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[Pjwned]

Maybe I just don't play enough outside the solo queue (because community warfare is crap and my small unit, including myself, isn't very active now so no group queue really) but I like my VTR-9S despite peoples' complaints about how much Victors suck lately. Sure, it has a couple issues like crappy jumpjets and missile tubes that don't allow more than 6+4+2 SRMs fired at a time, but it's still a good brawler with a big enough engine and respectable firepower.

Edited by Pjwned, 19 May 2015 - 08:16 AM.

[Hit the Deck]

My most handsomest mech evar!

[Pjwned]

KHETTI, on 19 May 2015 - 07:53 AM, said:

I agree Cents aren't bad mechs, but those builds aren't exactly the usual high alpha builds we see.
Meh i'd take a Blackjack over a jager anyday, i don't need to hide at the back with dual gauss to have fun or do well.

That's more of an example of a bad build rather than a "bad mech" though, and additionally why would you not use a CN9-A if you want a build with AC10 and 3x SRM4 like that?

[Nightmare1]

I'm partial to my Quickdraws.

[STEF_]

DONTOR, on 19 May 2015 - 07:55 AM, said:

That would be my Ice Ferrets, I'd say Commando but I dont think people believe they are bad, just old news and locust's have more hardpoints and same armor/structure after quirks.

As for Ice ferrets though, name me one other mech that has 50+ firepower and runs 143 KPH. Ya.. you cant... and yet most refer to it as "bad" I laugh at them, destroy them then move on to the next target. Best part is you often get ignored Black Jack syndrome I call it.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2f8b524b8192903

NOPE!

This is a giant commando.

So your fav "bad" mech is still a commando

[DONTOR]

Hit the Deck, on 19 May 2015 - 08:22 AM, said:

My most handsomest mech evar!

Ya probably one of the best concept to ingame model mechs to date. They are really great looking.

Stefka Kerensky, on 19 May 2015 - 08:26 AM, said:

NOPE!
This is a giant commando.
So your fav "bad" mech is still a commando

Ya.... Its true. And that is why I love them lol.

Edited by DONTOR, 19 May 2015 - 08:27 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Battlemaster.
On TT It was my 1st Ride. I use the Hellslinger here. Love the look. 3 LRM5s give me some fire suppression, the ERPPC good reach 4 Mediums close punch. Its a good ride.

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 19 May 2015 - 08:28 AM.

[CrushLibs]

My BAD / FUN mech

Specs: Jegger
Engine: 225XL 61.7 kph with speed tweak
Armor: 208 points
Fire Power: 20 point alpha
no energy , ammo based UAC-5s only

Have to play it safe and anything you look at you have to KILL fast or you die instantly.

[GrnMonster]

KHETTI, on 19 May 2015 - 07:36 AM, said:

Blackjack 1x-8xMlas (TBH this mech is just plain evil, not sure why some consider it not good!)

One of my favorites.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Joseph Mallan, on 19 May 2015 - 08:28 AM, said:

Battlemaster.
On TT It was my 1st Ride. I use the Hellslinger here. Love the look. 3 LRM5s give me some fire suppression, the ERPPC good reach 4 Mediums close punch. Its a good ride.

I notoriously hate Assaults and will rant about them all day.

BUT, I used the Phoenix Battlemaster this past weekend for the Phoenix challenge and...I actually enjoyed it a bit. I ran a faux Awesome with it (3 PPCs and 4MLasers). It was a tad bit hot, but I only have the basics done. It ran decent, but I had fun. I might revisit my Battlemasters.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 19 May 2015 - 08:36 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Also, I know this is a minor thing, but I also really like the design of the Battlemaster cockpit (same with Vindicator too).

[Shabahh Kerensky]

Heavy Metal. I love my purple jumping rock music playing sniper shooting highlander. It also has a hula girl and disco ball, so yea, lots of fun.

[GrnMonster]

MeiSooHaityu, on 19 May 2015 - 08:35 AM, said:

I notoriously hate Assaults and will rant about them all day.

BUT, I used the Phoenix Battlemaster this past weekend for the Phoenix challenge and...I actually enjoyed it a bit. I ran a faux Awesome with it (3 PPCs and 4MLasers). It was a tad bit hot, but I only have the basics done. It ran decent, but I had fun. I might revisit my Battlemasters.

I couldn't even tell you the last time I played a Battlemaster before the challenge this weekend. The 1G is still pretty damn good. The high hardpoints are great, and I agree about the cockpit. It's a good design.

I ran 3 Large Pulse and 3 Mediums in mine during the challenge.

