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[zortesh]

I mostly go to any sniper mech if i don't feel like losing.

But to be more specific.
dwf-b 2xguass 1xerppc 2xerll

When i feel like winning but won't lower myself to sniping.
stormcrow with 3xsmall laser 1xnarc 2xlrm15 and 1xlrm10

[Christof Romulus]

Atlas. AS7-D(F).

The build? Well let's just say that is for me to know, and YOU to hopefully never find out.

[Cerlin]

Light is the commando 2d. Its still my favorite light and a great srm platform.

Medium is now my srm wolverine with a340 xl going 110. Nothing scares a stormcrow more.

Heavy is my ac40 jager. I never have a bad day in that mech.

Assault would have to be my victor with ac5 sms mlas and a big xl. Victors still put me in a great mood.

I should have clan mechs on here but they are not as relaxing and people underestimate inner sphere mechs right now.

[Kjudoon]

"Crutches" my RVN-3L is my best screw it I can't find a fun match to save my soul so I'm going to use ALLLLL the crutches out there. ECM/RaDerp, small fast and selfish often loaded with an ERPPC and 2 MLs to troll snipe and hide.

Also known as my "When in Rome..." mech because I am sick of my LRM mechs being thwarted with OP ECM and broken AMS, till I see that calm down again.

[5ardaukar]

CN9-A

Gauss Rifle, 2 Medium Lasers, SRM6, SRM4.

3 tons of Gauss ammo, 1.5 tons of SRM ammo.

XL235 Engine.

Enhanced Zoom, Radar Deprivation, Target Info Gathering. SRM6 max cool down reduction. Gauss Rifle max cool down reduction.

I often do well over 400dmg, regardless of how quickly the game ends. My max damage with this 'mech has been close to 1100.

Moderate speed and armor. Okay at long range, devastating at medium and short range, never gets hot. I have much heavier 'mechs think twice after they get hit with an alpha strike. The sustained DPS over time is quite good.

My crutch 'mech for when I need a good game to lift my spirits.

[ShinobiHunter]

Catapult K2 with 2 PPC's and 2 large pulse lasers is my favorite mech for just fun. Wolverine 6R is a close 2nd.

[Vertrox]

Honestly I love all of my mechs, but the one mech that I am really enjoying right now is my HBK-4P loaded out with 9 SPLs, Otherwise Known as The Partyback. its an interesting and oddly effective build

[Stonefalcon]

a Dire Wolf.

[Keeshu]

The one mech I keep and will never sell is the Catapult A1. I just love the Splatapult (Splat Dog will probably replace the Catapult for me though, afterall Mad Dog is my #1 favorite mech). I love it for the same reason I love playing the spy more than any other character in TF2. I love seeing huge damage/assassinations by getting up really close and doing tons of damage. However it's only effective if you can successfully outsmart the other player, because if they know what you are doing/where you are, you will not be able to use that build. Also, it's fun to alpha a fresh Atlas in the back twice to turn them into a stick.
Sometimes there are other mechs I will jump in that do similar things to the A1, but run faster/more mobile. Like the Wolverine/Griffin/Stormcrow, etc.



As for easy mode mechs that I have mastered so far:
Atlas D-DC - I normally PUG all the time. There's no better way to get focus fire, than to have an Atlas D-DC to make everyone gather around you, making you steamroll anything that goes anywhere near you. I only leveled the Atlas during 8v8 so it was one of the easiest things I've ever done in MWO. Now that 12v12 is around, You'll have to think a little more since you can't just bumrush running constantly at the enemy now. On the Atlas D-DC I generally put a bunch of LRMs on it, and had a PPC (and Tag), and an ac/20. I practicly LRM boated it because stuff would always die in 8v8 before I ever even got near the enemy, so LRMs just made it so I could score top damage+soften enemies and just finish people off with the ac/20+ppc when I finally got to the front lines.

