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[LordDante]

guess what!

[stjobe]

I have about 100k XP on each of my Cents (-A, -AL, -D)
I have about 25k XP on each of my Mandos (1B, 1D, 2D)

I currently favour my Ghetto Panther 1D (ERPPC, ASRM-4) and my triple ASRM-6 CN9-A brawler.

[Lyoncet]

Definitely the Blackjack. One day, at any rate. The superb mobility (jets in particular) on a mech that can still pack fair armor and have decent tonnage left for a couple nice, big guns is just dreamy.

For now, Centurion. Supports a wide range of play, can get blistering speeds on the 9-D, and can zombie for ages. And triple 10-missile hardpoints on the 9-A is basically the MWO version of insane D&D backstabs. That, and I've always had a thing for arms that turn into autocannons.

[stjobe]

Lyoncet, on 18 March 2013 - 10:47 AM, said:

Definitely the Blackjack. One day, at any rate.

If they follow their announced schedule and rate of releasing 'mech, the Blackjack will be with us in June.

Edited by stjobe, 18 March 2013 - 10:51 AM.

[M0rpHeu5]

HBK-4H the AC20 treatment
AWS-8Q twin ER PPCs FTW

[TheStrider]

Awesome 9M "Honeybadger".

"Honey badger don't care. Honey badger don't give a ****. It just takes what it wants!"

Really, I always enjoyed this guy. I never thought he was my *best* mech, but the stats gathering has proven otherwise.


2nd place would probably go to my Jenner. The first thing I mastered. My Atlai are pretty fearsome too.

[Zerberus]

I have ALWAYS played my Dire Wolf on TT and in former MW versions where it was possible. I will see how just viable that configuration is when and if I get the chance to build "Kyph". Black as night, with purple and gold details ecept fo th te Clan Wolf insignia. Alternatively snow white or desert brown with said trim on maps with a respective topology. I currently have that name on an Atlas for reasons I myself do not quite understand.

If I can build her the way I want to and it costs me MC to do so, I will have a reason to purchase some. I`m not so sure the way I`ve always built her is so viable im MWO with the altered balance of weapons, armor, and heat, but I will find a way to make her a dominant force on any battlefield as she deserves. On TT and in all MW versions released previously, she very rarely had anyting I would refer to as a disadvantage, and can CT core any medum in one strike at any range. And yeah, she runs DAMN hot, that`s why I expect overheating issues in MWO to be her biggest downfall, something I honestly fear ALL clan mechs to have problems with initially..... the 1.4 rating for non-engine DHS yould make many preiously viable clan builds unusable, but we`ll just have to wait on judging that for when they`re here. But if my preliminary calculations are correct 2 alphas would result in about 28 seconds of overheat shutdown (or at least a nearly instant explosion of every last round on the chassis) if overridden vs 3 in TT, and that`s not exactly good... She actually runs quite cool for a Dire Wolf in TT.

But if I can get some way to stencil "Decimate the enemy and look good doing it" under the cockpit in gold (though I could at least theoretically live with script across the back), I will be ecstatic. After 25 years she could finally go from painted Miniature to detailed 3d-Computer model, something one could seriously consider turning into a large miniature with a 3D Printer.

Edited by Zerberus, 18 March 2013 - 12:41 PM.

[Sepertar]

One of my 3 commandos

[Praehotec8]

Mine is "Black-Cat", my A-1 catapult. I always liked missle loadouts in mechwarrior, so it was my first purchased in MWO and my favorite. Currently it runs 2X ALRM-10, 2X ASRM-6, 2X ASRM-4, and has full jump capability with an XL 265. It is black, with a skeletal "cat" painted on it (Black and red phranken cammo).

[Jyi]

Raven 3L. And I was that way even before ECM was hot.

Also Cataphract 2X. It's a weird brawler build that I haven't seen used by anyone else, with 3 MPL, LBX10 and 2 SRM4's. Oh, and it goes 85 kph. I've done some pretty amazing backstabs with this mech.

