Quicksilver Kalasa, on 23 March 2016 - 12:49 PM, said:
If you abuse the main strength of the Hunchback they aren't quite as squishy. Long range with as high of mounts/cockpit as this thing has makes it a very powerful poke mech.
Where the mounts are matter a lot, lest it become another Gargoyle. It could become a Clan BK, but doubtful since that is the SCrows job.
That's a very misleading statement, it has near double the hardpoints, but not double the tonnage. It is also very slow for a 40 tonner. Just like all the other 40 tonners, it will need quirks.
Slow before the Clans was sub 85 KPH on a medium. Perspective. It is a CLAN medium that can survive half a mech lost. After clans, slow became relative. We have no Clan 40 ton mech, but the Pouncer cruises at ~100 KPH. The Adder has no survivability issues at its speed despite being even lighter armored. Further, it has no additional free tonnage over the Adder, but it has the hardpoints to do more with that tonnage. That goes very far. 8 ERMLas and 18 DHS is not something you can do on an Adder. 6 MPlas and 14 DHS is something you cannot do on an Adder. Hell, 11 ERSLas and 18 (19 with half a ton shaved) DHS cannot fit on an Adder. Jump jets outright can't be done on an Adder.
The maximum firepower potential isn't double that of an adder. I was wrong. It is almost triple that of an adder. My mistake.
Edited by Pariah Devalis, 23 March 2016 - 12:55 PM.