I've decided on Heavy or Medium, I'll also probably buy the Sarah's Jenner as well (in the next week or so) since Jenners seem to be a great mech and it's a great cause to boot.
I'm looking for something that would not be pigeonholded into one type of playstyle and that I could test different loadouts through the 3 mechs that I would need to work up to elite mech trees. I would like the middle of the road as much as possible. I like mid-ranged (not so big on sniping), hit and run is fine but I lean more towards dueling it seems so I would like to be able to take a few hits if in trouble rather than running and regrouping. I don't care if it's a tough mech to learn on, I plan on doing 3 variants and I should get the hang of whatever after some pilot time. Actually think I'll enjoy the challenge of learning on something rough lol. Without having the best of all worlds, I guess I'm looking for a Medium on the tougher side or a quicker Heavy I suppose.
Weapons: Not a fan of Machine guns so far, but I've only tested the one on the trial Cicada. Might enjoy one that packs a bigger punch (before I started playing I was very interested in AC's, still not sure). SRM over LRM, seem to do pretty decent with them and I really don't want to sit back and be a LR Missle slinger from the back. Enjoyed all the lasers on the Victor and Raven. And I seem to aim pretty well with the PPC. So really just looking for a medium range loadout for the most part it seems, no matter what type of weapons system.
The mechs I've narrowed it down to are:
1. CPLT-K2. I'm worried that I would enjoy this one but the variants of the others seem to be mostly missle loadouts. Love the look of it but not sure if it has alot of room for different types of loadouts.
2. CTF-2X. If I go heavy I think this might be the one. Any pilots have any suggestions or details about this one?
3. HBK-4SP. Seems to be very versitile. Just going off recommendations from other threads.
4. CN9-A. Not sure the downsides of this one. Seems like it has the best of all worlds.
5. And I was considering a Treb. The 7M is a bit expensive to start off with, but it does have a XL engine, JJ and DHS with it so might be worth it. Just not sure if it has a lot of useful loadouts as a medium ranged fighter.
Any help is very appreciated. Sorry for the long post just crazy torn on which way to spend all my cadet money on!
Edited by Sojo, 08 August 2013 - 05:15 PM.