Posted 05 July 2015 - 06:47 PM
Mad Dog is my overall Primary, cause of my love for Missiles and clan weapons. Even though Mad Dog is outclassed by the Timber Wolf (Mad Dog's big brother) for most things especially for energy, and now the Ebon Jaguar can do the UAC/40 or dual Guass much better than the Mad Dog C could hope for since it does't have to sacrifice armor like the Mad Dog C.
I'm not a huge Meta player, afterall, when I use a "meta" build, it feels like I am cheating.
But for each weight class and side:
(I love lights for being so dang speedy)
Light IS: Jenner to be a super fast 6 medium laser user with jumpjets. (though Panther comes close to taking that spot)
Light Clan: Used to be Adder due to the punch it could deliver, but soon it will be the Jenner IIC. Afterall, The Jenner IIC was my favorite thing to play in Mechwarrior 2, and It sounds fun to be a super fast SRM boat. Even then, I like the lasers of the clans more than Inner Sphere lasers from a visual+audio point (and I like the extra range).
Medium IS: Never been a fan of most Mediums, but the Griffin/Wolverine being fast with jumpjets and a bunch of SRMs was fun (but i havent played them after quirks came out). Black Jack 3 was really fun due to being able to hillhump shoot 2 ppcs while almost never recieving damage because people would either shoot above me, or hit the ground. However, Now it looks like the Crab is going to be my go-to IS medium, especially the 27SL because of the jumpjets, but I will have to see what the hitboxes and quirks are like. I don't mind using weaker mechs, as long they aren't too weak.
Medium Clan: Can't decide between Nova Prime and Shadow Cat. I've pulled off some amazing matches in the Nova Prime, even though I'm using 12 ER Medium lasers. It's just fun to semi/alpha the lasers by waiting a half second for the other 6 er Medium lasers to go off. Takes a hell of a lot of patience to make that build work, but It's fun to assassinate people with the nova. Shadow Cat will satisfy my need to go fast with jumpjets, and look good while doing it. Not sure what weapons I will use on it most of the time though, there's a lot of options.
(I love heavies for powerful alphas without having to be super slow mainly)
Heavy IS: Splatcat holds some of my favorite memories of MWO, and are my favorite moments from Closed beta (aside from 4 atlas team with some friends when it was 8v8 for a couple days before I got tired of that. It was hilarious). C1 Is probably my favorite IS LRM platform due to 3 medium lasers for defense, a tag laser, and a couple LRM launchers, with enough speed +jumpjets to stay near the front to taunt enemies to chase you down and get messed up by your allies. Dragon would be my backup favorite IS heavy, because it looks, and sounds (the torso twist sounds) are awesome. And I have some fond memories when MWO's meta wasnt so speed based, being one of the fast heavies being able to shred some poor light/medium mechs.
Heavy Clan: Mad Dog of course, dem missiles and high cockpit. But Ebon Jaguar and Hellbringer are pretty close behind in terms of what I'd like after that, but with Ebon Jaguar being in the lead because it looks more fun build-wise and has a nicer cockpit.
(Not a huge fan of assaults)
Assault IS: King Crab because of the AC/40, and quad AC/5. Between getting 6 kills on my first match in the AC/40 jager (thanks to a friend letting me play a single round in it), and seeing how crazy quad ac/5 is on the cataphract 4x, it'd be nice to use a mech that's actually meant to use that firepower, and look awesome while doing it. Though, I do want to try out the Awesome 8R for it's massive LRM alpha (and it still has room for a couple large lasers for backup). Stalker has always had my eye, but I haven't messed with assaults much.
Assault Clan: Not sure if what I want is in the game yet. Dire Wolf looks fun for face melting power, which is what I like in assaults (since most assaults are basically slower heavies in terms of firepower and survivability). Though, due to masc, I might end up liking executioner more. But eh, I don't think the Assault that makes me go "OMG MUST HAVE" is in for the clans yet. Off the top of my heavy only the stone Rhino/behemoth and Turkina would make me want to use a clan Assault.