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[InnerSphereNews]

Greetings MechWarriors,

We'd like the community to build the very first Clan Champion 'Mech in MechWarrior Online!

The Timber Wolf will be the first Clan 'Mech to receive a Champion.

Here are the rules!

- Post your Timber Wolf build using a link to your build in Smurfy!

- Only 1 Build per player allowed!

- Vote for your favorite build by clicking 'LIKE' on the post!

- Any Timber Wolf Variant is eligible, in any OmniPod configuration.

The top 3 Timber Wolf builds will be put up for consideration, but only one build will be chosen!

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 26th at 2PM PDT (9PM UTC)

If you're reading this post on the front page, head over to the forum thread linked with this post to check out player builds, or suggest your own!

[EAP10]

This build may be good for it as it shows the new players what the timby can do.

http://goo.gl/2CEKUO

[Wintersdark]

Flexible, non-meta but effective at all reasonable ranges. Not severely crippled by unwieldy long laser beam durations, solid face-punching power.

TBR-PRIME - UAC10(3t ammo), 3xSRM4(1.5t ammo), 3xERML, 22 DHS

Unlike many Timberwolf builds, it's also cool running and thus fairly forgiving for new players. You can afford to shave a DHS or two for extra ammo if that's your bag, and not suffer crippling heat.

A wide cross section of weapon times (SRM, AC, Laser) allows the build to continue functioning well even if the meta shifts.

Edited by Wintersdark, 17 June 2015 - 05:41 PM.

[Twilight Fenrir]

Nice! Good to see the Clans finally getting some love in this area... Not that I actually care, mind, my only Champions were given away as prizes I wish I could convert GXP into weapons or something, lol. But, I know a lot of people wanted it. Good luck!

[Lord Letto]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...d6e0e1d24c32f92
Prime CT, Head, Legs & LA, -S STs, -C RA
C-UAC/20 with 2t Ammo, C-MG with 1t ammo
C-ERML & C-ERPML, C-TAG
2x C-SSRM 2 with 1/2 t Ammo
Clan Active Probe & TC Mk 1
Clan XL 375 With Speed of 81kph, 89.1kph with ST
5 DHS in CT
4 JJ Class III, 2 in each ST

Edited by Lord Letto, 18 June 2015 - 09:14 AM.

[Lord0fHats]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0eda64bc62db90f

Gauss Timber. *shurgs*.

[Todo Sandybanks]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...aab15869b0401ce
THIS WORLD NEEDS MASC VOTE FOR IT!

Edited by Todo Ringman, 17 June 2015 - 06:00 PM.

[huskinater]

By no means the most efficient, but a simple timby build with 2 UAC5s and 3 ERMLs
Has 4 tons of ammo between the two and a solid cooling
Only uses (S) omnipods for simplicity and so it can rock all the Jump Jets.
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...55c718e59a930f1

[GMan129]

Noob-friendly Laser Vomit

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...8dce29568963092

[TFun90]

I'm in favor of some meta champs so you can actually do well, but there should be variety available among the champion pool for people to poke around. Some SRM, some lock-on, some ballistic.

[FluffehBunneh]

"Noob" Timby :

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...511a05209740bd1

- 4 CERMLs
- 4 Streaks 6
- 1 Jump Jet
- BAP and MK1


The single jump jet is for extra agility at a small cost and the ability to "jump fire" the streaks over a hill. BAP provides passive Counter-ECM capability against a single mech.


Ghost heat is completely negligible for the Streaks and non existent for the lasers. Full alphas are perfectly viable without blowing up the mech from overheating.


Grouping for a noob can't possibly be more straightforward too :

- Mouse 1 for the lasers (which are all mounted on the arms to make it even simpler).
- Mouse 2 for the streaks (maybe put them on chainfire by default...).


Overall, it's one of the simplest "general purpose" build one can think of that performs decently up to 350-400m.

If i had to make a starter Timby for a newbie friend, that would be it...

[ThePieMaker]

Gauss rifle and 5 mediums, got the new A side torso for those high mounted weapons
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...d9c2963615cb64d

[Livewyr]

1xUAC20 (RIght Arm) 4-5Tons
3xSRM4 (right/left torso) (3tons)
2xER Small (left arm)
4xJumpjets

[Ogreman]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...bf1dbd127fb2901

2x gauss, 3 ton ammo, 1x ersl

Simple yet original, not meta but interesting. Also, no overheat.

[Kael Posavatz]

It takes one year for PGI to decide the Clans need a Champion mech for people to spend money on.

The first mech they choose is the one they just got finished hammering with a scaling energy penalty despite that its cannon configurations are overwhelmingly energy-intensive loads.

Here is another energy-intensive design. I call it: "Nerf Bat"
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...75e95810b238679

1 Lg Pulse
4 Med Pulse
Target Comp Mk I
16 tot heat sinks
2 Jump Jets

Edited by Kael 17, 17 June 2015 - 06:16 PM.

[bear_cl4w]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...2d195d117b02aff

TBR-PRIME , prime omnipods only
maxed armor some missing from cockpit , not front loaded
5xmedium lasers
uac-5 , 2xlrm 15
2 tons uac 5 ammo
2 and a half tons of lrm ammo

[Xetelian]

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...f52bfce736a751b

[B L O O D W I T C H]

killed of almost every energy based build..
..asked community to come up with a valid build.

pgi, if you don't know of any build a random derp would pay money for, i'd be a bit more cautious about how hard to swing the nerfbat.

*no entry, but if you wanna do something usefull, slap a couple of jumpjets, an lbx20 and 4 srm4+a on it. you're welcome.

Edited by LOADED, 17 June 2015 - 06:25 PM.

[Pancake Bacon]

Timber Wolf TBR-PRIME

Weapons:

2 SRM 6, 4 Med Pulse Lasers, 1 Ultra AC/5, 1 Machine Gun

Ammo:

2 Tons SRM Ammo, 4 Tons Ultra AC/5, 1 Ton Machine Gun

Heatsinks:

2 External Clan Double Heat Sinks

No Jump Jets

Purpose: Built to Brawl/Snipe at Medium-Close Range w/ UAC/5-4 MED Pulse Lasers, Crit/Destroy Using SRMs

ENJOY!

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...069dacfe1c3eb39

Edited by Pancake Bacon, 23 June 2015 - 05:42 PM.

[-Skyrider-]

QUESTION: Just wondering, when can we see all of the Champion mech changes integrated into the game?