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[Bishop Steiner]

Victor Morson, on 10 February 2014 - 10:33 AM, said:

Is this even a question? Jenner, Shadow Hawk, Cataphract, Victor. Was a hard call on the Victor or Highlander, Victor won out by a coin toss.

It most certainly is.

The "de facto" choices as "best" aren't always people preferred choices to run. I was running Victors, for instance, long before it was Meta, and back when HGN, Stalker and Atlas pilots were telling me I was gimping my team by doing so. Now everyone wan't to drive one. (Shame most of them use the most versatile "big" chassis simply to play Pogostick).

And the answers seem to be bearing this out.

[Bilbo]

Jenner(Sarah's)
Yen Lo Wang
Orion K
Atlas D-DC or Boar's Head(Can't decide)

[Axeman1]

Light: Spider-5K
Medium: Shadowhawk-2D2
Heavy: Jagermech-DD
Assault: Battlemaster-1G

[Lil Cthulhu]

Light: Raven 3L
Medium: Shadowhawk 2H
Heavy: Catapult K2
Assault: Atlas D-DC

[Tyrnea Smurf]

As a good and loyal son of the Lyran Commonwealth my choices would be thus:

Light: Victor - VTR-DS
Medium: Battlemaster - BLR-1S
Heavy: Highlander HGN-733C
Assault: Atlas - AS7-D-DC

oh wait there no CW yet and thus no real role playing.... Dang it... Ok for real -

Light: Jenner - JR7-D(S) (which I renamed Remembrance)
Medium: Shadowhawk - SHD-2D2 (although with the recent adjustment to the Hunchbacks my old venerable Founders HBK-1G would be my second choice)
Heavy: Jagermech - JMS-DD (with Muromets CTF-IM a close second)
Assault: Atlas - AS7-D-DC (the ECM it packs is just too good to ignore/keep home)

[AdamBaines]

Light: My Founders Jenner
Medium: Right now I love the Backjack BJ-1
Heavy: I Love My Fang
Assault: Battlemaster 1D....although my appreciation of the Atlas DDC is growing everyday :-)

[Escef]

Bishop Steiner, on 10 February 2014 - 10:40 AM, said:

It most certainly is.

The "de facto" choices as "best" aren't always people preferred choices to run. I was running Victors, for instance, long before it was Meta, and back when HGN, Stalker and Atlas pilots were telling me I was gimping my team by doing so. Now everyone wan't to drive one. (Shame most of them use the most versatile "big" chassis simply to play Pogostick).

And the answers seem to be bearing this out.

Indeed. For me, assault was a toss-up between the HGN-733C and the BLR-1G. I like my 1G laser boat that moves like a mech 20 tons lighter. But the deciding factor was jump jets, because canyons and hills don't climb themselves. And if I'd been asked before the Gauss change I'd have said the HGN-733 (no "C" at the end of it), I nicknamed it "The Beast".

[Risko Vinsheen]

Light: Spider SDR-5D
Medium: Yen-Lo-Wang (Runner up would be either the Phoenix Shadow-Hawk or the Phoenix Griffin)
Heavy: Protector
Assault: One of the Victors... Can't decide between the 9S, 9K, or Dragon Slayer

[Bishop Steiner]

Risko Vinsheen, on 10 February 2014 - 11:42 AM, said:

Light: Spider SDR-5D
Medium: Yen-Lo-Wang (Runner up would be either the Phoenix Shadow-Hawk or the Phoenix Griffin)
Heavy: Protector
Assault: One of the Victors... Can't decide between the 9S, 9K, or Dragon Slayer

Love the Protector nod. Orions are one of my favorite big uglies, visually (along with the Ilya). I think the Modelers improved on Alex's design, TBH. And the Protector is my favorite ON1 by far. I just wreck things better with my dual ac10 "Jackhammer" Ilya.

