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[Kiel Winch]

Looking to spend some cbills on a new mech and keen to try something new.

In your experience, what mechs do you very rarely see on the battlefield, or what mechs are challenging to play?

Sidenote: I'm a Free Worlds League loyalist, and bonus points for a faction-typical recommendation!

Thanks in advance!

[Black Ivan]

You can try using the Orions, classic FWL mech or the Cataphracts.

[Aleski]

If you don't have them, you can take the Awesome !

Great mech but hard to pilot, it's a very challenging chassis

[SlightlyMobileTurret]

Aleski, on 22 March 2016 - 12:33 AM, said:

If you don't have them, you can take the Awesome !

Great mech but hard to pilot, it's a very challenging chassis

As someone whose first mech was an Awesome (they're still my favourite) I second this.

Well, first few weeks, ready for your tears overflowing your house. There, warning given.

Now go get them.

[Aleski]

Keshav Murali, on 22 March 2016 - 12:49 AM, said:

As someone whose first mech was an Awesome (they're still my favourite) I second this.

Well, first few weeks, ready for your tears overflowing your house. There, warning given.

Now go get them.

I'm still running my Pretty Baby with proud

XL400, 2xMPL + 1xLPL + 3xSRM6. Speed and violence ! You die fast, but your ennemies who underestimate dat baby die very fast too !

[theta123]

Awesome
Orion
Trebuchet
Quickdraw

[Natural Predator]

It depends on what your doing.

My list of rarely seen mechs would be
Orion
Trebuchet
Summoner (clan)
Victor

I see quick draws all the time in community warefare. Same with Griffins I guess another mech I might throw in there is the shadow hawk.

[Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kerensky]

I honestly cant remember the last time ive seen the following:

Kintaro
Trenchbucket

And if you wanna spend money...
pretty baby (awesome)
la minche (banshee)
Golden boy (i think this is a kintaro???)

[S_T_R_A_N_G_E]

IS Mechs

Dragons: rarely seen
Vindicators: extremely rarely seen
Trebuchets: never seen
Kintaros: Only golden boy, no others at all
Centurions: Only a couple variants seen infrequently
Panthers: rarely seen (FIX THE ARM)
Orions: V is seen sometimes in CW hot maps... others never seen
Victors: rarely seen

Cataphracts: becoming less seen - made obsolete

[SirSoggyDog]

Nobody's mentioned the Vindy? Or is it just that forsaken by the 45t god BJ?

[aaykeem]

I don't think I've ever seen a Kintaro. I don't think it really exists.

[Shadey99]

I see Kintaros, Vindicators, Highlanders (non-IIC), Orions (non-IIC), Urbies, and Victors least of all IS mechs. Clan lights besides the Arctic Cheetah, and the Adder, are also rare, as is the Ice Ferret.

[Barkem Squirrel]

Ok how about the mist linx? I have not legged one of those buggers in months.

[Brother MEX]

I think the URBANMECH is the most rare

[Bluttrunken]

The Kintaros aren't exactly bad and the Golden Boy(KTO-GB) with 5xLRM5 is a royal pain in the ***.

[Repasy Cooper]

Keshav Murali, on 22 March 2016 - 12:49 AM, said:

As someone whose first mech was an Awesome (they're still my favourite) I second this.

Well, first few weeks, ready for your tears overflowing your house. There, warning given.

Now go get them.

Awesome was my first mech too! At the time I instantly regretted not getting an Atlas though lol (2012 - no quirks).

Then I switched to lights and found out that I was most deadly in a Raven.

[Virlutris]

Okay, so the criteria are:

In game (CPT Obvious, reporting for duty Sir!)
Marik-flavored
Rarely seen (in MWO)

Orions and Awesomes without a doubt.

If Hermes II (lighter Medium) were in the game, it would be a lock, but it's not.

Marik seems to have had the highest proportion of Trebs out of any of the houses.

Wolverines aren't as common now as they were not too long ago, but Marik ran a hefty number of them, much like their Orion percentages.

Kintaros were (in BT) crazy rare (only Davion/Kurita/Comstar in limited numbers) and are (in MWO) rare (not meta darlings). They're just not "Marik enough."

So Marik, rarely seen (in MWO)?

Awesome, Orion, Wolvierine (BT FWLM very common, not exactly MWO rare but I don't see them much), Treb (BT FWL used more than other houses, definitely MWO rare).

I'm levelling Trebs right now, and having more fun than I expected. Awesomes are streakier for me, Orions too. Wolverines play differently after the quirk reductions, not sure on them yet.

Edits: clarity

Edited by Virlutris, 25 March 2016 - 12:43 PM.

[Feywald]

Whenever i see a Kintaro i really do think its rare, no idea what they are like to pilot though.

Other Mech's i rarely see are Trebuchets and Victors for Inner Sphere and Mist Lynx's and Ice Ferrets for the clans.

[Steel Raven]

There is a trail Awesome and Orion right now, give them a go.

FWL also had a good number of Stalkers and Hunchbacks.

[Fang01]

Awesome 9M is a perfect strike assault platform for wubs. Problem is the other models are wet and slow