For perspective, I mainly pilot heavies and mediums(SHD, CTF, K2), so in an assault, I'm really looking for several key features which would cause me to pilot one over a heavy or med. 1-Endurance: This means staying power, damage absorption, usefulness late match, etc. 2-Firepower: How much raw alpha, or DoT is the chassis capable of, and 3-Mobility: How well it can get around the battlefield and effectively apply it's firepower.
So far with assaults, I haven not found any one line that seems to really excite me, nor do anything I can't do better in a heavy. I've been on the fence about what sort of assault to focus on, as in, the tanks, such as STK, BNC, Atlas, etc, or the ones that try to be more like a heavy, such as Victor, Awesome, and HGN. The tanks don't seem to absorb quite as much damage as I'd like, and tend to be focused very heavily the moment they're seen, thus making them a bit pointless to me. As for the others, I've yet to go down the Victor path, since the nerfs, plus I'm a bit leery of having so much firepower in large, easily destroyed arms. I have a HGN-733C that I enjoy immensely some matches, but others I just get focused and stomped before I even have a chance to apply dps. Same thing happened to me in BLRs, they're so tall, once you're committed, you're committed, and if your team backs off and leaves you, you're paper.
At first I really didn't like slower assaults, didn't like being at the mercy of my team when it came to positioning, fending off lights, etc, but I'm also wary of trying to play an assault like a lighter mech.
I'm very willing to admit that a large portion of my issues likely stem from simply too little time in assaults vs. other weight classes, but would really like some opinions on various IS assaults that others have had great success with.
Basically I just want your opinions and stories about the IS assaults that you've done the best in, consistently, and get the most out of daily. In an assault, I'm personally looking for real staying power, and more firepower than I could cram into a smaller mech, so I'm hoping that by reading some opinions and experiences I can get some inspiration of where to go with this weight class from here.
I can already guess two people that will come in lauding the Wubshee, and tbh Banshees do intrigue me, but I want to hear how you guys handle them being built like a mountain, how you do on heat, etc, for them and other assaults.
So in the long run, please let your opinions run rampant, be honest about what you love/hate about whichever assault, and in advance, thank you for your opinions.
Edited by Kodyn, 13 October 2014 - 03:19 PM.