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[Superslicks]

I know a lot of you guys have been playing the MechWarrior games, Series, Since the age of dawn.
So I have a question, was there ever a mech that was regarded as the best mech ever, through out the whole MechWarrior universe. what was it, and why, Is it already in this game, Or will we ever get it.
regards
josh

[Tristan Winter]

[Nathan Foxbane]

This OP is a debate for the ages though admittedly the Timber Wolf is often at the top or near the top of many peoples lists.

[Seeker Kirov]

The Bushwacker was a pretty great 'Mech in MW3 and MW4. And MW:LL. It's decent on the table as well.

[Ghillie Dhu]

Shadow Cat

[Cybermech]

love the bushwaker and it won't be here for a very long time.. yay

[Ph30nix]

i have a feeling some people will mention the unseen ones

[Superslicks]

Thanks guys. one other thing, how many mechs in total are there then?
regards
josh

Edited by Superslicks, 31 August 2014 - 11:27 AM.

[Archon]

[Lil Cthulhu]

[Nathan Foxbane]

Superslicks, on 31 August 2014 - 11:26 AM, said:

Thanks guys. one other thing, how many mechs in total are there then?
regards
josh

Over 550 distinct chassis even after you weed out all the apocryphal 'Mechs. Over 500 if you combine omni and IIC versions with standard versions. Some of those should not be combined because they are quite different from the originals. Narrows down greatly if you only do 'Mechwarrior video games.

So there is quite the surfeit of choices. There is much disagreement over the worst 'Mech ever, let alone the best.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 31 August 2014 - 11:45 AM.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Tabletop: Catapult
MW2: Marauder
MW3: Loki
MW4: Bushwhacker
Best looking: Zeus/catapult

[Joseph Mallan]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 31 August 2014 - 11:55 AM, said:

Tabletop: Catapult
MW2: Marauder
MW3: Loki
MW4: Bushwhacker
Best looking: Zeus/catapult

TT IS:Thunder Hawk
TT C: Stone Rhino
MW2:...Do you mean Marauder IIC? Cause that was the Wolf v Falcon Trial of Refusal. There was no Marauder besides the IIC.

[Archon]

Mechwarrior 1: Marauder
Mechwarrior 2: Dire Wolf
Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries: Kodiak
Mechwarrior 2 Ghost Bears' Legacy: Stone Rhino
Mechwarrior 3: Daishi
Mechwarrior 3 Pirate's Moon: Warhawk
Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance: Mad Cat Mk II
Mechwarrior 4 Black Knight: Mad Cat Mk II
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries: Fafnir
Mechwarrior 4 MekTek Packs: Stone Rhino (Drop Ship Gauss Rail Gun anyone?)
Mechwarrior Assault Tech 1 Battletech: Stone Rhino
Mechwarrior Living Legends: Mad Cat Mk II

Edited by Archon, 31 August 2014 - 12:52 PM.

[El Bandito]

Direwhales pretty much dominated MW2 and MW3 due to how customizations worked. Energy barrage, Quad Gauss...you name it.

MW4 was dominated by the Executioner, also due to the way the customizations worked and the poptart meta.

Edited by El Bandito, 31 August 2014 - 01:57 PM.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Joseph Mallan, on 31 August 2014 - 12:02 PM, said:

TT IS:Thunder Hawk
TT C: Stone Rhino
MW2:...Do you mean Marauder IIC? Cause that was the Wolf v Falcon Trial of Refusal. There was no Marauder besides the IIC.

It's been a long time (20 years), by I recall buying mechwarrior 2 for windows 95, and it was packaged with a MS 3D-pro joystick, netmech for MS-DOS, and I am almost positive I used to fire up the old 14.4k baud modem and rampage around in a marauder.

But after 20 years, the memory may not match the reality.

[Sephlock]

[Joseph Mallan]

I know the guy who gave us the rules for That mech

Agent 0 Fortune, on 31 August 2014 - 01:58 PM, said:

It's been a long time (20 years), by I recall buying mechwarrior 2 for windows 95, and it was packaged with a MS 3D-pro joystick, netmech for MS-DOS, and I am almost positive I used to fire up the old 14.4k baud modem and rampage around in a marauder.

But after 20 years, the memory may not match the reality.

The Only Inner Sphere Mech I remember in MW2 was a Battlemaster... And yeah Memory is indeed fuzzy here as well.

[Rear Admiral Tier 6]

Charger

[Mavairo]

Asking me to pick my favorite single mech is like asking someone to pick their favorite children.

Timberwolf is up there on the list, it was the first mech I ever piloted (Battletech on Sega Genesis).
Mad Dog, became one of my faves in mw2.

Nova.... nuff said.

MWO came along and introduced me to IS mechs... Dragon, Thunderbolt... Atlas.
Timberwolf, Nova...

Like I said I can't pick just one.