128 replies to this topic

[Dangerous Brian]

I just love the Kinetic impact a weapon like the Gauss can achieve :-) YAY go impact and high velocity weapons, just make sure you have extra ammo capacity, it makes all the difference and strikes fear into the enemys hearts. lol

[Strum Wealh]

Actually, the Lyrans developed the hatchet...

Perhaps the most die-hard Lyrans would run in with only a hatchet, and bash anyone's heads in?

[Exillian]

I like rail guns/Gauss rifles.

[Jericho917]

wow almost 70% say gauss or AC we are pretty united in weapon choice in house stiner arent we?

[Tarellond]

It seems we are. The thing is those weapons are totaly worth every ton you put into them, but you need to have many of those spare tons to mount any of these guns in the first place. And since House Steiner prefers heavy and assault mechs, which don't have to worry about weight limitations as much as mediums, i see that as rather logical conclusion.

[Arbhall Sommers]

Yep Gauss rifle.

I love the Stieners cause they got Hollanders, if they didnt have em. I wouldnt be a Steiner.
Isnt the LRM variant of the Hatchetman a Steiner mech as well? I love that one also.
The Steiner Maurauder carries a Gauss weapon too if I remember correctly.

[Candy Box]

Behemoths, Demolisher/ II, Manteuffel, and even the davion based Ajax. All yummi yummi ACs Oh well, Mechs : Hatchetman, Centurion, Enforcer, Rifleman, Axman, JaegerMech, Victor, Zeus, Highlander, Banshee, Atlas. But to the fact i only use mechs realy rare, my choise falling at the Rifleman and the 733-Highlander.

[Jet Morgan]

Sorry can't resist saying the best weapon type is Information <wanders off to slap Adam Steiner with a copy of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy>

[Nosforontu]

Hmm, I always thought Steiners preferred weapon of choice was C-Bills and to throw an overwhelming amount of money at their target .

[Gwenaelle Focht]

It seems that size matters to House Steiner in all its aspects ...

[Drakiis]

The intimidation factor of the Gauss weapons, that and they look good mounted...

[Tasorin]

Gauss Rifle or the AutoCannon 10/20 depending on mech tonnage.

You can't jam a Slug once its put down range. I will pull out the grease pencil and put manual sights on the pit glass and shoot you full of holes old skool rifleman days. Who needs instrumentation when you are putting armor piercing rounds down range at a high rate of fire?

What will be interesting to see is the phys-x engine on ballistic/beam and hit box detection which will lend itself hopefully to a quasi-balanced enjoyable game.

[Gabriel Bekker]

For Steiner? Big guns or no guns!

[Liandri]

Big expensive guns, that are manufactured in glorious lyran corporate factories. Defiance industries can make everything... so... why not take... -everything-. I mean, go big or go home is a concept I know we all understand. But I don't just want the biggest chuck of metal money can buy, I was it to bristle with Lyran steel to rain death on Socialist Davion filth at every possible range.

[Ancalagon]

I have to go with PPCs with this one; big guns with no ammo needed, what's not to like? Sure, the heat buildup is insane, but that's why you find some nice pool to sit in while you shoot your guns!

[BladedDragon]

Big large guns. Heavy Gauss rifle, Improved Gauss rifle, AC/20s, etc...

[Johan Karl Steiner]

Mass, velocity, and explosive force. That's the Lyran way.

[McGruff]

Hmm... one arm PPC one arm AC10/20. That would be nice. Has anybody seen this kind of setup?

[McGruff]

McGruff, on 26 May 2012 - 01:26 PM, said:

Hmm... one arm PPC one arm AC10/20. That would be nice. Has anybody seen this kind of setup?

Sorry to quote myself - But a later Zeus Variant is one of the answers: Zeus 9WD

[Battlecruiser]

Gauss is great for commanding the enemy to produce holes in their torso

Autocannons not only sound satisfying, but they also make a mess of everything

but I'd have to say my preference is ppc's, I enjoy the dribbly soup they make of everything they hit, and the smell that follows. not to mention the havok they wreak on electrical systems and the heat they impart onto your targets. sometimes the field inhibitor gets in the way of a close range fight but I usually pull that out and bin it, safety is for cowards anyway.