[Sam Felix]

Been a CAT Pilot since I started playing, and the first 'mech I really started thriving in was my Kay-Two.

Twin UAC/5, Midlas, a tag, and enough ammo and mobility to get in and out of situations. I've ripped the ears off of SRM-A1s without a hud in that monster. Stable firing platform with weaknesses that are easy enough to manage. I've tried running dakkaphract but it just doesn't feel the same.

When I'm feeling genuinely derpy, I've got the Knife Party - As many Large/ER larges as I can stuff into a HBK-4SP without melting myself.

[qki]

Well, I use the 3L most of the time, but i really LOVE my commandos (Lyran Pride and all that).

[DerOger]

My Atlas D-DC: 2 ER LLaser, 3 SRM6 and an AC20

[Jay Z]

Jenner for life. These are my only 3 mechs in order of preference.

1. "Tortellini" JR7-D

2. "Ravioli" JR7-F

3. "Gnocchi" JR7-K

All 3 variants are perfectly capable of harassing, capping, scouting, targeting and most importantly killing heavies. I have no need to change as they are perfectly suited to my play-style and are extremely fun. That may change as the next mech I am looking at is the Stalker.

Edit: spelling

Edited by Jay Z, 20 March 2013 - 04:46 AM.

[joedawg39s]

That first guy guy down there in my sig, although hes currently has black and teal woodland camo . CTF-1X Vanguard, 5 mlas, 1 AC20, std 300 engine masted with 50,000 XP lying around. Absoulte beast at close range.

[Mattiator]

My black and gold DRG-1C, 'Last Letter'. Most of my corps-mates know me as 'that one guy who owns all five Dragons'. I do play other 'Mechs now that I've mastered four of the five, but they're still what I'm known for.

Edited by Mattiator, 20 March 2013 - 06:18 PM.

[Vaalthyskai]

My Catapult K2, Stormrider, is the first 'mech I ever bought- back in the day when a win in a trial mech netted you 60-80k cBills and a loss netted you around 20-30k. I ran a more or less stock configuration until I got the cash from the Cadet Bonus lump sum to turn her into a Gauss Kitty. After the January patch, I swapped to this build:

Catapult K2 (Mastered Pilot Tree - almost necessary for the heat dissipation alone)
Endo-Steel Structure
Double Heat Sinks

300 XL Engine
4x PPC (Left Arm, Left Torso, Right Torso, Right Arm)
16x Double Heat Sinks (including 12 in the engine)
Max Armor except for 40ish on the legs.

Then after the LRMpocalypse with this patch I dropped one DHS and a bit of leg and arm armor to swap in an AMS and one ton of ammo. It's a solid build, if you put your foot down she can go around 83 kph with Speed Tweak, fire two and a half alphas before overheating, and it's an excellent mid-to-long range support mech. Not very good as a lone wolf, but absolutely a hard hitter from a hull down position or trailing a heavier buddy. It's the mech I keep coming back to, and the mech I'll never sell.

[pencilboom]

Ilya Muromets. 3*UAC/5, 2*Mlas

[DTheSleepless]

Dance Commando was my COM-2D way back in closed beta. At the time I found I was absolutely worthless in any chassis that didn't start with "COM," but Dance Commando turned out to be vicious. Of course now I know it's that SSRM2s live in a state of unnatural brokenness, and I stopped rolling him as frequently when ECM came online and made him graduate from "kind of exploitative" to "kind of a jerk." If your signature mech is a 3L, learn to play.

These days my signature isn't a particularly *good* mech, but it *is* a fun one: my dual ER PPC RVN-4X, W33DL0RD. 90kph, full jump jets, two ER PPCs, otherwise basically a crapbox (but a hilarious one). I was overjoyed when I could finally put an air freshener in the cockpit.

[Empedocles]

Raven 3L: 2x med pulse, 2x ssrm, TAG, AMS & ECM. XL 270 (max 137.5 kph) Colour sceme as per sig pic.
Been driving Ravens ever since they were released.
So in responce to those who say if you use a 3L learn to play. I did. In a 4x against the Jenner scurge!