fire your two main weapons on the move without overheating to dangerous levels
Large pulse lasers in the arms, gauss in the torsos.
The ginormous fuckoff gun on the top? Small laser.
Variation i had in one book had the top gun as a guass, and the two on the sides as Er PPC's and then it had a few lasers scattered about. But the damn thing is fucking invincible. It takes insane amounts of damage.
I think the Behemoth makes an appearance in Ghost Bear's Legacy as the stone rhino. Or at least a mech very similar to it. The variants were, as Waffle mentions, quite retarded.
Big mechwarrior fan, played MW2 when I was like, 12, and never got sick of it. Even then I could tell that ER laser spam was the way to go, assuming you had absurd amounts of heat sinkage. I would've later used PPC for the spamming but leading PPC shots was annoying. Every way I tried ammo-based weapons they would let me down, except for machine guns (well, 12 or more machine guns to be specific). The bigger stuff never had enough ammo, and carrying said ammo made you a walking bomb in most cases, as a critical in the wrong place meant instant KABOOOM. My best variant I've configured so far (in Mechwarrior 2) is a ER large laser platform Warhammer. Fastest engine I could fit, coupled with maxed out armor and tons of heat sinks, means that only 4 large lasers could fit, but with group fire on, and my leg sniping skills, I really didn't need more than that.
A new mechwarrior game is exactly the kind of news I could use right now, as I've just gotten my Mechwarrior games reinstalled. GBL runs really wonky on WinXP though, so that's where I'm more or less stuck at the moment.
Also: if you want a bad Clan Mech, just look at the Hellbringer/Loki. Its 5 tons heavier yet manages to have more heat problems and less armor than the Mad Dog.
Go fuck the devil in Hell.
Its a really good looking mech, but
You can't even fire your two main weapons on the move without overheating to dangerous levels
That heat build up will slow you down, sure, but it's manageable if you can keep range on your target. It's a fire support platform, and it's main weapons have no ammo restrictions, unlike the Mad Dogs.
And yes, it is a very good-looking design too. Icing on the incredibly versatile and deadly cake.
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Man, coming from exclusively using 3025-era mechs on the tabletop and in MUX's, hearing how someone who can't manage heat on a clan mech (admittedly in a game where the mechanics work a bit different) just brings up certain reactions.
Yeah. DHS makes heat sinks so easy. What MUXes did you play, Waffle?
5555 Frontier, then moved on to 3027: Rise from the Ashes when that opened up. I loved the hell out of it but I just don't have the time for it anymore.
haha, wow. Bad timing on that edit.
Yeah. I used to play on 3030 and before that, 3056. You're a newb! I was a newb when I was playing in 2001. It's a shame the community isn't surviving better than it seems to - i loved the core group of players. you wonder what they were doing that they always had that much spare time though. i did a little bit in HS and i still couldn't be as hardcore as much older people.
Obviously the best mech is the Uziel 2-S, medium mech with twin ppc's, an srm6, twin machine guns , jump jets, and a top speed of 97km/h.
Although if I get a chance to customize it, I usually drop the mg's and srm and put a couple medium lasers on it.
What more do you need from a mech?
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MorninglordI'm tired of being Batman,so today I'll be Owl.Registered Userregular
edited July 2009
the best mech is the mech that goes stomp stomp stomp pew pew pew laser lasers ppc ppc missile shooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwoooooosssssshhhhhh BAAABAAAAAAMMMM
duh
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(PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
IceBurnerIt's cold and there are penguins.Registered Userregular
edited July 2009
This one's my favorite:
More seriously though I still have all the Battletech "field manuals", including both versions of the one they later took all the anime-based 'mechs out of. I think the only one I don't have is Project Phoenix; it came out years after I had finished collecting such books.
The second one really seems to hint at a new Mechwarrior game. Seems to be a similar style of Mech to the original games. I can't quite make out the model, but it looks very much like the others.
for the record it's a warhammer. (was very popular in mech2)
the mech in the third video is a raven... really guys.
the best mech is the mech that goes stomp stomp stomp pew pew pew laser lasers ppc ppc missile shooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwoooooosssssshhhhhh BAAABAAAAAAMMMM
duh
I agree i love the Mad Cat as well, i've always been terrible at grace and subtly, in all the Mech Warrior games i've played my approach has been lay on the armour and the heaviest direct fire weaponry i can get and then bludgeon my opponents into submission. I'm not a tactful man but i know what fun is.
The second one really seems to hint at a new Mechwarrior game. Seems to be a similar style of Mech to the original games. I can't quite make out the model, but it looks very much like the others.
for the record it's a warhammer. (was very popular in mech2)
the mech in the third video is a raven... really guys.
It's a Jenner. Someone already linked a picture pretty much proving that.
If you could give me a multiplayer game where huge lumbering diesel powered robots duked it out in a destroyable post-apocalyptic wasteland city i would have your babies, double so if the city was really labyrinthine and a key strategic element was identifying the position of other mechs from the exhaust belching out of them when they moved at high speed.
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ERPPC, LBX-5, and six SRM6 launchers.
Back when I played Mechwarrior 2, there was some mission in a canyon and you had to kill some mechs and shit. So I picked a Vulture, and I go in. 5 minutes later, the mech explodes and I die. So I try again. Mech explodes and I die. So I'm like, WTF? So I finally figured it out: I was making a classical mistake when piloting a Vulture, actually shooting my weapons. Which leads to immediate over-heating and self-destruct and ammo explosions.
