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[cSand]

OK, so theoretical economic hard times in the Inner Sphere, and you can only afford to have 1 mech. Which means you must sell all of your mechs in your stable but 1.

Which one is it? (Post model and loadout, plus a small reason why you keep that one.)

For me it's my Quickdraw 4H. May seem like an odd choice but I love this mech. Fast, jumpy, a decently powerful. XL engine is not as much of a liability in this chassis either. Also, great for chasing off those pesky lights! Lots of fun to ride

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...5abd82a68c1f0bb

So, preach it brothers and sisters!

Edited by cSand, 08 February 2014 - 11:21 PM.

[Corvus Antaka]

SDR-5D

1 ERPPC, 2 MLaser, ECM, XL 255. Your on your own for the rest

Great scout, nearly uncatchable, great ECM cover for team & disrupter, and the best uav deployer out there right now. combined with the ideal infinite sniping gun for winning unwinnable matches as the game draws out.

Just don't get headshot by arty strikes

[Bishop Steiner]

wow...tough choice, between my HBK-4G and.......


But..... Jump Jets. (And no, I don't poptart).
SHD-2D2
Why? Because it is the perfect mech (well, could use a skosh more mobility, and a little better peripheral visibility, BUT, then it would be just plain OP). Good speed, jump capability, all purpose fire power that rapes Lights or Assaults with equal eases, at any range. And if you are remotely competent at twisting, it has nearly perfect hitboxes that allow you to tank damage that would make an Atlas blush.

Best thing I hear about it? When my teammates shotgun me after they die, and almost universally copy the build,because it is so blasted effective. And all the more so, because it doesn't need ecm or broken hitboxes to excel, like the Spider or most lights. And it can't rely on armor and massive alpha like Assaults or Heavies. But as the epitome of Medium Mechs, it is the ultimate reward for pilots, people with good peripheral awareness, good pilot skills and good tactics.

Poptarts and Spiders can wag their epeen all they want, but real skill is in being a successful medium jock.

(Was that preachy enough bro?)

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 09 February 2014 - 10:15 AM.

[cSand]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 February 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

wow...tough choice, between my HBK-4G and.......


But..... Jump Jets. (And no, I don't poptart).

Why? Because it is the perfect mech (well, could use a skosh more mobility, and a little better peripheral visibility, BUT, then it would be just plain OP). Good speed, jump capability, all purpose fire power that rapes Lights or Assaults with equal eases, at any range. And if you are remotely competent at twisting, it has nearly perfect hitboxes that allow you to tank damage that would make an Atlas blush.

Best thing I hear about it? When my teammates shotgun me after they die, and almost universally copy the build,because it is so blasted effective. And all the more so, because it doesn't need ecm or broken hitboxes to excel, like the Spider or most lights. And it can't rely on armor and massive alpha like Assaults or Heavies. But as the epitome of Medium Mechs, it is the ultimate reward for pilots, people with good peripheral awareness, good pilot skills and good tactics.

Poptarts and Spiders can wag their epeen all they want, but real skill is in being a successful medium jock.

(Was that preachy enough bro?)

Oh yea.

But, I don't think you told us what mech

[Elkfire]

My Shadowhawk 2D2 with this build, with a streak launcher perhaps swapped for a few more heat sinks and maybe the third jump jet re-added.

SHD-2D2

In general, though, the SH2 has most of my favorite qualities in a Battlemech; it's a medium, can jump, has respectable armor/weaponry/mobility/speed, and carries good, relatively-versatile hardpoints that are spread out in a manner that prevents all of my weapons from being taken off by losing an arm or something. The only way I could like it more is if it wasn't such a humanoid-looking mech, they're not generally my cup of tea.

Edited by Elkfire, 08 February 2014 - 11:41 PM.

[Corvus Antaka]

Bishop Steiner, on 08 February 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

wow...tough choice, between my HBK-4G and.......


But..... Jump Jets. (And no, I don't poptart).

Why? Because it is the perfect mech (well, could use a skosh more mobility, and a little better peripheral visibility, BUT, then it would be just plain OP). Good speed, jump capability, all purpose fire power that rapes Lights or Assaults with equal eases, at any range. And if you are remotely competent at twisting, it has nearly perfect hitboxes that allow you to tank damage that would make an Atlas blush.

Best thing I hear about it? When my teammates shotgun me after they die, and almost universally copy the build,because it is so blasted effective. And all the more so, because it doesn't need ecm or broken hitboxes to excel, like the Spider or most lights. And it can't rely on armor and massive alpha like Assaults or Heavies. But as the epitome of Medium Mechs, it is the ultimate reward for pilots, people with good peripheral awareness, good pilot skills and good tactics.

Poptarts and Spiders can wag their epeen all they want, but real skill is in being a successful medium jock.

(Was that preachy enough bro?)

You're just a sucker for punishment

Edited by Colonel Pada Vinson, 08 February 2014 - 11:39 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

cSand, on 08 February 2014 - 11:38 PM, said:

Oh yea.

But, I don't think you told us what mech

lies.....

Elkfire, on 08 February 2014 - 11:39 PM, said:

My Shadowhawk 2D2 with this build, with a streak launcher perhaps swapped for a few more heat sinks and maybe the third jump jet re-added.

SHD-2D2

In general, though, the SH2 has most of my favorite qualities in a Battlemech; it's a medium, can jump, has respectable armor/weaponry/mobility/speed, and good, relatively-versatile hardpoints that are spread out in a manner that prevents all of my weapons from being taken off by losing an arm or something. The only way I could like it more is if it wasn't such a humanoid-looking mech, they're not generally my cup of tea.

