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[StrayDog]

The Fafnir suffered from mobility, plus the armor on that would not allow it to even escape if it was overrun, the Atlas on the other hand had the armor plus a bit of speed of 52kph to actually circle round the Fafnir, I know because I used my atlas in MW4 Mercs to defeat those 2 Fafnir prototypes in that one mission. The heavy Gauss Rifle was yes lethal at 100 metres, but that was the disadvantage right there, the heavy Gauss Rifle suffered range because of it's sheer weight, not to mention accuracy was a problem due to the fact the Fafnir could not stand still or it would be completely obliterated as it would be a sitting duck, a Fafnir pilot knows that.

The Fafnir in my opinion is a sniper, it cannot afford to get close, yes it might be a good idea to use the HGR as a shot gun, but is it worth the risk? The Fafnir's legs are it's greatest weakness, the limbs are so small, it moves slow, VERY slow.

Yes, it's a huge pair of guns with legs.

[dal10]

gamesguy, on 13 June 2012 - 10:00 PM, said:

Gameplay should NEVER be sacrificed for the sake of backstory.



This is nonsense. Production facilities are not hubs of scientific knowledge, blowing up a bunch of assembly line workers is not going to cause scientific progress to reverse itself. And unless Comstar is the Judeo Christian God there is no way it can somehow "steal all the data storage" when there are thousands of worlds with trillions of people.

The IS was in no way bombed back into the stone age. Did 90% of the population die? Not even close. In fact I'd wager less people die as a percentage of the population than the casaulties suffered by the European nations during WW1.

I don't really have a problem with Btech handwaving all this away(especially since giant robot armies are about unrealistic as you can get), but don't try to pretend it's realistic and should have an impact on gameplay. The number one priority for any videogame is that it should be fun. It's not fun when one guy has guns that do twice the damage of yours and has a longer range.

comstar made a point to kill all the brainiacs, operation holy shroud was extremely effective.

[SerpentrasD]

I chose you Atlas K 3, why would I want a slow walking cannon when my 100 ton tanks have better mobility?

[Sakadzuki]

atlas exists
fafnir no
**** fafnir
end.

[Arshavir]

before anyone else acts stupid with that picture of the Fafnir if you do that you have to get close which takes the power out of being an slow heavy hitter and from those auto cannons you can and will get gun jams often if you dont use them in small bursts just go with the distant power from the clan normal gauss 2 clan PPC lasers and a few lighter clan lasers with the points to shoot down incoming missiles and increase your armour plating to its max you will have more firepower and more armour than you will know what to do with