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[Curon Hifor]

Go Cyclops!

[BeforeLife]

WE NEED MORE MAULER VOTES!!!!

[Ibishima]

"The Highlander carries a weapons mix that is more at home when fighting a ranged battle, but when the ranges close the Highlander has the right equipment for the job"
anymore to say? oh, yeah... jumpjets

[Stormwolf]

Went with the Highlander, the extra mobility would be a great addition among the assault mechs.

Edited by Stormwolf, 27 March 2012 - 11:38 AM.

[Hao Yu]

How could I refuse a Gauss rifle + LRM-20 combination?

[Opus]

Mauler, Mauler, Mauler, Mauler, ... ... ... ...

[Solis Obscuri]

verybad, on 26 March 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:

Very keen observation. The Highlander is still mroe similiar to the Atlas than the Mauler however.

Eh... the Highlander was designed as a powerful static installation and urban zone defender, with jump jets to give it superior maneuverability within its weight class and give it an edge in urban fighting. The Atlas is designed as a super-heavy static installation attacker designed to engage targets at any range while tanking as much as possible, and devastate oponents once it closes in. The Mauler is an assault-weight fire support 'mech, which sacrifices a lot of armor and close-range effectiveness in order to engage targets as far out as possible, and the Cyclops is an assault-class command vehicle designed for mobility and with heavy close-range firepower for defense against lighter "headhunter" 'mechs. If you just look at weapon load-outs, there are similarities between all four, but each brings something different to the table and has a different intended role.

(And, of course, it's kinda hard not to have some similarities to an Atlas unless you go energy-weapons-only, since the Atlas carries one of just about everything!)

[Phelan P Kell]

Suskis, on 26 March 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

The only good mech in this list is the Highlander, so the choice is pretty straightforward

You can say that, but while your on feeling safe in your slow underarmed mech i will strip the Myomer fibes off your frame with long range fire.

Unless the Mauler's mechwarrior is stupid enough to get in close, or his commander dumb enough to put him in a bad situation, none of the other two would stand a chance.


prefering the highlander is like bragging the power of your 10gauge shotgun while the other guy with the "less powerful" 5.56 takes aim at 500 yards. Yea you can hit harder... if you ever get to hit.


(that being said, a truly talented mechwarrior can use any of the three to kill the other two, pilot skill is a huge factor to the mech's effectiveness.)

Edited by Phelan P Kell, 27 March 2012 - 06:04 PM.

[Derick Cruisaire]

I am down for the Cyclops. Really good speed for an assault Mech.

[Soviet Alex]

Derick Cruisaire, on 27 March 2012 - 06:29 PM, said:

I am down for the Cyclops. Really good speed for an assault Mech.

But the same armour as a 60-ton Dragon. And the same LRM rack. But slower.

[BrokenDog]

Cyclops for first choice. CP-10-Z for mixing or a CP-10-Q for fire support and staying out of knife fights.
Love the Highlander.

[Logan Winters]

Highlander hands down.

And if they invent the Kurgan mech we can have the battle of the century!!

[Jack Gallows]

Highlander!

Jumping assault 'mech? I'm game!

Close second is the Cyclops, because I'd choose it over any other assault if I needed to command a lance.

Edited by Jack Gallows, 02 April 2012 - 11:20 AM.

[Dihm]

I'm disappointed in everyone who picked the Highlander, it's way overrated.

And the Mauler? Really?

No thanks, I'll take a real command mech over them both, give me the Cyclops.

[Claw55]

Definitely a Highlander.

My first name just happens to be Connor.

[rance]

Just going with stock mechs, I picked the Highlander, otherwise I would have gone with a Mauler variant. It's a case of 'I like them all' for different roles on the battlefield.

[Larry Headrick]

Mauler.

[GunGrave666]

Highlander burial FTW

[Adridos]

I don't know. Mauler is a Capellan mech which we sold to Kuritans (and it looks like Cybran ACU) and Highlander is used by one of the most influential cultural groups in our society.

I won't make a vote, because I don't want to anger either side and besides, I won't drive any of them.

[verybad]

Wonder how many people that picked the Highlander were the same that were complaining about Poptarts in MW4...oh well.