Grasshopper, you seem to be missing your ballistic weapons and the essential pinpoint damage.

Colonel Pada Vinson, on 08 February 2014 - 11:39 PM, said:

You're just a sucker for punishment

still waiting for the mech that can outduel me 1v1. And yeah, I take punishment, because my Shad spreads it like a BOSS.

[cSand]

Keep em comin ya'll!

No second choices either, you may choose BUT ONE

(Also, I'll be online in a couple minutes if anyone wants to do some drops! )

Edited by cSand, 08 February 2014 - 11:46 PM.

[Elkfire]

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Grasshopper, you seem to be missing your ballistic weapons and the essential pinpoint damage.

Meh. Not a huge fan of ballistics, despite MWO's meta. I considered building it with PPCs to mimic my favorite Uziel build from MW4 (2 PPCS and a SSRM6), but I think the heat issues decided me against it. That's the beauty of the 2D2, though, if I feel like using ballistics or whatnot I could slap them on and build around them. That's why it would be the one mech I'd keep.

I generally take it out with the posted build when I feel like chasing off Lights (usually after getting pestered by one or more in a match). My 2H is my ballistic carrier.

Edited by Elkfire, 08 February 2014 - 11:49 PM.

[Mahpsy]

Def would be my Thunderbolt 5s-p. xl 275 double heat and endo, LRM 20 + 10 with artim. 4 M las. 2 machine guns with a shit ton of ammo. Play it like a support mech and you'll pull 800 damage on average. I've peaked near 1.2k with it.

[Sephlock]

Firebrand. Ilya dakkamets will always hold a special place in my heart, but it had it's day.

[grml666]

From a rational kind of view, ON1-VA ... you can do everything with this big little mech. STE300 + 4x SRM4 and LL Brawler ... AC20 Brawler ... LRM50 ...

Outherwise Hell YEAH!!!

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...de69e092d48dd01

Edited by grml666, 09 February 2014 - 03:27 AM.

[Satan n stuff]

cSand, on 08 February 2014 - 11:20 PM, said:

OP

HBK-4G
In hard times this is still going to be fairly cheap to run, assuming I have to pay for repairs and ammo.
That one had an R&R cost of under 50K, the stock build would cost about 15K for R&R.

[Roachbugg]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...a2ada4d78ed65a9

Probably my Heavy Metal "Arockalypse" because my rockin rollin pink death machine has never let me down.

"Good Evening you puny little humans! Don't try to adjust your sets! We control the transmission! Your dominion of the Earth has gone on far too long! You've had your chances, you've blown them all! Now it's time to cut the bullshit, you are are a plague! We're forced to take disiplinary action! Behold the sounds that will grind your insides! The sights that will make you blind! Your walls of iron will bend and the seas will run red with your blood! The Earth will quake and open it's fuming maw, swallowing all the heretics and the fools on the wide path to hell. The skies will open with a thunderous roar! My little pets will fly out in swarms that will block for sun! They will kiss the flesh of the bones of those who still chose to follow the false prophets! Join us! or the ever drown the pit of despair! The Scartic Circle Gathering is now! This is the day of rockoning! This Is...

]THE AROCKALYPSE!!!

Edited by Roachbugg, 09 February 2014 - 06:13 AM.

[GRiPSViGiL]

Dragon Slayer

Nothing it can't chew through.

[TercieI]

See my sig... Raven-3L. I vastly prefer 3ML/2SSRM2, but I'll keep two ERLLs stashed just to have my bases covered.

[Grey Black]

Mah meks iz lik mah childen, I kant chuz jus wun!

To my mind, it would be a tough choice between either my SHD-2H for its amazingness and versatility (I can do anything!) Or my CN9-A because it was my first mech I mastered and still take out occasionally, even in the current meta.

EDIT TO ADD: I will say my first to go will be my Kintaro, though. Those things suck Chef's chocolate salty balls. I would keep my Locusts over them for raw troll value.

Edited by Grey Black, 09 February 2014 - 05:46 AM.

[Marmon Rzohr]

My Dragon Slayer.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...b6a215365dbd797

Able to work with STD and Xl engines, Gauss rifles, all kinds of ACs and much more the Dragon Slayer just carries so many builds so well. As well as being the right combination of speed and durability.

The Victors in general are really well rounded and I find them huge fun with a variety of builds and play-styles.

Very close behind it would be the K2.
For very similar reasons.

Edited by Marmon Rzohr, 09 February 2014 - 05:29 AM.

[Bacon Wan Kenobi]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...22a6906998b270c

Yes, FS Meta DS, I know. XL330, Jump Jets, 2x AC5, 2x PPC, this is the mech I want to hop in when I just want to go stomp people. The CPLT-K2 (and Jester) hold a special place in my heart, as I'm at around 1200 drops between the two, but I've done about 120 in my Dragon Slayer, after 440 in an Ilya, and I don't see myself liking anything more than this Dragon Slayer.

[jper4]

my Urbie...oh wait.

ok Streaktaro 18, 2ML, and 5 streaks, AMS, BAP, 4 tons of ammo and um...whatever engine it has.

honorable mentions to hunchy 4sp, oxide, Jenner F, Jager S and BJ-1X in no particular order.

first to go would be my Blunderbolts followed by my stalker