Cataphract 4X. Easiest build I've ever done in MWO. Practicly the Dire Wolf of MWO before the Dire Wolf came out (and it's a heavy). It's practicly impossible to get less than 500 damage and a minimum of 2 kills with this thing even if you're being a total derp and just blindly running out in the open towards the enemy. 4 AC/5 (shreds things apart), or 3 AC/5 + Large Laser to laser longer. It always performed well, and if you got Terra Therma you may just go ahead and declare the game yours. Only problem is that the 4X is as slow as an assault, but is squishier like a Heavy.

Blackjack 3 and 1X - Whenever I pilot a blackjack (and other "lesser" mechs), people tend to ignore me, which allows me to wreck their face, it's fun.
1X is practicly just a very very speedy Hunchback due to the amount of energy hardpoints and huge engine size. It got me to love pulse lasers too. Just run around shoot someone in their weak areas to surgically remove parts. However, unlike lights, people don't want to murder you right away because people underestimate the Blackjack quite often.
Blackjack 3 - Personally my favorite of the Blackjacks because of it's jumpjets, and it doesn't use ac/2s (and ac/5s are hard to fit on a blackjack without sacrificing something). In addition to people underestimating blackjacks, double PPCs with it's high arm+cockpit makes it extremely effective at hillhumping. I cannot tell you how often people tried to shoot me, but ended up hitting the ground instead. Even then, people seem to treat you like you are using ECM when you hillhump with a BJ3. It was always easy to perform well with this thing.

[Soulscour]

The mech that I like to play all the time is the hunchback 4G. I don't think its a crutch though.

[Johnny Reb]

I don't have a "crutch mech" just the ones I prefer when not needed in another for the team. That said if that applies, then my mechs are the Kintaro-18 and Atlas D-DC. Current favs in the environment. However, I know the Stormcrow will join that list once I can buy it after playing it my one free night.

[Appogee]

When all else fails, I turn to a Chainsaw Muromets.

[STEF_]

Ilya "whatever gun in it"
3 ultra5/3ac10/3gauss/2ac10+whatever.
Because of GUNS!

[Edustaja]

My favourite mech used to be the founder Catapult C1. Then it got hit with a huge nerf bat to it's torso twisting, ear size and jumpjets

Now I like to run the public solo queue with the Timberwolves.

[MischiefSC]

Sometimes...

sometimes you've just got to get back in the Boomjag, just to watch people go '****! I peek up for 1 second and lose my RT. NERF ALL THE THINGS!'

With the new modules for AC20s it performs pretty brutally. Still a glass canon but with everything being DoT anymore you can swing with it and get a lot of that ol' time '1-shot headshot' action back. Nothing quite like popping the cockpit out of an overheated laservomit Timby as someone realizes that this is not going to be a good match for them.

My Timby though, 4xCERML, 2xUAC5s, ammo + TC to match...

it's not about being competitive, it's about grinding money. That UAC will throw up 1000+ damage matches and with a TC fires accurately and eats components. With the 30% cbill bonus on her it's not uncommon to get 200k matches and it's more consistent (and fun) than running LRMs (another great way to grind money in the pug queue if you've got an LRM boat hero/premium mech).

[braveheart95]

My go to mechs are the BNC E, Jager S, Atlas DDC, or Jenner D.

[Mothykins]

JESTER

It's pretty much an oversized medium.

[jaxjace]

Stalker misery. for when ive had enough of the top tiers to not give it my all in my most mastered mech.

or for when I simply need to carry ALL the pugs.

[Primeval]

Catapult A1

6 x A+LRM5's

Unleashing the screen shaker 5000 is a guilty pleasure of mine

[Bracchus]

I almost never play the same mech 2 games in a row, unless I'm grinding it for XP. My fav mechs that I tend to go to when I just want to have some fun and most probably do decent damage is ac20 Hunchie, 2xLBX10 K2 and shadowhawk with ac10 2xllas. Kind of missing the old system with 4 preselected mechs in a fast select "window".

Really enjoy the stormcrows as well, but since I'm not going to be able to run them in CW I have put them to the side and focusing on IS mechs.

Edited by Bracchus, 28 September 2014 - 12:39 AM.