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#41 OICU812

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 09:46 AM

What ever would keep me alive. The one thing we never see in games is the "fear factor"....

If I could pick anything I would probably captain an Overlord dropship.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 09:49 AM

View Postshadowhawk102, on 09 July 2012 - 08:11 AM, said:

highlander i would think, just not much i can say other wise.


Really? And not, you know, a Shadow Hawk?

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 09:52 AM

Warhammer or a Behemoth

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 09:53 AM

something fast, with jump jets, that got good mileage and didn't raise my insurance rates any....

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 09:55 AM

I'd choose something with lasers ,since I have no idea where I'd get ammo reloads after I used up my ammunition. However besides that I'd go with a Sagitaire, Novacat, or Berserker .

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:03 AM

The Cyberdyne H.A.L.

$20,000.00

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#47 Kiff Stevenson

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:07 AM

View Postmaxoconnor, on 09 July 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Real life as in you were in the Battletech universe and a real pilot who was actually concerned with your own mortality so to speak.


I've said it once, and I'll say it again: VND-1R Vindicator.

Many 'mechs are superior to the vindy in many situations. But what if you don't know what you'll be facing? The Vindicator is supremely adaptable.

Here's a small example. I'm on a heavily forested world trying to fight my way out of an ambush. Suddenly, my best friend needs my help because he had to eject. What if I'm in a Timber Wolf? I'll have to get out to get him (or at least stop). In a vindy, though, I can pick him up in my left hand and jump over trees!

I contend that the Vindicator is the best jack-of-all-trades 'mech every built (because that's what it was built to do!). Therefore, I am confident that it would be better equipped to help keep me and my friends alive in the widest variety of hostile situations.

(Plus it's cheap, prolific, and I could find parts easily as a Cappie Mechwarrior!)

:huh:

Edited by Kiff Stevenson, 09 July 2012 - 10:08 AM.


#48 NUK3

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:16 AM

I'd choose a Thor, rip off the PPC and the LB10X-AC and replace them with an AC/10 and some Medium Lasers. Else I'd choose a Bushwacker. I simply love AC/10s: Hit hard with virtually no heat - again and again and again.

Edited by NUK3, 09 July 2012 - 10:17 AM.


#49 MonkeyDCecil

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:30 AM

Victor VTR-D is what i would pilot. Good firepower both long and short range. But if I had to pilot a heavy, medium or light it would have to be the Warhammer WHM-7A , Enfield-6J, and the Wolfhound WLF-2

#50 Tsig

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:32 AM

If I could get my hands on the appropriate Clan tech, I'd go with a Jagermech III with a Clan Gauss Rifle, 2 UAC/2s, 4 tons of UAC/2 Ammo, 2 tons of Gauss ammo, 2 Clan CASE, and 3 ER Medium Lasers...everything else would be standard. Suddenly, ultimate Sniper 'mech.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:38 AM

Stone Rhino (Behemoth)

Or...the Cudgel...because of the tears it would give the light mech drivers that think they're safe closing in and circling an assault. TSM + Mace + Claw = broken toy light mech that can't run away fast enough...since the TSM makes the Cudgel move as fast as a Wasp light mech (97km/h) when it's active. I kinda wish they'd implement close combat and beating of mechs with their shot off limbs now...though I can hear the light mech awesomers complaining already.

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The picture caption should be: "Bowling for Light Mechs"

Edited by Shoklar, 09 July 2012 - 10:39 AM.


#52 Zack Delphirian

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:41 AM

Marauder probably

Although, to be honest, anyone from the Robotech franchise looks REALLY good, and since I actually saw them move and fight in the anime, they're far more appealling than those square ugly boxes that are most of the original drawings from BT.

#53 Wyr

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:46 AM

Naginata. :huh:

#54 Monsoon

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 10:48 AM

View PostButane9000, on 09 July 2012 - 07:40 AM, said:

Vulture/Mad Dog


+1 on this. :huh:

#55 Supremacist

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:02 AM

View PostAftermath, on 09 July 2012 - 07:38 AM, said:

Zeus or the new Atlas. The only fear I'd have is someone mech jacking me when I get out to use the bathroom.

>2012
>not having built in food/sewage system installed in cockpit
>ishygddt

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#56 Aaron Steiner

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:06 AM

I've always had a thing for the MadCat/Timberwolf
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#57 Irreverence

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:06 AM

Something laser based so I don't have to worry about sneaking into a US military munitions facility to rearm my mech. Perhaps the Awesome.

#58 VK4502B

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:07 AM

The Berserker.

#59 Markus Barak

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:12 AM

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The stalker was my Mech Warrior Merchs Fav. A pair of LRM15 or 20s a pair of SRM6s and 2 Large Lasers and I believe 2 to 4 mediums. It was an 85 tonn assualt mech with heavy armor a catapult on steroids. I would sometimes change out the LRMs for a pair of long bolts and the large lasers for pulse taking the mediums out and adding more armor and heatsinks.

The only issue I ever had was the cockpit was too exposed had to protect it by turning away from the fire alot. For its weight it presents a small target as well.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:17 AM

View Postmaxoconnor, on 09 July 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Real life as in you were in the Battletech universe and a real pilot who was actually concerned with your own mortality so to speak.


A LAM then of course. Need to jet to the Bahamas for a swim? No problem! Wanna check in on the ISS? No problem. Quick commute to work even if you live quite a ways out from your office. Not an issue! Armed and dangerous and yet dead sexy as well? Why plod around in a slow Atlas when you can be wherever you want to be FAST?





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