Myomes, on 02 January 2014 - 06:25 AM, said:
Let me put it this way: The disadvantages of assault mechs can be completely nullified by good formation control and proper friendly covering. The advantages of medium mechs can be completely nullified by the other side having good formation control and proper friendly covering. In both cases, you're left with a superior firepower and armor force vs an inferior one.
You are completely correct here on both counts, but you neglect to mention a fundamental flaw in a 12 Assault drop.
They can't react fast enough to a correctly executed flank, nor can they cover their own base should a cap happen.
A well piloted Medium can also disrupt even the best formation in a PUG game. No one wants to take 30/50 point alpha's to the back, so they're turn round. Play it right and you can get three to four times the tonnage turning to face your Medium. Thus reducing the firepower facing your Heavy and Assault mechs, and. quite possibly, opening up their rear CT to your guns. A Light can do that, yes, and arguably more effectively. But the Medium can also return to bolster a firing line, should it be needed. The Light, not so much.
Granted, without weight balancing, you'd be better off in a 60 ton mech that moves at 100kph than a 50 tonner, but those of us that are masochistic enough to get our kicks out of running around in underpowered mechs shouldn't have to contend with people trying to force us to play the way they want.
You're here to have fun, I'm here to have fun. I might have fun running around in a Locust (I do). Would I be more effective in a Jenner? Yes, undoubtedly, the stats speak for themselves. But the Locust is more fun. Which is something I feel that not many people playing this game seem to understand.
With regards to your Flamer analogy, fine. Consider yourself down a mech from the start. Suck it up for one drop (maybe 10 minutes at most?) then move on.
As a final note, once weight balancing does come in, all you die-hard Carrylander and Fatlas pilots are going to start crying when you have to downsize your mech due to too much tonnage on the team. Let the Medium pilots practice, and maybe you'll be able to stay in your "ubermech of doom".
I can't believe this is even a discussion, truly. It's a game that we all play to relax and have fun with some buddies. If it was real and lives were at stake, then fine you have a reason to complain. But now? It's laughable.