Odanan, on 05 May 2017 - 02:52 PM, said:
Black Hawk-KU. Now that's a knockoff.
It is. But it is actually pretty good for what it is. I don't think there is anything wrong with adapting and using the concepts of your opponents. And the Black Hawk-KU does it well, providing the same movement profile and almost the same offensive capabilities, albeit at the price of 10 tons more (in TT, the -KU has better armour, which imo offsets the disadvantage of the IS-XL). Given that the -KU has a much lower BV, I consider it a good Mech.
I have no special joy praising the Mech of the greatest enemy of the Commonwealth, but this one is quite good in TT.
It probably would do reasonably well* in MWO; too. Hitboxes seem ok for XL-use, as far as one can extrapolate from the Clan Black Hawk, speed is alright, as is the podspace. It may not be the best Mech ever, but it is ok or even good. ...which is more than I can say about every other IS heavy Omni-Mech of the time.
Seriously, the Black Hawk-KU blows Avatar and Perseus out of the water. Easily.
* in the age of Annihilator and Uziel, "reasonably well" is an improvement.
Edited by FLG 01, 10 May 2017 - 06:56 PM.