Pulse Lasers and LRM20s tend to do that.
Kids these days and their double heatsinks.
Also: if you want a bad Clan Mech, just look at the Hellbringer/Loki. Its 5 tons heavier yet manages to have more heat problems and less armor than the Mad Dog.
IS: Centurion
Clan: Hellbringer Prime
Yeah. DHS makes heat sinks so easy. What MUXes did you play, Waffle?
I loved Mechwarrior 4 when I was smaller, but I'll be damned if I can remember anything about it. :P All I recall was "WOOO! GIANT FIGHTING ROBOTS, WOO!!!!"
haha, wow. Bad timing on that edit.
Vulture
My two favs.
Fav clan is Jade Falcon.
The Battletech IP has been giving me nerd boners for like 20 years now, so any news about an incoming game is good news.
I am still waiting for a decent follow up to The Crescent Hawk's Inception/Revenge.
All time favorite mech: Locust, followed closely by the Hatchetman
Large pulse lasers in the arms, gauss in the torsos.
The ginormous fuckoff gun on the top? Small laser.
You can't even fire your two main weapons on the move without overheating to dangerous levels
Variation i had in one book had the top gun as a guass, and the two on the sides as Er PPC's and then it had a few lasers scattered about. But the damn thing is fucking invincible. It takes insane amounts of damage.
scuse me i must change my pants
Big mechwarrior fan, played MW2 when I was like, 12, and never got sick of it. Even then I could tell that ER laser spam was the way to go, assuming you had absurd amounts of heat sinkage. I would've later used PPC for the spamming but leading PPC shots was annoying. Every way I tried ammo-based weapons they would let me down, except for machine guns (well, 12 or more machine guns to be specific). The bigger stuff never had enough ammo, and carrying said ammo made you a walking bomb in most cases, as a critical in the wrong place meant instant KABOOOM. My best variant I've configured so far (in Mechwarrior 2) is a ER large laser platform Warhammer. Fastest engine I could fit, coupled with maxed out armor and tons of heat sinks, means that only 4 large lasers could fit, but with group fire on, and my leg sniping skills, I really didn't need more than that.
A new mechwarrior game is exactly the kind of news I could use right now, as I've just gotten my Mechwarrior games reinstalled. GBL runs really wonky on WinXP though, so that's where I'm more or less stuck at the moment.
XBL - Clarke Ch40s
That heat build up will slow you down, sure, but it's manageable if you can keep range on your target. It's a fire support platform, and it's main weapons have no ammo restrictions, unlike the Mad Dogs.
And yes, it is a very good-looking design too. Icing on the incredibly versatile and deadly cake.
Yeah. I used to play on 3030 and before that, 3056. You're a newb! I was a newb when I was playing in 2001. It's a shame the community isn't surviving better than it seems to - i loved the core group of players. you wonder what they were doing that they always had that much spare time though. i did a little bit in HS and i still couldn't be as hardcore as much older people.
Obviously the best mech is the Uziel 2-S, medium mech with twin ppc's, an srm6, twin machine guns , jump jets, and a top speed of 97km/h.
Although if I get a chance to customize it, I usually drop the mg's and srm and put a couple medium lasers on it.
What more do you need from a mech?
duh
Clan: Aidan Pryde-configured Timberwolf and Hunchback IIC
XBL : lJesse Custerl | MWO: Jesse Custer | Best vid ever. | 2nd best vid ever.
More seriously though I still have all the Battletech "field manuals", including both versions of the one they later took all the anime-based 'mechs out of. I think the only one I don't have is Project Phoenix; it came out years after I had finished collecting such books.
PSN: theIceBurner, IceBurnerEU, IceBurner-JP | X-Link Kai: TheIceBurner
Dragon's Dogma: 192 Warrior Linty | 80 Strider Alicia | 32 Mage Terra
for the record it's a warhammer. (was very popular in mech2)
the mech in the third video is a raven... really guys.
I agree i love the Mad Cat as well, i've always been terrible at grace and subtly, in all the Mech Warrior games i've played my approach has been lay on the armour and the heaviest direct fire weaponry i can get and then bludgeon my opponents into submission. I'm not a tactful man but i know what fun is.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Shadow_Hawk
If you could give me a multiplayer game where huge lumbering diesel powered robots duked it out in a destroyable post-apocalyptic wasteland city i would have your babies, double so if the city was really labyrinthine and a key strategic element was identifying the position of other mechs from the exhaust belching out of them when they moved at high speed.
This time I killed them all. Revenge is mine. Who's the bestest Mad Kitty ever? Who's my ickle Timberwolfie? Yes you are, yes you are!
Now I'm tearing up Solaris in my supremely cheesy CLBX20 Uller. Everything I shoot with it faceplants, and when they get up I can shoot them again.
Oh, and the Panther is where it's at. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Panther
I am getting hyped already.
This game will suck all our dicks every day for eternity!
I had one about a female pilot on our Earth who got transported to another dimension where the physics were different which enabled the mechs to work.
I
OH MAN.
What if it like has a persistent online galaxy that you can try to conquer with and shit, with mechs and tanks and battlesuits and fucking infantry...
I think I need new pants.