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wolf on the tide, on 12 November 2011 - 06:45 PM, said:

a light mech PILOT should also have the sense to shoot the assault mech in the back (only) while it's fighting another assault mech, preferably from cover and without the bigger mechs knowledge


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"Any yahoo can come in and hit "auto-target" and then keep clicking "Fire All" on their weapons"

for this reason alone i'd like to nominate the basic rifleman as the starter mech...preferably with dodgy heatsinks and low AC/5 ammo, nothing in this game system is going to teach you fire control quicker than an overheat or two...with the possible exception of a full meltdown.

Which is why the Jenner which is already nominated to be in the game is the perfect mech to start with. It only has 10 heat sinks - and yet has Jump 5, and SRM 4 and 4 Medium Lasers. Which means it's overheated as soon as it fires more than 3 weapons and does anything else. If it jumps and fires all 5 weapon systems (20 heat) it will be extremely close to shutting down. You could technically, possibly get away with firing all weapons and jumping twice - but - you will have a mandatory shutdown without an override at that point. (Because you can only cool down 10 at a time).