[The Mechromancer]

Light: FS-E (dakka)
Med: None
Heavy: none
Assault: Dire Wolf (soooooooon...). As7-D(F)

[utzelbrutz]

Light: Ember (4 Flamer + 4 MGs) They are like mosquitos. Annoying lil' ********.
Medium: Kintaro KT-18 (1 ERPPC + 5x SSRM + 360XL) No explanation needed.
'eavy: Orion. Dunno which one but who cares. It's an ORION!!!
Assault: Atlas-D-DC The best of the best of the best,Sir....with honours. Bad ass mothafugger. Nothin' more to say.

[Jody Von Jedi]

Jody Von Jedi, on 09 February 2014 - 03:48 PM, said:

Light:JR7-F Jenner
Medium: BJ-1 Blackjack
Heavy: QKD-4H Quickdraw
Assault: VTR-9S Victor

OK, I made a purchase. I might have to rethink my choice of heavy chassis now...........Ilya Muromets.

[N a p e s]

Tyrnea Smurf, on 10 February 2014 - 11:20 AM, said:

As a good and loyal son of the Lyran Commonwealth my choices would be thus:

Light: Victor - VTR-DS
Medium: Battlemaster - BLR-1S
Heavy: Highlander HGN-733C
Assault: Atlas - AS7-D-DC

oh wait there no CW yet and thus no real role playing.... Dang it... Ok for real -

Light: Jenner - JR7-D(S) (which I renamed Remembrance)
Medium: Shadowhawk - SHD-2D2 (although with the recent adjustment to the Hunchbacks my old venerable Founders HBK-1G would be my second choice)
Heavy: Jagermech - JMS-DD (with Muromets CTF-IM a close second)
Assault: Atlas - AS7-D-DC (the ECM it packs is just too good to ignore/keep home)

Bolded

Have they changed something on Hunchbacks?

[Bishop Steiner]

Jody Von Jedi, on 10 February 2014 - 12:41 PM, said:

OK, I made a purchase. I might have to rethink my choice of heavy chassis now...........Ilya Muromets.

ILYA MURDERMETZ

not too scary on paper but those ac10s pounding away on an 86 kph mech? Pure gold.

[Roachbugg]

Highlander Heavy Metal

Jenner jr7-d(s)

Dragon 1n

Hunchback 4h

[Tyrnea Smurf]

Napes339, on 10 February 2014 - 12:46 PM, said:

Bolded

Have they changed something on Hunchbacks?

Since the readjustment pass done recently, in about 50 matches or so I've found my Hunchbacks are MUCH more survivable. I'm also noting that my hunches are not acting like they are made from delicate crystal waiting for an enemy mech to look in my direction before it shatters, depriving me of most of my weapons.

[CarnifexMaximus]

This will probably change in a month

Light: JR7-D
Medium: SHD-2D2
Heavy: CTF-3D (This however, will never change)
Assault: STK-M

[IceCase88]

FS9-E Ember (close second is JR7-O Oxide)
BJ-1X (a fun strike and fade mech, 8 MLs or 8 MPLs, 116 kph)
JM6-FB Firebrand (close second CTF-IM)
STK-5S (close second VTR-9B)

[Deathlike]

I'm going to post a less serious list - if I wasn't so srs about the meta:

Light: Commando-2D (class SHS troll) or Commando-1D (I like the shield arm)
Medium: Any Random Hunchbacks (minus the GI... don't tell Jman this... it's the only medium where I enjoyed every non-MC variant)
Heavy: Quickdraw-5K (it is still better than the Jester, plus fond memories)
Assault: Stalker-3F or Stalker-5M (it felt at home, somehow)

[Basskicker]

Light: Raven 3L (although the Ember is now a very close second here)
Ecm, erppc and lots of hit and run sniping fun

Medium: Shd-5M (only medium chassis I currently own is the shadow hawk)
Don't play this class much but when I do I almost always incorporate some sort of light hunting weapons to it.

Heavy:Jm6-FB (My favorite mech)
Fire support at its finest. The right hand mech to any brawling assault.

Assault: As7-D-DC (Ecm brawler... brings a new meaning to fun)
Big, bulky, and a 70 alpha that makes mechs melt if they get within 270m of him.