Mine would be the Gargoyle with either 12 smalls or 8 small pulse. Either build wrecks face in a brawl.

[Weaselball]

Dragon - Flame. LPL, 3xMPL, AC10, XL300. It's real hit or miss with that mech... sometimes I can pull 700+ damage and multiple kills, other times I turn the corner and a ST (of all things) gets doublePPC/Gauss and I die instantly

[Shabahh Kerensky]

Idalgos, on 19 May 2015 - 07:13 AM, said:

My favorite bad mech - Spider 5V. I just can't resist urge to touch the sky! Also, one time I killed Atlas 1v1 in that thing. LRM Atlas.

I've also just recently fallen in love with this mech. It's made all other jump jet mechs feel lame in comparison with just how much air you get. I'm even just getting the ecm spider just so i can elite the 5v. **** that slowpoke.

[Fleeb the Mad]

AntiCitizenJuan, on 19 May 2015 - 06:44 AM, said:

I'll always love my Awesomes. 8Q is decent now, but my 8R Honey Badger is still my favorite "bad" mech. Most 8Rs run LRMs and they're really good at it, but nothing beats the thrill of chasing down your prey, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentation of their pilot under a hail of Artemis SRM fire

Yesssss. One of us. I keep mine close.

I personally like charging Dire Wolves in my 8R. You can sense the puzzlement- the hesitation as they decide if they're being handed a free kill, or if...something is wrong. Is that guy nuts? That's an Awesome.

Though my favourite thing is when an enemy, partlcularly a light, sees you, assumes you are a delicious and vulnerable LRM boat and runs straight at you into point blank range without pressing R.

Mwuah haaa haaaa.

Though if I could change one thing about my precious...I would make its box launchers smaller when fitted with SRMs. Perhaps fitting the much sexier countours of the 8Q?

Edited by Fleeb the Mad, 19 May 2015 - 10:25 AM.

[KHETTI]

Pjwned, on 19 May 2015 - 08:25 AM, said:

That's more of an example of a bad build rather than a "bad mech" though, and additionally why would you not use a CN9-A if you want a build with AC10 and 3x SRM4 like that?

Yeah i decided to expand on the point with some rather bad builds i actually enjoy.
Why the AH and not the A, like i said i have the YLW and decided to put the something a little different on the AH, plus its the free legacy version.

[Bishop Steiner]

Juodas Varnas, on 19 May 2015 - 07:26 AM, said:

Found this http://mwomercs.com/...ement-behavior/
Quickdraw has the large archetype... Like the ******* 85 ton Stalker...

******* hell, PGI... How ******* daft are they? I'm off to buy myself a cupcake to calm the nerves. Bunch of wankers.

Yeah, Grasshopper was going to have Huge archetype..until I busted Russ out on it. And that forced him to "fix" the Victor and Gargoyle while he was at it. Wish I'd thought to point out the Quickdraw at the same time.

[Bishop Steiner]

KHETTI, on 19 May 2015 - 07:36 AM, said:

Summoner Prime-ERPPC/LBX-10/Srm-6
Centurion D-LBX-10/2xMlas/2xSrm-4
Centurion AH-AC10/3xSrm-4 (go YLW so i don't need another AC20 cent.)
Awesome 9M-3xERPPC
Blackjack 1x-8xMlas (TBH this mech is just plain evil, not sure why some consider it not good!)

That CN9-D is what I run (plus 300XL) got to say, in no way shape or form is that a bad mech, though I'm sure our CompMasters would disagree. It might be my most consistent performer. Seems like 580ish dmg and 2-3 kills is the norm for that thing. Obviously I have some worse, and some better, but the amount of matches I land numbers in that range with that mech is uncanny.

[Y E O N N E]

Since I no longer consider the Locust bad - it's a better option than a Commando, Jenner, Mist Lynx, Adder, Kitfox, and often the Panther - I'm going to go with the Battlemaster. Especially my BLR-3M, which is amazing beyond what its loadout should imply. 2x ERPPC and 6x ML is hot, hot, hot, but it just works. I've had so many games where I just park myself in the middle of a furball and unload on anything that moves while my team keeps them off my backside. It is a glorious laser-show, and the ERPPCs are so good for blowing the legs out from under pesky Ravens and Firestarters.

I really don't know where the reputation for being "bad" comes from with that 'Mech, though. People say it has wide side torsos which are easy to hit, but it loses side torsos less easily than a Stalker. It can also run faster, has similar or better quirks, has proper arms, and has more useful hardpoints.

But hey, if it's bad, then that's my favorite "bad" 'Mech.