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[Thorqemada]

There would be a way to Balance wide and flat -> Internal Structure/Equipment Density - they are low densitiy Mechs that take reduced structure and crit damage as shots often only find hollow space when passing through the Amor = Balance achieved.
"Small" Mechs would have a high density and take full structure/crit damage.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Thorqemada, on 09 June 2016 - 06:23 PM, said:

There would be a way to Balance wide and flat -> Internal Structure/Equipment Density - they are low densitiy Mechs that take reduced structure and crit damage as shots often only find hollow space when passing through the Amor = Balance achieved.
"Small" Mechs would have a high density and take full structure/crit damage.

Yeah, except in a battlemech, pretty much every ounce of the mech is filled with something, they are all equally equipment dense, based on their structure, shape and design.

[Reza Malin]

Alistair Winter, on 09 June 2016 - 08:44 AM, said:

Can't wait for the Griffin to lose its quirks. It's sad that my favourite IS Medium has become the most popular one. I've been running SRM-boating Griffins since they were released and now people think I'm just following the trend. Losing my hipster status.

On a negative note, it will be sad to see everyone running around in Novas when people realize how awesome they are. 12xSPL Novas everywhere

However, I think I'm starting to realize more and more that this really won't have a big effect on the game. It's going to be positive for most of my mechs, but it's ultimately not going to make the game feel fresh and different. My Catapults and Victors may be more viable, my Centurion too. My precious Warhawk will sadly become more mainstream. Otherwise, it's business as usual.

The big question is the quirkening, which is always scary. Because the quirks probably won't make any underperformers more balanced, they're just going to reduce the number of viable mechs, I fear. We'll see though. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

I can relate to this. I also had a griffin when they first dropped with the Phoenix packs, and it was then i realised one of the best ways to be effective with IS mediums is load them up with SRM's and JJ's and go wild, as close in as possible, and just hit and run.

Since then things have changed, but this tactic still works, even with nerfs to JJ's.

I used to love the phoenix variant griffin 1N for this, with 3 x SRM6 and 2 X MPL.